Leaving Memphis

Well...it was a sad, sad day. On August 3, the Dress family officially said goodbye to Southern living and left Memphis, TN and headed to Rochester, NY (the pics are from the 3 day festivities the led up to our moving day - we have great friends!!). The reason...well its not the weather! Matt was offered (and accepted) a fellowship in Hematapathology at Strong Memorial Hospital. Thankfully we'll only have to endure one upstate NY winter, and next June we'll come back down the land of everything fried, southern drawls, crawfish, college football, and sweet tea. In the meantime, Jackson has started daycare and really loves his teachers and classmates. I've also started back to work; in Memphis I worked at the Mid South Tissue Bank, and found what I did very challenging and rewarding, so I joined the team at the Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank. Today was my first day, nothing more than orientation and getting a pager (I didn't miss the pager). The people I've met so far have been great...I look forward to meeting the rest very soon.
Matt is really enjoying his time at Strong. He's meeting brilliant people and receiving great training. I think he's settled in nicely. I'm still feeling pretty homesick, especially since its such a different way of life up here. I think my starting work will help ease the discomfort of missing home by getting to meet new people. I have already planned a trip back to Memphis though (sept 24-28). A few items were left behind in the move and they are currently taking up space in our friends Dennis's upstairs. My "reason" for the trip is to get them shipped to us up here...ok, more of an excuse than a reason :). I can't wait to see everyone, ride a golfcart, and enjoy some college football on the porch. Till then...