Batten down the hatches!



The harbor yesterday



Happy Groundhog’s Day everybody! So, I hear we shall see spring after all, though I’m sure some of you doubt the folklore at this point. While having coffee with Marma over skype this morning she said something about 6 or more inches of snow that Fayetteville has. Yikes! Well, I hope everyone is hunkered down and staying warm.

Yesterday was cloudy but lovely. It was in the low 40’s and while walking around town I got so warm I had to shed some layers. The water in the harbor was the most wonderful shade of deep sapphire! The sky was grey but the water was crystal clear and every time the wind blew I could smell the salt and distinct fishiness of an island—not exactly a favorite smell, but one I’ll forever associate with this place.

While out and about I got a call back for an interview so I headed up to the hospital to interview for a pharmacy tech position. So, hopefully next week I’ll be back to my ole ways of counting pills by the 5’s. My reign of domesticity will be coming to an end and I’ll be a working gal once more. Don’t fret though, it will only be part time and I’ll still have plenty of free time for adventures and blogging.  

Today, on the other hand, has been full of rain and wind so strong I expected to see the wicked witch flying by on her broom. Needless to say, I stayed inside as much as possible. I’ve finished the rough draft of my book and am in the intensive editing stage. To alleviate some of the stress of punctuation and complex sentence structure, I baked some fudgy peanut butter brownies—mostly just so I could lick the bowl after pouring them in the pan. There’s something very therapeutic about brownie batter.

I concluded the afternoon with my dear old friends Cathy and Heathcliff. I’m afraid I’m an emotional junky and just can’t put down a great tear jerker. Scott, on the other hand has been working very hard on getting presentations ready for work and for residency interviews. His next one is this weekend in Anchorage. I try to help him with his presentations but have very limited knowledge on Extended Infusion of Piperacillin-Tazobactam so I do a lot of smiling and nodding.

Stay toasty and safe—We love you all,

S/A