Reasons to go out

Hey everyone and Happy Tuesday.

I want to wish all of our medical school friends the best of luck tomorrow on their matches. YAY!

This weekend I stayed in bed most of the time but we did venture out twice. Like every 2^nd Saturday of the month, Sitka hosted the Monthly Grind. This month’s theme was “all about Sitka”. So, local performers came out with original songs, dances, poetry, and more. The talent in this small town is outstanding and I’m so glad they have the opportunity to express themselves. We were blown out of the water by a ten year old kid on his guitar when he sang one the songs he wrote about love in a small town. Another local woman wrote a poem about the down town ravens that was hilarious and so 100% accurate.  There was one young man who played a jazz piece on his key board with enough soul to catch even Ray Charles’ attention.



Singing Codman

My two favorite performances of the night, though, had to be the guy who sang, played the harmonica (when not singing), while playing the piano with one hand and a synthesizer with the other… and it sounded great! Who knew that was even possible? The other stand out performance was by “Anonymous” who I played his guitar and sang a very sultry song from his king cod costume. (Yes, fish can sing). His music was good but greatly overshadowed by his get up. Words don’t do it justice.

Being the grind, the tickets were only five bucks and you got homemade desserts at intermission. I love it!



Root beer floats!



Sunday, we were invited over to a friend’s house for ‘dress up dinner’. Why? Well… why not? We all got gussied up and brought side dishes for a homemade Italian dinner. It was great. We played games around the table and ended the night with root beer floats. There’s a microbrewery on the island where they make some really great local beer and root beer and one of our friends so happens to be the Master Brewer. Delicious!



View from Gavan Hill



But like all good things, the weekend came to an end. Scott had worked all day Saturday so he took Monday off. Being the little Eagle Scout he is, he headed up the side of a mountain, well, Gavan Hill to be exact, though there is very little “hill” about it. In reality I’m glad he got to do it. I tried it with him a few weeks ago and only made it 2/3 the way up before calling it a day and I wasn’t looking forward to trying again. Thankfully, he remembered the camera and was able to take some really great pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Currently, Scott is busy cooking up what smells like an amazing spaghetti dinner for us after a long day of work. I’m seriously the luckiest gal on the face of the planet. Again, our hearts and prayers go out to those overseas facing the aftermath of the disaster and the new dangers that come up every day.

Love you guys and can’t wait to come home,

S/A