Today, at my last dress fitting: Me: "Uh, this is too big. I think I lost some weight." Seamstress: "We may not have to take it in. Stop losing weight." My mom: "NO! I think you need to take it in even more. She's going to lose more weight!"
I fully intended to go to the gym twice today to make up for all of the Hawaiian deliciousness. It is now 9pm, I've done one gym session and am now baking brownies in lieu of the second. Close enough.
I love this elective. However, I feel sorry for Ben, who now has to live with double the neuroses of a medical student/soprano preparing for a recital.
Wow, wish I had known about this when I was in undergrad.
- Megen Vo
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Wedding planning in full-swing: does anyone have suggestions for florists in Rochester (we need a chuppah) and places to find reasonable, fun, non-boring invitations (online or in Rochester)?
We are young and would like to travel abroad while it's still relatively easy to take time off :)
- Benjamin Golub
I'm partial to Thailand, but maybe not good after surgery. I'd probably do Europe or maybe Australia where you still have access to good medicine.
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: actually Megen will have been on her Surgery rotation. She isn't having an operation
- Benjamin Golub
Scandinavia isn't cheap travel, but it's an often-overlooked part of Europe. I've been to Sweden and Denmark and loved it. If you want cheaper, add some Eastern European countries to your itinerary but check safety reports for various areas, first.
- Spidra Webster
OH, okay :-) Then yes, I'm partial to Thailand - visit the southern Phuket (most beautiful beaches in the world), then Bangkok, then up to the luscious green north - ride an elephant up the mountain and through rice fields to a waterfall, see the ring neck ladies, etc.
- Jesse Stay
Thailand's very cheap once you get there. Flight is the most expensive part.
- Jesse Stay
And if you have time left over, you can visit the ancient Hindu temples on the borders of Cambodia/Thailand.
- Jesse Stay
I canoed the Buffalo river in Arkansas - beautiful area.
- Jesse Stay
I've always wanted to go to Thailand, but it may be too far to go for just a week.
- Megen Vo
Megen, yeah, to get the whole thing in you probably need at least a week and a half. You could get some things in though and go back another time.
- Jesse Stay
You guys could come up to Park City, Utah for a ski week :-)
- Jesse Stay
If you only have a week and need a change of scenery (e.g. warm, tropical) go to Hawaii. Maui is a good island to visit this time of year. We went last year in February and the weather was warm and the water (although def not at its warmest) is comfortable (I recall Paul spending a lot of time in the water trying to spear fish). It's a hike from ROC, but doable.
- April Buchheit
Or, you guys can visit CA and explore around SoCal (I hear a lot of good stuff about San Diego and just around the SoCal coastline).
- April Buchheit
I think we've settled on London. Neither of us has ever been, and I really love museums and Jane Austen.
- Megen Vo
Check out GeorgianLondon.com She's got some excellent stuff and some of that era is Austen's era.
- Spidra Webster
It's definitely soup weather! White bean, kale, and roasted vegetable soup in the works.
:(. Did you have to brush the car off this morning?
- Benjamin Golub
No, it was all slushy after you left. West coast, here I come!
- Megen Vo
It's not a whole lot warmer here in the Bay Area. It's been so frikkin' cold. Every morning for the past 3 or 4 days has been quite frosty. There's even snow in the mountains and it looks like it's there to stay for a while, which is very unusual, imho.
- April Buchheit
Listening to the Glee soundtrack and making lasagna. Awesome.
I super miss being in a choir. Glee makes it a little better.
- Megen Vo
It's quite amazing the amount I can accomplish while procrastinating. Desk cleaned, diagnoses and work hours logged, and SF trip planned, now I suppose I should study.
To do: apple galette, pumpkin pie, mashed sweet potatoes, mashed regular potatoes, roasted baby potatoes, brussels sprouts with garlic and butter, roasted cauliflower, and stuffing. I love food.