Time flies slowly

It's almost August already, which means two things: 1) that the summer is almost over and 2) I will graduating from PA school!
I was looking back on the time that I've been in school and I realized that it seems like I started a lifetime ago, yet, at the same time time has rocketed past me since November.

Since December:

• Emily and I moved into a house that we bought.
  
• Emily and I flew to Thailand to see Forgotten Foundation
• I have done a rotation in ER, OB/GYN, psych, surgery, internal medicine, and primary care. The one I was the most exited for turned out to be my least favorite, and the one I was dreading may have been my most.
• I have lived one month in Farmington and one month in Roswell, both at homes of very nice people.
• I (with lots of help from my dad and uncle) built a garage at my new house.
• Emily interviewed, was accepted, and started graduate school.
• Spent a half dozen weekends either snowboarding or backpacking.
• Had anniversary #3 with my sweet heart
  
• Wrote a paper so that I can get a master's degree.
• Interviewed for two long-shot jobs and got offers from both of them.
•  Have realized that God keeps blessing me despite myself.

Grandpa Jim

My grandpa died last weekend.  I flew to Florida to be with my family and attend his memorial and burial. There was a lot of emotion and a lot of "remember the time when Grandpa.....".  It was in all accounts a great weekend.  My grandpa was 91 when he died.  As his health deteriorated, I could tell he was ready to go.  I'm happy for you Grandpa, you were a great guy and I cherish all my memories of  you.  I'll see you soon.

My heart is filled with songs of forever
A city that endures, where all is made new
I know I don't belong here
I'll never call this place my home
I'm just passing through

Live for eternity

Turns out I'm really ADD. Even in church. I usually take tons of notes because this is a way I can stay focused on what's going on. I forgot my notebook this Sunday like an idiot and so my mind was everywhere. The one thing I did latch on to even thought about through much of the sermon was the idea that this world is a shadow of things to come. Just like the Old Testament times were a shadow of the cross and Christ, this life is a shadow of eternity and the life we'll have to come. Weird. It hit me how much I worry about all kinds of random things when they just aren't going to matter in the long run.

Fear of Genetics

It may be a healthy fear....but probably not. I'm pretty much scared that I'm a carrier for every time of genetic disease out there. I'm pretty much certain that I'm going to have Trisomy 21 children with cystic fibrosis and Turner's syndrome. I guess I get to look forward to being a hypochondriac for the next couple years.

Update

It's been a while, so I figured I throw a little update in here. I finished my second block in the PA program (first block since joining with the med school), Human Structure, Function and Development. It was pretty hard, but I pulled through and we just started Genetics and neoplasia.

Stuff at the Forgotten Foundation has been going pretty well. We're helping more people than ever and really being a light to the Karen in Thailand. It's going to be long term, so I'm excited to get to go back after school is over and use some of my medical knowledge there.

I'm going to sign off, and hopefully I won't take so long before my next update.

2 week count down!

On June 14th, I'll be starting the Physician Assistant program at the University of New Mexico. It's been a long road up to this point, and I'm so excited/nervous that it's almost upon me. I guess it's really hitting home because I've told my current boss(es) that my engineering career is coming to a close. The great news is that they were both really supportive of it and both expressed the desire to do something else to impact people. I'm relieved. I've not been looking forward to those talks for a while now and I'm glad they're over.
Two more weeks until my life gets crazy!

Furniture improvements

When my wife and I moved into our new apartment, I had to promise that we'd do something with the dresser and night stand that I have had since college.So this was my canvas. We picked up a little paint...
...and some new handles.
I knocked these things off of the top drawers.
(too 80's for what we're going for)
We then primed and painted the whole thing red.
We did two coats of red and then picked a graphite color. Basically dark gray with a touch of blue. I added some white Elmer's school glue to a some areas.
I read that if you paint over it (after allowing 10-15 minutes for it to get tacky) it works to crack the paint so that that paint underneath can be seen.
We did a couple areas where we didn't paint over it completely and other areas that we sanded down the outer paint so the red would come through - mostly on the edges and corners. Added some simple vintage bronze handles .....

Final product:

Overall, I'd say it look WAY better than it did, and for $70 worth of supplies, we saved a bunch on what a new dresser would have cost.