Something New

I figured it was about time for something new. Something fresh. I keep up with a number of blogs and I always wish I could write as well as those "bloggers". Maybe it's something that takes more time and practice. Either way. I'm turning over a new leaf and trying out this blog thing again. Maybe this time I'll keep up with it.

Plenty has changed since my last blogging attempt ..

• For one, I had a baby in February. Elijah Mathias, born Monday, February 9, 2009 at 00:13. 7lbs 6oz and 19.4 inches long. It wasn't at all what I had planned / anticipated for an L&D experience, but everyone was healthy and happy in the end ~ and that's all that really matters, right? (: Next to Anthony -- Elijah is the love of my life. I never could have imagined how much I would love the little guy.
• Anthony has completed his first year of medical school at NY College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was less than a 1/2 point away from making honors. That has got to be pretty frustrating. Close enough, he's a smart cookie! He enjoyed the Doctor-Patient Continuum program NYCOM has ~ as opposed to the traditional lecture-based learning modules. The DPC program allowed him to have patient contact and clinical experience before the rest of his colleagues.
• We both have new cars (well, used cars, that are new to us!) .. for once we are not driving beaters! In January I traded the '96 Taurus for an '08 Mazda6 .. and just the other day we traded the gas-guzzling Dodge Ram 1500 for the less-gas-guzzling '06 Volvo S60R (12 mpg vs. 28mpg-or-so!)

As for other things that have not changed .. still in Worcester .. still working for UMMHC!