Freedomtown IC

I forgot how much I missed certain things. Like hot water and air conditioning. There's more to the list but they're on my mind tonight. I know it doesn't seem like much but it's more important than people think. Things you don't think you'll miss until they're gone.

I'm still not convinced I'm not imagining all of this. But damn, if I am? I hope it never stops.

My best friend is here. Our daughter is here. A second version of her is here, that's in her 20s. That was an awkward but amazing meeting. And best of all... our son is here. We held him in our arms when he was only a few hours old, and watched him leave us... and now he's here, and... he's an amazing young man and I've never felt more proud of anything in my life.

And then there's the career part of this.

Turns out a lot of people I know are here, and they work at Xavier Memorial Hospital. Went there to talk about working with reconstructive surgery, ended up in talks to be Chief of Surgery, so... that's a thing that happened.

It's gonna be a long damn time before I completely accept any of this as being my life now.

Folks at the welcome center were great though. They did as good a job breaking this all to me as is probably possible. Already helped me get set up with a place to stay and an opportunity to interview with one of the local hospitals.

Anyway, I'm Dr. Jackson Avery. Glad to meet you all. Don't mind me if I seem very... overwhelmed for a while.