We're settled in!

An overdue update...

Our stuff from Iowa finally arrived last Friday morning! It took about 3 hours for the movers to move everything inside. After that, they left Chris to start unpacking. He tackled the boxes of clothes, DVDs, and the electronics! I got home from work, ate dinner with Chris before he left for work and then began unpacking. I unpacked the kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. This past weekend we did more unpacking and organizing. We are all settled, except for the desk things in our guest bedroom. No worries, the sheets are on the bed and it's ready for you to visit! See pictures below!

Besides finally getting our stuff and organizing we have been extremely busy with our work. Chris continues to do inpatient cardiology and will actually switch to inpatient wards on Thursday. He has enjoyed this past month, but is also glad to have one month behind him. He is looking forward to working LESS already! His days have been starting around 5am for a half-hour commute and then he arrives home around 6:30-7:00pm after another half-hour commute. He has been on call the last few Fridays so that means going in at 7pm and staying until noon (or 1pm or 2pm) on Saturday. This next rotation he will be on call, but no Friday nights! :)

My job has been very busy as well. I am scheduled for 8 hour days right now, but I either go in early to finish charting from the day before or stay late to finish charting. I stay at work as long as Chris is still at work as well. My experiences thus far have been very eye-opening and challenging. It's been hard to know what to do with patients who have no money for any testing, no money to buy medications, no insurance, etc. It's hard for me to accept the idea of "you can only do so much." I feel like I'm not doing my job adequately, but it's true....I can only do so much! Starting in August I will be working 4 9-hour days and 1 4-hour day. I'm not sure that will be a better schedule, but we'll see.

Here are the pics of our unpacked house!