DOMINICA Throw backs....

I did not have any new pictures to add. I had recently gone through some old pictures from the island, many of which were previously featured on here. However, I do have nostalgic feelings about the island and my friends and life there... So here's to reminiscing!

The Sunset from our beach

Me, Zubeida and Lisa in Antigua

Eunice's surprise 30th birthday party

The cows on their morning walk outside of campus

Typical "me" pose, before the Black and White party second semester

JT and Jay in the pool at Fort Young in Roseau

My 24th birthday at Blue Bay

My house on Lizard Trail

Lindsey, Zubeida and me before Linds' birthday dinner

Me, Adam and Maria at our banquet

The view from campus

Another sunset

Thanksgiving '06 when my mom and Bob visited

On the Atlantic coast after a free clinic for locals

Stewart Family Reunion


My aunt Gaye and me

My aunt Mickey and me

My aunt Fran and me
Me and my aunt Kathy
Me and my cousin's kids...

Me and my dad
Me and my cousin Heather
My dad bribing two kids with money...

Me and my granpa, who is 96

Me with my cousins....

Flight......
My uncle David recently bought a new plane. So Saturday night, he asked us to fly with him to my mom's for dinner. Here are some of the pictures...

The plane....
My mom and grandma....

Me and my grandma
My mom and me
my cousin, Isaac, and me
JT using my grandma's walker

Somerset from the air
Me in the plane
My grandma

Isaac with his headphones...

Post Step 2 Celebration!!!!

So for anyone who does not know, last Friday I took my last board exam for medical school. It was one of those eight hour written exams. I will not know if I passed for a few weeks and am still nervous if I will. We did celebrate taking the test (in hopes I won't have to do it again)....Below are the few pictures I was able ot take... Enjoy


JT, me and Zach (sarah's boyfriend)


Me and Sarah!!!

Me and Sarah, I did not do good in this one

Me and Jacqueline!!!

JT and I outside Molly Malone's in Louisville

Jacqueline and her man, Justin


Me and Justin


The view from our room at The Brown hotel


Our room at the hotel (true KY Derby blanket..)

#2

I am getting ready to shower and start studying (11 days until my last med school test)....However, I wanted to give a quick shout out to my friend Emily. She is having her second daughter, to be named Vivian Carol Fox, today in Dallas, Tx. (See either blog link to the left The Stella Stories or Notes from the Fox Family). JT loving calls their first child Mini Me and this one #2, using Austin Powers to assign nicknames to children... I do not like those movies so....
Anyways, I am excited for them and hope the C section goes well. Keep them in your prayers!
~nat

50 Questions...

(I did this on facebook recently. Since I am taking a study break, I thought I would add it here)

1, What color is your toothbrush?
Light blue

2, Name one person who made you smile today.
Dr. Bruner...he gave a good eval

3, What were you doing at 8 am today:
sleepily watching JT get ready for work

4, What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
eating a turkey and avocado stuffed pita and studying neurology

5, What is your favorite candy bar?
I will eat any one of them...however, I love peanut MM, snickers, reese pieces, skittles.....I am a candy fiend.

6, Have you ever been to a strip club?
No

7, What is the last thing you said aloud?
singing random Fray and Sister Hazel songs to myself

8, What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Pumpkin, orange sherbet, chocolate chip

9, What was the last thing you had to drink
Dt Mtn Dew chased by water

10, Do you like your wallet?
Ready for a new one...the ole Chinatown one is wearing out

11, What was the last thing you ate?
turkey and avocado stuffed pita

12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week?
uh...end of last week I bought those tight shorts you were under your pants when you work out

13, The last sporting event you watched?
Western Conf Finals: Lakers vs Nuggets last night

14, What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Caramel

15, Who is the last person you sent a text message to?
Jacqueline

16, Ever go camping?
Yeah with my friend Melissa at Burnside Island in KY.

17, Do you take vitamins daily?
sometimes, Flintstones

18, Do you go to church every Sunday?
not every Sunday, but we try when we are not traveling

19, Do you have a tan?
yeah...but not all the time

20,Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza?
Pizza but if it were sushi instead of chinese, I would choose that.

21, Do you drink your soda with a straw?
if it is a cup with a lid

22, What did your last text message say?
"okay. Sounds great. Just give me a call! Lata!"

23, What are you doing tomorrow?
Working half day, studying, going to the gym with JT

25, Look to your left, what do you see?
Window and my books

26, What color is your watch?
gold and silver

27, What do you think of when you hear Australia?
The theatre in Sydney

29, Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?
Drive Thru

30. What is your favorite number?
4 or 21....I am weird, but I prefer even numbers

31, Who's the last person you talked to on the phone?
JT

32, Any plans today?
Study and gym or outside walk with JT tonight

33, How many states have you lived in?
5 States, 1 country other than here

34, Biggest annoyance right now?
can't say the truth, otherwise, studying

35, Last song listened to?
Chasing Pavements by Adele, Where I stood by Missy Higgins, 1980 by Rehab

36,Can you say the alphabet backwards?
yeah

37, Do you have a maid service clean your house?
Maid...His name is JT.... jk, I do help

38, Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
Asics sneakers or Reef flip flops

39, Are you jealous of anyone?
in little ways but nothing consuming.

40, Is anyone jealous of you?
I can't a reason someone would be

41, Do you love anyone?
Absolutely

42, Do any of your friends have children?
Yeah, more of JT's friends do than mine..somedays it feels like everyone but us

43, What do you usually do during the day?
Now study and work for a surgeon, school rotations....varies

44, Do you hate anyone that you know right now?
haha, no

45, Do you use the word 'hello' daily?
I think so. Never thought about it.

46, What color is your car?
We have a black one and white one... I usually drive the white one because it is small, making JT look like Fred Flintstone in it

47, Do you like cats?
I could take them or leave them

48. Are you thinking about someone right now?
No, just that I need to be studying rather than this

49, Have you ever been to Six Flags?
Does the old Kentucky Kingdom count?

50, How did you get your worst scar?

After my parents got divorced and for some reason lived in the same neighborhood, I got upset and took off on my bike. I went down a hill and made a right hand turn in the gravel....My knee and the gravel became well acquainted

My Second Love

Study Study Study

I apologize that I have not been posting lately...not that anyone really reads it anymore. I have been studying every day that I am not working. Basically I study and work hard Sunday through Friday afternoon. Friday afternoon and Saturdays have been reserved for relaxation or fun so I don't lose my mind. Last weekend, I went to Keeneland, a horse track here in KY, with my fabulous, old friend Jacqueline while JT umpired little league baseball. He was invited to go so I did not just leave him! This coming weekend we are going to Louisville to watch my friend Jason run the Derby half marathon and JT has two friends running the full marathon. We were going to do the half but got lazy and did not train. Later in the evening, we are going out for sushi...yumm.

June 5 is my board exam. I am studying like crazy. Unfortunately I start a new rotation on Monday....OBGYN here in Somerset. It will break up the monotony of my days but will also give me less time to study during the day time and less days to work and make money....But it will put me three weeks closwer to being finished with med school.

Well, I am going to go finish watching Biggest Loser and wait for my friend Lisa's call.
~nat

THIS IS MY GRANDMA!!!!

Quick Hello...

I thought I would be able to update more now that I am home and not doing a rotation. I thought wrong. I am studying on the days I am not working. Every time I have the computer I am either doing questions, watching a study video or checking random websites or other people's blogs. I should be studying right now but I am taking a quick break....

I made a few changes to the blog...music and background. Let me know what you think about the background. Not 100% sold but needed a change. Speaking of change, I had my hair colored on Friday. I was trying to decide whether to go darker or lighter. I opted for lighter because of the impending summer weather, though you would not know summer is on its way with the 30 degree weather and snow today. I am still adjusting to the color, but I think everyone around me likes it, unless they were lying. I will post pictures next time I have the opportunity to take some. Should have some over Easter weekend. We are going to the opening of JT's parent's church. I hope to see my friend Sarah. Plus, Friday we are going to have dinner with one of the girls I work with and this guy she is seeing. We were invited to Keeneland on Saturday, but I had turn it down for stupid studying...

Well I should go...internal medicine videos, cardiology specifically, await me.
~nat