so apparently it’s been more than a month since I last posted anything. it’s kind of weird this year how times seems to crawl and fly simultaneously. anyhow. quick nugget-style life-in-general updates (it’s not like you don’t all have my email address if you want details :P) in this one, then one for finishing peds and if i’m still awake, one for being 2/3 through ob/gyn.

in no particular order…

1) we’re condo hunting! we finally bit the bullet and called a realtor, and then randomly hit up a coupla open houses on Sunday… saw 5 more tuesday night, 4 more last night (with some repeats…). it’s been a bit of a whirlwind. at the moment it looks like we’re probably going to settle on a large-ish 1BR in the debaliviere area. I’m not convinced it’s the most frugal option, but there are sometimes things i value more than money. really. i’m not kidding :P then again they say frugality is about value not about cost. at least some people do. maybe? :) In any case we crunched the numbers today and over 5 years we should come out ahead of the corresponding rent-and-invest scheme even leaving room for the economy to recover and housing prices to stagnate. and if we break even at least we’ll be living in nicer digs :P

2) we finally got a pepper grinder. this has been bugging me for forever. I was all happy when I got my last one on a whim and then realized when it was almost empty that it was a disposable, non-refillable thing. this of course after I bought a huge thing of peppercorns from jay’s :P Anyhoo. we have one of those funky rabbit head crunchers now, and it’s actually a lot of fun. whee!

3) we also have a paper shredder. Now I can actually be sort of HIPAA compliant and chop up those stupid credit card offers to boot :P

4) we’ve been cooking a ton. Actually, Ansel’s been cooking a ton. have i mentioned that i really lucked out with this whole marriage thing? (oh btw Ansel also moved to St Louis permanently. I forget if everyone knows that yet…) And we got a bunch of fun kitchen stuff (pepper grinder being one, ooh and a chef’s knife! Well. A Santoku. but whatever.) with our Macy’s gift cards from the wedding. (Btw, if you ever have a Macy’s gift card that expires, they don’t really expire, just take it to customer service.) Now I just need to start baking more. I think it’s pie-time…. or at least pastry time. [update 2 days later: apparently it's shitty weather time. bah.]

5) we are actually thinking about kids in the near future. yes. the rumors are true. ok. you can all stop being shocked or weirded out now. No really. Please. Let’s all try to remember that academics are actually not the norm and that it is really not that strange a thing for a 27yo to become a mom. really. or if you can’t not be weirded out… just don’t tell me. i’m saving up all my tolerance for the obgyn residents next week :P

6) We finally moved into the 2nd room in the apartment. Subletter got out on Nov 1, and now we have a nice little home officey type setup. It’s awesome. of course it will probably go away if we move into a 1BR, but we can enjoy it for now.

7) We want a cat. In fact, I can’t wait till we actually move (or decide definitively to NOT move) so that we CAN buy a cat. (I believe in moving felines as little as possible.)

8) We got a DVD player! Now if only I could stay awake long enough to watch a movie…

9) Inhalers do indeed work better if you prime them.

and last but not least…
10) Just Bunches tastes weird. Kashi’s Go Lean tastes worse.