1/6th of the way done...

one week down, and 5 weeks to go before i head back to my own little house and my awesome husband. This is really a great rotation overall. I've been getting to do lots and lots of surgery, and basically no "busy work" (paperwork, notes, coding etc). so that part is great. I just really miss being away from Cris for so long. BUT i do get to look forward to seeing him, and the whole Stickley and Matus crew in about 2 1/2 weeks, which is really exciting. By then little Nova will be 7 months along!

yesterday i drove over to Nashville to take my yearly OB/GYN Residency exam. It is only administered at sites that have a residency program, and Vanderbilt is the nearest location. It's a 6 or 7 hour test, with lots of crazy and obscure OB related questions. Not really a pass/fail type of thing, just a way to gauge each persons knowledge base compared with all the other OB/GYN residents around the country. it's a little stressful, but really doesn't matter too terribly much. I have never been to nashville, and i didn't really have a chance to check it out at all yesterday, but in a few weeks i am meeting my sister in Nashville for the weekend and to explore a little bit.

Cris has been busy collecting Data for his research project. I think he may be able to be done with his PhD by December, which would be amazing. We are hoping he can get all the Data collection phase completed before we travel to Vietnam. And, he is only a week away from turing 35! Our time in hawaii has just been flying by. it's so hard to believe Cris will turn 35 this year, AND we will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary! We have really been blessed with so many wonderful things in the last few years, and we are so thankful that we have so much to look forward to!