Oh, hello.

You probably thought I had forgotten about you, right? Of course I didn't. Things have just been really... busy. And un-busy.

I spent 4 weeks in NJ, and it was devoted almost 100% to looking for a house in Philadelphia. Of course, looking for a house consists of a few days of looking at a ton of houses (we saw 15+ each day!), and then tons of inactive time looking around the internet at MLS listings, Craigslist listings, and learning about the finances associated with buying a house.

I got really bored and unhappy and mopey on the inactive days. Eric commented that I'm really bad at being unemployed, and it's true.

I've been back in Louisville for two weeks, and the boredom is over. It's been non-stop action for the last 10 days. First there was Senior Week -- a trip along the Bourbon Trail, a trip to a winery, Senior Skits, a Bats game, a class cookout, Doctors Ball (aka Med School Prom), our awards banquet, and finally, graduation itself. As class president, I gave a speech -- in front of probably close to 2,000 people! -- and it went really well.

So I'm a doctor now! Yay! Finally! So far, it doesn't feel any different, other than using it in arguments with my mom: "I KNOW about the potential dangers of lead paint; I'm a doctor!" Haha.

This week has been split between wedding stuff and house stuff. On the house front, we had inspection on Monday, and submitted our request for repairs/price adjustment today. Let's hope the seller does everything we've asked; some of them are non-negotiable on our part, which means we'll walk away if they aren't done. That would suck, since we're moving in less than 3 weeks and need a place to live.

Lots of people have complained that we haven't posted any pictures of the house, but I'm a little bit wary of doing that too soon. I was definitely nervous doing so before the inspection; even now, I'd rather wait until we know the seller has agreed to our terms. And even after that, there's still the final approval of the mortgage to wait for (a friend of ours had problems with that, through no fault of her own; we've been following the saga via her Facebook feed). So you'll get pictures when I know for sure we can call the house ours :)

On the wedding front, I've been buying lots and lots of things, making final calculations to see if our money is going to cover everything we need it to (it's going to be close, but we'll make it!), organizing all the wedding crap we've accumulated as nicely as possible in the office, and cleaning the rest of the apartment. A good pre-wedding workout is to move 10 boxes of wine from your car to your building lobby, then from the lobby down the hall to the elevator, then from the elevator to your apartment at the end of the hall, and then from the door to the office. Repeat with 10 cases of beer, and again with 20 bottles of bar mixers, as well as all the other wedding stuff you've brought home. I'll get toned triceps by the end of the week, no problem!

I may not post again for a while, but at least this time I'm giving you warning.

-Dr. HWong14