Teach a man to fish....

So its been about two weeks since my last post and I've been pretty busy.
Working hard daily and trying to learn as much as possible. Im going to highlight a couple of events over the last two weeks.

Scrubbing in with chief of Orthopedics and getting some hands on experience. I had the opportunity to scrub in on a tibial plateau fracture of a 19 year old girl that was flown from her car window after wrecking while texting. So the lesson is that you always wear your seatbelt and shouldn't be texting while driving.
Here are a couple pics of the action.

Gotta pre-drill

Sinking in the screw

Taking a quick photo op.

Getting some real hands on experience was fun and it definitely beats the alternative of standing around or holding retractors. 

Another fun event of the past two weeks was going deep sea fishing yesterday with one of the residents and Dr. Lee who is the assistant director for the program.  I got the call on Friday night at 7pm that there was still room on the boat so that I could attend. So I arrived at the dock at 5AM and we jumped on the ship. While we were "driving" in the water to our Mexican waters destination, they had a jackpot buy in for 5$ for the person that caught the biggest fish of the day. I always like some competition so I threw five bucks into the pot. We finally got the mexican waters after two hours and threw our lines in the water. Ten minutes after throwing our lines in people on the boat started reeling fish in. I started getting excited at this point waiting for my first one of the day. Three hours roll by and I haven't caught jack squat. :( FINALLY i get a bite and I reel in my first fish of the day, a decent sized barracuda. After catching the first one of the day I was off and running. Fish after fish kept coming in and I was having a blast. My second fish of the day was a HUGE barracuda that fought me a lot and took me halfway around the boat fighting it to bring it in. I got it in and thought to myself that I might be in the running for biggest fish of the day. After the fishing day had commenced I had reeled in four barracuda, three sand bass, and one calico bass (only one of those caught on the boat for the day might I add). We were on our way back and the crew was busy filleting up our fish when they announce the biggest catch of the day. NUMBER 17, My number my friends. I went to the galley and collected my winnings of 90$ (it cost 75$ to fish for the day) and walked away a happy man.

5am our boat

Biggest fish of the DAY

Calico Bass

Tijuana, Mexico

Anyways it was a blast and deep sea fishing is a recommendation for anyone that would like to try it. The moral of the story is give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish.......and he will win biggest fish of the day and pay for his fishing trip!

Til next time 

Peace, 

J

The Edge....

And I'm back!!!!
After a month layover I am going to start being more diligent in my blogging as there is a lot more "time" on your hands when you are in a city by yourself.

Month of May-Aside from proposing to the love of my life, not too interesting......
Just kidding, I know everyone would be pretty irritated with me if I didn't elaborate on the proposal. As you all know these kinds of decisions don't just happen overnight, well maybe for some people, but it was definitely well thought out. Beginning in April I have been working with my dear Texican friends ( the ican is for you Mike cuz youre a New Mexican, sorry buddy, and the Texan is A.N.D or Lyssers as I like to call her) on finding the perfect ring for of course the right price. Alyssa has a friend named Lil Lauren whose Dad is into the bling bling (diamond) business. After designing a ring on bluenile.com, they were all on the search for the perfect center piece and matching setting. Many phone calls and emails later, we had come to a decision on the perfect ring.

The proposal date was scheduled for May 14 as Lindsey's dad was coming into town the weekend before which gave me the opportunity to talk the future father-in-law into letting me marry his daughter. Not that it was a hard sell, who wouldn't want to marry this mug? JJK. He was very excited for us and gave us his support without any hesitation. So the plan was to go for a hike with the dogs at thunderbird park which was not an unusual thing for the two of us and Lily would have the ring tied to her harness and when we got to the top,  I could pop the question. In the meantime I also had my buddy Keith Aceron (KAP Keith Aceron Photography) hike up to the top of hill so that he could document the entire thing with his made photography skills.

Well as everyone knows she said "yes" with a tear in her eyes and the tentative date for marriage is May 12 2012 on the beaches of Ochos Rios, Jamaica.

The proposal

The kiss

The Kids

Lily so excited she can't even stand

The Fam

The Ring

After enjoying a couple weeks together as an engaged couple, Linds and I had to pack up the apartment and store everything so that we could begin our fourth year of school and externships. The dogs are staying in Las Vegas under the care of my family and hanging out with their buddies Shogun and Bella.

I am currently externing at a program in the beautiful San Diego, California and Lindsey is in Portland, Oregon. 

After one week of being here at the program I am working hard and trying to be a sponge and absorb all the knowledge that I can. I am staying with some cousins for the month who have been more great hosts as they have opened up their home and made sure that I was taken care of. The Morgans consist of Steve, Christy, Randi (19) and Kelli (17) plus whichever friend is over at the time. The reason for the title "the edge" this time is that I was talking to Randi and he mention how weird it is when he goes to the beach and is in the water how he is at the "edge." There is nothing left after the beach for thousands of miles when you look at a map. As I have thought about this it has made me realize that right now is the time in my education to push it to the edge so that I have no regrets and can better prepare myself for the future of residency and getting into the program that I want to. As excited as I am for the future and everything is happening so fast, I am going to enjoy everything along the way. 

La Jolla

Until next time 

Peace, 

J