Two weeks gone already?

Jeez! I'm through two of my fourteen week vacation and what do I have to show for it?

Spent a few hundred bucks seeing a veternary surgical specialist for my almost three year golden Retreiver, who has to be one of the most expensive dogs in the world by now. At least we think we found the problem; a tear in his medial shoulder ligament. He's in a sling for the next two weeks which pretty much rules out a trip to the Grand Canyon next weekend. However, I really hope this cures Cedar. He's too young to be lame and suffering this much pain. And selfishly, I want to go running with him again.

The Fellowship is going ok. I am learning a ton and really enjoy working with Dr. Jones when he's available. However, I've had a string of bad electrophoresis experiments. We're going to try another Monday and Friday we'll irradiate some newly glycated samples. I'm really crossing my fingers that this week things will start to turn around. I need to start getting some results. I also started working with cells, so I hope we can finish up the protein work and concentrate on cells soon.

Tomorrow is a combined B-day pool party for the boys. I hope we have a decent turnout. Most of their friends are already traveling and can't make it. They just got out of school yesterday! The noteworthy event there was an assembly where Connor got on the Principal's list for having a 3.75 or higher GPA. They only start tracking GPAs in Third Grade so Colton wasn't eligible for it.

Oh, last weekend, during a Memorial Day sale Becky & I ended up purchasing a Polaroid 26" HDTV, the flat panel LCD kind. It's very cool and we got a great price for it. Since it's wide angle, the picture is about the same size as our 31" CRT that is sitting in the corner now. We also started a free trial on Netflix so we've been watching a ton of movies. I even got around to signing up at the Glendale library. I purchased a couple of used books and borrowed 5 DVDs (the max).

Schoolwise, I'm catching up on Student Doctor Network (SDN) threads and giving a lot of advice to up-and-coming MSIs. I'm about 1/2 through my Biochem review book but presently am sidetracked with a Cancer book I got at the library for a buck. It's on alternative and complementary therapies which will be good information for a DO Oncologist to have.

That's about it. I need to exercise more, get started on home repair projects and make better progress on reviewing didactics from last year. That leaves a lot of room for improvement :-).