Bastyr University

As you may have read in an earlier blog post, in September/October I applied to Bastyr University, a naturopathic medical school. When I got back from Oklahoma after Thanksgiving I got the long-awaited envelope that said that I had been ACCEPTED to the program starting Fall 2011!!!

This is so exciting. It is nice to have plans definitively in place (well, assuming I pass Organic Chemistry II and Physics II) so we can go forward with, say, living arrangements. My mom and I are flying to Washington in January to search for a condo for Nick and me! We are very blessed that this is possible because we have been yearning for a place to call our own and are more than ready to settle down. We have moved every year for 6 years and we would like to not do that again for a while.

As for where to live, we are not quite sure. Nick just submitted his application for UW's Political Science PhD program and we should hear sometime before April. We are going to assume that he will get in so we are looking at living somewhere that would split the difference between our two schools or at least would be somewhere where the commute isn't too killer. When we visited in November we did some apartment searching and really like Lynnwood which is north of both of our schools, a little more suburban and farther from the city. I will also be looking in the Shoreline area because that is close to both our schools and hosts a Bikram Yoga studio. But I will be keeping my eyes and mind open and hopefully the perfect place will present itself to us! Here are two places we will definitely be visiting: Dunhill Terrace and Cambria Hills.

Fortunately, we already have several friends in the area so adjusting to a new state won't be quite as difficult. Plus, I just found out that a fellow Gustie from my graduating class is a second year student at Bastyr! I can't wait to be on a small, friendly campus again (with outstanding food).