Waiting for us when we returned from the honeymoon was our marriage license!! We were very excited to have the completed certificate in our hands to start off our first week back.
Returning on Friday there was no rest for us as Kim went directly up to pick up our much missed Ellie May from Kim's parents house. I packed up my gear early Saturday morning and took off for Portland to photograph a wedding. Jess and Josh live in California but flew in to have their wedding with friends and family at Grace Restaurant (a refurbished chapel). It was a great day doing something I truly love to do! Here is one of the many wonderful moments I captured.
On Sunday we joined some of my family at Samantha's Initiation Ceremony into the National Honor Society. They held it at Monmouth Academy and it was fun to walk the familiar halls where I went to High School. Samantha is a sophomore this year and it was not surprising that she was nominated for NHS. She is a generous soul who has a passion for helping others and seeing the good in people. She runs in cross country and is fantastic at tennis (so I hear)! Already looking at going abroad during High School (if not college) I know that she has the adventure bug in her and it is going to take her far! Maybe even all the way over to Burma with us.
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Soon enough it was Monday morning and we were both back to work. Lot's of congratulations were given and plenty of stories were shared. We were both very missed. It was strange being back after being gone for so long and there were a slew of tasks that needed to be completed. The most profound part was the fact that really hit us Monday morning, the wedding is complete, the honeymoon is finished, and now it's time to for Burma! All of the tasks, major and minor, that we said we would put off until after the wedding cannot wait any longer! It is time! Time for Burma! In order to get our heads to stop swimming we sat down and made a big list of tasks that need to be done and boy is it long. I put the list on another page so we could continue to go back and edit it and hopefully cross some things off! Check it out here:
Before We Move List
On Monday Kim took Ellie to the vet for an urgent appointment to attend to a large hot spot on the side of her face and her neck.Whenever Ellie has medical issues it is never an easy fix and to fit with that tradition this was not a simple hot spot. For those who are not familiar, hot spots are areas of skin on a dog that can become inflamed and infected due to moisture held in the fur. These can become very itchy and painful. Usually we can clean the hot spot by cutting the hair around it and keeping it washed, allowing it to heal. However this hot spot was so infected that we knew she needed medical attention. A couple hundred dollars and five prescriptions better she walked out with half of her head shaved off. She is now feeling much better thankfully.
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This spring I was only one of three women to get married at my school. To celebrate, my coworkers threw us all a Bridal Breakfast on Wednesday. Everyone brought in delicious brunch type food and we enjoyed eating and chatting before the students arrived. I will be sad to leave my generous, caring, and funny Rowe family.
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Wednesday was also Kim's Mother, Robin's Birthday. Kim was able to make it up in the evening to celebrate with her and close family and friends. It was a whole day of celebration!
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I also got the chance to Skype with my oldest sister. Renee is an expat in Dar, Tanzania. She has lived there for about a year and a half now and she just raves about it! A creative mind, she is a very talented designer and an avid diver - take a look at her website: SeaUnseen (get ready to be amazed)! I took the chance to ask her for advice about being an expat in a third world country. A few tidbits I picked up from our conversation:
1. Look at photos from Myanmar to figure out what others where in that climate
2. For Malaria get Artequin, a rapid active succession of pills for the possibility that you get malaria. Also, wait until you are in another country to get this, it will be significantly less expensive.
3. Be sure to bring plug adapters, check which ones are needed
4. Along with that be sure to check the voltage in Myanmar, it is most likely different than the US and will probably blow some electronic devices with small motors that you bring.
5. Bring any and all over-the-counter medicine with you that you use at all.
6. Don't drink any water that is not bottled.
7. Be careful with raw vegetables and fruits without peals.
8. Bring seeds for specific produce and/or herbs that you would want to grow.
9. Be aware and distant from people who are coughing or looking ill.
We left our conversation with the grand promises of seeing each other in the near future, be it Tanzania, Burma, or somewhere in between.
1. Look at photos from Myanmar to figure out what others where in that climate
2. For Malaria get Artequin, a rapid active succession of pills for the possibility that you get malaria. Also, wait until you are in another country to get this, it will be significantly less expensive.
3. Be sure to bring plug adapters, check which ones are needed
4. Along with that be sure to check the voltage in Myanmar, it is most likely different than the US and will probably blow some electronic devices with small motors that you bring.
5. Bring any and all over-the-counter medicine with you that you use at all.
6. Don't drink any water that is not bottled.
7. Be careful with raw vegetables and fruits without peals.
8. Bring seeds for specific produce and/or herbs that you would want to grow.
9. Be aware and distant from people who are coughing or looking ill.
We left our conversation with the grand promises of seeing each other in the near future, be it Tanzania, Burma, or somewhere in between.
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Kim surprised me on Thursday by taking us out on our first date as a married couple. We enjoyed dinner at Mac's Grill - one of the only restaurants in the area that we had yet to eat at. The night finished by grabbing Ellie and going for ice creams at Giffords.
We will see you next week and hopefully we will have a few things checked off that list by then!
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