About Me

Raised as the oldest of a large conservative family with high expectations, I went from a straight A student (and Type A) student in high school to a lost and rebellious college student.  I started cycling as a means to give myself direction and worked my way to a professional cycling career which I continued throughout college.  While I wasn't looking for nor interested in meeting Mr. Right (I had too much I wanted to accomplish and a deep distrust of marriage) I was extremely fortunate to meet my Mr. Wonderful through cycling and it says a lot that for a "absolutely never want to get married" kind-of-woman, it was the best day of my life when we said "I do." He is a true saint who continues to be my bedrock and constantly puts up with a lot of crazy. ;)

On the career front, I went from physical therapy, to paramedic medicine, to research...if I'm completely honest with myself and everyone, I wanted more then anything to be a physician but was scared off by a lot of doctor friends who had a very depressing view on their careers and the future of healthcare, my grades (which were not straight A's thanks to cycling and lack of focus), and a lot of misguided advice from influential women figures in my life.  So I wound up in my ivory tower doing neuorphysiologic research and pursuing a PhD.  Now, more then halfway through I decided that how and what I contribute to society matters very deeply to me and I need to have a more clinical role then pure basic research affords; thus I am currently applying to medical school.  And with Mr. Wonderful's job stabilizing in the near future we're also planning a family.  Needless to say, the future will be full of MANY interesting challenges.  I imagine it will prove to be a very exciting (if scary) time.  My hope is to give myself a place to express my creativity, a sounding board for my ideas, and a place to vent without always cornering Mr. Wonderful (referred to as DH, darling husband).

*Update: As of Fall 2015 many of my past hopes have come true.  We welcomed our first DLO (darling little one) into our home and hearts, she brings us utter joy daily.  I was accepted to medical school and will be matriculating Fall 2016.  This brings with it great anxiety as the sacrifices it entails: commuting 3 hrs (one-way), less time with DH and DLO, financial worries (quitting my good job), and fears over failure.  Here's to another exciting year!