It is quite hard to believe that I only have about 3 more full semesters of classes left in school. We just finished our last summer that will be full of classes and studying, and the fall approaches as well as arterial lines, chest tubes, and PEG tubes. It should be an interesting 8 weeks at River Region in Vicksburg. And by interesting I mean terrifying. There are few things that scare me more than accidentally pulling out a line that is inside a patient. But that is neither here nor there.
The Olympics 2012 in London have been keeping the Ross residence occupied... at least for the first couple of days and then I lost Steven. He is a little sick of me wanting to watch it. But I just can't get over people like Michael Phelps or Gabby Douglas. This is what they have worked for their entire life, and the gold is what they have wanted, and they got it. I admire perseverance and dedication, especially when it is given to those who deserve it. I am still utterly heartbroken for Jordyn Weiber who missed the chance to compete for an All-Around Gymnast medal by 2 tenths of a point just because she was in the top three from the USA, not the top two. But she pulled herself together and nailed her team gymnastics performances. And sorry Aly, but I think she would have at least medaled in all-arounds.
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| The 2012 USA Women Olympic Gymnastics Team |
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| Gabby Douglas after she won GOLD in all-arounds |
Steven and I have a lot of exciting traveling ahead of us. Aside from me traveling back and forth from Vicksburg everyday, we are headed to Indianapolis (my favorite city) to see the Troopers compete at the DCI World Championships. Pretty excited about that. Then, on Labor Day weekend, we are taking a romantic vacation to Navarre Beach, Florida where we have an amazing condo right on the beach and three blissful days with our feet in the sand. THEN, even though this is in November and still in the works, I have a chance to go to The Happiest Place on Earth, Disney World, with the Madison Central Band. I am VERY excited about this because it will be decorated for Christmas. in the 4 times I have been to Disney, I have never been during Christmas time. And as much as I love Disney and as much as I am obsessed with Christmas, keeping me from this trip would just be cruel. I have some major eye-batting and sweet talking to do. And finally, after Christmas, we will be accompanying the Pritchard family to Gatlinburg again. Excited for a week filled with leisurely activities and shopping and no milkshakes from Johnny Rockets on New Years Eve.
As far as summer goes, I am already almost half way through it. It consisted of about 11 days. It is a sad thing. But that makes my Christmas break all the more sweeter. And clinic means that I have 8 long weeks of not studying. I have a few projects, but NO studying. Pretty excited about that.
As far as my summer semester went, I didn't have any freak-outs like I usually do about once a semester. I aced all of my courses again and kicked some check off butt. But all of my hard work should reflect in my upcoming experiences with patients. We, as the DPT Class of 2014, also were the first class to be given White Coats and have a ceremony celebrating the momentous occasion. It was quite and achievement for our class and we all looked so dapper. As professionals in Mississippi, we definitely took and conquered a great step as future physical therapists.
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| Flaunting my White Coat |
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| The Best PT friends a girl could ask for |
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| Buddy the Elf faces |
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| It was an honor to have now-retired Dr. Paula Stubbs dawn my white coat |
Steven was gone again for another Troopers summer, but it went by fast. He had an awesome time and made some great friends to add to the list of awesome Troopers comrades that he already had. I am so proud of him and I am proud to be his wife. He has impacted so many lives and inspired so many percussionists to be the best they can be. He is pretty awesome. I did good.
Aside from all of that, we are just taking it one day at a time. We are looking forward to the upcoming vacations, school starting, football season(s) for Mississippi State, Southern Miss and Madison Central, and fun holidays. We also have Sully's birthday coming up on the 13th of this month and Stevens of course on the 28th. Excited to see what God has in store for our lives this semester. It has been an amazing adventure so far.
