Too much fun

Oh, man this is too much fun here. Friday night we had 8 or so people at Tomato - Whitney reserved tables for us - she said I am a VIP, so I teased the others that being Canadian is the thing to be. What a hoot. We had a really nice time all chatting and laughing...... I love this place.

On Friday I worked with our MD's - they are the new docs who have graduated from the program and then can work for a year or two with the students and the labs. We met with the professional patients in two groups and got things set up for the start of the labs this week. I am really going to like working with them - they are young and energetic and lots of fun, and they really like the fact that I am going to work with them. I met with them and talked about working as a team, etc. and said I would give them lots of opportunity to practice their skills. They are not technically allowed to lecture the current students - I am in charge of that, but I said I'll let them do some of it. They are thrilled.

Yesterday we went to the market in Portsmouth again and shopped for breakfast and dinner last night. We had six of us - me, Allan, John and Mary and John and Carey. John and Carey moved in yesterday so they needed to be fed. We did a big breakfast again and then Lee and I attacked my study for a good part of the day. It looks pretty good now. I had to take a little break after a week of unpacking and I was motivated to get at it again.

For dinner - we were celebrating John and Carey's move-in - Allan made an amazing watermelon and cucumber gazpacho, Mary made salad and marinade for the fish, I made a rice pilaf and plantains sauteed in rum (yummo) and we had grilled tuna - the two Johns were on bbq duty. It was great - everyone pitched in for both cooking and clean up. What a great way to do things. We also went through a few bottles of wine - no surprise there huh??.

I just love this neighbourhood and it will be even better when Allan and John and Mary move in next Saturday. We will do it again. Carey and John should be a little more settled by then and we will be in charge of dinner. It is so much fun to go to the market and buy stuff on Saturday mornings. Oh, I almost forgot - I bought a bunch of flowers - ginger lily and bird of paradise - a gorgeous bouquet for $5 EC - get that. That's about $2 Canadian. That bunch would have been at least $30 there.

If you can't tell, I am totally at home here. Keisha - our Community Clinic Coordinator in our dept. (a lovely Dominican girl) called me Dominican again on Friday and yesterday when I saw her at the market. I take that as a big compliment.

Today is going be a quiet, at home day. I need one. I'm going to do laundry and stuff and sit on the deck and read a book. Things will be crazy at work tomorrow.

Off to laundry now.

Take care everyone.