Long time no write!

Hello everyone! It's been forever since I've updated my blog, I guess I was waiting for something exiciting to happen and have some good photos to post. This summer has been both eventful and not all at the same time. Since my last posting back in June, I've done several rotations and had a little vacation and started my 4th year of med school. I spent half of June and July at Scott AFB doing surgery to try and figure out what I want to do with my life. I did realize that surgery is definitely not for me, and spent one miserable month alone and bored living in a hotel room. I was fortunate to be able to come home for the 4th of July to see friends and family and drink some beers and catch a few fish. My next rotation was internal medicine at Mercy in DSM, and all I can say about that rotation is that I was working 12 hour days and having no life. I took 3 weeks off to study for my step 2 of boards and take a vacation out to California to see my dear old friend Katy. She and I took a 3 day cruise to Ensanada, and then I extended my vacation to the end of the week to hang out with her and her fiance Mike and their friends. I am so glad I did, it was nice to relax and remember what it feels like to be human. When I made it home, I sent in my Air Force application for a Family Practice residency. I should find out what my future holds in mid-December. Now I am doing a Family Practice rotation at Offutt AFB in Omaha before I leave for Boise, Idaho for 2 months. This is definitely going to be a year of traveling.

Congratulations to Amy and Scott on the birth of their first daughter, Payton, on July 14. She is beautiful. And another congrats to Emily and Raj who recently became engaged in Yellowstone National Park.

I hope all is well for everyone, everywhere.