Wow, I have not written in here for over two months. It is amazing how time flies by. Gary and I just spent an amazing month in Nepal. I went there as part of a team of physicians teaching ultrasound to nurses and nurse-midwives there in a remote village called Phaplu. The ultrasound course went really well. We also traveled around Nepal going to a National Park seeing wild rhinos and croccodiles, also we did a trek in the Himalayas which was an amazing experience. Besides our wedding trip to Thailand, it was our best international trip to date. We saw such a wide variety of places in Nepal including staying at a house there with a family while we were doing the ultrasound course. It really helped me decide on a direction that I want to take in life. I get so much satisfaction by traveling that I feel like I need to incorporate it into what I do. I realized that I likely cannot stay and work permanently abroad, but if I can get a niche, like ultrasound, I could easily keep doing like I just did. Put on training courses there for providers--it is so rewarding and so much fun and really is quite useful. So now I just need to decide if I am going to do a fellowship in ultrasound. I really don't want to do one. I am ready to start working...I have to decide if it is worth it.
I've also realized something that I already knew. I love the mountains; I feel at peace in the mountains. It is where I need to be. I have a nostalgia for Wyoming, it is my happy place. It is what I think of when I think of home. I think I need to go back. As much as I love living in San Diego, it isn't home to me. I need to wake up with nature right out my door step. I need to have horses and go riding, have property where my dog can run free. I need a big fireplace, and an old log cabin. I need a small community that I can feel a part of, participating in fairs/art shows and local road races. So that is who I am. I may likely be a rural emergency physician, perhaps get involved with search and rescue, and go on a couple international trips during the year to keep things interesting. Well anyway, that is what I am thinking today. .. you never know with me!
Come back to Wyoming. I miss you.
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