Quick Update

Last night, Matt and I went to dinner with our lovely real estate agent. He is quirky, but wonderfully nice - Keith and Amy's friends referred him to us. Finally, after several months, we went out to dinner with him as a congratulations for getting our house.

First, we went to his house and he introduced us to another young couple who also recently bought a home in our neighborhood. They seem very nice - the husband is also a resident physician and the wife is a critical care nurse. Hopefully we will reconnect with them in the future. After having drinks with them, we went to a neat new restaurant called Bibou. It is a thirty seat, tiny cafe that is a BYOB. Apparently, it has been receiving wild reviews and reservations were hard to come by. The French chef, who owns the restaurant, used to work at Le Bec-Fin, which is one of fifteen five-star restaurants nationwide that is located here in Philadelphia and is owned by Georges Perrier. (This is, apparently, all very impressive stuff!) Here is a link to the restaurants menu - http://www.biboubyob.com/menu.html - for proof that we braved a scary menu. It is a French restaurant and they serve things like pigs feet! No - we weren't that brave - but both enjoyed the amazing steaks that we ordered. (The steaks certainly were the safest things on the menu!) Our agent ordered smoke salmon as an appetizer. It was an individual portion but he let us taste it. It was served with the most divine guacamole that I have ever tasted in my entire life. I thought about staging a sit-in in the kitchen until they showed me how to make it, but then I realized that I would be forced to sit in the same kitchen as uncooked pigs feet and other scary animal parts, so I relented. Many of you know that I am not a fan of salmon, but I decided to try a bite of this smoked salmon. It was so - well - weird. Good, but totally unexpected. It was a weird raw fish texture because its not really "cooked." Surprisingly though, it was a really mild flavor - smokey and salty. It oddly reminded me of a deli ham or something like that. I am glad I tried it, thought I can't imagine ever eating more than a bite or two because of the weird texture. Matt really enjoyed it though. It really was great food and we had a wonderful time. It also taught us to not be scared away by a scary looking menu. I would have taken pictures if it had just been Matt and I, but I felt awkward about taking pictures with people we don't know well. Next time I promise that I will.

In other news, I have finished my first week in my new (and hopefully temporary) career as a nanny. (Nanny sounds way more sophisticated than babysitter - right?!?) I am taking care of a 22 month old little girl, named Chloe, and a 6 month old little boy, named Dylan. They are sweet and low key kids with very nice parents. They only live about two miles away from our house, which makes for an easy drive three days a week. The up side is that I make more nannying three days a week than I would working full time at a minimum wage retail job. Obviously, I hope to find a real job soon, or at least find a way to supplement this job. Otherwise, it is going well and I find that I am settling into the job quite well. '

Matt also is loving his job. He certainly is happy to finally be doing the job that he has waited so long to be able to do. Last month he was on a rotation in the ICU, where he saw mostly chest scans. This month he is a on a rotation doing CTs of the body - no head, neck, sinuses, or extremities (I guess that is some other time!) I'm not sure what's up next, but I'll be sure to have Matt update you soon.

Next weekend Matt and I are going camping, so I'll be sure to post pictures when we return from our trip.

Much love to everyone who is reading!