Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all! Things are going well over here in Phila. We've been on a recent after-Christmas buying spree. James is following in the path of Diego, though our flat screen TV is a mere 37 inches. We've also bought a wireless router, which allows me to sit in front of the TV and write blogs at the same time. Ideally, this is intended for me to read medical stuff while I'm wasting hours in front of the tele, but that only stuck for about 2 days. Finally, we decided to stop being fat-asses and get a elliptical machine...that should be on its way soon, but may require technical expertise beyond our skills.
We also are having our orientation to Habitat for Humanity this weekend. For those that remember Pallavi, she's pregnant and due in March or April. And, surprise, there's still no new sewer system in our house. Overall, though the house is doing well...we uprooted carpet and got the floors refinished downstairs, so it looks less 70s.
Well that's all for now...hmm...I wonder how long before anyone responds to this.
P.S. I also discovered Youtube...I will soon become the perfect teenager.

whew

Hi all, So I'm done with Peds Boards. . . which is an experience I'm hoping to not repeat. What a crazy test- 2 days long and definitely the hardest I've taken. As one of my friends noted, we pay $1500 to look at pictures of baby butts, rashes, and answer question after question regarding obscure genetic syndromes. Sheesh! :) I feel a huge weight lifted. This weekend I may do absolutely nothing. I might discover the neighborhood library. :) Val, sorry about Dave's car. So frustrating. I got the pics from your mom and they look great. Can't wait to see the ones from the secon wedding. Props for going through all of that twice. You're really really married now. Does that mean you get two honeymoons? :) Take care guys. I'm now officially done with formal medical education. . . even though we're all about learning in my job. ;) So, back to the real world and re-opening my mind to all that's out there.

Fall in the Northwest

I'm glad to hear from you guys again. I had checked it once or twice, but wasn't sure if people had given up on it. Fall has officially started in the NW, the forcast is rain and more rain!! The trees are very pretty colors though right now; the winds are so suppose to pick this weekend though.

The second wedding went off pretty well, except for Dave's car was broke into at the airport when we were there to pick up my parents. My sister and her husband had all of their stuff in the car too, because we had also just picked them up as well. The thieves took everything but the wedding dress (which in a perverse way was nice of them). I think we finally are close to having the insurance claims filed and replacing most of the things that were stolen.

I should have websites with pictures from the WI and OR wedding up by this weekend, so look for the link. There are some very nice pictures.

Thinking of all you guys.

Yeah Sanitation

Sorry for ignoring the blog...I had temporarily forgotten what my log-on was, due to the overwhelming confusion of having the google log-on be my yahoo email.
We have recently painted the deck; it turned out to be a much brighter orange color than appeared on the booklet, but it matches the leaf colors. It has been ridiculously hot here for October and because we a) don't have a sprinkler, b) haven't learned to obsess about the lawn, or c) weren't actually paying attention, we have managed to kill nearly all the lawn in a mere few weeks time. Fortunately though, we finally will be getting the new septic system installed in the next couple of weeks...hopefully.
Well, Good luck on Boards to Heidi and Happy Fall to the rest of you!

the blog is lonely

and i am sick of studying. no more organic acidemias and primary immunodeficiencies. my brain is full. :) I'll be so happy when the test is over. 10 more days Miss you guys lots. Diego and I are trying to figure out where to be next year. maybe it'll be somewhere close to one of you. . . :)

Second Wedding!!!

Well my second wedding is this weekend...I think I must be insane. This has grown as complicated as my last: dresses, tuxes, flowers, hair appointments, photographers, the whole thing all over again. Except now I am also trying to start a new school year as well. I will be so glad when this is all over. Wish me luck!

Magnets

Yeah! So happy that folks are posting. So I'm on service taking care of patients in the hospital this week and just heard follow up from a patient I took care of last time. She's a very mischevious 3 year old who came into the ER with belly pain and when I talked to her in the morning she smiled and whispered to me, "I ate my necklace." Sure enough, big fat metallic looking structure in her small bowel on xray. Well, usually these things "pass" :) on their own, but this one was pretty big. Not sure how she swallowed that sucker. She ended up having surgery to get them out b/c she was obstructed. I just talked to Mom and she said the surgical team took out one of those bracelets made of magnets that this little one had won at the county fair. Bet she's getting one long time out. Good thing is, she's all better. :) That's my fun story for the week so far. Hope all is well with everyone. Keep writing! :) Heidi