Tuesday, January 29
Saturday, January 26
Peas and Dates
Last night I got drinks at the Norwich Inn with some medical school classmate-friends. Conversation topics included: ice car racing, good-looking professors, and the world's oldest vegetable. (The pea! Who knew?)
Recently Ten gave me a calendar of the early months of our relationship. Some of the entries are as follows:
11/1/06: Basketball league meeting at Burlington Parks and Rec; EFC and Ten sit near one another unknowingly.
2/4/07: Superbowl Party; EFC drops plate of food at Ten's feet.
2/10/07: EFC and Ten snowshoe at Shelburne Farms and hold a newborn lamb; conversation includes EFC's foot size, urine collecting duties, and Ausable Chasm.
2/22/07 Ten finally discloses her safety committee status; Ten and EFC discover their love of lists.
2/23/07 Dinner at Black Sheep; conversation includes population control and dogs; Ten awkwardly asks EFC to come in for tea afterward; Tea is awkward; Ten is thinking, "She's not my type."
2/26/07 Ten becomes really aware of EFC's dental hygiene fixation when EFC suggests floss in first aid kids.
3/13/07 Side by side word gaming begins.
3/18/07 EFC makes acrostic poem for 10; 10 artfully dances around EFC's marriage proposal.
4/15/07 Ten goes to church with EFC for the first time; sermon is by visiting Icelandic minister who speaks of Passion and Reason.
Ten's visiting her parents at an inn in southern Vermont. I've finished my book. I've updated my blog. I guess now all that's left for me to do is study. Sigh.
Recently Ten gave me a calendar of the early months of our relationship. Some of the entries are as follows:
11/1/06: Basketball league meeting at Burlington Parks and Rec; EFC and Ten sit near one another unknowingly.
2/4/07: Superbowl Party; EFC drops plate of food at Ten's feet.
2/10/07: EFC and Ten snowshoe at Shelburne Farms and hold a newborn lamb; conversation includes EFC's foot size, urine collecting duties, and Ausable Chasm.
2/22/07 Ten finally discloses her safety committee status; Ten and EFC discover their love of lists.
2/23/07 Dinner at Black Sheep; conversation includes population control and dogs; Ten awkwardly asks EFC to come in for tea afterward; Tea is awkward; Ten is thinking, "She's not my type."
2/26/07 Ten becomes really aware of EFC's dental hygiene fixation when EFC suggests floss in first aid kids.
3/13/07 Side by side word gaming begins.
3/18/07 EFC makes acrostic poem for 10; 10 artfully dances around EFC's marriage proposal.
4/15/07 Ten goes to church with EFC for the first time; sermon is by visiting Icelandic minister who speaks of Passion and Reason.
Ten's visiting her parents at an inn in southern Vermont. I've finished my book. I've updated my blog. I guess now all that's left for me to do is study. Sigh.
Wednesday, January 23
A Few Nrief Brotes
- We had a set of quizzes yesterday. I was so scared about the biochemistry quiz that I actually studied with Leon, my stuffed bear. Judge me not.
- It's so c0ld in my apartment that my olive oil froze. I guess I won't be eating Italian any time soon.
- Tonight I'm going to Montpelier to have dinner with Ten to celebrate our 11-month anniversary. I plan to talk about how hard the recession is hitting me until she feels motivated to reach for the check.
- I'm reading Long For This World for my book club elective. Has anyone read it? It's good so far.
Thursday, January 17
Wednesday, January 16
Mid-January Update
Ever since my mother gave me a Land's End microfiber warming blanket for Christmas, I've been having trouble getting out of bed. This blog post is coming to you straight from my warm (Level 4) bed. I know we've only been together a short while, but I really trust this blanket. I sing to it, snuggle with it, and tell it all of my secrets. It's like a best friend. A best friend I can control.
Yesterday in anatomy lab we removed our cadaver's brain. (It was smaller than I thought it would be. I hope mine's a little bigger.) My lab instructor, sadly, was unimpressed when I asked him where the mind was. Sigh. Another day, another flop.
This weekend I am going up to Ten's despite the fact that it is a Quiz Weekend. She will be cross-country skiing in New York for much of the weekend, which will give me a chance to wash my anatomy scrubs, cleanse her fridge and freezer of any meat products, and try to make her cat like me more than her. And study biochemistry like it's going to save the world.
Tonight's the first meeting of my new book club, whose theme is "Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine." Here's a dilemma: would it be appropriate for me to bring my blanket with me? I wouldn't make a big deal out of having it there, but I also wouldn't want to share.
Yesterday in anatomy lab we removed our cadaver's brain. (It was smaller than I thought it would be. I hope mine's a little bigger.) My lab instructor, sadly, was unimpressed when I asked him where the mind was. Sigh. Another day, another flop.
This weekend I am going up to Ten's despite the fact that it is a Quiz Weekend. She will be cross-country skiing in New York for much of the weekend, which will give me a chance to wash my anatomy scrubs, cleanse her fridge and freezer of any meat products, and try to make her cat like me more than her. And study biochemistry like it's going to save the world.
Tonight's the first meeting of my new book club, whose theme is "Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine." Here's a dilemma: would it be appropriate for me to bring my blanket with me? I wouldn't make a big deal out of having it there, but I also wouldn't want to share.
Thursday, January 10
Thursday, January 3
Sooner Or Later, Break Has To End. (But Why Can't It Be Later?)
Vacation is over. I can tell because I'm sitting at the same old carrel in Dana Medical Library, surrounded by notes and books, blogging. But, the good news is that it's Thursday, and Number Ten will be arriving tomorrow night for a fun-filled weekend.
The other good news is that my mom gave me an electric blanket for C&^!$tmas this year. This is a timely gift, as it is officially zero degrees in Hanover today. I've been in the library for a couple of hours now, and my nose hair is just starting to thaw. Not that I have nose hair.
Oh, who am I kidding. It's like a horse's mane.
TBF left yesterday, but not before she gave me a stellar hair cut. Her flight was delayed 12 hours which was a treat for me. (Not so much for her.) I doubt the poor girl has ever had a more boring New Year's Eve. (I was nodding off, Ten was sound asleep on the sofa, Gollywobbler couldn't even stay the evening because of the bad weather...) But the good thing about having a boring Midnight is that it makes the rest of the year seem that much more exciting.
I'm off to class. I hope everyone's transition back to Real Life is smooth and painless.
The other good news is that my mom gave me an electric blanket for C&^!$tmas this year. This is a timely gift, as it is officially zero degrees in Hanover today. I've been in the library for a couple of hours now, and my nose hair is just starting to thaw. Not that I have nose hair.
Oh, who am I kidding. It's like a horse's mane.
TBF left yesterday, but not before she gave me a stellar hair cut. Her flight was delayed 12 hours which was a treat for me. (Not so much for her.) I doubt the poor girl has ever had a more boring New Year's Eve. (I was nodding off, Ten was sound asleep on the sofa, Gollywobbler couldn't even stay the evening because of the bad weather...) But the good thing about having a boring Midnight is that it makes the rest of the year seem that much more exciting.
I'm off to class. I hope everyone's transition back to Real Life is smooth and painless.
Wednesday, January 2
New Year's Pictures
All dressed up and nowhere to hoe
TBF, EFC, and Ewe
We take Scrabble very seriously.
The Red Coats are freezing.
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