Watch out for them killer butterflies...

Just got back from a 2 hour hike through the Brecksville Reservation. Took some funny videos of Becka, aka "hiker extraordinaire." Plenty of pics were taken as well, mostly to prove I actually did get out of the car and actually walk.

Minnie Approves

...really she does.

Road trip

Becka and I drove down to Columbus and walked around Easton Town Center, looking at all the stores with things far too expensive for us to buy. We just pretended to have money and we looked interested when they described the items on display.

This was the first time I …

Movies and pics

...from our hike in the woods are coming

Becka's first baseball game

Take me out to the baaaaallgaaaame, take me out to the crowwwwwwwwd...

Becka has truly tasted a piece of Americana. She went to her first baseball game last night to cheer on the Cleveland Indians. Boy did we pick a good game. The Indians were hitting on all …

Excuse the delay in posting...

...just got in from dinner and a movie. I have to enjoy these last few days of freedom before my life revolves around the hospital.

Becka and I went out to eat not once, but twice today...quite a treat. Sure, we went to chain restaurants and not local eateries, but …

So much for vacation time

As much as I have enjoyed being with Becka all day every day, I'm really going to hate having to be away from her much of the day from now on. Vacation time is over and tomorrow begins my baby steps into clinical practice. Around three days of orientation await me, …

No democracy around here

Chalk up yesterdays no-post to my sister waiting until the last minute to do her research paper on Alexis De Toqueville. She spent the whole day and whole night writing a 10 page paper. I was not allowed to touch or take away the computer, hence my silence. …

Pop Quiz

Where did I see 3 nuns today?

a. outside of the local parrish

b. serving soup to the underserved in the hospital outpatient center

c. in the theater watching american pie 3

I'll give you time to ponder that...

Answer

Dressed in full habit...3 nuns, all of them smiling and laughing.

Ready for the Stiffmeister.

How would you react if you saw women of the cloth walking up the stairs and finding a seat in the theater? I couldn't help but laugh--Becka looked away in embarrassment. …

Becka's leaving

49 days

That's how long I've had my beautiful here with me. These past few weeks we have grown even closer and become even more dependent on each other. There is a part of me that can't function without Becka, a part that she takes with her when she leaves. Life …

Blacked-out

To the handful of you who actually check this blog daily and have wondered what the heck is going on, I would like to apologize.

You can chalk these days of absence up to me being on call and then us getting hit over here with the "Blackout of 2003" (as the news so …

Right now I'm so numb.

If I let myself feel anything I know I'll be miserable, so tonight I'll be keeping myself busy cleaning my room and organizing my paperwork. I have to write out my call schedule into my planner and list the many meetings/conferences I'm required to attend.

Meanwhile, …

Technical Difficulties

*types gently while looking nervously at his computer*

This entry is one of a few that I hope to squeeze in here before I have to send in my Powerbook for repairs. It will intermittently shut off on my when I move it around, so I'm being real cautious right now. I …

Becka landed safely

Some good news that I didn't get to pass on here because of the computer glitch (see post below) is that Becka arrived back in England safe and sound. After 7 hours on a plane, 3 hours waiting in the airport, 5 hours riding in a coach bus, and losing 5 hours because of …

Out for repairs

The box for my powerbook just arrived in the mail today.

Tonight I'll be backing up the important stuff on my HD, removing my installed RAM, and shipping my computer off to Apple to be repaired. The whole process should take about a week, so until then I'll …

Fixed

...and I'm back in the game!

Just got my powerbook back in the mail newly repaired. They replaced the logic board and even had the courtesy to replace the little rubber stickers on the underside of the case.

It's nice to be back on the 'net again. Now back to our …

My Inspiration

For those of you who don't know me from my Blogger page, I though I would give a mini-pictorial here of the reason why I began keeping a weblog.

Becka is an avid journaler who has chronicled her life from when she was a small child and could barely write with a …

Non-labored weekend

Seems like many of the pages that I visit on a daily basis haven't been updated over the weekend. Very sensible, because after all this is a holiday weekend for those of us in the US and we should be outside doing something or spending time with family.

I guess my …

The next round is on me

Many studies have shown that sleep deprivation can have the same effects as alcohol intoxication.

Going by the numbers I'm one drink away from being absolutely hammered.