I took, and presumably passed, a very procratinated Step 3, the final step before getting an independent medical liscence. There was really no rush since you have 7 years to take it from the time you take the first test (step 1). But with my own license I can work independently of the hospital. The 16 hour test (2 days) didn't seem too bad. It probably would have seemed like a long test before med school. I have to admit I did enjoy the chance to sneer at people in the testing center whining about their 6 hour test for their finace job or whatever. Not as funny as the guys a year ahead of me who took the first part of their radiation oncology boards in the same center as a message therapy group (Nuclear physics and DNA repair and pressure points?).
I haven't been availible to help much so our lives are still a bit in chaos. the apartment is a little cleaner than in this picture, mostly because Alyssa started to crawl, so we had to make time and straighten up.
