for new year’s day, we fulfilled our snow shoveling duties for church. unfortunately the snow blower wasn’t working so we had to do it the old-fashioned way, but at least it was good exercise!
i felt like an excited school girl today anticipating the end of the work day and the start of my christmas vacation! first we had our office christmas party where we also said goodbye to one of our secretaries, and then finally joe came with my family straight from the airport.
joe and i were invited by my new boss dr. yakoub and her husband to a fancy fundraiser gala for the hospital. i’m not that good at schmoozing, but it was nice being able to dress-up, eat “tall grass fed beef”, and meet some of my future colleagues. now back to work…
today i attended the first of a four day conference: the american academy of family physicians scientific assembly. the lectures i chose to attend seemed to alternate opposite sides of the huge conference center, so it’s a good thing i wore sneakers. unfortunately i think the organizers overlooked the small problem of having thousands of read more
So my exams are done now. I wrote my last one earlier today starting at about noon: four essay questions in four hours. It’s hard to say I’m relieved, though, because the reality hasn’t fully sunk in yet. You know that feeling when you’ve put off so many non-essential things for so long to focus read more
this brings coffee addiction to another level. lucky that we have our trusty no frills six cup black and decker coffee maker to meet joe’s daily needs. funny that coffee is called ‘cup of joe’…hee hee…he. his stress level is getting higher as exams are in less than one week, after which he’ll try to read more
less than two more weeks until joe’s exams. he has his method, and it seems to work; multiple vocab cards in purposefully arranged piles which he will systematically go through. it’s a tricky balance now trying to memorize facts without inadvertently pushing another one out. hate it when that happens.
joe has been busy studying for his comprehensive exams, which will be in exactly one month from now; five eight hour exams within one week of time. i took a peek at what he was studying yesterday and this is what i found: it’s a ugaritic letter to a master complaining about the destruction of read more
step 1. pull hard on ignition thingee (while holding down lever on handle). step 2. push in a straight line. step 3. mow in an orderly fashion. step 4. avoid play things. step 5. mow in the front. step 6. refill gas. step 7. keep mowing on the side. step 8. fill garbage bags with read more
i spent yesterday and today 8am-6pm at a conference on women’s health. i LOVE a good conference! call me a nerd, but it feels so good to learn something useful. AND it only cost me $35 after getting a huge discount, which is crazy cheap for a medical conference that included lunch and education credits!! read more