Hot Chocolate

It's Monday morning and I'm taking a break with a nice cup of hot cocoa.  Just reflecting on this past year and all that 2010 has in store for us...

It appears there are going to be 2 positions opening at the hospital, and I guess if I don't get one of them I'm not meant to be a radiation therapist.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed because I worked really hard to get through the program and I'm just ready to move on to a more challenging position.

I'm getting ready to paint our living room and bedroom.  A pale yellow in the living room and a brownish-gray for the bedroom.  I have some ideas for decorating, but we're waiting to hear about our landlords renovations to the house to be sure we will be staying there through vet school (June 2013).  It has the potential to be a very cute place, but it would be silly to put a lot of work into it if we won't renew our lease  next December.  The main problem is how horribly drafty it is right now.  We are on a pretty tight budget until I can get a new job, and even with the thermostat lower it seems we're using a ton of gas.

What else... the kitty is getting big.  She's growing on me more, but she still makes me crazy.  Her and Zeke play a lot, and I think she just drives Jesus nuts chasing his tail.  She's almost old enough to be spayed, and declawed unfortunately for her.  We're talking about possibly trying for our first little one late summer/early fall, and kitty needs to be ready for that...

We survived our first quarter of vet school, and I must say, even with the craziness it was still the best 4 months of my life.  I love being married and to such a great guy.  I never really noticed an 'adjustment period' that we had to go through.  Everything has just been natural.  Yes we do bicker and argue like a married couple at times, but we never sweep things under the rug.  I'm making some new years resolutions for myself (again) this year, and one of them will be to continue to be willing to work harder around the house without complaining while James gets through school.  (Love you dear!)

I hope everyone (all 2 of you) reading this have a wonderful Christmas, and a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Years.  Love you all!

T.

Exams and South Carolina

Last week I had my hardest week ever of exams. Starting the week with Anatomy followed by Histology, Cell Bio, and finally ending the week with Radiology. Overall, I am a little disappointed with my performance on my exams, but I am happy to have them over with. Tiffany was very supportive, knowing that I was stressed, and took care of everything outside of studying last week. I could never have asked for a better wife.

Friday morning we took off to South Carolina to see her family for an early celebration of Christmas. It started off pretty well, we left early in the morning stopping at Tim Hortons for a coffee and breakfast sandwiches. We did a lot of talking and catching up on the drive and listened to some music. We stopped off in Charleston West Virginia for lunch at the Cracker Barrel... which may have ruined part of our trip. We arrived at Gabe and Beth's house around 5:30 and got settled in. We ordered Danatos pizza for dinner, and it was around then that Tiffany started feeling a little sick. To spare some of the details, we will just say that we are pretty sure that she got food poisoning (presumably from cracker barrel). Tiffany unfortunately spent most of the trip inside, unable to see the beautiful fog, and rain that South Carolina had to offer.

We opened presents on Sunday morning and overall I think everyone was very satisfied. Tiffany and I both got some great gifts and I think we gave some great ones too, and it was a lot of fun to open them with the family.

Kurt and I spent a large chunk of the trip trying to beat the New Super Mario Bros. Wii game, and we got very close (still stuck on bowser). Tiffany and I went to the urgent care center on Monday to see if we could figure out what was going on since she was not getting better over time. We were both very impressed with how the thorough the doctor was, and after a relatively short visit he gave Tiff a "GI Cocktail" and sent her home. With in a while she was already starting to feel a bit better and was able to eat a full meal for the first time in a few days.

We got up Tuesday morning, missing our dogs, we got our stuff together, and started the journey back. We made a brief stop at Ikea in Charlotte NC and bought some useful stuff for the house.

This leg took longer, party because I was tired, partly because I had to pee a lot, and partly because we were starting to feel home sick so it seemed to drag a bit. We stopped at Wythville Va, and had lunner (lunch/Dinner) at Bob Evens. Great meals and nice view. I would stop here again if I were passing through.

We finally got home around 9:00 pm and cuddled with the dogs a bit before we called it a night.

I do like being on vacation, but I was SOOOO happy to be home.

I am looking forward to the rest of my break... I have some interview/tours at the vet school, actual christmas, New years, and Rose bowl to look forward to with my beautiful wife.
J.

I wuv you, yes I do... yes I do. Yes I do. Yes. Wuv.