Snow!

Today Katie and I woke up to a blanket of pure white snow over the city. It was the first significant snowfall of the winter (I saw on the news that it was largest snowfall in the last 2 years.) Hofstra canceled classes and so I got the gift of a free day. Katie didn't have to work until 3pm (she goes till 11pm), so we took a walk through 6 inches of snow in Prospect Park and finished up with a yummy tomato, basil and mozzarella sandwich at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Cafe.

It was just about 32 degrees so the snow was pretty wet and stuck to the sides of trees, the lattices of wire fences, and our faces. It also made great snowballs and snowmen. At one point, I made a snow angel, which Katie then proceeded to step in once I got up. Grrrr.... and Brrrrr.....

We haven't blogged since Christmas because not a whole lot is happening. I am just teaching, she is plugging away at her different rotations at the hospitals. Last week she finished internal medicine and this week is experiencing the clamor and hectic life of the emergency room. She is at Kings County Hospital which is a VERY large urban hospital, so she's seen all kinds of people with all kinds of ailments already!

I guess one item of note was the Winter Ball that her school put on. Katie is on the student council so she had some part in the planning and execution of the thing. It was held at a movie studio that occupies the formerly unused Brooklyn Navy Yard. There was a great view of Midtown Manhattan and several of the bridges. Apparently, this is the largest lot for movies outside of Hollywood. There was a very nice catered dinner and an open bar (though we gave up alcohol for Lent, so we didn't take advantage of it!) and a very good DJ. We danced for a few hours and drank soda instead of wine (I figured I'd a least order fancy sodas, so I got several Roy Rogers--they're like Shirley Temples but with Coke instead of 7-up).

Anyway, I'm already looking forward to the Spring Break mid-March! We hope all of you who check in periodically on the blog are doing fine and we hope to speak to you personally in the near future!