This post is bittersweet for me. It represents a year of being engaged, a year of soul searching and a year of self realization and joyfulness. Last year around this time the love of my life proposed on a day trip to Lake Calhoun in the Twin Cities. Last year, around the same time, I…
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Donna is a Vancouver-based accountant who blogs for fun about her life, love and travels.
Thoughts on Marriage Preparation
There are currently 131 days until we say our “I Do’s” and plenty of things on our list that still needs to be done. This past weekend we just crossed off another major item off our list; marriage preparation course. A lot of my non-religious friends have asked me about what it entails since it’s…
Thoughts on Early Morning Flights
Six A.M. flights are always hard to get up for. It is one of those things you just do when there are a limited amount of flights that are headed to a small regional airport like ours. When we fly from the westcoast back to the midwest, it goes somewhat like this. 4:00 AM: Wake…
Thoughts on Invitations
Three months into the new year and my heart is so grateful for all the things God has done in our lives. I’m so thankful that God has continued to guide us through so many obstacles and challenges with the upcoming wedding and residency. We almost had to cancel our flights for our upcoming trip…
Five Months until Forever
Today is roughly five months before we walk down the aisle and make our vows to one another. Looking back, we had over a year to plan our wedding and I can’t believe the day is just around the corner. We have the majority of things planned out and I’m currently working on getting our…
Thoughts on Chief Residency
It started off like any other morning coming off of a night shift. S.O. and I were sleeping when the familiar pings of text messages began to wake us up from our slumber. then all a sudden, S.O., starts saying “wait, i think my attending is messaging me….I got Chief.” It was like any other…
Thoughts on the Future
As the move to the States is just looming around the horizon, many of my friends have been inquiring about my future there. How long would I be staying in Wisconsin and where would we move to after residency? Does he plan to work in Wisconsin and then try for fellowship? All these questions seem…
Wedding Planning and Traditions
On the topic of wedding planning, our friends and family have been hugely supportive in so many ways (financially and offering their time and services). I would have to say that it’s been mostly a breeze the past several months since the engagement. Two of the biggest items we knocked off our list was booking…
The Mundane Life
The other day I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who asked me how we keep our relationship going. She mentioned that it must be wonderful to be able to travel so many times throughout the year. I have to admit, it is wonderful, but aside from all the travelling that they…
He Popped the Question
Honestly, I did not expect it to happen this time around as S.O’s grandma just passed. I figured that due to our Asian culture that perhaps he would pop the question another time. We’ve talked about it for the longest time (actually all throughout the time we’ve been dating). We knew that if we were…
New York in 56 Hours
When my New York trip was cut short I managed to rearrange our schedule to fit in possibly the most important things on my list. This would be my second time in the big apple and I was hoping to get the tourist experience. My first time in NYC was two years ago and we…
Trip Interruptions and How to Deal
What better way to end quarter-end reporting than to book a side trip during Victoria Day long-weekend and then visit the S.O. This trip was planned months in advance with a girlfriend of mine and the plan was to fly to New York for several days and then we would go our separate way. I…
Thoughts on Conferences/Vacations
Conferences is something the both of us look forward to. Rather than flying between where be both live, we are treated to an all-expenses paid trip (well, mainly just S.O. and most of it is paid for by work) to a new city. The best thing is that I get to tag along and we…
December in the Mid-West
Christmas is one of my favourite times of the year. Aside from Jesus Christ being born, I love how all the malls and community centres are all centred around bringing the holiday spirit out. It’s one of those nostalgic seasons for me because I grew up celebrating this season, putting up the Christmas tree with…
Thoughts on Dating a Resident
When I returned to the West-coast from an overseas trip, I fell in love with a medical graduate who had just found out they had matched to another country. We knew we didn’t have a lot of time to see if things would work out so we saw each other everyday for about a month…
Thoughts on Long Distance
I never imagined myself to be dating someone cross-borders, but here I am in that very situation. I keep reminding myself that this is temporary and it’s the choice we’ve made and we’re going to try to figure out this long-distance thing together. After all, three long years of residency in a small town in…
Thoughts on Finding Love
Over two decades ago, I fell in love with gaming. I recall the first time I held a remote was when the Super Nintendo console was released and I had two favourite games; Super Mario World and F-Zero. As I grew up, I learned to appreciate various types of gaming systems and eventually ended up…