I HAVE INTERNET!!!

Hello my wonderful family :)

The Geek from the Geek Squad just left and I officially have internet! After a week and a half with no internet! I survived, though! I think I deserve some kind of medal! : ) Just a quick life update on my end...

I'm am feeling more and more at home in Iowa City. I'm making new friends at school and easing into what will be a hectic, stressful, but very rewarding four years! I'm taking Biochem, Physiology, Problem Based Learning (teaching us diagnostic skills) and Dental Anatomy. In dental anatomy I get to do dental procedures on a mannequin with teeth while a professor spies on me from a camera inside my patients mouth. : ) It's pretty amazing technology actually. I'm really going to like it, I think. I've been blessed to have Alex's cousin, Kari, close. She's been inviting me over for dinner with her family, taking me shopping at the farmer's market, and hot tubing at her house in Coralville. It's definitely helped me feel less anxious! I won't see actual patients until next semester....however, when I do... I get to choose my first two patients. :) So if anyone wants to make a trip to IC, let me know! In a few weeks we get our first crack at anesthesia. We practice on each other. I hope my partner does his/her homework first!

It was wonderful to get to see Laura and to meet baby Caroline! I can't wait until we can all be together again!

-M

Hi Neary's,
Megan is all moved in and is officially a Hawkeye. Her address is 220 River Street; Apt. 2C; Iowa City 52246. Look her up if you're there for a game or anything else. Her phone is 515-450-2007.

OMG

They named a hurricane after Bill. How did they know?

We love you always!!

Grandma...

You are loved and missed every day. A year ago our hearts were broken when you had to leave us. But through our tears it was a very special time for all of us. We laughed and cried and hugged and smiled and shared a million stories of the love and attention you gave to us over the years. We still feel that today. I am so glad that the day you left us here you went to be with your Heavenly Father. You had the hope of salvation that so many live without. You told me that we would have a big Neary party when we all gathered again. You also told me to "Buck up, dear!," which has made so many people smile! You taught us all so many things about life and love and having a gentle spirit. I still don't pull out a cookbook or watch Young and Restless without thinking of you...and I hope I never do.

I love you...

Melissa

Four Generations