Saturday . May 31 . 2003 . 7:37pm grazie You know what's hard? Writing all these thank-you notes for the wedding. And there's so much pressure to finish them by the end of the week, because we've had hardly any time to get them started in the month since the wedding. Honeymoon, graduation, Joe's parents in the guest room, California trip--that's what the past month has looked like for us. But now I'm feeling so guilty about the delay in sending out the thanks, like, "Thank you Coleen and Sam, for the bath mat that you sent...FOUR MONTHS AGO." Gah. We're ingrates. Also, if I could get a little help over here from the Wellesley alums. We got two sets of gifts that we need some identification/address help with. The first was a matched silver salt and pepper mill set. We received this from a Wellesley alum in (I think) Massachusets, but there was no card included in the box, and we don't know your name. If this is you, please e-mail me with your name and address so that we can send you a thank you card and a wedding favor--we want to do this right and thank you properly, not just on this here website. And to the network of five alums who sent us the towels--Alexandra, Marianne, Larissa, Kirsten, and Amy--we would like to mail a thank you card and favor to each of you. So if you could e-mail me with your mailing addresses and your last names, that would be most groovy. Because you each deserve cards for being so sweet, dammit! And one last public thank you to Rachel L. for the silver butter spreaders. I didn't get a chance to thank you before we left on our honeymoon, but needless to say that your gift and kind wishes were so sweet and generous. Joe's dad was the first to use them, and he said they were, and I quote, "really nice." (But imagine him saying that in a curiously awed voice for the full effect.) * * * Joe just got a new toy before residency. One guess what it is. (You med students out there will get this for sure.) It's a new PDA. He upgraded from his old Visor to a Pocket PC, and he loves this thing. It actually is pretty cool, all tiny with a brightly colored screen and shiny buttons. And you know, it's surprisingly not that expensive. He's been messing around with it nonstop ever since we got back. MICHELLE How's your new toy? JOE Super cool. MICHELLE Anything fun to show me? JOE Not fun. Not for fun! It's serious! For work! See, I put this Evidence Based Medicine program on here that lists all the different clinical trials. Not fun and games, boy. MICHELLE When I say "fun," I didn't mean "fun-fun," I just meant "interesting." The same way that when I say "how's your new toy" I don't actually mean that it's a toy. JOE This is my serious doctor helper technology. But right now he's out there playing Yatzhee on his Pocket PC, so draw your own conclusions. * * * We just had the worst take-out sushi ever for dinner. EVER. A new place opened in our neighborhood and has been aggressively handing out menus, so we decided to give them a chance. We should have guessed from some of the items on the menu, but this place broke three of the tenet rules of sushi. 1.) No white people condiment substitutions into sushi. Such condiments include mayonnaise and cream cheese. (At least they didn't use ketchup.) 2.) Do not ever use lettuce instead of seaweed. (This goes for those weird "fusion" places too. Also do not substitute seaweed with tortillas.) 3.) Do not dilute your soy sauce or miso soup with water to conserve your valuable soy resources. There's enough for everyone. 4.) At least try to make your food taste good. Just a little effort is all we're asking for. And maybe some MSG. Now we're kind of full but also feeling unsatisfied and a little sick, like after those starch-fest dining hall meals in college. We should have just stuck with the original plan and ordered pizza. xo Michelle |
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Saturday . May 31 . 2003 . 7:37pm grazie You know what's hard? Writing all these thank-you notes for the wedding. And there's so much pressure to finish them by the end of the week, because we've had hardly any time to get them started in the month since the wedding. Honeymoon, graduation, Joe's parents in the guest room, California trip--that's what the past month has looked like for us. But now I'm feeling so guilty about the delay in sending out the thanks, like, "Thank you Coleen and Sam, for the bath mat that you sent...FOUR MONTHS AGO." Gah. We're ingrates. Also, if I could get a little help over here from the Wellesley alums. We got two sets of gifts that we need some identification/address help with. The first was a matched silver salt and pepper mill set. We received this from a Wellesley alum in (I think) Massachusets, but there was no card included in the box, and we don't know your name. If this is you, please e-mail me with your name and address so that we can send you a thank you card and a wedding favor--we want to do this right and thank you properly, not just on this here website. And to the network of five alums who sent us the towels--Alexandra, Marianne, Larissa, Kirsten, and Amy--we would like to mail a thank you card and favor to each of you. So if you could e-mail me with your mailing addresses and your last names, that would be most groovy. Because you each deserve cards for being so sweet, dammit! And one last public thank you to Rachel L. for the silver butter spreaders. I didn't get a chance to thank you before we left on our honeymoon, but needless to say that your gift and kind wishes were so sweet and generous. Joe's dad was the first to use them, and he said they were, and I quote, "really nice." (But imagine him saying that in a curiously awed voice for the full effect.) * * * Joe just got a new toy before residency. One guess what it is. (You med students out there will get this for sure.) It's a new PDA. He upgraded from his old Visor to a Pocket PC, and he loves this thing. It actually is pretty cool, all tiny with a brightly colored screen and shiny buttons. And you know, it's surprisingly not that expensive. He's been messing around with it nonstop ever since we got back. MICHELLE How's your new toy? JOE Super cool. MICHELLE Anything fun to show me? JOE Not fun. Not for fun! It's serious! For work! See, I put this Evidence Based Medicine program on here that lists all the different clinical trials. Not fun and games, boy. MICHELLE When I say "fun," I didn't mean "fun-fun," I just meant "interesting." The same way that when I say "how's your new toy" I don't actually mean that it's a toy. JOE This is my serious doctor helper technology. But right now he's out there playing Yatzhee on his Pocket PC, so draw your own conclusions. * * * We just had the worst take-out sushi ever for dinner. EVER. A new place opened in our neighborhood and has been aggressively handing out menus, so we decided to give them a chance. We should have guessed from some of the items on the menu, but this place broke three of the tenet rules of sushi. 1.) No white people condiment substitutions into sushi. Such condiments include mayonnaise and cream cheese. (At least they didn't use ketchup.) 2.) Do not ever use lettuce instead of seaweed. (This goes for those weird "fusion" places too. Also do not substitute seaweed with tortillas.) 3.) Do not dilute your soy sauce or miso soup with water to conserve your valuable soy resources. There's enough for everyone. 4.) At least try to make your food taste good. Just a little effort is all we're asking for. And maybe some MSG. Now we're kind of full but also feeling unsatisfied and a little sick, like after those starch-fest dining hall meals in college. We should have just stuck with the original plan and ordered pizza. xo Michelle |
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