Auckland, Friends, New Zealand, Travel

Auckland

Arriving back in Auckland was odd. I kept having memories play across my mind and I felt like a rolling mixture of happiness, exhaustion, and bittersweet melancholy as certain things would trigger reminders. A billboard advertisement. The familiar accent. The style of the houses and size of the yards. We flew for 15 1/2 hours… Read More Auckland

Graduate School, School, Travel

D.C.

I was in Washington, D.C. last week for my school’s required on-campus clinicals.  From Monday – Thursday night, I was attending lectures, demonstrating my skills as a practitioner, performing assessments, learning in-office procedures and suturing, and generally stuffing my head with knowledge.  It was a great, albeit stressful, couple of days where I was able… Read More D.C.

Indiana, Travel, traveling, Virginia

August 2018

August has been a full month.  It was rewarding for me to have some time between semesters to relax, see family, spend time with friends, and do nothing.  Joe has enjoyed going to summer camp and we’ve taken a family trip to Washington, DC as well as a trip with me and the boys to… Read More August 2018

Travel, traveling

Winston-Salem, NC

I took Joe and Jack on a mini-vacation to Winston-Salem, North Carolina this past weekend.  In good traffic it’s about a 4 hour drive.  With 2 little boys, it takes a bit longer :-/ On the drive down, I ended up having to stop 3 times – 3 times for a 4 hour drive!  I… Read More Winston-Salem, NC

New Zealand, Travel, traveling

Queenstown

We spent Wednesday – Friday in Queenstown last week.  Let me share a little bit about our trip with you… Our “side” of fries at Pub on Wharf… more like a giant bucket ‘o chips! Somebody was very happy about all those carbs… Actually, I think he was just happy to see some food.  We… Read More Queenstown

Scotland, Travel

Scotland: Our Trip to Edinburgh and Learning New Things about Your Spouse

I realize that it’s been nearly a month since returning from Scotland and I’m just now getting around to writing about the second half of our trip.  What can I say?  We’ve been busy. Edinburgh was lovely, and only about an hour to the northeast of Glasgow. I much preferred it to Glasgow.  It wasn’t… Read More Scotland: Our Trip to Edinburgh and Learning New Things about Your Spouse

Moving, Travel

Weekly Update

I’m beginning to like this once-a-week blog posting.  There’s so much stuff going on these days that I just don’t have the time or energy to write more often than that! It’s less than 4 weeks till we leave for the UK.  I’m ready to be done with all of the prep work – the… Read More Weekly Update