I started my internship at the skilled nursing facility in Appleton the last week of July. It was pretty rough the first few days: standing for 10+ hours, surrounded by questionable smells, watching patients eating pureed food or drinking nectar-thick liquids, getting used to seeing half-dressed individuals and either getting sworn at or hit-on by patients in the memory-care unit. I also quickly realized that unfortunately, so much of what an SLP does in that type of setting is determined by insurance or who is paying, regardless if they could really benefit or not from therapy. SO- needless to say, it wasn't my favorite setting (not to mention the actual facility was in desperate need of remodeling and was super understaffed so the SLP I was working with ended up doing a lot of "non-SLP-duties"). However, I was able to get a lot of hours initially and the location was convenient and my parents were so gracious with being willing to watch Jordy each day- so it was worth it to endure it for about 9 weeks to be able to finish.
Tyler drove the moving truck to Madison with his dad the second week of August. They came up to Appleton and we visited Green Bay with Grandpa Davis, then Jordy and I went down to Madison for the weekend before we started our "dual residences" phase: Tyler living in Madison as he started school while Jordy and I stayed in Appleton as I was finishing my internship and then we'd see each other on the weekends.
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| Could it really be Aaron?! Haha...we wish! :) |
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| Lambeau Field! |
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| Jordy and Curly!! :) |
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| We also stopped by Bay Beach again to show Grandpa Davis...and Jordy seemed to like the Merry-Go-Round a little more! |
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| Carly and Brad were also in WI that week and came with us to Green Bay. (They drove our mini-van to WI for us-- which was a big help!) They took Jordy on the Ferris Wheel (Tyler and I were more than happy to let them do that-- neither of us are big fans of spinning around anymore!) |
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| We took Grandpa Davis to a little cafe on the Fox River for lunch. (A must-see in the Fox Cities!) We are so so grateful for his willingness to drive with Tyler and help so much with packing and moving...as well as all the support and encouragement from the Davis family--even though we were moving so far away :( We literally couldn't have done this without you! Thank you so SO much for everything! We miss you! |
Tyler in Madison
I am so proud of Tyler for not only his hard work to get into multiple MBA programs, but also for making the arrangements to move states and start his program in Madison, to adapt so quickly to a new school, city, and people, and put in long hours each day doing things I could never do- such as constantly talking to new people and acting interested! :) The first semester is said to be the hardest, with 18 credits, a big group project to work on all semester, long days of class and then many evenings having networking events. He was also working as a project assistant (13 hours a week). But he took it all in stride and still found time to visit us or let us come visit him! (He is one of 2 people in his program that is married and has kid(s)-- so the long hours and evening time commitments aren't as big a deal for others-- but he's been doing a good job balancing it all without complaint).
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| Tyler's Cohort in the Center for Brand and Product Management |
Jordy in Madison
Because I was hardly in Madison and Tyler was gone all day most days, not a lot of unpacking was getting done. And the few times Jordy and I were in Madison- it was hard to get a lot done...with this big helper around!!!
Jordy spent a lot of time doing this...except he always wanted an audience!
