Lion vs. Lamb

Whoever came up with the March phrase "in like a lion, out like a lamb" had one thing right. The lion and the lamb both show their faces in March. As for when in the month they come, there is no consistency. Yesterday morning we woke up to a few inches of snow. It inspired me to take pictures of it's beauty and it's springtime contradictions. After looking at the pictures I wonder if the snow is supposed to be the lion or the lamb...

Hoo Hung Woo?

Last Saturday we threw a Chinese murder mystery party. It was a lot of fun to see friends and hang out and eat Chinese food, but I was disappointed with the plot of the game. We've done these parties before, but this one was far too complicated to keep track of. Regardless, it was a fun night. It turned out Scott was the guilty one! Do you think he looks the part?

Tech-regression

Two weeks ago, while at the library, Britta mentioned a problem with our display on the laptop. All the colors would go bad, the graphics would pixelate and we got an error message. It worked fine for a while after we restarted it . . .
But . . .
Not anymore! We are computer-less now, more than ever. (If you count not having internet as being computer-less, it practically is nowadays).
The funny thing is, the day we got the error message, I wondered if we had backed up our files. Now our computer won't even turn on.
Should we fix it? I think we need to get a quote . . .

Finally...

After much grief and headache, I finally have a somewhat respectable website for advertising myself. It's BrittaMarie.com. Much thanks to Brett for hosting me and helping me work out a lot of glitches. Also, I have to thank Scott for dealing with my freak-outs when the digital and computer worlds seemed pitted against me.

p.s. The galleries don't work in Mozilla Firefox.

We made it!!!

As of today, I have been accepted to the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. I can't tell you what a relief it is to finally have an acceptance. I am still waiting to hear back from UNR and a final decision from Touro in Las Vegas, but with this acceptance in hand, at least we have a deadline in front of us as far as transitioning into our next phase of our lives and career. Whew! What a long and anxious wait it has been.

Just a few thoughts about the school . . .
from the website, "KCOM was the first institution of osteopathic education in the world and continues to provide leadership for comprehensive medical education, research, and healthcare. Consistent with the college's mission, KCOM is consistently ranked in U.S. News & World Report as one of the best medical schools in the country for rural and family medicine training."

My impressions: This easily had the best facilities of all the schools I interviewed with and I had the best experience here. In comparision, though UNR is an MD school, the class size there was about half as big as KCOM and the interview process seemed cold and detached to me. I do still hope to be accepted there, as well, to broaden our options, but we'll see.

Tuoro University in Vegas had the worst facilities, but perhaps the most prolific and charismatic staff. I really enjoyed my time there, though I felt as though I was in a warehouse at first.

I'll keep you all up to date as to any other news in this regard.
I know many of you prayed in our behalf and we are both truly grateful. About two and a half weeks ago, when everything was still unknown, I had a great feeling of comfort and peace regarding this decision from the Spirit, which was greatly needed. I am grateful, indeed. We love you all!