Vacation Time!

I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted. Life is pretty uninteresting for me right now, which is a welcome change. I'm running the Birmingham Half Marathon this weekend, which is a downer since it was supposed to be the full marathon, but runner's knee prevented me from making those key long 20-ish mile runs I needed to feel comfortable running the full. So I'm going to do the ING Marathon instead on March 29, and I'm excited about that one. They have more pace groups anyway!

Micah and I are BOOKING our vacation as we speak. We are flying out on Saturday morning May 9 to Ft. Lauderdale to visit with one of his best friends and his wife, and then we fly out Monday morning for Eleuthera in the Out Islands of the Bahamas. I am so excited. We will be there until Friday, May 22 when we will fly back to Atlanta and hopefully drive to Macon the next day to pre-sign for an apartment. I am expecting to be in the May 26 - June 26 commissioned officer's training class (hopefully if I get a seat), so I will then go to Montgomery for that that next week. Very busy, but we need a vacation so badly - I think it will be good timing!

Eleuthera is GORGEOUS, and we are staying the first two nights in this little hotel directly on the beach while we wait for the beachhouse we are renting to be ready. The house we will stay the rest of the time in is right on one of the best beaches, has a pool and a large patio, and is very secluded. We are extremely excited. We plan to rent a car and explore the "elusive beaches of Eleuthera" as the locals say, kayak, play in the water, go surfing at the famous Surfer's Beach, and here's hoping we catch Lenny Kravitz somewhere in a dive bar, because he has a house on the island. It's a very quiet island with a lot of local Bahamian flavor - the island throws a fish fry complete with the local drink, Rum Bubba, every Friday night! We're so excited, and we haven't had time like that together in so long. I figure we might should get it in before med school takes up all of my time.

I've been thinking a lot about the close and beginnings of chapters in life, too. My chapter in undergrad that I began in January 2007 is about to close. It's hard to believe, because so many emotions and angst have taken place in the last two-plus years, but this chapter really is about to close. I feel like my life has progressed in segments. I wonder what will characterize the next segment. I'm nervous about it, but I'm also excited. I'm meeting some of my future classmates at Mercer out in a couple of weeks. Micah and I are going down to see some places to live (we already have one we really like, though), and we are going out with them that night. It's really cool that they are so welcoming, and I'm so excited about meeting them, but a part of me is a bit nostalgic that everything I have gotten comfortable with at UGA (again) and with how my life is now is about to change. Again. It feels like that is all I've done since - well, whenever. I know some people that seem to go to the same job, come home every night, take the same yearly vacation etc. etc. That isn't us at all - I hope I don't tire of this. There are a lot more "segments" coming up. After four years in Macon, I will begin residency somewhere in either OB/GYN or surgery (God-willing). Then after that, life will change again and I will start active duty with the Air Force for four years. And after that, hopefully I will move back to Georgia to fulfill the committment I have made in accepting my acceptance to Mercer by practicing in our state. Still - that's a lot of changes and segments. And we'll hopefully have kids during all of this. I'm glad we'll do most of the moving while they are young! Unless the Air Force keeps me longer!

I'm excited to see what God is going to do in Micah and my life. It's going to be an interesting and wild ride. One I never imagined would be filled with blood, guts, cadavers, the military and lots of moving, but it's our ride. I hope it's a gentle one!