Stacy and I returned from MT and Mom's funeral to jump right back into residency stuff. It didn't feel right for quite a while, and it still has its times when things just seem a little off. Stacy came back to cardiac intensive care, while I came back to anesthesia and psychiatry (interesting combo, but it worked well). We each had three weeks of that rotation before starting our next ones.
In October, Stacy was doing neurology, and I worked all night shifts in the emergency department. I moved the guest bed into the basement, so I could sleep in the darkness during the day. The last week of the month I left Stacy home alone (well, almost...more to follow). I went with all of the first year emergency medicine residents (except Niels...also more to follow) to Chicago for an emergency medicine conference. We had a good time there.
Earlier in October--Dad from the 13th and Teresa from the 16th, both through the 20th--my family came to visit. It was so nice to see them. While they were here Teresa helped with decorating our house.
This is a picture of our bedroom. If you compare to the earlier bedroom picture you will notice the new lamps and the new rug (thick and cushiony...feels great on bare feet early in the morning). Teresa also helped brain storm a lot of other changes. She will get to help again when they visit around Thanksgiving. While they were here I also got help from Dad on a couple of house projects. We put some lights in the back porch and moved a couple of light switches among other things. The changes are great, and I would be happy to share them with anyone who chooses to visit us.
Another big change happened while they were visiting. We got a new dog.
Emma is just over one year old. She is half poodle and half cocker spaniel. She may be the sweetest dog I have ever known. Perhaps Stacy will update the blog with a more complete story behind the adoption at a later time. 
Emma likes to rest with people she loves...here you can see that she and Dad get along quite well together.
This is Emma at one of the dog parks in town. She thinks it great fun to play with the other dogs and to meet many new people also.
Judah Niels Harden was born October 22. Niels (his dad) is one of my emergency medicine co-interns, his wife Karly is a nurse at Mayo, and together they are our best friends in Rochester. We get to see them pretty frequently, but we look forward to spending more time with them in the future. 
This is Karly and Niels when they visited us the other night for dinner. It was the first time Judah had been over to visit. Dad and Teresa will be coming in just under 2 weeks. They will be here over Thanksgiving, and I am really looking forward to spending more time with them. Stacy will be working that week, but I have the week off (we each have 3 weeks of vacation this year...2 of our weeks are at the same time, and we each have one week where we are on vacation alone).
That's it for now. We hope to do updates a little more regularly in the coming weeks, but we are making no promises.
God Bless,
KON
3 comments:
A. I like how you gave us little teasers early in your post that related to revelations coming later in your post. B. I drove by your old place in the Emerald City yesterday. C. We miss you guys. D. Kon likes getting drooled on. E. Niels looks to me a lot like Luke in that photo.
Thanks for the great updates! We are thinking of you guys & little Emma looks like such a sweetie! :) Ali
Wow--I actually know Niels' family--the Hardens...the parents, his sisters, just not Niels. What a small world! Good to hear your updates and see your pictures--you guys continue to be in our prayers! If you're ever in Denver, let us know--it'd be great to see you!
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