It's been an eventful summer so far...

1. I finished my residency. After all the banquets, pictures, etc., it has settled in that I'm no longer a resident. Before starting as a surgical attending, though, we thought it seemly to take some time off...

2. We took vacation. We started what was to be a round-the country (or at least the eastern half) tour, to Minnesota, Wisconsin, then to Virginia and back. We first spent some lovely days in Wisconsin, where the kids played through the long summer days with their cousins. They got filthy and mosquito-bitten and loved every minute of it. But our reverie was cut short to learn that...

3. Our house was struck by lightning. That is, the house we're buying was struck while we were away. We were to close July 9, but it'll be delayed about a week. More on the house in a later post...

4. We're packing to move! We close with the buyers of our house next week, and I start back to work.