The End is Near...

Melissa's Pride and Joy 

Wow, Thanksgiving sure went by quick!  We hardly even noticed it here.  We enjoyed a yummy dinner with our Oregon family (aka Chad’s side) and I got to hear more childhood stories, and about the latest guns from all the guys. Chad managed to work up a sweat with the little ones outside in the near-freezing temperatures, and we managed to make it home without sliding off the roads through the canyon.

Our short-lived “break” (which is really a misnomer, because during college terms, there is no such thing as a day without so-much as stressing out about homework and exams) was exactly that – short lived – and bright and early the next morning we found ourselves dragging each other the radiology lab to practice our positioning; our practical was that Monday.  Followed by our Surgery and trauma exam.  Followed by our Pathology exam.  Followed by our Positioning exam.  The only thing “break”ing about our Thanksgiving Holiday was our pretty little images of that light at the end of the tunnel.

That's right - CUPCAKES!

By the end of the week, I think our exam scores definitely reflected the fact that we had passed the “burnt out” stage before even our first bite of turkey, but we made it through… and can’t be happier that the only thing between us and a study-free few weeks is, you guessed it, 3 more FINAL exams.

Between the increasingly heavier work-schedules (compliments of the holiday season) Chad and I have been holed up in the testing center at the school library studying away, occasionally eeking our way out to get some sleep, some food, or make a pitiful attempt at relaxing before the next morning comes and it starts all over again. Poor Chad, all he can think about is these dang finals charging towards us, and all I can think about is the crap I have to accomplish as soon as those dang finals are done – Christmas gifts, Christmas cards, Christmas plans…

Such hard work baking so many!

Just two more days, I whisper to myself, Just two more days.  Three exams. Two days. And then we are officially 1/3 closer to the Great Klamath Falls Escape!

So, I apologize for the severe lack of updates and current news lately (which we DO have news to update you on!) but I promise that just as soon as we reach that climactic end-of-term point, we will be back!  Hopefully you will be too, because we will be asking for your thoughts!