golden girl gabs

Here are some of the pictures from Andy and Richelle's wedding this weekend! We'll have more soon. It's been a great weekend - very busy! Sad to go back to Charleston tomorrow... will update soon with details and the rest of the weekend's events.

I'm on call this weekend, then 3 more days in the PICU, then I get to go home for 6 days!!!! I am SO excited and this is the only thing that has gotten me through the last few weeks. Things have been a little rough - a combination of being burned out, very tired, and feeling like my brain cannot possibly absorb any more information. Because of the wedding and the high school reunion I will get to see ALL of my family and ALL of my best friends from home... plus their adorable children.
One cute story to share - Katie called me earlier this week to tell me something that Campbell had said... The previous night, there was both a frog and a rabbit outside of Campbell's house. Katie said she was SO obsessed with them and kept looking at them all night. The next morning on their way to bible study, Campbell said, "Mommy, we need to pray - we need to pray for the frog and for the rabbit, and for jess!" I'm so proud to be in the list of things Campbell is thinking about these days... The Lord knows how rough things have been for me lately, so maybe he put me on her heart! Precious. I love you Campbell and can't wait to see you VERY soon!

So, I admit I am a blog slacker. Residency life does not allow the luxury of having time to type my out my thoughts, much less think about anything other than residency! But things are going well... just started in the Peds ICU this month - its going to be a tough month, but I will learn a lot. Only 1 1/2 months to go...
Update on plans for next year - for those of you that don't know, I will be moving to Nashville July 1st to start a 2nd year pharmacy residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. I am a little burned out right now with residency, but am looking forward to learning more about pediatric pharmacy. Hopefully my schedule will be less demanding during the program there.
I will certainly miss Charleston, even though I don't get to enjoy it as much as I would like! I love driving over the harbor each day to and from work. I hope to soak up some beach time before July 1st.

Other life happenings:
Andy's wedding is in 3 weeks, along with my 10-yr high school reunion - looking forward to being home for several days.
Will was able to return to college golf for the spring season and played in most of the tournaments - they are heading to NCAA Regionals next week. His pacemaker hasn't worked like they thought - still turned up high and the leads aren't connected quite right as they sometimes stimulate his pectoral muscles, which is quite annoying. He will likely have it replaced this summer - but this time with an endocardial version.
My great friends, Katie, Kimmie and Joy came to see me in Charleston in March - we had a great time together - I somewhat wish I was moving back to Birmingham to be closer to them! But the Lord knows what is best for me...
My friends Zac & Allison Boman adopted an adorable little girl from Russia and finally made it home with her last month - check out their blog "Home called Grace." I'm so excited for their family.

Well, that's all I have time for right now. Maybe I'll get back into this blog thing...