contentedness is...

-tall frosty glasses of iced hazelnut cream coffee with a sprig of mint
-sunny days with clear skies
-the (extremely) few occasions on which I feel like I can enjoy the feeling of learning while studying
-grocery shopping
-cooking shows on public television (so many bright colors! and exotic ingredients!)
-"sleeping in" until 9:30am and finally feeling rested for the first time in a week

Today will be a good day.

loved!

My parents came up this weekend and brought my passport in time for spring break. And also bought me a diamond necklace & ring, dark chocolate, and a new coffeemaker. I had forgotten all about Valentine's Day but apparently my parents are romantics. =) I love my family.

happy chinese new year

I am a pig. This is my year. Except for the fact that this week left me exhausted, immunosuppressed, and feeling the initial twinges of malaise, fatigue, and sore throat that can only mean an impending sickness. I highly recommend Haagen Dazs mango sorbet for a sore throat... I'm going to prescribe that for all my patients in the future.

moved

"Hide and Seek," imogen heap
"Into the Fire," Thirteen Senses
"Apologize," OneRepublic
"Love Will Come Through," Travis
"Long Way Down," Radford
"Boston," Augustana

do you speak body?

"I have power in my pelvis."
"I am dangerously insane."
"My boom-boom is unavailable."

Learn to speak body

I don't know if it's my post-renal/musculoskeletal delirium, but this is too funny not to share. I actually laughed out loud.