Surgery - Rotation #3

Bryan has successfully completed two of his 3rd year rotations and has just moved on to the third: surgery.

Already, after just one day, our lives have completely changed. We no longer have a relationship and are able to talk or hang-out; we just smile and nod at each other as he comes in the door and heads upstairs to study. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining. I'm not, really. Actually, I plan on taking this opportunity of solitude to find a hobby... or something.

I've actually got a start on that:

1.) After all the chaos about the new Harry Potter book, I decided to jump on the band-wagon. I read the first book in about a week. I was amazed! I've never been able to just pick up a book and read it, but this one I did. It was great, almost like a book readers break-through! So, after reading the first book I obviously set out to read the second one. I'm about finished with that one, too. I bet you can't guess what I'm going to do after I finish it? I knew you'd figure it out. You're so smart.

2.) Knitting has some how brought itself to my attention. I have had several tries at it and haven't seemed to produce anything yet, but I'm not giving up. I was thinking maybe a scarf. That's something that could actually be practical. And I do have all the stuff, so we'll see if I ever make anything. My yarn is a real pretty dark red. Does that count for anything?

3.) I'm running these days, too. My good friend Stephanie and I are getting in shape to run The Race for the Cure in a couple of months.

4.) This thing. I can't decide if I'm committed to keep this blog updated or not. I don't consider myself as a writer and after I write stuff I always think it sounds stupid. So, we'll see how long this lasts. Really I just want to use it to keep in better touch with everyone, but I haven't even told anyone about it. Kinda defeats the purpose, huh? I guess I'll just keep trying and see if it bears any fruit. I should have plenty of time to write these next two months. It won't be hard to tell if this will keep up or not.

Wish Bryan luck for the next few weeks. He'll need it; we'll both need it.

I'm off to read more Harry.

Commenting

Unfortunately, I was forced to remove the feature allowing each of you to comment on our site anonymously. It stinks because that was one of the main reasons I decided to create a blog in the first place; it allowed us to hear from all of you and your comments could be shared with all the readers of our site.

Well, I have turned off that feature, do to crazy amounts of comment-spam, so those of you who are bloggers, you can still comment, and please do, and those of you who are not, then I'll rush getting up the email link.

There's always those few who ruin it for the rest of us.

Sorry about the bummer! Be checking back for the email link.

Playing Catch-up

Looking back, we've had a pretty busy summer. Actually, it all started back in March when we moved (yes, again) and bought our first car. Somehow things haven't seemed to slow down at all.

Pictures are on the way - keep checking back, they'll be worth it!

Here are some things that have been going on the past few months (in reverse order):

Hurricane Harbor
Q: What do you get when you unleash 4 semi-adults in a huge waterpark without supervision?
A: Chaos and side-splitting laughter!
Our latest adventure took us back to Texas where we were able to share our favorite waterpark with two of our friends that had never been, Micah and Stephanie. We all had a great time! Despite the bees thinking Bryan's swimsuit had a real flower on it, Micah not being able to see anything without his glasses, my fear of the Der Stuka, and those gosh-darn awful misters they had going, we had a great time (wink, wink). Thanks for coming with us, guys!

USMLE
A little background for those we haven't talked to in a while...
In order for Bryan to advance to his 3rd year of med school (which started at the beginning of July) he had to take Step 2 (of 4, mind you) in the form of a huge, gigantic, nasty, intimidating, all-day-long test. If any student doesn't pass this test he/she will not be able to advance in their medical training. I'll spare you the stress, the headaches, the long nights, and the tears that went into this test and just inform you all that BRYAN BLEW THE TEST OUT OF THE WATER! His scores were phenomenal and he couldn't have hoped for better markings! He's making every one so proud. Way to go, baby!

Our 2nd Wedding Anniversary - July 26th
Two years? Has it been that long already? Man, how time flies! These last 2 years could not have been greater, I guess that's why it's gone by so fast. Here's how we celebrated this year (we kinda have a tendency to overdue things): 2 dozen of the most beautiful roses ever from the one-and-only man in my life, the best steak dinner ever at Boulevard Steakhouse, and a wonderful trip home to see the parents and spend a weekend at Hurricane Harbor with two of our dear friends (also celebrating their anniversary - 1 year for Micah and Stephanie!).

Puerto Vallarta, baby!
That's right! Bryan and I got some time away in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We stayed for a week and did a whole lot of nothing. It was great! We ate tons of Mexican food, took walks on the beach before the rest of Mexico woke up, took naps every day (on the beach and in the hotel), ate out in the evenings, took a trimaran to one of the coastal islands called Las Caletos, saw a tribal wedding ceremony, and had candlelight dinner by the beach. Are you jealous yet? What a great way to celebrate the end of Bryan's second year of med school!

A New Car
AKA, the scariest thing we've ever done! As exciting as it is to have a new car, I had a hard time letting go and just accepting the fact that a car payment is NOT the end of the world. Can you believe that? Having a car payment will NOT, in fact, kill a person. Huh, whodathought? So, now that I'm over all that, I can enjoy our brand new, shiney, black, Escape!

Friends & Family

Hello to all of our friends and family out there!

We wanted a way to keep in touch with all of you and let you know what's been going on in our lives, so here it is. We hope to keep you updated about birthdays, anniversaries, school, work, friends, etc. Now this is still a work in progress, so be kind and know that it will only get better!

Please feel free to comment and let us know how you're doing as well. We would love to hear from you! We hope to have a link soon allowing you to email us, so be looking for that.

We hope you're all doing well!

Love, Bryan and Natalie