Yep, I must be crazy, because I have taken on second part-time job. I just couldn't turn down another opportunity to work in clinical research with patients, plus I'm back to having cushy benefits. The downside is that I will be gone A LOT. Junior actually cried a little last night when I told him, which made me very sad. I know this is good for our family, because we have benefits again, plus more money. (Money has been very tight, to the point of not paying some bills each month, something we are definitely not used to.)
I am away from my family from 8:30am to 8pm four days a week, home most of the day on Fridays, and gone just about all of the 48 hours on the weekend. I told him what's important about the time we spend together is quality, not quantity, so we will make the most of the time we have together. I likened it to being a military parent, something I grew up with.
I know he will be fine; in fact this morning, he was ambivalent about me being gone. We'll skype with each other and talk on the phone quite a bit- both jobs have ample time to spend socializing with my family. I figure this is just a warming-up period for med school- I'm taking 18 credits, working 30 hours a week, still studying for the MCAT, and spending time with my family.
On the application front, I am STILL waiting for one more letter of recommendation and then my app will be complete (I'm going on three weeks of waiting, pleading, cajoling, begging, etc.)
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