Sunday, April 3, 2011

Coming to the End

For almost the last 7 years Colby has been in school, 4 of which have been in Pharmacy School at the University of Utah. I can't even begin to tell you how proud of him I am, he has worked so hard. Let me put things in perspective...The last year he has been working 64+ hours a week, about 40 hrs were spent at rotations, and then the remaining amount at his regular job. It was totally normal to have 16+ hr work days. The longest stretch he went without having a day off went for 54 days. It has been hard on all of us having him gone so much. Thank goodness for good neighbors and family who have supported us through it all. We really couldn't have gotten through without you guys!

I am happy to announce that Colby finally finished rotations a couple of weeks ago! He has found a job here in Utah and starts on Monday! (Which we are way excited about since this whole time we thought we would for sure be moving out of state.) Unfortunately, we still have the 64+ hour work weeks for a couple more months until our new insurance kicks in. At least there is a light at the end of the tunnel!!! So now we are just waiting for graduation on May 6 and then he takes the NAPLEX and Pharmacy Law test to become an official Pharmacist. Yay! I'm so excited for Colby to be done with school! It is nice that this chapter of our lives is coming to a close and we are looking forward to moving on with our next phase of life!

4 comments:

laurie coleman photography said...

Yeah!!! I'm so excited for you guys! Hard work pays off! Way to go!

Andie said...

That is SO AWESOME Nisa! I'm excited for you guys to start the next chapter in your lives! 2 more years and we'll be there too! Good luck!

Jessica said...

CONGRATS COLBY!! I can't wait for Taylor to be done. It seems like it is never ending and we have only been doing it for about 4 years. I can't even imagine him being gone that much.

Elena said...

Yay! Yay! Yay! Good job to both of you guys! You did it! We're very excited for you and how you'll be able to move into "normal family life". I love your graduation countdown, it's awesome! Now we just need to find homes close to each other and all of our problems will be solved!