Here's to reminiscing about 2005 and years before and thinking forward to 2006 and years to come. This time of year is always about nostalgia. It's a good time to reflect on all that has passed and think about what to do about the future. What did we like? What was not so good, etc.
This year has been pretty exciting and filled with changes. Early in January we started our 2005 with a vacation. Now that's always a good way to start. Vacation January, Februrary and then March for that matter. We celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary. A year ago March 21, we were wed down at the beach. We celebrated the actual day by going back, laying on the hammocks at Sirata and dining at the same restaurant where we ate the night before the wedding. A lot of fun.
Work, interspersed in between the vacations the early part of the year. Then we became "3rd years." What a glorious year in residency (as long as your residency is 3 years log). The long-awaited time when you're the king/queen of the program. You walk around like you're it. You're known to all, all are known to you. It's the last time that you're "big stuff." So much of this year has been enjoying that. Enjoying the fact that we have 1-3 calls a month when before it was 6-8. Relishing the fact that you don't have to put together another presentation because... there's always last years to re-present.
This fall we found out where we're going to be spending the next few years of our lives in fellowship. I don't know how I knew, but somehow I did.... the Michigan. Maybe it was just my unconscious desire for my little puppy (a little inside joke for some of you out there). Well, we're still planning that move in late June.
And the puppy. She's great, adorable, etc. She came to us on December 10. She's terrific in a puppy-sort of way. We're looking forward to years to come.
That'll do it. More later as usual...and more pictures to come. Please send us your new year's news. :)
