Happy Late Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving - a couple days late! I am thankful that this year I was able to spend the holiday with my family. Honestly, I cannot remember the last Thanksgiving I spent at home. I know it was before medical school, possibly my senior year at Trinity, but I truly cannot recall.
This year it was great to spend it with my mom's side of the family. We had all the usual fixings, including some gambling. For quarters only! But I'm happy to say that for once my mom and I came out ahead. Good times :)

Prior to coming home for Thanksgiving, I had an interview in Chicago. Again the program is located in the suburbs. I was pretty proud of myself for taking the "L" from the airport to my hotel and back again. I survived. And what would a night in Chicago be without pizza? Here's a picture of my delicious pizza. I have to admit that it was not a deep dish stuffed pizza. I did that when I interviewed in Chicago for medical school and I swear that the small pizza I had weighed over 5lbs. This time I just went for a simple pepperoni and olive pizza. YUM! I have to talk to Melanie but if I remember correctly, this is her favorite pizza place.



I also got to spend a few days with Ryann on my trip home. We enjoyed a couple of relaxing days together, catching up on each others lives over a glass of wine or two. As usual, it was wonderful to see her again, but it does always make me miss my Trinity girls. Hopefully, soon we'll have a reunion. It's nearly time for our 5 year reunion. I can't believe it's been that long since I've been at Trinity.

While in Boulder with Ry, I had a day to roam around Pearl Street and do a little shopping. I bought a new book and stopped in a tea/coffee shop for an afternoon snack and a little reading.


What do you think of the title of my new book? It's about this girl who makes a green change everyday for an entire year. Some of the changes are small like changing her shampoo, while others are much larger - such as unplugging her refrigerator. Anyway, spending time with Ryann (who works for an eco-minded company), my concern for the environment, and this book - I'm starting to think of plans. But those plans will be shared with you at a later date, when they have solidified more completely.



After getting home, I helped my parents put up our LED Christmas lights. We had some fun hanging out in the front yard and semi-torturing our dogs and making our neighbors believe that we are totally crazy. So our little dog, Sally, can't hear anymore. This is a problem when she's out in the front yard and you call her to come, which naturally she doesn't, because she can't hear you. Well our other dog, Lady, is great at listening and very very obedient. To solve the Sally not listening problem, we hooked her leash to Lady's. That way wherever Lady went, Sally would have to follow. We weren't really serious in doing this - it was more for fun and it was hilarious to see Sally following Lady around. Lady was completely oblivious to the fact that Sally was attached to her! It was great :)