Apart Again

Well, Kaylee went back to Bourbonnais this week and began classes.

My first exam in Neurology is coming up so the studying has picked up here as well.

I forgot how monotonous things get when I'm living on my own. Especially the food.

I'm hoping to visit Labor Day weekend since we will have Monday off.

Kaylee gives me the impression that this will be an enjoyable and manageable final semester. It is strange to be attending with my sister, though.

I finally got Dental insurance and will be making an appointment ASAP.

The Global Health and Family Medicine groups I am leading this year are off to a good start. This weekend the Global Health group is sponsoring a First Aid tent at the "Festival of Nations" in Tower Grove Park. I have applied to make SLU a pilot institution in AMSAs Global Health Curriculum. We had a well attended community picnic for area Family Medicine students and faculty. And we have more exiting events on the calendar.

Well that's all I have time for.

Expect the next update from me after my exam on Labor Day weekend.

Settling In

It has been a busy couple of weeks since we last posted.

The AAFP Conference in Kansas City was a nice get-a-way. We attended several seminars on everything from how to improve our local Family Medicine Interest Group to Wilderness Medicine, but made sure to enjoy KC as well. We visited the Plaza, Jack Stack's BBQ, and enjoyed the downtown area. We also tried to find Menorah Medical Center, the hospital where David was born. We found it, but apparently the facility moved in 1996 leaving a Medical Research Center in the vacated building. The new hospital is very impressive. We also drove to the Nazarene Theological Seminary, as I(Kaylee) had never been.

This past week was orientation for the first year medical students and David has been assisting with activities to make this a smooth transition for them.

Thanks to your overwhelming generosity, we were able to do some shopping this week and have filled our house and made it feel more like home. Today we purchased living room and dining room furniture. :-)

I think David would agree that I have been performing valiantly in the kitchen. I have tried several new recipes and all have been edible if not tasty.

David begins Neuroanatomy on Monday and has been taking the necessary steps to prepare for this coming school year. I will continue to furnish the home and start to hang and arrange all the frames and decorative accessories in the house this week. Hopefully by the time I go back to school the house will be in order.

Time is flying by!