Bi-Monthly Post

It's been two months since our last post, so I guess it is time for an update! Been a wonderful summer here in Boston - one of the best places to be this time of year. It's a great city to be outside and walking around in during the summer. The same goes for the early fall here, especially as the foliage begins to turn! The updates started last week here!

Year two has had its ups and downs for Katie. The ups have mostly been better than first year, but some of the downs have been worse! For the most part it is a lot better - better hours, better work tasks, more time to learn. But there is also a lot more responsibility as well as a some run ins with very difficult patients (and even more difficult family members!). But all in all she is doing well and enjoying the year better. She is also gearing up for applying to an allergy and immunology fellowship.

Work is going well with me, keeping busy traveling. I also managed to find time to take a class this summer at GCTS on Holistic Mission taught by Ken Gnanakan (and I only partially took the class because he used to be part of a band known as the "Indian Beatles").

Some highlights of the summer:

We went to a wedding outside of Philly this summer for one of Katie's good friends from high school. It was a great time, although a marathon of a trip - we left for Philly after work friday night, and headed back to Boston Saturday night so Katie could be at work on Sunday morning!

Katie's friend Kim from Pepperdine visited. We took the chance to finally get out to the Cape. It is really nice out there - much less crowded than the Jersey Shore!

Post-Cape chowin' down. Kim learned she likes lobster. I was reminded I should never buy "Maryland-style" crab cakes outside of Maryland!!!

Katie and Kim at Fenway.

Each year on the Common, there is a free performance of Shakespeare given. We had a nice picnic dinner before getting ourselves cultured.