Blog #4 of 2006...So much for New Year's Resolutions.

Presenting 'Ode to Sick Days as a Student'

Sleep
Shot
Sleep, Sleep
Soup
Sleep
Saved by the Bell
Sleep
Soup
Sleep


And now, 'Ode to Sick Days as a Married Professional Living in Different Time Zone from my Parents'

Sleep
Laundry
Try to figure out this "Simple and Free" Healthcare system
Decide its not worth it and take another Advil
Check work email, answer queries
Lunch
Talk to awakening relatives for diagnosis
Laundry
Reconcile bank statement
Check work email, answer queries
Laundry
Dishes
Supper - alone as it will be 5 more hours before spouse comes home
More dishes
Write blog about Sick Days
Sleep
Awaken for 2 minutes to hear about spouse's day, back to sleep

(notice the signifcantly less time allocated to sleep and the lack of Saved by the Bell reruns)


In case you haven't gathered by now, I took my first sick day from work today. I must say, it's just not as much fun as staying home from school. I did get to sleep a little later and will definitley be going to bed earlier. And then I get to look forward to doing everything that I should have done today tomorrow. Lucky me!

We've had an adventurous few weeks lately - after the trip to Chamonix, Matt stayed an extra weekend for some solo skiing. He survived and so did I. Since, then we've...

seen the first two episodes of 24, introduced 3 new people to Settlers of Catan, helped start a Sunday night service at our chuch, had a cook- off for some friends (his spinach shells beat my lasagne, but we'll be having a re-match soon), lost our keys (multiple times), discovered a cheap plastic window-glazing substitute to block out the noise and minimise the cold coming in through our windows, learned about Mobius strips and Klein bottles (topological terms) with some new friends, discovered why the plastic window-glazing substitute was so cheap, had dinner with someone who is about to have an Erdos number of 3 (quite possibly the youngest person with an Edros number of 3 and the last one of her generation), bought a new toilet seat, watched The Notebook (my birthday present from last year - thanks mom and dad!), realised that this winter is just as cold as last year but we're accustomed to it now,

and the most exciting news that happened just last night... got a Texas phone number through Skype, so that all of our Texas friends and family can call us for free (hopefully).

Note to Readers: Unfortunately, we will not be posting the number on our blog. If you would like the number, please email us and we will gladly share it with you.

**Bonus points for the first person to correctly identify what an Erdos number is**



And finally, a few greetings:
Happy LATE birthday to cousin Christy!
Congratulations to cousin A and A!
Happy Birthday to Steven and Wendy - although technically, this past weekend would have been the official weekend for our joint birthday celebrations, so those birthday wishes are not too belated!
Happy Birthday to Bekan J!
Happy Birthday to Bekah A! - Wait, let me say that in this country's language - Happy Birthday, Bekah! (See Rach, I do read your blogs)

Starting to get settled...

Before...

After...

While we were out....

We just wanted everyone to settle back into a routine of blog-checking after the holidays. Now that you apparently have, and now that we have set our Anniversary Resolutions, we will post more frequently.

We've really been enjoying our new place - when we've been there that is. This is the busiest time of year at work and on top of that I was out of town for two weeks. Bree joined me for this little ski rendezvous - we had a wonderful time in the mountains just over the French border from Geneva. The World Cup of Skiing was taking place where we skied, but just as we drove into town, it was cold off due to the fog and everybody left town, leaving us to have a good time without too many people around.

More to come...