Blog slump

1. I have questioned if I should even continue this blog thing. Esther seems to have given up completely on it. I have to admit, when we started the blog, I was kinda hoping that she would do most of the posting. I was wrong. I guess sometimes, you feel like you just don't have much to say. I have been thinking that not having too much to say is not a bad thing. In fact, I read this book in college on spiritual disciplines and one of the disciplines was silence. So for somebody nicknamed "mouth" maybe having very little to say is not a bad thing.

2. Tonight Esther and I are going to a charity dinner for Cystic Fibrosis. One of our doctor's daughter had CF and they are pretty involved in the Oregon chapter of the CF foundation. It's called "Unmask the Cure" and it's supposed to be a masquerade ball followed with dinner, a silent auction, a live auction, a dessert dash (where each table bids to see who can dash to pick their dessert first, which sucks cuz I don't even like dessert), and my least favorite part... dancing. I am dreading the time when everybody hits the dance floor because Esther will inevitably want to dance and I will inevitably fail her as a partner. In fact, I pretty much dread any event that has dancing. Weddings, clubbing, charity auctions, bar mitzvahs, whatever. Anything that has dancing, I don't like going. Last year, I did win a round of golf in the silent auction. =) I was the only bidder. Hopefully, I can take some pictures so I will actually have some pictures to post.

3. This is the first Friday I have worked in a long time. I woke up at 0' dark-thirty and actually got to watch the sunrise as I was working on a patient as we have these great big windows in each operatory. I actually don't mind it. Granted, I was tired and barely woke up on time, I think I wouldn't mind doing this once in a while. I probably should be working 5 days every week since I'm young now. Better to do it now than later. Once you've tasted the 3 day weekend, it's hard to go back.

4. It's nearing the end of October and the weather here has been perfect! High 60's, beautiful blue skies, crisp fall air. I have to admit that every day that it's sunny, I can't help but think that this might be the last sunny day I see for 3-4 months. But this whole week has been perfect and it's supposed to continue on into the weekend. I swear, if it stays nice like this until the end of October, I won't complain when winter starts. I promise!!!

5. I just made an 11 year old girl cry. I think I need to work on softening my tone a little bit... Of course how do you tell a little kid that they might be losing all their teeth if they don't stop drinking soda all day long in a soft tone? Sometimes the loving thing is to be firm and not coddle, no?

6. The weekend cometh! 1 1/2 more hours!