June-July Goings

Katie has officially completed year one and is now a JAR (Junior Resident. not sure what the A stands for). While the hours are still long, she is definitely enjoying it much more than her intern year. Less of the dealing with very difficult people, less paperwork, more teaching and more learning.

Before the start of year two, Katie got a few days off which we used to take a long weekend in NJ. We got to see both of our families and have an all around relaxing time (except for Katie coming down with a bit of a cold towards the end of the trip). We also got to see the newest edition of the Cruz household. Very cute!

Earlier in the month, we got to do a little sailing. There is a sailing club that has a couple of open houses each year and takes people out sailing on the harbour. It was a beautiful day and got a nice view of the skyline.

We finally made our first trip to Fenway to take advantage of the $5 tickets Katie can get. It was a blazing hot day, but was fun going into the ballpark. We got standing room only tickets, so we hung out for a few innings and then headed across the street to the Boston Beer Works to finish watching the game sitting down and in a/c (nice part about paying only $5 for the tickets!). While there, they switched the tvs to the Belmont Stakes. Before the race began, a kid about 8 years old or so, with an incredible voice, sang "New York, New York". I've never heard an 8 year old kid get booed so loudly. Gotta love Boston!

July 4th had the annual festivities here in Boston. Unfortunately, Katie had to work on the 4th so didn't make it to the fireworks. I was able to make it and got a great view from the Mass Ave bridge. Definitely a good show. Sunday the festivities continued with Chowderfest 2008! We got to taste about 9 clam chowders. Some awesome. Some pretty nasty. I think we've enough chowder to last us a few months now.

And that's the recent goings from these parts...