Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Bittersweet

Just 1 more day of classes on Thursday, ACLS testing on Friday and then we're off for AZ!
On the one hand we are really excited to move to AZ and on the other we are very sad to be leaving some close friends. It's awesome how many terrific people we have met here in Kirksville. A lot of our friends are also coming to AZ for clinical rotations but some are staying here in MO, while still others are going to IA, KS, IL, MI, OH, CO, and PA. After spending nearly everyday for the last 22 months with everyone, it's hard to believe in just a few short days we'll go our separate ways. It will be a lot of fun to keep up with everyone and compare crazy hospital stories over the next couple of years!
Rohan is also excited for the move, or just excited in general, we can't really tell:) We do know that he (& us, too) will definitely miss the daycare girls. He absolutely LOVES daycare, especially Miss Tiffany! He has been going there since he was 2 weeks old and they treat him like family. He greets them every morning with his signature double dimple smile, gotta love that! We are really sad that we can't take them with us and we hope we can find a daycare in Scottsdale that loves him as much as they do.
This last week has flown by (at least the time spent outside the lecture halls...)! We planned on trying to see people outside of class time but with classes from 8-5 daily and our evenings consumed with packing and various last minute details, we didn't see as many people or do as much as we had planned.
I would say that nearly 90% of our house is packed into boxes and ready to go the minute Mike get's back from Des Moines on Thursday with the Penske truck, the rest is mostly things we'll need in the next day or so. Dan, Larry, & Michelle will be heading out in just a few hours and should be getting to Kirksville early Thursday afternoon. With all that help, maybe the truck will be packed by the time I'm done with class:)
We have a ton of pictures to post, some from daycare with Rohan showing the girls some love and we should also have our family photo's back tomorrow as well. We are really excited to show those off (we got a sneak peek at a few and they turned out terrific) but we'll likely have to wait on posting those as our internet will be disconnected and our computers packed up.
I'm sure we'll post as soon as we get there!

5 comments:

Gatfly said...

It is 5:44 am , and your crew left a little after 5:00. With luck, they should get there early afternoon, like you hoped. Good luck with the packing up and the drive to AZ!!! We'll be thinking about you all! Love you much!!!!!

Gatfly said...

Miss you already.....
:(

Tony, Jen, Taylor and Kaylee said...

I am also missing you guys already! I am thinking of you a ton and wish I could have been there to help. Drive safely...Love Ya!

Sally said...

Big hugs and I wish you nice weather, patience with eachother, lots of caffeine and a happy baby!!!

Mary Shaull said...

Dearest Mara,
From one who has been around during the formative years of the Syring children, please separate Michael and Michelle as much as possible during the drive time! :o)
Best wishes to all of you!! Hope the move goes perfect!
Hug Rohan for us!! OK, OK, hug Mike too!
Tell Mike Neil had TWO holes in one last Saturday, so he should be ready for golf in Scottsdale next winter!
Mary