Thank You Summer!

I finished up a long winter of blah weather, strenuous classes and crazy clinicals…I couldn’t have been happier when my break came around and summer enveloped Durham. I traded my clinical at the Prison for maturnity and pediatrics clinicals at Duke University Hospital. While I wouldn’t trade my experiences at Butner Federal Prison, I was ready to move onto something new. I do however miss the ample opportunities for IV practice, be it on patients or each other…that was awesome.

I spent the mini break with my parents, exploring Durham and the Outer Banks.

I then started the summer semester, rejuvenated, but a serious drop in motivation as the beautiful weather and good times creeped into the priority list. Thank god this semmester has been much more humane and easier to juggle…there is much more foregiveness for the occasional slacking. In turn I’ve had my fill of bbqs, pool time, wine on the local patios, Durham Bull baseball games, biking, and swimming. Summer  here is 100 times better than the winter…I love it.

Dave finally accepted BBQ…it’s not french, but it’s pretty good.

I made one little side excursion to Utah this summer to celebrate Britta’s bachelorette. Some do Vegas, some conquer the city bars, but Britt chose the White Rim. It was the coolest bachelorette party ever…12 girls and a kick ass bike trip though southern Moab. It’s a trip I’ve always wanted to do, and it took me actually moving across the country before it happened. I’m glad I could do it with Britta, Rach, and some rad girls…super rad! I had a lot of catch up to do at school afterwards, but it was worth it.

I was also blessed with a camio by my little bro last weekend, which was a ton of fun. We  kept him amply busy and entertained, as Dave is a natural social coordinator. I think Wade probably slept for a day when he got back to Boulder.

David just received his work authorization in the mail last week and has an interview for his Green Card next month…yippee! The process went way faster than expected. He’s almost a legal Frenchman….not to mention he can actually find legal work with a full time income. That’s nice. Now, if I could just get done with school…I guess have to keep on truck’n.