Life is...

...laughing with my husband until we both can't breathe.
...watching my dog chase a toy around the house.
...smelling the fresh rain as I'm leaving work.
...sitting on the porch with neighbors while our dogs play together.
...finding a cereal that I love on sale at Publix.
...knowing I have Halloween candy hidden and not eating
any of it...yet.
...renting a movie and talking to the employees who know
us by name.
...eating a homemade dinner at the end of a long, long day.
...smiling just because I see my Babe.
...smiling just because I think of my Babe.
...knowing my Babe loves me as much as I love him.

Life is very, very good!

Blue Time

I have finally finished all of my orientation and training at work and have begun to settle into what will be my regular schedule. This means I have cut back my hours and have a lot more day time hours at home. Even though I don't necessarily want to work evenings, Blue has loved having me home in the day. We haven't had as much time to spend together, and he's been by himself much more than he is used to these past few weeks. I love having him follow me around and love that he still wants to cuddle!

White Coat

This Saturday was Devin's White Coat Ceremony. After completing his first module of med school, this ceremony was meant to recognize him as a "student-doctor." With this, he will now also start working in the hospital and interacting with patients. I couldn't be prouder of him and speant the whole day smiling. Congratulations Babe!!! :]

Labor Day!

For Labor Day weekend, we went to visit Devin's family...and his brother showed up on his motorcycle. Devin has wanted one for a long time already, and now he's even more excited for the day when he can have one. Just seeing him on one was a lot of fun for me!

Bookworm

We are very slowly finishing unpacking our new home. My wonderful husband spent this afternoon painting the spare bedroom to surprise me. We have been saying for the past two weeks "once the other bedroom is painted..." as our excuse for every mess in the house. So, I was very excited to have this done. Also, Devin had started by painting around our bookshelves first so that they would be dry enough for me to fill up while he finished the borders of the room. I was so excited!!! Here are the final results.

Thankfully, these bookshelves leave us a little room to grow, because medical textbooks are huge...and I just love books!

Augusta

So, I've been thinking that I would wait to do a new post until I had some amazing new pictures. I would use pictures of my newly painted and nicely decorated house. Or, there would be one of Devin and Blue and me exploring a local park. Possibly, I would be able to have a shot of us at some cool get together with new found friends at a fun local restraunt. However, that is not the case. Instead, our nearly 3 weeks here can best be summed up with two standard images that I found with Google.

Since getting here, our lives have been ridiculously busy. We have not finished painting or unpacking. I just finished day 18 of "orientation" at ECRH and have started "training" for the next 2 or 3 weeks. Devin has started classes and already has his first exam Monday! Most nights, I help him study for a little while after he's spent a good bit more time reviewing on his own. Blue is getting more used to being alone but very much enjoys the time we are home. He has also learned to catch a frisbee since getting here, too! We all love time in the backyard playing together. Devin and I also have made time for a couple of the new MD student socials, which have been tons of fun--I just forgot my camera. Hopefully, the pictures I had pondered will become a reality sometime in the near future, at which point I will in fact post them! And, once life gets a little more interesting, I'll blog about that, too...

July

I haven't done to well with posting this month, so I'm just going to sum everything up. Independence Day was a lot of fun for Devin and me. We spent the day cooking a huge meal and had family over to share it with us. Then, we were able to go watch the fireworks at Bishop's Park. We didn't get to do this last year because Devin had to work, so I was especially excited about it. And, it ended up being amazing.

We have also spent this month perfecting our pizza making ablilities. In February we attempted to make our own pizza crust for the first time. It didn't turn out too well. But, we've made pizza four times this month and seem to be getting closer to where we need to be with the help of our great cookbook.

Also, we were able to go visit my family for a few days. The trip flew by too quickly. We spent one day hiking at Ohiopyle and visiting the waterfalls. This was actually the first time that Devin, Blue, and I posed for a family photo. Blue loved his time with my parents' dogs on this vacation and almost stayed behind when we left.

Another day, we visited a lake and spent the day canoeing, swimming, kayaking, playing volleyball, and playing with a frisbee. We picnicked bu the lake for lunch, too. After lunch, we rented a hydrobike to try, which was so much fun but more difficult than you would imagine.

Yesterday, we left my family's home to head back to Watkinsville. On the way, I received a phone call from East Central Regional Hospital in Augusta with a job offer! I am very excited because this was a job I really wanted. It is a better job than I could have ever hoped to have straight out of college. I will start working on August 3rd. Then, Devin starts med school on August 10th. Now, Devin and I are just trying to finalize everything to move there in a week!