Tulip Festival

Today, Mom, Dad, Rochelle and I went to take some pictures at the tulip festival. It was a lot of fun. I'll let mom and dad showcase their own work, but here are some of Rochelle's and mine. Just click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/taylors2004/TulipFestival
That's all for now... have a lovely day!
BJ

Ta ta for now

I'm going to India. I'll be gone roughly during the same time Rochelle is gone. I'll be staying in Pune, a place well known for technical outsourcing. I'll be helping with training, and organization. Dave my boss will be there with me. I'll tell you all more when I know more.
BJ

Goings On

Well, Finals time is just around the corner. It has been a good semester, my busiest yet. I have been able to spend time in clinicals in pediatrics, mother/ baby, and labor and delivery (which I loved- I wish my time there had not been cut short!). I am signed up for classes next fall already. I will be doing ICU and psych nursing. I don't know how I feel about that, but I have heard that ICU is great.
I am here for only 22 more days before I leave for Argentina- isn't that crazy!? It really crept up fast! I am excited, and yet a little apprehensive, and of course, sad that I won't be able to share it all with BJ. He says he will be fine and will take care of him self ok, and I'm sure he will. I just hope he doesn't get too lonely. I am sure he will be visiting around! I will be working Mondays through Thursdays in the hospital, and one of those days I also work in the community in the comedores (where the children in the neighborhood can go to get one semi- decent meal a day.) I think that is how the schedule will go. I am trying to brush up on my Spanish and learn some medical terms. Wish me luck! We will be staying in a youth hostel, which from the pictures looks fairly decent, and it is much safer than the area were going to be staying before. I will be using Skype to call from Argentina, since it would cost like $800.00 to make one or two calls a week on my cell phone, because of high roaming charges etc. Good thing they will have internet there! Pretty much everything is set up, and I am starting to pack things. I am planning on blogging if I have time while I am down there; at any rate I will keep a journal, and will fill everyone in when I get back!
That's all for now, folks!

Catch up...

Well, it has been a while since I have posted... or for that matter since either of us posted. We apologize and promise to do better. But we have a good excuse... in fact we have a couple of good excuses. Shortly after Rochelle ran her half marathon, Rhonda and family came into town for their spring break. We really enjoyed having you here Rhonda, Taylor, and Emily. We miss you and think often of you. But before their visit was even over, we also were welcoming Rochelle's family into town. Thankfully, their spring break was a week later than Taylor's and Emily's, but we still had a little bit of crossover on the weekend, where we were doing our best to spend time with both families. And of course, Rochelle still had school, and I still had work. During the week that Rochelle's family was here, we spend much time at family gatherings, dinners, and game nights. In general, the moment Rochelle and I were both free from our normal obligations, we immediately left to go meet up with family for the past two weeks. We wouldn't have it any other way, but it left us with little time for blogging. And although we miss all of you who have now gone home, we are grateful for our time to catch up on the many details in our lives that we have neglected... like buying groceries, doing laundry, blogging, and sleep. ;-) We have many things that we could talk about, Rochelle's run, our visits with family, conference (I got to go up to the conference center for the priesthood session), Rochelle's hectic school life, and her upcoming trip to Argentina. But for now... I think I'll settle for going and taking a shower right now (I think you will all approve), and letting Rochelle blog about what she will. I'll probably post some pictures later.
BJ