Betrothed

Dean and I got engaged! That statement seems simultaneously totally natural and WTF. On the natural side, we're in love and, though we've had some slight ups and downs over the past year, are pretty darn compatible, and I want to spend all my time with him. On the WTF side... I'm getting married???

This is mind-blowing in two ways:
1) This love feels different than the one previous time I've been in love... it started out with that same butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling, but has evolved into a more settled, deep, knowing-and-accepting, respect-and-devotion feeling.
2) The logistics. Oy, I have to plan a wedding now!

Watch this space...

Summertime Ritual

I didn't do it so much back in April or May, but as the summer progresses (and I have fewer nights on call), I increasingly spend part of each evening listening to the Phils game on AM 1210 and playing a version of "Bejeweled" on my computer that's called "Treasure Pyramid." This tradition started in fourth year of med school, when we got Comcast cable, continued as a special luxury in intern and second year, and now ongoing (albeit with radio since Dean and I are not getting cable).
Oh yeah, we moved in together! By the by.