Acne and Where Will We Be Raising This Child?

The going-off-birth-control saga continues, now with teenage acne!  I've always had "troubled" skin, which turned into sensitive, combination, adult acne skin, but in the last year, I've felt like I've solved it with Obagi Clenziderm.  My skin was looking pretty good at one point!  Then I gave the Nuva Ring the boot and this happened:



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Another side effect I was warned about via the Internet, but geez! Is it ever worse than I thought!  My skin hasn't produced this much oil in 15 years!  It's slowly starting to dissipate, the oiliness is getting much better, but I still look pox-marked. :(

Ryan and I are looking for houses here in Orlando - to rent, since right now, we only can count on being here for another 1.5+ more years - and haven't found much yet.  Since he is still rotating in Tampa, the house hunt hasn't gone full force yet.

What is starting to ramp up is Ryan interviewing for fellowship positions.  He's decided to go into Musculoskeletal Oncology (which is what he is rotating though in Tampa right now), so now I get to play the "Where Will We Be Raising This Child? (for at least one year) Game."  The possibilities (in red) and more distant possibilities (in light blue) are below:

 

 



The list (in order of my preference of places to live) includes:

1. Tampa, FL
2. Gainesville, FL
3. Nashville, TN
4. Chicago, IL
5. Miami, FL
6. New York, NY
7. Boston, MA

Other possibilities include Toronto and Rochester, MN, but I don't know how really possible they are.  Luckily fellowship last for only 1 year (for the most part; some programs are 2), and I figure I can tough it out anywhere for a year.  I'd just like to be some place where our family is relatively close if there is a kid involved.


It's getting close to a month of off-birth-control; my iPhone calendar has a reminder to take out my Nuva ring this Thursday.  My next post might have something to do with the fertility monitor!!!