Returning to the blogosphere

So I have been remiss in my duties as the family chronicler. It's been a long time since I've blogged. There are a whole host of excuses I could give, but I don't really want to write them. Suffice it to say, I've been busy. Now that I am back, I will try to blog a little more regularly. I find that having an outlet for my creativity is healthy for me so I'll blog to get that done.

So a quick update about the family since I've been gone from the blog so long. Jen and I have a son, named Raymond who we named after my father. He is now 9 months old and it has been quite a ride. He is almost crawling, but he is trying to pull up on everything, so I figure he may be walking before he crawls. Beka is doing great. We have enrolled her in preschool and she really is thriving there. Every day she comes home having learned something new. The school uses a Montessori approach, which I think is really good for her since she is so adventurous and outgoing. Raymond is there too, so we don't have to go to 2 different places. He is really just in the nursery, but he seems to enjoy it as well. We abandoned the nanny as a child care option since it was going to be a hassle to find a new one after Jen took time off from having Raymond. The plan was to put Beka in school anyway, so it worked out.

Jen has recently been moved to a new pharmacy and is working much closer to home. She's still the manager and her boss has a lot of faith in her that she'll be able to turn this store around. I am proud of her and excited to see how she can do this. She has also started precepting students on rotations from Auburn's pharmacy school. She seems to really enjoy it and I am sure the students do as well and learn a lot from her.

My work has been about the same. Still teaching and seeing patients at the clinic. I had a brief stint in the inpatient hospital, but that was short lived. Not because it didn't work. It did actually work really well. But because the organization needed me to be in the clinic more than it did rounding with the docs inpatient. I am OK with it, since I built relationships with the docs there and I could go back anytime, when the need isn't as great in the outpatient clinic. I am able to teach my P4's in any arena, so it doesn't matter. I have been doing a ton of research as well. It's definitely stuff I am interested in and passionate about. But almost no one reading this blog will care what I am researching so I will refrain from discussing it here. If you want to know more, you know how to contact me.

Well, there is a lot more I could talk about, but I'll stop here for tonight since Jen just got home from work. Keep checking back for more updates!