Life on Yavin IV: Dr. Chenowith will see you now...

Life on Yavin IV

Hello there. I'm Jedi Knight G. Since the creation of the New Jedi Order by Master Skywalker, the Jedi have been free to take part in previously forbidden activities. One of those being Marriage. The following are the tales of my experiences being married with children. May the force be with you...G.

11.18.2005

Dr. Chenowith will see you now...

Congradulations to my boy 'C' (aka Tom Chenowith). He has successfully defended his thesis today and completed the requirements for his Masters in Anesthesia. Booya! Now all that's left is to pass the boards. Oh yes...the dreaded boards that we here so much about. I personally would never want to go before any board of any kind, because I'm sure I would find a way to screw it up, But 'C' can handle it.
This would be a great opportunity for me to share with you all (my one's and one's of readers) what kind of a guy "C" is.
Well, first of all he's a great friend (you might say he's my brother from another mother - lol). Me and Tom have been hangin' since 3rd grade I believe. That'll make it something like 25 yrs as friends....Wow! That's a long time considering I'm only 33. Believe it or not we often got mistaken for each other. Yeah...cause we look soooo much alike. We joined the military together to see the world and all we got was the scorching desert of Ft. Hood Texas. Go figure. I got out when my 'tour' was up and apparently managed to take some of Tom's service time with me. Again, it's not that hard to believe because they often got us confused. Tom stayed in and is now finishing up his training as I mentioned above.
Tom is not only a great friend, but an awesome Doctor. I frequently call him for any kind of medical advice. I'm one of his best patients. He's worked hard to get where he's at and that's why he gets very fired up when other people think things should be handed to them....Did I metion he is a brilliant debater. I think he could go on hardball with Chris Matthews and tear him up. He's very passionate about what he believes in and has the knowledge and guts to back it up. Don't ever get into a debate with this guy unless you want to have your bell rung a few times. Go C. We need more people like that. Not afraid to say what is 'correct' instead of what is 'politically correct'.
Ok, I could go on about that but let's talk about his family. Tom has a beautiful wife, named Jenny (my wife is Jennifer -just some cool trivia for you) and two kids - Ariel Grace and Benjamin Paul. He has a thing for the little mermaid, but I won't go into that. We both have a boy and girl and they were each born within a few months of each other. That's cool. We're hoping that we will be In-Laws someday....it could happen.
After he passes his Boards he'll head off to Disneyland for the kazillionth time, but this time he'll have kids. C used to come down to Orlando alot when Jenn and I lived there. He'd make the trip in record time. I won't say how fast, but let's just say that the sonic boom was heard shortly after he called to say he's coming. The boy loves Disneyland.
And that's another thing I love about C. He's a not just a kid at heart, but he's a kid all over. He still maintains that youthful imagination and curiosity. Even if he hasn't seen the entire Star Wars trilogy,(which I will correct one day) I bet he's seen every single Disney movie and possibly owns them all as well.
I could talk alot about some of the crazy things we've done...but I'll save that for another blog.
Hopefully our kids won't read it. We don't need to give them any ideas.
One last thing. If I ever need him. He's there. No questions asked. He's a friend that's closer than a brother.

C congradulations man on a job well done. You'll have no problem with the boards. I watched you break several when we took karate. Just picture yourself going through it and coming out on the other side victorious. Have fun in Disneyland.

I'm proud of you C, you're a great friend. I love you very much.

posted by G. @ 10:37 AM

1 Comments:

At 10:11 PM, Cara said…

I agree that Tom will make a great Doctor!! He was my nurse along time ago when he worked at Crossett.. He was so good to me, I remember that he would come to my room and talk to me after he'd made his rounds.. I'm sure that it had nothing to do with me being your cousin because I just know that somewhere down the line Tom is a Gulledge or a Martin one!! That's the kind of friend that you want to keep.. He's been around forever.. I remember watching some of the home movies that you two would make!!!lololol!! I hope that your kids DON'T get a hold of those... They will learn too much!! lol! I really enjoyed that post! Congratulations Tom!!