Home Brews and I Do's!

This weekend was mostly spent with med school friends. Saturday Mr. was hanging out with one of his classmates when he called me to go over there for dinner. He also asked me to bring his camera and our 2 cup measuring cup.
When I went over there, I discovered said classmate had recently invested in a home brewing kit and was going to start his first batch after dinner. Mr. helped, and I documented the whole thing with the camera. The process which should have taken 3 hours took roughly 5. The two medical students diligently made sure the proper materials were adequately sanitized and clearly had to pay close attention to the directions. The longest part of the process was waiting for the wert to cool to a temperature low enough to not kill the yeast. It was also the chilliest part as we had the A/C up high. Overall, it was a very cool and fun experience. Mr. got a text the next morning letting him know that the yeast was already hard at work.
The home brew will be ready by October!

Sunday evening, Mr. and I took a long train through Manhattan out to another outer-borough for an engagement party. We've known this couple since before they were a couple. In fact, I remember being confused when I first started to see them break off from the main group to be all cute and couple-like first year. Mr. had clearly neglected to tell me they were an item. Since then, though, they've become a staple couple in the class - two great people heading in the same direction together. He proposed to her on Sunday afternoon, then had a surprise engagement party waiting for her after she accepted. It's all very exciting, and I'm very happy for them. Mazel tov!

Adoration

So Mr. is done with his first rotation and finally gets a break.  We didn't make it to the zoo, but we did go out to dinner with STM and her hubby to the Boat Basin.  Good food, great atmosphere.  I'd heard of Boat Basin for a while, so I'm glad they suggested it!

Later last night, as Mr. was packing to go home, we had Nick at Nite on.  As you may know, Nick at Nite currently shows sitcoms from our childhood and adolescence: Home Improvement, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Family Matters, and George Lopez.  Judge us if you will, but this is the time slot he and I can agree on.  

As I nostalgically remembered all the handful of nights one or both of us has stayed up packing with Nick on this past year, I remarked, "I love our mutual [inner monologue: don't say love again] adoration of cheesy 90's television."  "Adorittion?" Mr. repeated, confused.  Thinking I had said it sloppily, I repeated, "a-dor-RAY-shun".  He was still clueless.  "Adoration!  Like, adore, but in noun form!"  He then went on to insist that he had never heard the word before in his life.  Now I know how my parents felt when I thought 'cajole' was such an out-there word to learn during my SAT prep.  Except adoration is still so much more common than cajole.  I think Mr.'s head must be so full of medical stuff, obscure raps, and commercial jingles from the late 1980's that he doesn't have room for regular knowledge.

Puppy Please

Last night in the Village the hubby and I stumbled onto a pet shop with the cutest puppies ever. Seriously. The. Cutest. Puppies. Ever. And while I'm not so pro-pet shop (I'm all about the rescue shelters instead), I am pro dog.
But anyways, this post isn't about dogs, it's about the next set of criteria when it comes to choosing a residency. The pet shop started off this whole conversation about when we'll be able to get a dog (we can't now because there's a strict no dogs police in our med school housing). Eventually, the hubby decided he's not applying anywhere that doesn't allow dogs in the (mandatory) resident housing. I emphasize that he decided this, not me. But wanting a french bulldog more than just about anything, I heartily agreed with the new criteria.
So now it's my job to figure out what that rules out. So far St. Luke's-Roosevelt looks like it's the only program impacted, but that's just because I haven't really looked into all the others, yet. At least now I know what I'll be busy doing all weekend!

Go Yankees!

Okay, so I'm really a Cubs fan, but since I've lived in New York for 6 years and the Cubs are in the National League while the Yankees are in the American League, I feel I'm allowed to root for the Yankees once in a while. :)

For a good part of the summer, Mr. has been watching baseball on tv (or rather, has had the tv on baseball while he studies), which has been a little less than thrilling for me.  I may have played softball for 6 years and understand the rules of baseball better than those for any other sport, but I can't watch it on tv.  It's just sooo slow.

However, I absolutely love to go to games!  Tonight we were invited to join another med school couple at the Yankees v. Twins game.  The weather was great, the game had its exciting moments, and the Yankees won.  The best part of the night, though?

Dippin' Dots!  In a Yankees cap!

There used to be a Dippin' Dots stand in the mall in my hometown, but I haven't had the delicious treat in years.  I'm not sure why ice cream is so much better when served in tiny little spheres, but it is.

Okay, okay, and while Dippin' Dots was great, the real high point of the night was getting to spend some time with the Mr., just relaxing and hanging out.  I know that these times have to be few and far between, but it's nice to know we can still have them every now and again.

Hopefully it's not unrealistic to hope for at least one baseball game per year in the future.

Heart Shape Tarts

8 p.m. on a Sunday night, and I suddenly got the urge to bake. It was the hubby's night off the wards, so I talked him into coming to the store with me while I bought all the ingredients for blueberry tarts. He must have been in a good mood (or just very very hungry) because he ended up helping me bake. We haven't baked together in I don't know how long (actually I do know how long, exactly the length of time he's been in med school), and we ended up making heart shaped tarts and giving them to each other. Sweet? Nerdy? All of the above?
It's nights like those that make nights like tonight, where I'm sitting here on the couch watching TV while he studies at the library, worth it.