Ethan because Dr. Ethan on Saturday- it was a windy and cool day, with mild splatters of rain ( Read more... )

The trip started out on a demi-sour note- the night before we were crashing at my parents’ house- they live 10 min from the airport, and we needed to be at the airport by 4 AM. They were going to babysit Motoko for us- we’d had a playdate with the two cats before, and were pretty sure they were gonna be fine together. That evening they got into a ( Read more... )

We got home from Mexico late last night. Today featured a lot of Photoshop twiddling, unpacking, avoidance of laundry and cooking, Chinese take-out and a *lot* of WoW. I am in the deep-peel stage of sunburn removal ( Read more... )

I took today off from work in an effort to get my brain to stop slipping gears. The weekend was going to be crazy by design, and I knew I'd need a little more time to get my act together as a result. Saturday was my coworker Heather's wedding; it was in Fulda, MN, which is a small town very close to the Iowa/South Dakota borders. Sunday I was ( Read more... )

Well, Thursday was my last day in the old building- we spent the morning packing, ate a company-provided lunch, then left with the security card for the new building in hand. We report to the new building on Monday and start settling in ( Read more... )

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Yes, Molly actually remembered to bring the friggin' camera...

Here's pictures and some minor commentary from our anniversary-celebration trip to Madeline Island, WI. I will try to post a more detailed account later.http://www.flickr.com/photos/76721706@N00

Well, I'm 30. It was a good birthday, and I'm happy-cool with it all, which surprised a large percentage of my family. For some reason they thought I'd have more issues with this than I actually did. The birthday had a stretched-out feeling to it, as the holiday weekend played merry hell with schedules, as usual.

( Carruthers celebration on Wednesday )

Sunday morning; the kitchen is clean, Ethan's snoring away in the next room, and I'm settled at my desk with a big mug of coffee next to me.

( all is calm, all is bright )

Ethan had his white coat ceremony tonight. This is where you are presented with your student pharmacist coat and recite the pharmacist's oath for the first time. We had a good crowd there to cheer him on; his parents, my dad, Sally and Elliott and the girls, and our friends Ted and Elsie and Brian and Kim ( Read more... )