I am blessed enough to have some truly wonderful and remarkable people in my life. When I went to Bates College, long long ago, I could not have imagined how it would shape me. One of the ways Bates influences me to this day is through my college friends, who I do not see often enough! Last weekend, I flew to Maine to spend the weekend with Kristen (aka Twinkletoes) and Jenn Moniz-Carpenter. Amy Bean Kelliher (aka ACBK) was to have joined us too, but her baby Matthew has been sick and she needed to stay with him. We missed her very much, and I look forward to the holidays, when I hope we can spend some time catching up :)
We stayed at The Cliff House, in Ogunquit, Maine. Thursday and Friday the weather was a little yucky, but Saturday morning was gorgeous:
The weekend was fun, relaxing, and theraputic. There's nothing like hanging out with friends you've known for 16 years - it's better than warm towels from the drier :) We ate, we drank coffee, we read trashy books, we went to the spa and then sat by the pool, we shopped, and we watched the Sox kick some tookus (Bye bye, Cleveland; hello, Rockies!). Well, "ate" isn't the proper word to describe Friday's dinner, JMC took us to Arrow, listed by Gourmet Mag as one of the top 50 restaurants in the US.... that was way more than just "eating!" I only aspire to be able to cook like that.
And now I'm broke beyond broke. But sometimes life quality issues trump fiscal conservancy... and besides, what's $600 when you're already $70K in the hole??
The only downside is that I had a big comprehensive clinical exam on Wednesday, on which I didn't do so well. We will see how it goes, but I think I crashed and burned on one of the four sections. My own fault, 100% - I knew full well that I was agreeing to be out of town the weekend before the exam, when I should have been studying. I can only hope that I was able to skim thru... because I am required to pass this exam to progress from Student Clinic to Outpatient Clinic. Well, the worst thing that can happen is that I will fail. I'll deal with that if and when I have to.
I did get my National Boards scores back for part I. That.... was not a crash and burn :)
As for now, I am off to a friend's house to catch The Game. We have a small cadre of Boston and New England expats here, it should be a fun gathering. Especially because the word SWEEP keeps coming up!!!!!!!!!!!!
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