Camping

Louie and I just got back from our first camping trip together. We had a blast! We headed out to Whitewater State Park Saturday around noon, which is just under a 30 minute drive from Rochester. We stayed for one night and went on a long hike Sat. afternoon and another one Sunday morning. The dogs went along with us and loved being outdoors. Striper didn't know quite what to think about the streams but, Trout wanted to hop right in. We are definitely going to try and make this a regular activity. :)

Louie just finished his first month. He started neruo. surgery on Friday. This rotation should keep him a little bit busier than PM&R (the rotation he just finished), but nothing like what he will be going through this winter. The schedule just worked out this way... I'm not complaining, right now anyways.

For those of you that don't know, my family got some good news last week. My brother had just arrived in Germany when we found out that his Unit was no longer going to be deployed to Iraq. We are thrilled. He will be in Heidelberg for at least a year working with the postal services on base. Who knows after that... I will keep everyone posted. Thanks for all your support, thoughts and prayers as the family got ready for him to leave.

Have a great week!

Catherine & Louie

Visiting My Brother

It's official... I have been a resident in Rochester much longer than I have actually lived in Rochester. I have made two trips already back to Texas since we arrived here on June 12th. Oh well.

I just returned from San Antonio to visit my brother, John, before he heads to Germany and then on to Iraq. It was great seeing him and spending some quality time with him, although I was a little emotional. It was very difficult saying goodbye, especially since I am not sure of the next time I will see him. He leaves for Germany next weekend and he is stationed there for 2 years. He will be deployed to Iraq sometime before the end of the year. Please keep him and my family in your prayers. This is going to be a challenging time for all of us.

The picture was taken one night in San Antonio. John, his girlfriend, Sarah, and I met some friends out for some drinks. We had a lot of fun. John has such a sense of humor and is so witty. He keeps everyone laughing. :)

Louie has been working hard -or- hardly working. He is on a very light rotation so he has usually been home each day by two and only takes call about once a week. It has really been nice for us to ease into this whole residency thing. I get done with summer school around noon and we have had time to work on the house. We finished the "wood" floors in his office. I will post a picture soon. It looks great! Louie is on monthly rotations so next month should be a little more difficult. Some of the guys in Louie's class are really getting hammered. One of our buddies is on call this Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday... plus he is working all the other days of the week. Yikes!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Catherine

Catherine's Beach Trips

I had a lot of fun seeing my college girl friends last weekend. I flew down to Corpus and then we headed to a beach condo in Port A. It is always a blast getting together with them.

I then headed to Mobile, AL, where my dad and the family picked me up and we went to a lovely house down in Gulf Shores. I spent time with my dad, step-mom, sister, brother and my grandfather. I even got to have dinner with my step-sister due to some traveling plans gone terribly wrong. It took me two days to get home and I got to travel from Mobile to Houston to Orlando (yes, that is in the wrong direction) to Minneapolis. I was exhausted and very glad to be home.

Louie had orientation all last week and began his first rotation as an intern on Monday. He is on call Tuesday and he has been reading up on what to do in case... well, in case anything happens. :) I will keep everyone posted when I have more to report.

~Catherine