My BFF. Forever.

so last week at work went pretty well. i'm getting more comfortable w/ the other PA's, MD's, and other staff, and them with me. and i'm even making some friends, i think. i got invited to one PA's wedding already. and at lunch the other day, they were all asking my opinion on things and laughing at my jokes and stuff. tra-la! so either the boss told them to take pity on me, or they genuinely like me. :) i brought back fudge from my weekend away, so if they're on the fence about me, hopefully chocolaty goodness will tip them in my favor.

my surgical skills are coming around, too. things that used to be really perplexing to me are coming more naturally now. step by step. and most days seem to fly by and i really enjoy myself. since i get there by 6:30am, it always seems like "it's already noon?" and then the day's practically over. and each week it's like, "it's already wednesday?" so these are good signs. i've been in jobs where 30 minutes can feel like a lifetime, so i'm loving this.

and this weekend was magical. to celebrate our 6th anniversary, my husband and i escaped up north to my parents' beautiful cabin on a river in the woods. it's completely peaceful and slow, quiet and still up there. the sky is so wide open you can see the milky way foggy line and all the constellations. we even saw a shooting star. there's just a whole lot of lovely nothing up there. this time of year is perfect- it was crisp and cool, but very pleasant. and the leaves are already changing colors in bursts.

we got up there friday night and built a fire and shared some wine, then fell into a sleep coma. i never sleep harder than i do when i'm there- maybe it's the fresh air or something (carbon monoxide leak?), but i am so well rested after a weekend there. saturday, my marathon runner went for a 12 mile run while i took a bath (that's right, that's how we roll), then we went to a little artsy town nearby and did some shopping. we had really good intentions to get Christmas shopping started, but instead ended up getting ourselves a bunch of awesome things we totally didn't need ($12 pickles, for example). and fudge. which, as far as i'm concerned, is, in fact, a necessity for life. then we ate dinner at a swanky restaurant in the area- i had a fried eel sushi roll (weird but good), pumpkin bisque, and a mixed greens harvest salad, and he had a southwest caesar salad and a mushroom and white truffle pasta dish. we also really enjoyed the pinot noir split we had (steele carneros 2006) and a pear pastry w/ hazlenut ice cream and cranberry and caramel sauce on the side. delicious. then saturday night- more wine, more fire, and more coma. this morning, we lazily got around to getting up and leaving.

so we had a great time. but we always really enjoy our time together. we never lack for things to talk about. and we laugh all the time. we talked a lot about our past (we've been together for about 11 years) and our future (how many more years we think we'll be able to stand each other). :)

i can't imagine a more amazing person to share my life with. he's by best friend, my support, my hope, my sanity. and i'm so totally grateful for him.

(but..shhh..don't tell him. i don't want him to get a fat head).