M.I.A.

Sorry I’ve been MIA for a while. July was a very, very busy and tiring month. I was on the Adult Internal Medicine/Therapeutic Drug Monitoring rotation at UK. Needless to say, the entire month was challenging, but worthwhile. I was seriously dreading this rotation going in, but now it is over and I can look back and say that it wasn’t all that bad afterall. The hours were the long and the workload heavy, but I definitely learned a lot and was introduced to new environment for pharmacy. Afterall, since the first two rotations were horribly slow (and boring), I was in need of a faster pace.

This month I am at the Veterans Administration hospital on the Geriatrics rotations. There are two components: Drug Regimen Review, where we basically review patients’ charts for safety and efficacy of drug therapies; and Home Based Primary Care, where clinicians actually go out to Vet’s home instead of the Vet coming to the hospital. For this portion, we have considerably more say in patients’ treatment. The environment at the VA is completely different than UK. It is totally laid back, not to mention that the veterans’ health records are entirely electronic, which is awesome since you never have to get out of your chair! We have somewhat of a heavy workload, but stress is minimal and you can pretty much work at your own pace. This rotation has been interesting, and different, and I may still consider working for the VA in the future, once I am burnt out with Community Pharmacy. I am off in September and October, so I will be working full-time at the K.

In other news, Amanda and I made an offer on the house in Franklin. Since real estate is S-L-O-W and its pretty much a buyer’s market, we decided to make a low-ball offer, just to see what happens. After several days, the Realtor finally contacted me to let me know that the seller could not accept the offer. Now we are just waiting for their counteroffer. I pretty much have a top dollar amount in my mind, and I am pretty sure that we will be able to negotiate an acceptable price. I have plenty of faith that this will work out. We made the decision to move to Franklin at the end of September regardless of what happens. I have rearranged my rotations and both of us have put in our notices with our employers. If the house deal falls through we will try to find an apartment or house to rent, and if all else fails we can stay with her family for a while.

And now a little info about this past weekend.

Friday. I was off work and had nothing to do, so I called up Jon to see if he wanted to go to the Wild Turkey Distillery. Instead, we decided to head to Red River Gorge for an overnight camping trip. The wives were terrified that we would fall off a cliff or get lost in the woods. Needless to say, we had a great time and made it home alive. Hopefully we can make another trip before we move.

Saturday. Amanda’s friends Tiffany and Jayme came to visit for the weekend. Amanda knew that Jayme was coming, but had no idea that Tiff was coming, so she had a pleasant surprise when got home from work Friday evening. Jon and Emily came to join us and we grilled some N.Y. Strips. Then we spent the rest of the evening playing the Wii and Guitar Hero on the PS2. Sounds like fun, huh?

Sunday. We did absolutely nothing. That’s right, we all just lounged around all day and did absolutely nothing.

This coming weekend Amanda and I are going to Nashville for the holiday. All of her family are getting together at the lake and renting a huge pontoon boat. Unfortunately, I have to work on Saturday, so I will have to drive Amanda to Louisville so that she can ride down with her Sister, who is coming from Indy. Then I will drive down Saturday night after work. Since we are planning on going to the lake Sunday, I will make it in time for most of the excitement. I am sure Amanda will post an entry with all the details and some pictures for your viewing pleasure.