bummer summer blues.

So today we kind of had a bummer summer day. I guess I just miss Christian a lot and am frankly a little bored. :/ I guess I never realized just how entertaining he is! We spent the morning like this:

And the evening like this:

Cannot for the life of me get her to close her legs for photos.  Sheesh.

 I think it was just one of those days. I called my mom and she made it better. Like moms always do. I'm looking forward to a busy next few weeks, highlighted by THIS:

AHHHHHH! It will be the end of one of my very favorite things. I'm STOKED/already beginning to mourn. Get excited!

In other news - In the weeks following our move to Phoenix for medical school (over a year ago!), we attended a dinner/Q&A panel put together by the school for support people of medical students. The panel was made up of husbands/wives/girlfriends/boyfriends/partners of medical students to address the incoming first years' family members about the medical school experience from their point of view. It seems like it was yesterday I was staring down at my pasta and wondering what we were getting ourselves into. Well, the school got in touch with us and asked us to speak this year to the incoming MS1s! Christian is obviously away, but I jumped at the chance to give a few slices of wisdom to the support people for the next class of students. I feel like we've both learned so much about ourselves and each other over this past year. I've also found a lot of great resources and support in reading the experiences of other folks (like Daci, med-spouse and rockin' blogger over at Just Dandy). I'm hoping that between my experiences and what I've learned from others, I can help ease some of the same butterflies I was feeling when I was in their shoes.

This means school is just around the corner...for both of us this time!!! I'm thrilled. A post of my nasty book list and already-assigned work (yikes) is coming your way soon.

Here's to a better day tomorrow!
XXXOOO,
Ash & V