finally.....

So, when we were moving, we made sure that all of our furniture was protected and not damaged. With Jordan on a resident salary and not sure of what I would be doing, we didn't have a ton of money to buy all new things. We were very lucky that NOTHING was broken....well except Jordan's TV stand from Walmart. It was a cute TV stand but we had outgrown it. We do not have an impressive collection of DVDs but the storage was just too small even for us!

My parents drove to Jackson the day before we left and helped us pack and thank goodness my dad broke the TV stand. I was so happy (Jordan and I had already debated whether we should even move it to Texas) and when the piece broke, our decision was made! So my dad helped us , really, THANKS! It was left in Jackson. We have been living with our TV on the floor and FINALLY found a piece of furniture that Jordan and I both loved and it has arrived.
Below is a pic of our new piece of furniture!

It's perfect....everything fits tucked away and I love that it doesn't have to be a media piece, so we can keep it always and use it in different ways!

1 month down, 4 years, 11 months to go!

We celebrated the end of Jordan's first month of residency on Friday! Yipee! I think he had an interesting first month. He started on wards, which is just the regular adults floors of the hospital, but if his patients became very sick he followed them to the Intensive Care Unit. That's different from some hospitals, and different from UMC. At one point Jordan had 9 patients on his own! I think he did great....of course I do, but his resident complimented him as well!

Things we have learned this month:
1. When Jordan says, "I think I will be home early today...", Jordan will be home late.
2. Just because you work and sleep at the hospital for 36 hours straight, the nurses can still page you about your patients.
3. Jordan really knows more than we thought..ha...he had had a couple of conversations from home and I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS SAYING.....but it sounded good.
4. Jordan pronounced the death of a patient(s). :(
5. It's not that bad!

I will never forget Jordan's first day when he woke me up to say goodbye at 5:15AM and said, "Say a prayer for my patients." I have never prayed for more sick people I did not know ever in my life.

Another great quote from Jordan this month was,"My patients are all trying to die on me today!"

We celebrated on Friday with a Mexican dinner and margaritas hosted by a cardiology group at Baylor and it was great to visit with the other intern/radiology guys!

Great job Jordan, keep it up, 1 month down, 4 years 11 months to go!

Loving the Rain!

For awhile there I didn't think it rained at all in Dallas. Even though we are not far from Mississippi, it seems so much more dry here! The rain gives us a little hope that our grass may have a chance.....we have been trying not to kill it, but several spots are yellow and it looks like it is going down fast.....I have been apologizing to all of our neighbors and promising them that we will try harder next summer...haha! I have never had to water grass! A lot of Dallas homes have sprinkler systems, but WE are the sprinkler system. Wishing and praying for rain is definitely a sign that I am getting older....I will never forget my grandmother telling me as a child, "Oh Lawd, we need rain!" and I thought she was crazy, rain would just ruin my summer plans.....well I am officially old, we needed the rain! ; )

A New House, New Blog

After being a blog stalker for a quite awhile now, I have decided to join the blogging world and document our life! We are settling in Dallas and finding our way around. We are so excited about being able to share our life on this blog but also document this time in our lives. Our little house is so cute and we are slowly making it our own. It's in East Dallas and really close to White Rock Lake which is a 9 mile loop with beautiful water views right in the city! Dallas is such a neat city with so much to offer. It reminds me of Birmingham with lots of little pocket areas to explore. Here's a picture of the outside of the house and I will add more soon!