Nothing Much

This pic with our pal Smokey was taken at the Portage Glacier Visitor's Center.

Lately I've been so exhausted when I get home from the clinic that I haven't done anything exciting or adventurous to write about. Today was a good day at work, I started doing my first evaluations on patients so that makes things more exciting! I had a pretty interesting patient today too, of course for my first day of evals! But I actually enjoy the weird patients, the crazier the better it seems! Normal people are too boring :). I have been cooking and baking a good bit - for those of you that don't know, this is how I cope with missing Tim! My classmates know when I show up on Monday morning, after Tim leaves on a Sunday, with a batch of something good filled with butter and sugar that I'm missing my hubby! This week I've made red beans and rice with sausage, a chicken and broccoli braid and chocolate chip cookies. Never a bad idea to bring a batch of homemade cookies to work the first week ;). I've also really enjoyed aquatic therapy. The pool is set to 93 degrees, so it feels amazing and getting off of my feet in the middle of the day is heavenly.

Tim just flew to Dallas today for a few days of meetings there for work so he's glad to be home.

This weekend, I'm looking forward to meeting with a really neat joyful woman I met in Girdwood at the Jade factory. It's kind of a long story, but in short, she's an older married woman who spends her summers in AK with her husband. They live in CO, but he's originally from Amite, LA! In short, she is a christian marriage counselor and psychiatrist, so I'm looking forward to being challenged by her wisdom and picking her brain over lunch. You can never learn enough from those who have been there and done that and done it exceptionally well!

Another fun AK fact: 9 out of 10 people have a dog here. 8/10 of those have more than one dog! Also, there is every little hing you can think of that is crazy to spend money on for your dog. I have seen more pet emergency room centers than those for humans. There are dogs everywhere in cars with people. It's pretty cool.

'til next time,

Rach :)