As of today I am a fully board-certified physician of family medicine.
As of today I am a fully board-certified physician of family medicine.
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So there were lots of things to be thankful for in 2008, here they are in no specific order:
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Every year Christmas takes on a slightly different flavor. This year was spent with Julie's family and was a low-key affair, which was nice for me considering all the activity and changes that have gone on in 2008 for Julie and I. There was always something new coming around the corner, and it definetely presented us with a lot of oppertunities to grow (whether we did or not is a whole other thing). I hope all of you still reading enjoyed your holidays and had a chance to reflect on all the blessings in your life both big and small.
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So, lately I have come under fire for diluting the "Undisclosed Location" postings with my random musings. Izzy has pointed out that "since I joined the blog," subscriptions have dropped. In fact, about 20 of you have clicked delete in your feed readers. He attributes this to my occasional post about walking in the woods or about a friend's last day at work. "They look in their reader, see some random dude that they don't know from Adam, and click delete," he ranted earlier.
Well, I'm sorry. And I suppose I'm willing to accept that, instead of people leaving because Izzy's posts happen once every three months around here, they might be leaving because they just don't find my posts all that interesting. I, therefore, vow to be more interesting in my posts from now on. For those of you who haven't left, I'd like to reward you with a photo of Izzy brandishing a small, red, Red Lobster Pirate Knife (the little red drink garnish). For those of you who have moved on, but happen to be peeking in - come back - if for no other reason than the promise of the occasional "Where's Andrae?" Pirate Knife Photo.

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Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to being adventurous you're better off waiting for continental drift then waiting on me to do something different. I'm an entrenched creature of habit and if something is new you can bet I'll avoid it until I can't or I'm pushed straight into it kicking and screaming.
That's where my beautiful social butterfly Julie steps in. There's no doubt that I've done and seen things in the past two years that I'm sure I never would have without my long-suffering wife dragging my boring carcass along.
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Twenty-eight. I guess it really couldn't be the way I imagined it because I never pictured myself at this age. Married. Happy. On the verge of finally starting my career and a family. Things are falling into place and I couldn't be more thankful.

It's strange to think that I'm on the verge of a ten year high school reunion and that I've been blogging for almost five years now. I wonder if this is how my parents felt when they were my age...
I don't feel old but I know I'm getting older - age definitely has snuck up on me. One day I'm dorking around on the computer playing Prince of Persia and the next thing I know I'm an adult doing adult things and your youth is a collection of fuzzy rose-colored memories. Old high school friends are married and well-along in their careers, and yet when I look at their pictures I remember the days laughing in class and the bus dropping me off and games of basketball in the driveway pretending I was Patrick Ewing hitting the game winner in the NBA finals. It makes me smile and feel sad all at the same time.
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What better way to cap off the year than do a photo retrospective. Two-thousand and seven was a year with a lot of highlights.
It was a hectic year all around with plenty of activity to keep us all busy. Julie found herself a new job and has been settling in to the hive nicely.
Business as usual for me, plenty of call to keep me up. It's nice having more time to office patients and less of the hospital. I've got in all of my deliveries and I'm hitting the home stretch ready for job interviews.
There were a few memorable concerts this year as well, mostly at the House of Blues, which has become something of a tradition for Julie and I.
It's where we had one of our first dates, became an "us"...
...and where we got engaged.
Our wedding went off as well as I could have imagined and was such a surreal experience. To know that I found the person I'll spend the rest of my life with is beyond amazing.
Julie has been at me for about a week now to post this here and give the blog a little life. To her I say thank you. Thank you for being who you are and making me laugh and love every single day. Thank you for being patient with me and for taking care of me like you do.
Here's to more love, happiness, and good memories to you and yours this upcoming year.
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Julie has strep throat and a fever, so she really hasn't been able to kiss me and Cancun is about as unsunny as it could get. That's not gonna stop us from having fun though, because we have no other choice ;-)
More to come, but for now I wanted to give everyone the same view of paradise that we have
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