Hippocrates In San Diego

One for the road

Today was your average day, I suppose. I was at work for about 6 or 7 hours, which is a little long for a Saturday on service. After getting home around 3, I took a nap (which is strictly a luxury now that the temperature has returned to normal), then went to dinner at K. and J.’s house with N.. They made some great King Crab legs, in a garlic and herb rub with butter and lemon. I probably could have eaten another pound or two of them but considering my already-obvious eating problems — more food ends up on my face and on the table than in my mouth — I avoided eating more than four legs and added a couple pieces of angel food cake to top off the night. I had two glasses of wine, which was probably more than I should have, but I’m already celebrating being off service for an entire seven weeks (!!). This includes a week of backup where I have to be available by pager. However, essentially I am without much in the way of responsibilities for the next few weeks, as far as work is concerned.

I do, however, have a little thing I like to call “my wedding” coming up, which is a source of anxiety and stress for N. and I. We’re handling things well, and it hasn’t been a cause of arguments or fighting (we are not a couple that fights much, if at all). But there are (I suppose) the usual stresses. Caterers that won’t submit proposals on time and the overwhelming need to complete a large number of tasks in a short period of time have been the most pressing. However, I am looking forward to the wedding weekend, and I’m excited to see a lot of people that I haven’t seen all together in quite a while. Plus, it will be here in San Diego — at least until the weekend after, when we’ll be traveling to Cleveland for my mom’s party in honor of our wedding. That certainly promises to be interesting, but at least we won’t have to do any preparation.