What is this "Match Day" you speak of?

Some of you may have noticed the Match Day countdown at the bottom of the page. I tried to move it to the top of the page, but no dice. Match Day is the day we find out where Jeff will be doing his internship and residency. It's pretty much all we've thought about for the past few weeks and a day we've been waiting for since he started medical school. For those of you who aren't familiar with how the matching process works, it goes something like this:

Step 1: In September Jeff made a list of all the places he wanted to apply to. This is the only part of the process we had any control over, so we took it very seriously. Any state from North Dakota down to Texas was ruled out. I'm allergic to those states. In total, he applied to about 30 places.

Step 2: Jeff was asked to interview at many of the places he applied to. The interview is like a first date. He has to act really interested, because it may be his only chance. From November through the beginning of February Jeff traveled to different hospitals about once a week for interviews. No expenses paid.

Step 3: After finishing his interviews, Jeff then had to submit a Rank List of all of the programs. He put the prettiest programs at the top of the list and the uggos at the bottom.

Step 4a: The hospital programs create their own rank list.
Step 4b: If hospitals wanted to rank Jeff high on their list, they gave him a call. Or sent him a note in history class that said, "I like you, do you like me? Check yes or no."

Step 5: A big computer in the sky finds everyone their perfect match. I'm pretty sure it's the same people who work at eHarmony.com.

Step 6: On March 20 Jeff will open his match letter and make one of these faces:



And then we will know where we'll be spending the next six years. Jeff doesn't want me to tell anyone his first choices (In case he doesn't get them. He doesn't need your pity!), but he has allowed me to share his top five IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
For internship:
Salt Lake City, Newport News, Roanoke, and Charlotte.
For Radiology Residency:
Seattle, St. Louis, Ann Arbor, Salt Lake City, Durham.