Dr. Husband

Our parents and my brother got to Charlottesville the Thursday before graduation. On Saturday we went to King Family Vineyard for wine tasting and to meet up with Pete and Amanda and his family. We're really going to miss those two.

Michael's brother and sister and their families got to Charlottesville on Saturday evening. Somehow we all managed to fit in our tiny duplex. 

Commencement was on Sunday. The graduate schools (Business, Law, Medicine, and one other) processed first. I was expecting the procession to be very formal, but everyone was walking down the lawn smiling and waving. A lot of undergrads were having a great time and some were holding balloons so their families could find them. It's a really big deal to walk down the lawn at graduation so I thought it was cool how laid back it was. The procession lasted one hour. The actual commencement exercises were nice and they managed to keep everything within an hour and fifteen minutes.

We walked to and from the commencement on the lawn. The medical school diploma ceremony was in the Paramount Theater on the Downtown Mall. I was impressed that they hooded and handed out diplomas in an hour. Here's Dr. Michael Perry and I:

 We cooked for everyone and hung out and enjoyed each other's company until it was time to say goodbye. I'm really going to miss living only 8 hours from Michael's brother and sister.

Update

Remember that time I was MIA and you had to read all my old posts to keep yourself from going into serious withdrawal? I can't promise that it's over, but I can tell you what we've been up to for the past month and a half.

You may recall that we are moving to New Orleans. As you know I don't plaster my whereabouts all over the internet so I hesitated to say that we were going to New Orleans to look at houses. We found a house and I think it will be such a wonderful home for us. It is a raised cottage with a backyard that Theo will be thrilled with. I've been promising him a yard since we got him. I have been waiting patiently for a home that we can paint and make our own. And deciding on paint colors is a subject for another post.

I went back to Charlottesville the week of Michael's graduation which I will blog about in the next post. He graduated on a Sunday and we had the house packed and we were gone by the following Thursday. A little faster than I had hoped, but my brother was helping us drive the moving truck so staying longer wasn't an option. I did get to say goodbye to my two groups of knitters, my med wife friends, and my boss and co-workers at the toy store. I had one last cupcake from Cappelino's Crazy Cakes, dinner at Mas, and chicken and dumplings at Eppie's.

We've been staying at my parents' house for the past couple weeks until we close on our house this week. I've started working for my dad's construction company, and Michael is taking it easy until orientation and residency starts.

I'm a little disoriented. I haven't really cooked a whole lot in the past few months, and I've crafted even less. Every now and then I start to miss Charlottesville. I think it will really hit me when we are in our own place and we're back into our own routine.

Hopefully our internet will be up and running quickly in our new home and I can start blogging about painting and decorating. Stay tuned.