Final Countdown

For the past few weeks, whenever I think about what we have to accomplish and look forward to over the next few months I find myself thinking of the song from Rocky..."The Final Countdown." If you have no idea what I am talking about, see below.

 

SIDE NOTE: My husband, Justin, is a huge Rocky fan, so hopefully, he is proud of me for this reference :)

 

Anyway, according to my handy-dandy little app, we have exactly 11 weeks and 5 days until September 25th!

 

 When I think about all that is going to be happening in these next 11 weeks and 5 days, I start to get a little nervous and wonder exactly how it is all going to happen... Poor Justin, his "Honey-Do" lists seems to be growing a little exponentially by the day.

 

Here is a little look into what will be happening in the Reynolds family as we countdown to the biggest life event in our little family's history!

 

 First of all, we are off to Atlanta next weekend to market to shop for the pharmacy. I know, I know, a weekend of shopping doesn't sound like a lot, but picture this.... a "mall" that seems 100x bigger than the Galleria x 3 buildings. This = lots of walking which I am sure will be even harder with the 20 extra pounds I find myself carrying around these days :) I am really looking forward to it, but it actually is a lot of work!

 

In two weeks from today, on July 19th, we are scheduled to close on our first/DREAM house!! Hopefully this will all go smoothly... Guess we will wait and see. Here is a quick look at our house. I am sure there will be much more to come on the house as we get moved in!

So as you can imagine, with moving into a new house and having a baby all within a few weeks of each other, funding is not great to furnish this new house... queue the "honey-do" list...

 

Justin's lists of projects is growing by the day and I can't wait to see the finished products! Here are a few things he has been working on.

 

 

This is some furniture that was Justin's grandmother's that is being redone for Ella Mae's room... This will double as dresser/ changing table.

 

Cradle that was mine when I was a baby. It has been repainted...

 

Pinterest inspired old-door redo! (One of the first Pinterest projects we have done that doesn't look like it belongs on one of those "Pinterest Gone Wrong" websites). Justin found this in his grandmother's attic.

 

 

Crib (it was brown) is getting a paint job too!

 



 







You can probably tell that I am loving life right now! I LOVE my job and I have so much to look forward to over the next few months!

 

Oh and one more big HUGE thing that will be happening in the next few months... Trussville Pharmacy is moving locations!

You may recognize it... It is the old PNC bank across from the Methodist Church in Trussville! We are so excited to have more space, a great location, a drive-thru, and perfect spot for the Trussville Christmas and Homecoming parades!! We have some work to do turning a bank into a pharmacy, but we hope to open sometime in the Fall of 2013!

 

So, as you can see, we have a lot of exciting things happening, and I should have plenty to keep you updated on. So stay tuned.... there is sure to be much excitement happening in the months!!









 

As for Me....

I often get the question... "Why did you decide to become a pharmacist, anyway?" I have decided to use this post to attempt to answer that question the best I know how... 

I guess you need to know that my dad opened up Carroll Pharmacy when I was in the first grade. So needless to say, I have literally grown up in the pharmacy. Much of my time as a child was spent hanging out around the pharmacy looking for ways to occupy my time. Many may think that growing up in a pharmacy would make one want to run the opposite direction, and for some it does. My brother is a telecommunication/ film major at Alabama right now, pretty much as far away from pharmacy as you can get, but as for me I guess I just decided to stick around.

I grew up watching my dad serve the community through the pharmacy. Even as a little girl I could tell that he was helping people. I started working at the pharmacy officially when I was 15, and as a teenager, I could definitely begin to see what being a pharmacists was all about. I decided to go to pharmacy school my sophomore year at Alabama, even then, I still don't think I fully realized what I was getting in to.

Trussville Total Care Pharmacy opened in 2010, and I have spent the past four years during pharmacy school going between the stores working as a intern. I think it was during this time that I started to understand what being a pharmacist really meant to me.

Today, in both of the pharmacies we have these paintings hanging...

I think those paintings hanging up in the pharmacy really display why I decided to go to pharmacy school and work in my family's pharmacy. When I go to work everyday I not only feel like I am "helping people" and serving my community, but I feel like I have the perfect mission field to serve the Lord. Plus, I know I work for a company that has the same values and priorities as I do. I can't imagine myself doing anything else. When I talk to teenagers about what career that they may choose, I always tell them to make sure they pick a field where they feel called to serve God and His people. I'm far from where I want to be in my serving, and if I'm honest I know that there are some days when I am at work and I leave my godly attitude and heart at home, but I do know that everyday I try my best to serve  my patients and my Lord through what I do. My prayer for my career as a pharmacist is that I can make people's day a little better when they come see me at the pharmacy and that I always allow the love of Christ to shine through me. Like I said, I am not where I want to be yet, and I hope that I continually want more out of myself as I grow as a pharmacists and in my relationship with God.

Finally a Pharmacist!

So, Wednesday was my first day to work as an actual licensed pharmacist! It was a big day for me as I headed off to meet with the board of pharmacy to pick up these little pieces of paper...

June 19, 2013- My first Day!

Since this is my first post and I am new to this "blogging" thing I guess you deserve a little information on why I decided to start this blog anyway. I actually thought of this a few months ago as a way to keep up with this crazy exciting time in my life. It has now evolved into a way for me help share what is going on personally and professionally as I venture into being a "real-life" pharmacist and mommy.

So, as for the pharmacists part, you may know that I graduated in May from Samford's pharmacy school. In the past month, I have taken my state and national pharmacy boards and finally ended all that yesterday by meeting with the board of pharmacy and getting my license. And the Mommy part is coming in September as my husband, Justin, and I welcome our first baby, Ella Mae Reynolds into the world.

April 26, 2013- Finding out we are having a baby GIRL!

As you can see, I have had a lot going on in the past few months, and I feel like the crazy/ exciting times are just beginning. Hope you can enjoy going through these times will me, and maybe even learn something along the way as I figure all this out :)