Monday, May 25, 2009

Gone for 3 months...

Well, on Sunday at 4:30am, I said goodbye to Tobin who will be gone for 3months on rotations. It's sad for us to be apart and I'll definitely miss him, but he's going to do rotations in Oregon, with hopes that we might be able to return to Oregon for residency. Anyways, just be praying for him as he'll be busy working and studying for yet another exam (this one will be in August). For right now he is getting to stay with my sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and my brother-in-laws parents. It was so gracious of them to let Tobin stay there! I love my family and even extended related-on-by-marriage-family. It's nice to know that my husband is by people I know and love.

While he's gone I'm going to be busily working the two jobs I have now. I finally finalized my position as an NP working in the hospital with a hospitalist. It's going really well, I'm enjoying it, and I'm learning lots. Going from outpatient to inpatient is different, challenging, and rewarding at the same time. Right now I am working as an NP part-time, so right now I'm also working as an RN on the same med/surg floor I was on before. It's funny because I work 2 very different roles in the same hospital. I've joked with people that my twin is working on the other day. And one day one of the physicians that works there made a comment that she saw my twin the other day (she must not have had enough coffee to recognize that I was the exact same person). I also joke that I'm going to develop some personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder or something. Because one day I'm give orders and then next day I'm taking orders. Oh well, keeps me on my toes and those around me!

Well, that's about it for now. The Rummel Road news is just that the Road had placed us apart for awhile. I know that God has His plans and I'm completely at peace knowing that He is in the driver's seat and placing us where we need to be at. In about two weeks, I get to go on the "road" that is in the air and fly to Pennsylvania to visit Sarah and take care of Campbell while Sarah is in class, then I get to travel to Nashville, visit old nursing school friends and go to an NP conference. I'm excited! It'll help keep me distracted from missing Tobin, but I will still miss him!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Tobin's Birthday on Mother's Day


Tobin celebrated his 28th birthday on the 10th. He was a Mother's Day baby and weighed 10lbs...so it was appropriate he was born on the 10th!

We celebrated by just spending time together. I had to work in the morning, but I returned home and found these..

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...WAIT, it's Mother's Day and I'm definitely not a Mother (that is a definite truth so don't get any ideas) and it's Tobin's birthday...I'm not the one who should be receiving the flowers! But it made me smile huge and love my wonderful husband even more. He is amazing and I hope the Lord blesses us with many more birthdays together!

This was even after I made these for Tobin's birthday...


No! They are not suppose to look that way! The yeast was dead! The rolls didn't ever rise...so instead of nice plump cinnamon rolls we got chewy hockey pucks (very dense)! My gracious husband says, "They'll still taste good." I guess with all that butter and sugar you really can't go COMPLETELY wrong. Anyways, my thought on a perfect yummy gift didn't quite turn out the way I had imagined. Oh well, we got some good laughs and a few tears out of the process. =)

He's the birthday man opening up a few gifts...in his new birthday gift from his parents
(a nice smart wool polo)


Happy Birthday!!!
And yes, I even sang him Happy Birthday solo!