A Big Week
It’s finally here. All the dread in the world couldn’t keep it away I guess. My clinical responsibilities as an intern start on Wednesday of this week, and just to kick it off with a bang, my first call as an intern is on Thursday. I’m really not excited.
This was my last weekend off for the next several months, so we tried to make it count. We packed in a party with my program on Friday afternoon (our kids crashed it;), the Greek festival Friday evening, then Yiayia and I took the kids berry picking Saturday morning while Travis gave a big presentation to the ophthalmology department. We picked 10lbs of strawberries for ~$20, and we had a great time doing it. If you’re local, and you don’t know about Berry Patch Farms, you HAVE to check it out. Where else can you take a hayride out to pick berries, eat all you want in the fields, then come back and listen to a live bluegrass band while sitting in a rocking chair or eating lunch at a picnic table nearby?! Love that place. Later on Saturday, we took the kids to see Toy Story 3 in 3D, which was AWESOME. Then, today, Emilie and Chris came over with the girls and we set up their GIANT waterslide on our sidewalk just to provoke the HOA…it’s been awhile and we kinda miss the drama;)
It was a blast and Jack was especially wild about it!
Then we all headed up to Evergreen for the rodeo. My kids are big rodeo fans, and we turned Yiayia into a rodeo junkie too! Ya gotta love Colorado in the summer; I think there’s a rodeo in one town or another just about every weekend. How cute is little cowgirl Juneau:
Shane-Bug and Emilie:
Fin’s twin, but the sweet version, Nova:
Finley, of course, loves the music in between events the most. She was doing the most hysterical, funky little dance and then when everyone would cheer the next cowboy on, she’d assume the applause was for her! Ahh, my little girl.
So, it was a great weekend. We ended it with Yiayia taking Travis, the kids, and me to dinner for Father’s Day. I have 2 more days to savor before the real chaos begins. Our nanny situation is working out well so far. The kids are adjusting, but the stress on them has been coming out in other ways. For Fin, it means we’re back to FREQUENT wake-ups, on the order of 4-6/night. For Shane, it means when I’m home he perseverates and sounds like a broken record saying “mama, mama, mama, mama” until I feel like my head is going to pop off. Jack has sort of been a rockstar through the transition so far, but he’s always harder to read and a bit more subtle with his reactions to things like this. For example, his acropustulosis has been flaring…that’s also heat-related, but stress plays a part for sure.
I, on the other hand, am not so subtle with my emotions. I know I’ll be a wreck again by mid-week. I’m trying to take it all in very small pieces. This week, my goal is to make it to Friday without melting. I’m intentionally NOT thinking about how I’m going to survive the spring, leaving a newborn (in addition to my 3 other babies) to return to q3 overnight call in the ICU. I’m just not going there yet. First I have to get to Friday. I don’t get all of next weekend off, but I will get 1 day since my first call falls on Thursday (& next call is Monday). Wish me luck.
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Good luck for the coming weeks! I hope you feel alright. Too bad you are not in the pictures, are you showing yet?
Very cute pictures!!
good luck! I know it will be hard on you–just keep trying to stay calm. The first few weeks will likely be the hardest….and then hopefully everyone will adjust to the new routine.
Good luck! It will be an adjustment but you guys will rock it out! Love the pics!
Sending positive thoughts your way. I wish you all the best. Remember this is temporary. Good for you for taking it a day at a time. And remember to breathe!
Good Luck… sounds like you had such an awesome weekend… just take things minute by minute, when day by day seems too much
Good luck Laurs! Will be keeping you and the fam in my thoughts. xo Kate
Best of luck.
take it 1 day @ a time. you can do this. hang in there. medicine is your dream. we CAN have it all…..we’ll just nearly kill ourselves doing it!
Baby steps Laurie! You have the right attitude!! As usual the babes are dreamy! So stinking cute at the rodeo!! Just make it to Friday, you can do it and it will be a distant memory!! You and Travis rock in the parenting department! So glad you had a great weekend!!
Working non-stop will be easy. Trust me. It’s good to see you’re NOT. EVEN. REMOTELY. THINKING. about spring yet. Bahhh. Who are you kidding? Day-to-day kid, day-to-day. You’ll get through it. Don’t think too far in advance or your head will explode (it’s not double reinforced like Alex’s). And you always have family in case you quit and never go back to work again. That’s what family is for… Right? That’s a two-way street by the way, if I don’t get my damn eye to stop twitching in the next 36 hours, I’m going to need to play that card and kick Henny off the dog bed. Love you.
Good luck. Sounds like hell though
Good luck! It will definitely be a change but you guys will find a way to make it work. You will all figure out your new routine.
Great pictures!
Looks like a fun filled weekend. Wishing you the very best this week.
thanks for the update girl! i miss getting regular tweets and blog posts, but I completely understand (and I only have 1 and am not an intern!!). Hang in there girl and know that we are praying for you!
Good luck!!
Good luck!!!!!
BTW, I totally know what you mean about your head wanting to pop off with Shane’s incessant “mama, mama, mama, mama…” Cameron does this too but it’s just part of his need to constantly talk. NONSTOP.
Sounds hard, makes me glad I’m not an overachiever! LOL! Really, good luck to you & I am thankful there are doctors out there willing to give up a lot to serve others. It is a blessing. Hope this week isn’t as bad as you’ve imagined it to be & Friday comes sooner than later! The water slide looks like a blast & totally worth ticking off the HOA!!!!
You’re going to do great! I hope that things are going well, and aren’t as stressful as you’d feared. I know that if anyone can take on so much while pregnant, it’s you! Keep your chin up - your babies love you no matter whether you’re with them or not!
Looks like a whole lot of fun! I landed on here by chance, enjoyed your Friday photos.
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