A couple of weeks ago, the planets aligned and Stephanie and I both had the weekend off.  We haven't been to a concert for a couple of years, so we used this opportunity to attend a concert of an old favorite: Wilco.  It was our first time to see them in concert and our first time to the Orpheum theatre. And yes, that IS a gong there in the first picture

Stephanie and I officially have one month as doctors under our belt. It's been both difficult and rewarding, and definitely a little humbling at times. At the end of the day, it's also nice to know you're getting paid to do this instead of paying to do it, as was the case the past four years.

Both of our schedules work on one month intervals. I began with Surgical Oncology and Stephanie began on Sub-specialty inpatient service. Several people have asked us what hospital we work at, so I though I would clarify. Stephanie works primarily at LeBonheur Children's hospital, which is undergoing a vast addition to be completed January 2010. She also does her oncology rotations at St. Jude's hospital. I work at six different hospitals during my residency, five of them this year. Last month I was at Methodist University hospital which you might have seen in the headlines recently. This month I am at Regional Medical Center, known locally simply as The Med. Other hospitals I will be working at include the VA, LeBonheur, Baptist and St. Francis.

I have a little more free time this month, so look for a new post in coming weeks with pictures of the new house with changes.

After four long years Stephanie and I concluded a chapter in our lives that we begin together shortly after we started dating.  Saturday, May 16 we officially became doctors and received our M.D.  It was somewhat of a surreal moment that still hasn't quite set in.  We had the opportunity to see friends that we hadn't seen in two years and the realization of saying goodbye to friends we may never see again.  Thanks to all of our wonderful classmates and the memories that we shared.

It was a very bittersweet moment leaving Lubbock for the last time. I have lived there the past eight years, four of which with my lovely wife, and have accumulated numerous fond memories. Yet, we are excited about moving to Memphis and the future it holds. We made the rounds in Lubbock seeing and doing all of our lasts. Our last time in the Health Science Center, our last time to eat at Stella's, our last time to drink Sugar Brown's coffee, and our last time to eat at Cafe J (the place of our first date and engagement)... at least for now.

While in Gorman and dodging the swine flu, Stephanie had a little photo shoot with our new niece Hannah Jade. At 7 weeks she was already very photogenic with her spiky red hair like a punk rocker. She's a cutie!

The Glovers are currently homeless nomads. We moved all of our stuff into storage and are touring Texas seeing family and friends one last time before we become permanent tenants of Tennessee. Our first stop was in Gorman where I undertook a carpentry project, building a fort/swing set in my parents' backyard for our nieces and nephew.  Although I really built it for them, I did make sure at least one of the swings was adult capacity :)