Well this has been a really big week for me. I saw my first patient yesterday (which went wonderfully) and today we practiced injections on each other. Our professor said that if we used his technique the shots would be painless. That definately was not true. They weren't painless, but they weren't terrible. We each had to give each other 6 shots. The funny thing is they had us give them to each other right before lunch. It's amazing I was able to eat anything!
Tyler always teased me that I should color my hair dark one of these days. I think he never thought I would actually do it but I had been thinking about it for a couple of weeks and my wonderful hairstylist/friend Angela convinced me I should just take the plunge. So about a week or so ago I did it. I absolutely love it. I also had her add some long bangs which is definately taking some getting used to. (I haven't had bangs since I was like 12 so I'm still trying to figure out how to style them). So then I found out that The Makeup Store in Southlands was giving free makeovers on Saturday. I made an appointment to get beautified. It was so fun. The guy that did my makeup did such a good job on my eyes. Simply beautiful.
Well I am officially Dr. Laura. Not really, but we finally had our White Coat Ceremony so I'm getting close. For those of you not familiar with tradition, it's a ceremony that symbolizes our transition from the didactic courses of the classroom into the clinic. Mom came down from Fort Collins and Tyler came too. Everyone in our class got white coats with our names embroidered on them. I ordered a small but mine was about 3 times too big. It will fit perect when I'm 9 months pregnant. (Not that it will be any time soon for all of you who were wondering/hoping that was a little hint :) We can't actually wear our coats in clinic, so for now it will just have sit in the closet. I can't wait to start working on real patients in a few weeks! It's gotta be better than injecting oranges and drilling plastic teeth.
Me and Maddy, my transition clinic partner
All 50 of us
We spent 2 weeks in Oklahoma visiting Tyler's family for Christmas and New Year's. The entire family was there. There were 4 dogs in the house. Tyler's parents' lab, Adam's bulldog, Rhonda's mutt (Adam's girlfriend), and Boomer. Marci and Garrett brought Katlin who is now 10 months old. She is adorable! She's just begining to take her first steps. This was the first time Laura got to meet Tyler's entire extended family. They were all wonderful.
We added a new member to our family......Boomer! He's a toy fox terrier and we got him at the end of November. He was 6 months old. He is soooo good. He likes to play with other dogs, chase his toys, and cuddle with us. Tyler picked out the name Boomer (the Oklahoma University Sooners' mascot is Boomer). It only made sense because Boomer was born in Oklahoma even though we bought him in Colorado. In the video he is playing with Roxy, Adam's bull dog, while Belle "the fun police" trys to regulate them. Boomer is so funny when he plays, he never makes a sound even though Roxy keeps barking at him.
