Charleston, SC- Feb 8-10

For my last golden weekend until I come back to Peds, I decided to fly down to Charleston for some sunny beach time with Sara, Ashley, and Roya. It was 65-70 degrees and beautiful. Sara had a party the first night, then feeling the sand between my toes on Sat, and then taking a nap in a grassy beachside park my last day. It was quite a shock to the system to come back to freezing Cincy.

Super Bowl Party

Since Brandy has a nice house and a big screen TV, she graciously decided to host this year's Super Bowl Party. There's always great stuff to eat at these things and It was a great finish to the game and I was really excited that the Giants won (or the Patriots lost.) Just wasn't a big fan of them this year.

Peds Intern Retreat- Jan 7-9, 2008

The long awaited intern retreat has come and gone, but the memories will last forever. :) Seriously, it was an amazing time. I couldn't ask for a better class and while we got to know each other better with all of the organized sessions, we also had a ton of fun. Board games, karaoke revolution, and our impromptu dance party were crazy times. I feel so lucky to be doing my residency here with this group of people.

Home for the Holidays

I was so blessed to be able to go home for Christmas and I definitely enjoyed my time with my family. The four days flew by and I ate a ton. I barely made it home, gambling on stand byes and watching over a foot of snow fall on my first day back in Kansas. We had our traditional Chinese "fondue-like" meal with boiling water instead of cheese on Christmas Eve with my aunt's family, my Grampa and Sara, and Mommy and Grace. Grace was especially good this whole trip, though it was a little more difficult to sleep with her glued to my side.

Secret Santa and Goodwill

Everyone loves secret santa, so the alphabet club got together and did it with a twist. Along with one real gift, we also gave a 2nd (or in Abby and Jeff's case a ton of) gag gifts. The rule for these were that it had to be something from your house that you're too embarrassed to donate to Goodwill. There were some real winners ranging from a wooden based circa 1970's TV to a menagerie of 80's kitch posters and a stuffed sofa with 2 stuffed dogs kissing on it. It was a good time and we celebrated with a little food and hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps at the Nye's abode.

Med-Peds Holiday Party- 12/15/07

The holiday season brings many parties and this was our 2nd such. Linda, our program coordinator, hosted the med-peds crew and as usual we had lots to eat and even more kids to play with.

Snowfall in Cincy

Long before the snow fell, I've been hearing about how people in Cincy don't know how to drive in the snow so I was very to see how they would respond to the 3" of snow today. Not bad, but I didn't end up paying much attention to the other drivers as my car window wouldn't roll up. Here's a pic of my apartment complex in the snow.