what i DO know...

still suffering a bit on the derm front, although thus far this week, things are going way better clinically speaking. some juicy rare rashes that came in today cheered me up, as well as discovering a massive 2 volume dermatology picture bible in the clinic...just what i needed!

in as far as what i DO know so far, or at least after my first full week in this town is...it rocks and i would live here in a second.

a brief run down of what we packed in over the holiday weekend:

*a short float down the deschutes river, to harass the canadian geese but NOT the swans...
*a long float down the deschutes river, to allow for even more yelling at the canadian geese "watch out, eh! ya hosers!"
*the pet parade (complete with a flying chihuahua- seriously)
*waterfront festival- where liam totally rocked the dizzy bat race and the climbing wall
*hiking, sledding! and a swim at todd lake
*beer tasting at bend brewing company and cascade lakes brewing company
*exploring lava lands- one of the coolest national monuments i've ever been to, including:
~a cinder cone caldera rim hike
~a well intentioned but unfulfilled trek to benham falls due to the family members with really short legs that got tired out before we got halfway there and who we refused to carry the rest of the way
~spelunking at lava river cave, much to camper's terrified horror...(he was afraid of the bears, bats, and dragons that live in there)
*scenic auto tour of the cascade lakes highway (lots of mental notes made for later hiking and swimming- devil's lake...are you for real??)
*fireworks at pilot butte with liam
*many, many trips to the playground for apres dinner playtime and family frisbee time
*lots of riding bikes around town, although for future reference we should decorate them far more exhuberantly

so yes....things are going well here on the non-clinical side of things. the weather has been delightful. acquaintances keep proving to be unreasonably nice. we dig it here. we could stay a loooong time. will get off my arse and put some new pics up here in the near future.

the only bummer so far was that liam and i spent last nite and today puking all over the place...we are now ginger ale and saltined out, happily convalescing in bed...me with this distraction, him with a scooby doo distraction....relaxing after our ordeals which have yet to have a cause that we can determine. it happens.

i plan on going to bed momentarily and having the luxury of sleeping in until 6:30 am tomorrow to rejuvenate. oh derm, how i love thy office hours...let me count thy ways....