Andrew took the Medicine Board in August, which meant the first few day so August were filled with studying. The weekend after he took the exam, we went to Orange Beach, Alabama for the first time ever. Around here that is a shock...most folks from this area consider Orange Beach their annual beach destination. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. It is a great beach, wonderful area, lots of good food, and best of all - we had no plans other than to spend time on the beach and eat. The only issue with the entire weekend was that it rained...and rained...and rained. See...it rained....
Overnight Saturday night and into Sunday morning, a massive storm blew in. It had some serious winds, which seemed even stronger on the 14th floor of a condo building. All was good and fine until just as we were getting ready to shower and dress to head home, the power went out. And we were on the 14th floor. And the elevators didn't run on a generator. So down the steps we went with all of our luggage and special beer that you can't buy in Mississippi so naturally we stocked up in Alabama. We made it in a single trip. No one was injured and we made it back with our prized beer. I have to admit - it was killer seeing all the sweetwater and not being able to drink one.
But it did stop raining long enough for us to enjoy dinner on the patio one night. Sadly, that was the only night we were able to have dinner outside.
Now when I tell you that our little boy is already like his father - allow this previous picture to demonstrate the issue with taking pictures for you. Andrew HATES to have his picture taken, so he refuses to look at me most of the time. Well, wouldn't you know it - the ultrasound tech was trying to get a profile picture of our little booger and he kept his face hidden the entire time. The one time he did show his face, he was moving around so it is blurry. I'm telling you - like father, like son.
At some point during August or September, I decided to start slowly cleaning out the house. I am just trying to clear out some of the "unnecessary stuff" we have collected over the past 4 years. Y'all, we love ball caps. We were them for golf, shooting, hunting, yard work, when we don't feel like washing our hair (oh, wait - that's just me), etc. Well, little did I know, we had a serious collection of non-camo (those are stored in a separate location with the other camo) hats.
The ones stacked on the table were known keepers. The ones on the back of the sofa were up for debate. We ended up trashing all of the hats on the back of the sofa (I believe). We cut our collect in half!
Then in September, Andrew went on a trip for Peds Board Review. He was gone for week so I enjoyed a week of cooking everything that he doesn't like but love. At some point during the week I (as planned) used up all my fresh groceries and was going to eat chicken cakes (think crab cakes, but with chicken instead) that I made and froze a month or so ago. Let's just say that after one sniff of those suckers, I knew they were freezer burnt. So I went in search of plan b which did not include leaving the house. This is what I found...
Um...Houston, we had a problem. Don't laugh but both the heavy cream and the milk were expired too. Soooo....that left me with a massive selection of beer, diet coke, salad dressings, and cheese. Yep, yummy. The beer would have been more than satisfying but that wasn't an option, I don't drink soft drinks except for the rare Diet Dr. Pepper, I had nothing and I mean nothing to put dressing on, and same with cheese. The pantry was equally as bad. It was a sad day.
And that is a taste of the random stuff that happened in August and September.
1 comment:
But you had time together despite the rain! :-)
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