IT'S THE LAST DAY OF YEAR NUMBER TWO!

The above sentence should be written in bold, gigantic, swirly lettering. I can't do that on the iMac, though, so let me repeat:

IT'S THE LAST DAY OF YEAR NUMBER TWO!

That's right, after Mick completes his final final at 4pm today, he'll be a THIRD YEAR dental student, a SENIOR at University of the Pacific School of Dentistry.

What that means for the short term: After today, he'll have a 4-week break before school starts again on July 9th. During that time, he'll lounge around a lot, skateboard and kiteboard and bike and maybe even surf, head to Tahoe with us for a long weekend, and take a road trip up the coast with us looking for potential new home towns for that June '08 graduation date. He'll also do a 1-week rotation at a dental clinic mid-June, which will free him up during the school year to have more school clinic time.

What that means for the long term: We're entering YEAR 6 of our 6 YEAR PLAN! (3 years of pre-req's at Western, 3 years of dental school.)

So of course:

IT'S THE LAST DAY OF YEAR NUMBER TWO (a.k.a YEAR NUMBER FIVE)!