Sunday, July 16, 2006

Swinging back into things...

I am sorry to inform you that we don't have pictures to post at this time. The reason being -- we've been working pretty hard. We just finished week #2 of fellowship. I can report that we BOTH feel like we did at the beginning of Internship: overwhelmed!!! A new hospital, a new role ... it all adds up. There is also that stress of IM Board Exams next month coming up. :)

Justin started his fellowship on Endoscopy Service. So he finally is just doing one procedure after another. He has official pictures of his first colonoscopy/EGD on his own. I think we may frame them. :) Overall he is doing very well with the stres and, I think, loving every minute of it.

I was initally supposed to start on Anesthesia but now have been doing general Pulmonary Service. The attendings are great. Luckily we have a lot of help this month: 2 interns (actually quite on top of things), a PA (Susan) and a 2nd year Pulm fellow (Rich). So it's a nice way to eaaasseee into things. I have done a few procedures: bronchoscopy and thoracentesis but it's still slow going with that.

We're getting the condo together. There are projects starting to add up but for the most part things are off the floor, put away, and nailed to the wall. :) We finished our furniture gathering recently. Again, Salvation Army came through for us on some things (large mirrors to be exact). We're doing great.

We've met all our immediate neighbors and some down the street. Evening walks on weekends with Ginger give us a chance to explore the complex. It's beautiful with pristine landscaping. A very nice place to call home for now.

Take care everybody and we'll post pictures when we can. I couldn't help but post this one --->

Saturday, July 01, 2006

Our New Home Place

So after graduating from residency, saying our goodbyes, and selling our Florida home ... Michelle, Ginger & I hit the road for 20-plus grueling hours of driving up I-75. Overall the trip went smoothly, and Ginger did pretty well considering she's not a fan of riding shotgun. We tried to sedate her with 5 mg of Valium before the trip, but it had a paradoxical reaction and made her worse(!). So we just toughed it out. We closed on our condo that Monday (with Ginger literally sitting in our lap during the signing), and started unloading our cars. Moving truck came Tuesday, and we started settling in after that. Right now we're back at full speed, having bought some additional furniture. The neighbors are friendly, the development is beautiful, and our backyard faces off a 9-hole golf course. Here are some house pics, look at Ginger peeking through our deck! Visitors are always welcome ...