Chris Brown vs. Kenny Rogers

Good......................... Better ........................... Best
Our favorite radio station (93.7 The Bull) was having a contest the other day asking for people with famous names to call in and win a free lunch. Linzi heard about it on her way to school and called and told me that I should call in and try to win. I decided to give it a shot, and after about 83 tries (and to my great surprise) I ended up on the radio. Too bad it was a country station and the host didn't even know who Chris Brown is ("Is that some new young music artist?" he asked me...lame)...some doofus named Kenny Rogers won.

Michael Stops By

How's this for friendship? Driving 1300+ miles across the country twice over the span of a week to visit for a couple of days....crazy, huh? Well, Michael did just that, stopping by our humble little abode over conference weekend. It was so much fun to have him here and show him some of the great things that St. Louis has to offer. I did feel bad that we made him get up at about 6 on Saturday morning (he drove in about 9 the night before) to come out to a 5K we were helping with to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He actually ran in the race while we were volunteering.

But we did do some fun sightseeing: The famous Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour (it was pretty interesting to see the beer making process, and crazy how much beer they supply), the Arch, the Farmer's Market at Soulard and Pappy's Smokehouse (a great little barbeque place right by school). Hopefully he had fun out here with us.

Highlights of the Brewery Tour, complete with Michael showing us how "The Masher" works.

It was great to see you Michael! Thanks for coming out to visit (and Linzi LOVED the chocolate milk, by the way...we'll have a gallon waiting for you to try next time you come out). And for the rest of you out there, hopefully you see that we are exceptional hosts and book your stay as soon as possible. :)

Isn't this how everyone kills spiders?

Falling in love with FALL

I just wanted to take a minute to say how happy the current weather makes me. I have been somewhat of a stressed out freak this past month (poor chris has had to put up with me crying over dumb things), but for some reason the weather has snapped me out of it this week. I love fall. I love leaving the gym at night and taking in a deep breath and just thinking, "aaaaahhh". I love the changing leaves and the pumpkin stands. I love being able to study outside on the lawn instead of in the stuffy hot house. I love being able to go on a hour bike ride on Grant's trail with Chris after school and not even breaking a sweat because it feels so perfect outside. I love fall, it is just what the doctor ordered.

you know you work at a hospital when.....

You eat something and then go to chart it in the computer
You get your hand peed on by a 7 yr old boy that really had to go
You can eat lunch right after cleaning up throw-up

Ike........

So we got a wake up call this morning telling us that church was canceled due to the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. I guess there is lots of flooding down by the church and on the roads and it is windy and rainy here. We sat down to a breakfast of pancakes and sausage and watched videos of Texas. My heart goes out to the those that lost their homes and everything and it makes me ever so grateful to be a member of a church that stresses the important of emergency preparedness because you just never know what mother nature has up her sleeve. Chris and I decided that we can catch up on church by watching the day star preachers.....if nothing else it will be entertaining!!!

Back to school, back to school

You know school is back into full swing when:

-you find you and your spouse discussing cranial nerves, what they do, and how to test for them over a lovely lasagna dinner (what could be more romantic right)

-you find yourselves laying in bed together, but instead of kissing or cuddling, you both have notes in your hands and you are discussing Parkinson's disease and how to palpate the bladder

-you have to drive into the med school just so you can see each other for the day (turns out we weren't the only ones with this problem, we saw Kathryn and her cute twins visiting Dave to0!)