Was there life before pap-smears?

Ok, ok. A blog is no good if you don't write on it.... no one will read it, check it, and friends will give up on you and your determination to share the joys and pains of life on a regular basis.

I appologize, life moved out from under me and updating this blog fell through the missing spaces of free time.

I am back in school - studying to be a nurse-midwife - and it is, cliched as it may be - all that I dreamed it would be. And this dream has certainly been a long time coming... I have been talking about this since 2003 - so with two years of pre-reqs, a year of nursing school, a year of nursing, and more debt than I care to admit, I am here.

In the past 3 months I have become adept at pap-smears, staring at body fluids under the microscope, talking to young girls about the evils of douching and the joys of birth control, and more than anything, sitting at my desk reading, reading, memorizing... It is certainly not everyone's cup of tea. But it is mine - and with a little sleep under my belt and a newly vacuumed floor - I feel positive about the direction this is heading.

In the mean time, here are some pictures of Caleb and my vacation to Italy and Croatia this summer - which seems like longer ago than 4 months. Was there life before pap-smears?

Yes....