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Five weeks in, and three and a half more to go in my Internal Medicine rotation at Hurley. It's really been challenging and I'm counting down the days until it's finished. I've been pretty consumed with assignments, without even enough time to update my blog, as you've probably noticed. >_< But the conclusion of this rotation will bring me 1/4 of the way through 4th year, and that at least feels awesome!

Aside from pharmacy school, a lot of other stuff has happened lately! My brother moved back to GVSU to begin his second year of college, and the house sure is empty without him in it. Having him gone really makes me feel like another school year has begun, only this time with me living at my parents' house, which has never happened before. I just got my desktop set up this past weekend though, which should make homeworking much more comfortable! :D

Mike recently moved for the first time to Ionia, where he'll begin his second year (third overall) teaching there. I love his apartment--I know he will be very happy there. If I'm able to find a job nearby once I graduate, it would even be a great place to live until we're able to purchase a house. :) Tomorrow is his first day back with students.

This past weekend his good buddies from high school Alex and Laurie got married, so we got to get dressed up and go to a wedding! It was very beautiful and of course when they said their vows I wanted to cry. I always get that way. At the reception we got to hang out with a whole table full of Mike's friends, including two of our own groomsmen, Tim and Dan! I ate a lot of cake, enjoyed some surprise fireworks, and danced the night away. :)

My pharmacy (class of 2010) had its banquet two weekends ago in Grand Rapids. It wasn't really that good to be honest--only about half the students came, the DJ got a flat tire, no one was dancing, etc--but I still had a blast just because I got to see all my favorite pharmacy peeps. As much as I hated class, the one thing I miss about it is getting to see my classmates everyday. Rotations seem so isolated and lonely sometimes. I stayed for dinner and cake, and then a few of my friends invited Mike and I to go out with them to the nearby dueling piano bar, which we did and it turned out to be much more lively than the banquet. ;)

I got to see my friend Beth from P-school for about three weekends in a row, which was awesome, because now she's graduated and a real pharmacist. I can't even believe that. But she's taken a clinical pharmacy job down in Pennsylvania, so I pretty much won't get to see her again for a while. :( I'm so happy for her though, and I had a blast hanging out with her so much before she had to move. I can't wait to have her back in Michigan for my wedding. :)

I just want it to be fall now. So bad. I'm so excited to carve pumpkins. :D