Thursday, November 17, 2011

Our New Adventure

Well, we have some exciting news! Yep, you guessed it! We know it'll be a big change, but we're super excited, and looking forward to our new adventure. We found out yesterday......that Sterling could do rotations in New York! (Is that what you guessed? =) ). We originally planned on doing rotations for his third year in West Palm Beach. When this opportunity came up, we looked at the rotations and decided the rotation in New York would be more advantageous for him. The hospital is bigger, there are fewer students, twice as much surgical exposure, and an extra elective. It's also the medical center for the whole region, so we're pretty stoked! AND the cost of living is cheaper than West Palm Beach! Nice bonus. The hospital is in Johnson City, near Binghamton. We had to make the decision right away, and it was finalized this morning! Now I have to be on the look-out for warm weather clothes! We'll be heading up there sometime in May. We've googled Johnson City quite a bit, and have found some great pictures. Here are some of my findings:




Oh Yeah! How could you not want to live there?!
(This picture came up every time! haha!)


But really, we're excited to experience seasons,
and especially to have the beautiful fall colors!



Then we'll get the beautiful winter snow, and have a white Christmas!
(I know this is Central Park....but same idea. And we'll leave out the snow-shoveling pictures.)


The homes are quite different from what I'm used to here in Florida. They are much older, but they have a lot of character! It'll be fun to experience something new!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Halloween

We went to a Halloween Festival this year that is put on by local Farmer's Market. It wasn't too big, but is was free (always a plus) and we got yummy ice-cream and homemade kettle corn! Mmmmm..



This was the sunset on our way home. Beautiful!


So, each year since we've been married we've carved a pumpkin....except for last year. Granted that's a quarter of our Halloweens, but we thought it appropriate to reinstate the tradition. I must say I was quite impressed with our skills.

Those bumpy little halloween knives that come in the kits never work. I was pretty happy with our new pumpkin carving tools.


I had the privilege to test my drawing abilities. My excuse: I was drawing on a pumpkin!





Ta Da! I think it turned out pretty well!