Today is Dr J's birthday. This is our 14th birthday together eating chocolate cake...14th! How is time traveling so fast! We are getting old. This year is especially exciting as we will be getting our first real job and hopefully be moving closer to family! I love you baby! Happy Birthday!
We are somewhere in the middle of Nebraska! The road conditions are great. I'd almost say the temperatures are freakishly warm for the year. That is the plus. The negative...11+ more hours of driving. Probably with bathroom breaks and meals 14 more hours trapped in a car. Today I think I will break out the portable DVD player. This is the fourth one we've owned in six years...this time I bought the warranty....worth every penny!
We are in full on Thanksgiving Prep here...not food prep, anything that needs to be made early is being made by someone else, but we are in charge of the venue...so we have been running around, cleaning, and setting up. Dr. J took the kids to the zoo so that we would have a blank slate to work with. My favorite part....my mother in law standing on the table to tie up the chandelier so no one would bump their head. Happy Thanksgiving Prep.
Last night after a community tour and Dr J's interviews we went out to dinner with the department head, his wife and two other local physicians and their wives. The restaurant was this interesting mix of Spanish and eclectic hipness. The food was mostly steak and fish with duck thrown in for good measure. I had steak that came out on a sizzling rock. I'd slice off a piece and sear each side before eating. My potatoes were heavenly and had two large prawns for garnish. The asparagus was perfect. The tragedy of the night was I couldn't finish but because we were leaving this morning at six to fly home I had to have the restaurant throw it out. J had duck. For desert we shared flour less chocolate cake with beat chips and strawberries. The company was amazing. They were all transplants but all very happy. They all live within ten minutes of the hospital including the department head who bought 65 acres and then moved his brother and parents out to run a tiny family farm. Their kids have all been happy. Dr j said one of the things that really struck him at the hospital was how happy everyone was. Oh and they like J. After dinner I was chatting with the department head. Several times during dinner he'd asked about where else we were interviewing. After dinner he made his pitch to me about how much they'd love to have us come. Then he laid it out there with a big smile on his face, he said, "Because of the holiday things might be a little delayed but you will have an offer for sure by next week, we really hope you'll take it.". So there you go folks, I'd call that an interview success!
