Here are some things I've learned about Oklahoma.
*Fantastic lightning storms. No wonder they call themselves the Oklahoma City Thunder.
*On that note, it can really rain here. Tom and I walked through a river of a parking lot last night...which was really fun. And I mean that, there's no sarcasm intended.
*No dirt, just clay.
*No mountains. :(
*Really nice people.
*A sonic, 7/11, and McDonald's on just about every corner.
*Road construction all the time. Makes for scary driving.
We really do like it here. Sometimes I wish we had more time to see the sights. We did visit the botanical gardens and they were really pretty. (Tom took some pictures with his phone, so visit his facebook page to see them.) Most of the time, though, we are doing homework or Tom is on shift and I'm doing homework. It's a good thing Emmitt keeps me company when Tom's gone, or I would get so bored!
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I just did a photo update last time, but I left out a few things. We celebrated our 1st anniversary on September 2nd! We were on the road, so we ended up eating a late night meal at IHOP. Ain't nothin' better!
Our apartment complex has a pool! We took advantage of it for a week or so, but the season turned to Fall really quick.
Speaking of Fall, I'm making Emmitt a lion costume for Halloween and I'm pretty excited about it. I'm afraid I'm going to finish it early and make him wear it more than once. Good thing he doesn't care.
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Tom is really loving his paramedic internship. Talking to the other students here, I think he really lucked out with the people he was assigned to work with. His preceptor (Paramedic term for the medic on the ambulance), Blair, found out Emmitt didn't have a bassinet and he let us have his baby's old one along with a bouncer. It has been sooooo nice! On top of that, Blair takes Tom to work every day, which saves us about an hour of driving and lets me have the car. So Blair's basically awesome.
As far as what Tom sees on the ambulance, most of the calls are far from emergency status. It's a little discouraging to see how many people just want to milk the system. He sees a lot of drugs and alcohol. He does do a lot of good, though. There are emergency calls where they are badly needed and I'm so grateful for people like Tom who study emergency medical and can handle these situations.
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Well, here are some more photos. Guess who!
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| Took his shots like a champ |
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| Sorry, I couldn't rotate it. |
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| This picture cracks me up. Captions, anyone? |
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| I like these guys. I can't believe how tiny Emmitt is! |
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| In his new bouncer |
That's all for now!
