Long Hiatus Coming To An End

So, been a long hiatus here in blog-land. The world is thawing here up in Boston, and with it will hopefully come more common updates on the blog.

Been a busy time as usual since the last update. Katie has been working a lot, coming to the end of a long stretch of some tough rotations. The light at the end of the tunnel is finally coming closer! Next year's intern class has been chosen, and after the next two weeks Katie will have a little easier weeks with some elective time and some much needed vacation! Been a long last couple of months though, for sure. I have been busy traveling a bit. Flying at least every two weeks, often once a week. Fortunately I've had some freedom in my schedule and have been able to work around Katie's

Traveling has also included NJ the last two weekends. Two weekends ago we were in NJ celebrating Mom Niederer's birthday. It was a very nice time seeing family and stopping by Christ Community and seeing friends and enjoying worship there.

Mom ready to enjoy her b-day cake.

Last week I headed down to NJ for the wedding of some friends from Rutgers - Viren and Sarah. It was a great time seeing a couple of old friends that I hadn't seen in years who also came to the wedding. It was a unique experience - a Hindu ceremony followed by a Korean ceremony. It was interesting seeing the cultural and religious differences between those and the classic western Christian wedding. One thing that stuck out was the emphasis on family. You weren't just choosing to enter into a life long relationship with one other person, but were entering into a relationship with an entire family. The wedding was larger than just two people's individual choice. Another difference was the groom giving piggy-back rides to the mother, mother-in-law and bride. Them Koreans make the men work for that marriage!

Viren and Sarah during the hindu ceremony.

Viren giving one of his mothers a piggy-back ride with Sarah in toe.

Well, looks like panning out to be a nice sunny day here in Boston today. I guess that means it might be time for an end to the hiatus from running also!