Growing up -------- or not...

Life has been pretty busy around here, but I finally did decide on a job. I will do a residency next year here at the University of Utah hospital. Most of my responsibility will be rounding during the day and working on research in Medical Informatics with TheraDoc (a company around here). I will probably take 1 class each semester from Medical Informatics along with my workload. I got rejected from the Master of Informatics program here, sadly. I will also be a faculty --- It’s funny, I am actually on the website. I typed my name in google just to see what pops up about me, and there were a lot of stuff that I didn’t know about me. Pretty cool huh?

I also think I will cut down my workload a little. I think my outside consulting is taking up too much of my time. I think I will reprioritize some stuff so Peter can be closer to the top. So far, it’s been Saturday for my skiing/tennis/running and going out with people, and Sunday is for work/consulting/school. Oh, one cool note, I actually have a contract with the State of Utah Dept of Health for the consulting work. It’s pretty cool. One more thing I can add to my CV. I don’t have any government section on my CV. I wonder if they will give me anything else to do with this project once I am done with my part at the end of the month. I think it will help me build a career in FDA in the future. Anyhow, after my trip to Europe, I will stop consulting for most people, well maybe DOH just for my CV. I guess in the end, all the other consulting stuff doesn’t really build my CV that much.

I guess if I put family up more on my priority list, I would have to start making good decisions on my career stuff. That way when we move I can still find a good job… rather than having many breaks. I also need to think long term plans like 401K and etc. Can you believe I don’t even have a penny saved away for the future? I am just banking on that my real job will have these retirement plans set up. How sad huh?