The Big One

That's right people.  This is my face illuminated by the glow of 30 candles.  It's official. I'm heading into the best years of my life.

Bring it on.

Best Day Ever!

Why, you might ask. Well, I'm currently in the first week of my third rotation. My first two clinical rotations were Pediatrics and Psychiatry respectively. My current rotation is my elective in....Orthopedic Surgery.:):):):):) And today I got to spend all day in surgery.:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) It was a blast.  My knees and feet and legs are killing me from so much standing, but I had so much fun.  I got to hammer on stuff, and suture stuff!  Seriously...BEST. DAY. EVER. Things are looking up people!

Survival and Recap

It's official all-I'm a second year physician assistant student. I survived my trip to the Hanoi Hilton first year of PA school. I'm already through the first week of my clinical rotations.  I'm currently at a pediatric office in Germantown, MD.  It's about an hour drive on back roads and I consider it sleeping in to not have to get up until after 6am. So-I had one week break from school related things.  While we didn't get a chance to go anywhere per se, but we tried to make the most of what we had available around.  I took the opportunity to catch up on some sleep, and to get some things around the house done the first two days. I got the car cleaned out a bit, and got caught up on some laundry and working out. So, on Wednesday we got Misha out of school early and went down to the kid's Discovery museum (not the channel...) in Winchester, VA. They had an awesome room where you could build your own roller coaster...

And where you could climb on a rock wall... (Scott has amazing upper body strength for a 3 year old)

Afterward, we went down to the carnival that was in town for the Apple Blossom Festival.  We had a great time riding the rides with the kids.

 Can you see Scott's little head next to Jerry??

 The fam on the carousel...

And I made Jerry take the kids on the tilt-a-whirl. My brain had had enough of the circular rides at this point...

The next day we took the kids to the zoo. (Misha took some pictures with Jerry's old phone to count as a school assignment so we could count her absence as an educational one-hers were all the animal pictures, and I don't have them on this computer, so sorry-not many animals pictured here)

I caught these best buds holding hands along the way....

And if you look really hard at almost the direct center of this picture, you can kinda make out the jaguar perched on top of a tree....

I got my garden planted-oh I love all that neat looking dirt...can't wait for my veggies to come in!

This is the computer background of the laptop I use at my clinical site.  I've determined that this is EXACTLY where I want to live for the rest of my life...I just wish I knew where it was.  But isn't it gorg?  Oh....a girl can certainly dream right?

All in all the first week of my clinical rotation was great.  I'm looking forward to this year-this is where the fun begins!  Hope all are well-and thank you for all your love, support, and prayers.  They have not gone unnoticed.

Still alive.

And he's still so dang cute.  It's ridiculous.  For reals.

Photo Ops

Here's a family photo update from October.  I'm totally lazy, I know. But here are a few of my favorites.  I so wish I could post more.

 See?  I taught my girl to wink at a young age.  I love this little girl.

 This is how my kids are most of the time.

 I love that he loves his daddy so much.

 Look at this-36 (this coming May) years later and they're still going strong.  They're adorable in this picture.

 Love my boo. And no, I never call him Boo.

 I love that Scott is just flailing out there.  hilarious.

 This is the best picture of all of us...seriously Misha?  Honestly-learn to cooperate.

 This is how Scott generally feels about Misha giving him kisses...even though he absolutely adores her.

 Love my momma.

See this look of deviousness? I totally suckered him into piggy-backing me.:)

Another Look-alike Meter

I did this back in the day with Misha, and now I wanted to do one with Scott. I did another with Misha, and as opposed to last time where she looked more like me by 28%, she now only looks more like me by 3%.  Fun nonetheless.  See my post from somewhere in 2007 for the link to do it.

Living Proof

 That they're alive....

 And so is he...

And Clark Kent lives in my house.

It's Official

I passed my first semester at The George Washington University.
*Whew*
It was a bit rough.  Now I've got a week off, sadly with no plans, before I head back for torture session number two the second semester. And we're off...

I'm drowning.  That is all.

I don't post much...

'Cause I'm in school.  And will be for the next two years.  Enjoy it for me people.