Where to begin

In short summary, I live in Rochester, NY, work at Strong Memorial Hospital and spend my free time doing fun things with a wonderful person by the name of Shaun Goodwin.

How is it that I came to reside in Rochester? Good question since as many of you know I was born in Plum Boro, PA and am kinda of surprised to have escaped from there for this long! the journey to this northeast city is a long one but in the recent past I made a few choice decisions that resulted in this easterly move. So medical school is this place you go and think you are learning a boatload about medical like stuff and you likely are but for sure know you are paying a boatload and toward the end of this boat like experience you must choose a specialty, for better or for worse, that you will likely practice for the entirety of your career; unless of course, you change your mind and decide to experience the world in an entirely different fashion, say maybe as a deep sea diver. So there was a time in the fall of 2008 when I needed to make a decision about the life I would lead. That decision lead me to a speciality called anesthesiology, which everyone knows is when the nice doctor gives nice medicines through the nice IV and you drift quickly, quietly and happily off to sleep. And after that decision was made it took from then til now to be nearly two years deep into a position called anesthesiology residency. The process involved a lot of interviews and researching programs and during that process I found the University of Rochester Medical Center which I thought would be a great place to get all the trianing I would need for a great career in putting people to sleep!

Who we are

Meredith and Shaun. Two happy people. This picture was taken by a great friend, Kristian Saile, after a great day of paddling at Letchworth State Park in August. Kristian was visiting from the UP and we were so excited for him to join us. There was only one episode of Kristian paddling frantically upriver thinking he might get swallowed by the mighty class II rapids.

The beginning of the blog.

This is the beginning of the blog, something I didn't really think I was going to be into, but was drawn to the blog idea by the lovely Linda Lollo who once was the lovely Linda Karl. She has entertained me on numerous occasions with her hilarious blog at http://lynsda828.blogspot.com which contains many fun filled adventures with her, him (Nick) and the good old Chino.