...what is that I hear? Can it be Christmas music??
So now that it's been almost another month since my last update...
My clinical is moving along, research is actually moving along, and fall is moving along. Everything is just flying by. Thanksgiving came and went, and I think it was successful all around. Wednesday night was JR's Mom's dinner, which was slightly chaotic but still enjoyable. I finally got to meet his brother who I liked very much, and I earned brownie points in his mom's eyes by helping with dinner and the dishes. Thursday morning was JR's dad's family breakfast, so I finally got to meet his dad. Didn't spend much time there, so we'll have to get to know each other later. Christmas, maybe. And then we drove across the state through GR's shitty weather to my family's T-giving shindig, which was also slightly chaotic yet enjoyable. The salad we made was a hit, the rest of the food was good, and while some of the company was juvenile (we got stuck at the kid's table by letting everyone else get food first), the rest of it was fine. We hung out with my brother and his wife a lot, and mingled with my aunts and uncles in the kitchen, and my grandma scolded JR for not eating vegetables. Part of the family already.
Friday was shopping with my mom, and we were actually pretty successful. We went out at 8:30 and came back around 5:30 with pizza. We got quite a few gifts for other people, and a couple for ourselves. I ended up with an early Christmas gift of a new wool dress coat, so that I could use it....
....for the surprise I knew I was getting the next day. JR had told me to pack a dress and not to plan anything Saturday afternoon. He didn't tell me more than that, and although I could have asked and he would have told me, I decided to wait and be surprised. I had figured it out, but it was still exciting to see the "Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker" sign at the Masonic Temple downtown! The show was good, we looked good, Olive Garden (on the Muskegon Catholic Central band boosters) afterward was good...the day was just good in general. Thanks, baby.
That morning we had gone to my grandparent's to pick out stained glass so my grandpa can make JR's mom a lampshade for x-mas. The glass should look nice, and I think it's a nice, unique, personal gift. Sunday we hung out with both my brothers and their wives, had yummy pot roast for dinner, and drove back to GR (with an excessively long detour). Back home we ate leftover turkey and just generally collapsed. But it was a fun weekend all the same. Now it's back to work, and I've decided that I can't wait for this one to be over. And I keep getting people asking me what I want to do when I graduate, but I think I just need to get away from this rotation and get some perspective before I decide. So don't ask me that yet.
My clinical is moving along, research is actually moving along, and fall is moving along. Everything is just flying by. Thanksgiving came and went, and I think it was successful all around. Wednesday night was JR's Mom's dinner, which was slightly chaotic but still enjoyable. I finally got to meet his brother who I liked very much, and I earned brownie points in his mom's eyes by helping with dinner and the dishes. Thursday morning was JR's dad's family breakfast, so I finally got to meet his dad. Didn't spend much time there, so we'll have to get to know each other later. Christmas, maybe. And then we drove across the state through GR's shitty weather to my family's T-giving shindig, which was also slightly chaotic yet enjoyable. The salad we made was a hit, the rest of the food was good, and while some of the company was juvenile (we got stuck at the kid's table by letting everyone else get food first), the rest of it was fine. We hung out with my brother and his wife a lot, and mingled with my aunts and uncles in the kitchen, and my grandma scolded JR for not eating vegetables. Part of the family already.
Friday was shopping with my mom, and we were actually pretty successful. We went out at 8:30 and came back around 5:30 with pizza. We got quite a few gifts for other people, and a couple for ourselves. I ended up with an early Christmas gift of a new wool dress coat, so that I could use it....
....for the surprise I knew I was getting the next day. JR had told me to pack a dress and not to plan anything Saturday afternoon. He didn't tell me more than that, and although I could have asked and he would have told me, I decided to wait and be surprised. I had figured it out, but it was still exciting to see the "Moscow Ballet's Nutcracker" sign at the Masonic Temple downtown! The show was good, we looked good, Olive Garden (on the Muskegon Catholic Central band boosters) afterward was good...the day was just good in general. Thanks, baby.
That morning we had gone to my grandparent's to pick out stained glass so my grandpa can make JR's mom a lampshade for x-mas. The glass should look nice, and I think it's a nice, unique, personal gift. Sunday we hung out with both my brothers and their wives, had yummy pot roast for dinner, and drove back to GR (with an excessively long detour). Back home we ate leftover turkey and just generally collapsed. But it was a fun weekend all the same. Now it's back to work, and I've decided that I can't wait for this one to be over. And I keep getting people asking me what I want to do when I graduate, but I think I just need to get away from this rotation and get some perspective before I decide. So don't ask me that yet.