SMEE time!  The name makes me think of the hapless first mate of Captain Hook in Peter Pan and the adjective “hapless” is not entirely inappropriate.  The situation […]

That Friday, we travelled back to the ship and I got to scrub in on a superficial parotidectomy.   The rest of the surgical schedule looked like this- […]

Before I went to the Mercy, it was a busy last week.  I ordered invites to the Hail and Farewell (way too few as it turned out).  Packing […]

After JazzFest, Mechen and I had a morning in NOLA.  We went to the WWII museum which was pretty awesome.  I had been once several years ago and […]

Corpse Reviver #2 and Bloody Mary Not looking super awake Ready for breakfast! Mmmmmm! Saturday started with more delicious food.  Mechen and I went to Elizabeth’s, a delicious […]

Well, 14 weeks was a good run of keeping track of things.  But alas, it’s lapsed quite a bit and I’m not even sure I can recreate some […]

Maybe it’s just me, but sometimes a get a smirky feeling of self-satisfaction when I feel a little bit ahead of the coolness curve.  I think, “Ooo, see! […]

Woo-hoo! After keeping my fingers crossed, I heard this week that I will be able to go on the USNS Mercy this Summer for 6 weeks. Yay, yay, […]

Oh my gosh! I found a new love! Revlon Color Burst Lip Butter. I bought two today in Plum and Candy Apple! I was at the Exchange today […]

Hmmm, at some point, my erratic blogging scheduled caused me to drop a week in my weekly recaps. All the information has been included thus far. I do […]