Me and my flan
SMU campus

Hello Everyone! I know it has been awhile. I am studying and going to class in preparation for my huge exam. Needless to say I am very exhausted. I just wanted to say hello!!!!! I hope things are good. Let me know!
~nat

Me and my margarita....yum!
On SMU's campus
JT at Cantina Laredo

Well, today is our fourth anniversary. We celebrated by eating breakfast with my friend David Hafley and his girlfriend, Sarah. The place we went was very cool and I enjoyed it very much. The food was amazing....I had a raspberry and cream cheese filled french toast. It is a good thing I have been running. Now I am going to start reading for our upcoming 5 days of physiology lectures. JT is going to run at a near by park while sit in the park and read. Again it is so nice to be home! I hope things are going well with everyone. I am assuming that they are since I having not heard for anyone. Just in case anyone wants to know, rather than canceling my vonage number, the one everyone has been calling for two years, it is now forwarded to my cell phone. So call whatever number you have.
~nat

Here are a bunch of random pictures from 5th semester. I don't have time to talk right now. I have to study. However, I hope you enjoy the pictures....
~nat

Texas School Book Depository from the Grassy Knoll
JT reading on the Grassy Knoll
Me being silly in our room
Dealey Plaza from the Grassy Knoll
(the exact place where JFK was assassinated)

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.John F. Kennedy

Today was my first day of class. We took a diagnostic exam and had orientation. JT went on a job hunt while I was in class. Afterwards, we drove downtown to Dealey Plaza and the Texas School Book Depository. (Not surprisingly, I kept trying to call it a suppository not a depository.) For those of you who do not know, this is where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I went for JT to feed his need for history and was very glad that I did. We were able to see where Lee Harvey Oswald stood when the shots were fired. We walked on the grassy knoll....as you can see in the pictures above. There was an audio-guided tour through the museum. Ironically, we were driving down Elm St and JT was like "where are we?". We looked up and we were in the spot where the President was shot.... We had to turn around and go back. But of course, we found it quite hilarious.

I start class tomorrow with Immunology. Eight to five from now on and I am getting up to work out! I had to promise my friend Lori that I would so that I would not sleep through it. For those of you that do not know...vonage does not work....just a reminder. My new number is 502 432 1753 if you need me. Otherwise email me or post on here!
Have a great week!
~nat

A small detour on our trip
Jt with a bill clinton model....Bob, it will be okay
My Favorite Drink
Our fifth semester banquet

















Me and Sarah Heather, me and her belly!

I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human.Ben Stein

I am in Dallas now. We stayed at my friend Emily's last night and checked in to our hotel today. The room and hotel are both very nice. I will send pictures soon. JT, of course, has nicely set up and organized the room. I start class tomorrow. Tomorrow is a short day with a diagnostic exam and orientation. However, the days get progressively longer and more intense. Needless to say, I will be very busy.

JT and I had a great trip down here. It was very long...I guess about 13 hours. It took a little bit longer than that since we stopped at Bill Clinton's birth home/museum. I know it may seem odd for us conservatives to stop there, but as JT reassured me, it is part of our history that we should know and appreciate. After stopping, I am very glad that we did.

Well, I am so tired. I will post soon!!!!
love you guys
~nat

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us."

Here are some random pictures from my last days in DOminica. The other picture is of my dad, Terri, Gretchen, JT and me on my first day home. They came to visit me at JT's parents' house.

So as you can see from the pictures, I am home from Dominica. This time it is for good. I actually will not be going to dominica again for school....It was a bittersweet experience to leave Dominica. It was my way of life for so long. I also will miss my dear friends that were family to me. However, I am ready to move forward in my education. I am ready to be married AGAIN!!!! So like I said, the experience was quite a difficult one for me emotionally. The day before I left we, Eunice and two couples we know, went to a place called Bense. There, we were able to jump off cliffs and go down rock slides. I will post pictures soon.

I will be leaving for Dallas tomorrow for my USMLE prep course. I will try to update as frequently as possible or will have JT do it. I will post a lot more pictures from the end of Dominica when i get there.

Have a great weekend.

~nat