Missippi

I was over at some friends of ours yesterday. As I was telling them about where I would be going on my externships, their 14 year old son came in and said, "oh, you're going to Nevahda?" I responded by saying, "no, I am going to Nevada." This started a conversation about the correct pronunciation of various locations throughout the US. So, for all of you who have not had the opportunity to spend some good quality time in the south, let me share a few things that I have learned. 

1. The state I live in is pronounced Missippi (slur all the s's together), not Mississippi.

2. It is not New Orleans (emphasis on the "leans"), its Norlynns (emphasis on the Nor).

3. You are the one that is weird for not saying, "sir" or "ma'am," not the other way around.

So if you're fixin to be a little more southern, practice these three things and you might could pass for a southerner in no time.

What happens in Vegas...

Well, today was a big day for us "third years" at SCO. Dr. Gibson (director of externships) posted our assignments for our fourth year rotations. We will be leaving Memphis (which we are soooo sad about... well... not really) in August of 2009 for beautiful Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I say its beautiful despite the fact that the only things I know about it are what I learned on Wikipedia. After a short four months there, we will head off to the bright lights of Sin City, Las Vegas, Nevada. Pronounced Nevaaaaaada (with a nasally emphasis), not Nevahhhhhda as they say here in the south. Maybe I can turn my student loans into millions playing the nickel slots at the Bellagio. Although that might be kind of hard considering that I don't gamble. We will be there from January to May 2010. After that, I have no idea. 

Okay, okay...

It's really too bad that we've had this blog for so long and have never posted anything. It's not because we have nothing to report--just not as much time as we'd like to do the reporting. But I'm trying to be better about it. Despite the fact that I still want to modify how this site looks, I can't put off writing anything anymore just because of that. So here goes.

To catch you up: John's started his third year of optometry school, and is now spending a lot of the week in the Eye Center on campus. Thankfully, he still likes it. I really think he chose the right profession. (Yay!) One more year to go--a year of externships. One in Tennessee and two still yet to be determined. We've talked about a few sites in Colorado, one in Las Vegas, and one in Phoenix. We'll see!

We are expecting a little boy in October, which is fantastic! John's already bought him a little Air Jordan onesie with a matching beanie and booties. It's really cute. He also plans to decorate the nursery (that's right, HE plans to decorate it) with lots of Tiger Woods posters and a baby blue blanket with the Nike swoosh on it. He claims it's just because we're having a boy that he wants to do the planning, but when I pointed out that if we were having a girl he'd be doing exactly the same thing, he considered for a minute, then told me I was right. If it was a girl, it'd be a "pretty, pretty princess room." What a cute daddy he'll be!

I'm including a photo of the onesie. I've got to admit, it's cute!