Catch-up Tidbits

To catch you up on what's been going on in our lives.....Kendall's graduation party on May 27 was great..... good food and great friends & family came... about 60 of them!!! Thank goodness the weather was nice and we were able to have a lot of it outside by the pool. Lauren & Scott & Will came from Big Spring for the party, arriving just in time for the blessing and group introductions. The next day Will was introduced to the swimming pool and he LOVED it, check out the picture on Lauren's blog of the aqua sombrero, that cracked us all up! Kendall has been looking but has not found a summer job & that's looking less likely as we head into the last weeks of June. His first day of school at Texas State Technical College is August 28, so we will be moving him up there the Thursday or Friday prior. He has used some of his gift certificates from graduation for apartment necessities and on Sunday began purchasing tools that he is required to have (*Father's day- good tool sales!*) He & his buddies have really enjoyed their time together- they hang out here a LOT.... Later this morning we are leaving for a family retreat at Fredericksburg, in the Hill Country. Lauren & family will meet us there at a guest house for some good, family style R&R. Last weekend we made a short trip to San Antonio (as did Paul & Shirley) to celebrate Thelma's 80th birthday. We took her out to eat at a restaurant on the river (seated inside, in front of a big picture window), the Mariachi trio sang Happy Birthday to her and she had a huge piece of Tres Leches cake. We had a good and relaxing visit together. On other fronts, I am now working in Day Surgery at St. Luke's, the plan is to work 1/2 time in Day Surgery and 1/2 time in the OR, which I think will be great. It has been nice to be challenged to learn something new over the last few weeks as I have trained in Day Surgery. In the OR, I will still get a good variety of services/cases since I will be used wherever people call in sick (that happens EVERY day!). We have almost 50 OR's. between the Main OR (which includes general surgery, urology, neuro, orthopedics, Gyn, ENT, and plastic) and CVOR (cardiac surgery, transplant surgery-heart, kidney, lung & liver) and the medical towers-basically outpatient surgery of all kinds including pedi and eyes. Whew! But I really like the variety as I got used to the hodge podge of different services when I was on the night shift. I have really enjoyed the day shift and am back to sleeping normal again. With the prices of gas these days, it is nice to be able to take the Park & Ride bus again......