Final update to office overhaul...for now...

After I finished organizing the office and cleaning the apartment, something dawned on me. We are moving from this place in just a few short months. J and I have decided that no matter whether he gets into dental school here or not, we want to find more of a single dwelling home or town home to rent for our time in dental school. This is mostly because we know we will both be gone a lot (Me with work and J with school and studying), and we want Dexter to be able to stay outside during the day. 

Good idea, but why did I just organize the office again? Well here's a reason -- J got a J-O-B! 

So, J's dad is a doctor. He has a bunch of medical records that need to go from paper to computer. So guess what J is going to do for the next 3-4 months? Organize and scan ALL of the papers into  the electronic medical record database! Fun? Maybe not, but it pays the bills. We will be able to save up some more money before J starts school and we take out a HUGE loan to pay for it. 

That was a huge answer to prayer, so while J was at his parents house figuring out all these boxes and how he was going to transport them back here, I quickly finished organizing to give him some workspace. So here are the photos before He brings in loads of papers...

My desk/wall before

AFTER! 

J's desk/wall before 

AFTER! 

Closet wall before

AFTER!

Deer Head wall before

AFTER! 

(I even found a way to "upcycle" my old shoe shelf from college into a makeshift shelf for J's weights!!) -- well, the small red ones are mine, of course! 

I think not only does this room look better, but it is WAY more functional as a useable space (because we never really went into this room before now). Also, if I do walk in, my brain doesn't hurt as much, which is always a plus. 

Though this may be time wasted, I will have a much better idea of what we want our office space to look like wherever we live in the next chapter of our lives! 

- A

Last two interviews down...waiting to go.

As some of you may know, J had 2 interviews last week. One was at the University of Louisville, and the other was at UAB. As you can imagine, we both want to go local, but we can't really complain since we know he is going to school this fall no matter what. So here's as much as I know...

Monday. University of Louisville interview. After driving into Louisville Sunday night, J got some sleep at his hotel. Monday morning was his interview. He said that all went well, and after the interview he met up with a mutual friend that goes to U of L dental school to talk about the interview. J was so tired that on the way back he stopped at a hotel in Tennessee to rest and made it the rest of the way back to B'ham Tuesday morning. That same morning, he got an email from Louisville saying that he was on the "first to contact" waiting list!! Yay! 

Wednesday. J got up and went to his 11am UAB interview. They first had lunch with current students and walked around the dental school. So weird that I was only a few blocks away at work (UAB Hospital) while all this was going down. He then sat and waited for his interview (of course he wasn't first). He said all went well, and he was told he would know in the next two to three weeks whether he gets into UAB! 

SO stay TUNED! We will know something soon, but if neither of these schools work out, sunny Florida here we come!!! I only hope that if we move there the people I end up working with understand using Roll Tide as a greeting. Seriously. Those of you that I work with now know what I'm talking about. 

-A  

In The Beginning.

Hello there! Here we are. New Year, new blog. Two young people still newly (ish) married, launching into the world of dental school in August. But where will we go? If only we knew...

Here begins the story of J and A. 

^ This is A (with straight hair). She is a nurse in the operating room. She loves her job, though it comes with some drawbacks, namely being on call a lot. But it's worth it for now. She also loves to knit and has a store on Etsy.com. Enough about that for now.

^ This is J. He is married to A. J just found out he got into dental school at a school in Ft. Lauderdale, FL (far from home). He also has a few interviews this month!! Hooray. It's been a long road to get in, but he finally knows He is going to school somewhere in the fall. 

O yea, that dog in the picture...that is Dexter. He is crazy to say the least. He was rescued from the Humane Society in November 2011. He is a lab/hound mix, and has more energy than J and A put together. It is very interesting keeping him entertained in an apartment, but for now he is content being an only dog-child. 

This is the end of the introductions. Never fear, there is more to come shortly in this story. Soon we will chronicle the next two dental school interviews. 

-A