I admit it.  I like Panda Express.  Must be the ABC in me.

Been getting blown away here in WA.  With lots of rain and winds exceeding 60-70mph.  Got pretty waterlogged today.  Kinda makes me miss the fog of the sunset.

Today I noticed a few veterans chatting today at lunch.  Two of the three guys were definitely in bad shape.  They had walkers and lugging about oxygen tanks.  So these guys were checking out each other's meds and comparing each other's pills.  I thought it was cool that the veterarns would just sit around the cafeteria and kill time chatting about anything with their friends/aquaintances because this is a common site at the VA. 

I hope I could grow old and still have my buddies to hang out with, chatting about anything.....Hopefully we could chat about something a little better than the drugs we're taking.

Coming back to the Bay for the weekend.  Em is really busy with family stuff.  Hopefully I can be the support she needs to get through the rough spots, and join in the joy for the good events.

Congrats Mar and Dan

diabetes

so at my job, alot of my patients are diabetics.  they have to get eye exams cuz diabetes is the leading cause blindness for working age people.  some of them have really, REALLY bad control over their diabetes.  some of them have blood sugars thru the roof with severe eye, foot, and kidney probs, but they just can't give up their daily liter of regular coke.  i see alot of people with really bad consequences of uncontrolled diabetes, and it scares me.  i enjoy food (esp noodles and carbs and stuff) way too much, but i dun wanna end up this way.

so watch what you eat, work out whenever you can, drag your friends on 10k races for 10 canadian dollars; let's just stay healthy.

My first time...

ok. this is going to be my first try at this.  i guess i should start with where i'm at today.  i graduated from opto school back in may, and now i'm up in WA doing a year-long residency.  i'm learning alot here, but not making nearly as much money as my classmates.  my deadbeat ass is still parasiting (is that even a word?) on my fiancee.  well, not necessarily parasiting, but not contributing as much as i should to the wedding fund. 

i hope this year goes well.  lots of things to worry about.  i want to be able to learn as much as i can while in my residency, but i also want to earn enough money to pull my weight for the financial side of the wedding.  i also want to learn to be a good husband for my beautiful wife-to-be.  i want to be there for her.  i want her to be there with me.  but i chose to move away from her for the year RIGHT before we get married.  now i know that it's only a year, and that i'm only a short flight away, but i gave up spending valuable time with her to continue our long distance relationship for yet another year.  dunno what i'm thinking sometimes....