Sarah and Ben go way back!

Hey peeps,

you know that Sarah and I were high school sweethearts. But you didn't know how far Sarah and I went back. Here's a picture from our 1962 year book.

-Ben

Test post from phone

Hey people. I want to know how well it works to post on my blog from my pda phone. Here is a picture of a sketch I made studying the blood vessels of the arm.

-Ben

Ben at Chicago Temple

Hey Folks,

Here's a picture of me at the Chicago temple a few weeks ago. Pretty cool, eh?

-Ben

Sarah visits Ben in Wisconsin

Hey Everybody,

Medical school is going great. Some of the highlights so far:
-Learning anatomy from practicing doctors during anatomy lab. I got "hands on" experience with anatomy last month when I learned hand anatomy from three different hand surgeons.
-Shadowing doctors. I shadowed two different neurosurgeons, one in the OR and one in clinic. What a neat experience.
-Clubs (I am in eight or so). It's always really fun to get extra experiences outside of class. I volunteered at the Saturday Free Clinic for the Uninsured and saw two patients. I was their "doctor" with the help of more experienced students and with family medicine doctors.
-Taking out a brain from my group's body donor. It was so cool to finally see a human brain. I was a Neuroscience major and studied the brain, but I hadn't seen a human one until that day.

Sarah came and visited me. She was here for two weeks and we had lots of fun. I'm glad she loves me enough to drive all the way out here to see me. We didn't take pictures of all our excursions, but we did for a couple.

Sarah got a haircut when she was here. It was a nice haircut, I think.

Sarah before haircut.

Sarah after haircut. Looking good!

Sarah and I visited the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Me with a view of the museum and Lake Michigan in the background.

Sarah and...something.

We went to the Jelly Belly factory on the way to Chicago. My favorite Jelly Belly was the sports belly with caffeine. I'll use them next time I run more than a half mile. The picture below are artwork made entirely out of Jelly Bellies.

Finally, Sarah and I went to Chicago just before she left for Utah. We went to the Planetarium, wandered around downtown, ate some very delicious deep dish pizza, then got Sarah to the airport.

Sarah with a view of the marina and Chicago downtown.

Me with the planetarium and Lake Michigan.

We also sighted pirates on the horizon.

Have a terrrrific day!

Love,

Ben

Medical College of Wisconsin Orientation Week

(Ben wearing his white coat for the first time immediately after the white coat ceremony)

Hey Everyone,

This post is about my first week in Wauwatosa and at orientation for MCW. The first week at medical school was spent doing most of the boring administrative details. The first two days had lots of meetings where I sat and listened to people. The third day was slightly better, and I had a 2 1/2 hour CPR class. Thursday I went to the zoo. Friday was shorter, too, and I went to the white coat ceremony like you see above. Saturday my roommates and I went and got some furniture for the place I am currently living.

I am not able to post any more pictures for some reason. The server is saying that it has an internal error. If you want pictures, email me and I will send you the same zip folder that I am going to send Sarah.

For more state fair pictures, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/ogilvie1/MilwaukeeRoadTrip?authkey=nPxTMDIvHT8 . You'll have to scroll past some of my roommate's pictures to find the right ones.

Love you guys!

-Ben

Island adventure

Ben and I will be posting more now that we are apart. Ben has been gone now for a week and a half. Most of which I spent in x island with Mama and Papa Hamm. We flew into the Mantague iland cabin on Sunday night. Monday was turned out to be the only day of sunshine we had the whole trip. We saw at least 16 deer that day but none legal. We hunted Tuesday morning as well and planned to go home that afternoon.

Tuesday we took off but quickly returned due to gusty winds, low visability and rain. That night at 2 am the the search and rescue airforce c130 plane came to find us. Dad got on the radio and said talked to them.

Wednesday mom was supposed to be at work but she decided to relax and go fishing at the beach in stead.

Notice the seven layer waves. A definite NO for flying.

Dad got a club which was the first idea for catching fish..not so much.


Thusday. Day five. Dad was supposed to pick up my two brothers in the airplane after a float trip but he we here relaxing instead. We were so very very grateful for the people who left five pounds of rice and some beans there. We suplimented it with tastey fish and berries. As we tuned around from taking this picture we saw some geese.These are the geese that got away. But probably all you see is the reason we were still there.Day six. I was supposed to leave on a jet to Utah this day, but as you can see....well we couldn't see. Dad woke me up at 6:30am with three shots and then came in to anounce "fresh meat". we had tender loin for breakfast. And Deer heart for dinner.We all had our own deer to butcher.

If anyone is wondering what I did for 6 days and nights while my family was worried about my survival...this is it.Day seven the weather cleared enough for a safe trip home. In celebration we ate the last of our rice and headed out.

Ben's facial hair

This Sarah, and this is my first blog post ever. Congradulations me. This post is for Ben to prove his facial hair growig abilities before he shaves it for the Hamm family picture.