insta three-day weekend

I have been looking forward to Peter starting his rotation at the VA hospital for ages... The residents have some complaints/frustrations about how their VA rotations work, but I think the VA is the best. Peter doesn't have to be there nearly so early, so he gets to catch up on sleep and I actually get to see him in the morning; he arrives home much earlier; Fridays tend to be half days; the workload is lighter so he can get some of his reading done during the day instead of at home in the evening. Such a nice change after the last three months in which he frequently arrived home after 8 pm, sometimes as late as 9:30 or 10.

But I have a new number one reason I love the VA: they observe Columbus Day.

Peter found that out mid-way through last week, and since he actually wasn't scheduled to be on call at all over the weekend, suddenly here was a three-day weekend to enjoy! (I'm pretty sure I've never had Columbus Day off myself, but I'm lucky enough that my work-from-home schedule allows me to spend a little extra time with Peter whenever the opportunity presents.) And here's some snippets of our insta long weekend!

 

had one of the other residents & his family over for dinner on Friday; their 1-year-old loved Ginger

 

spent Saturday afternoon reading at Coffee Please; Any Human Heart for me (very good) and something about ears/noses/throats for Peter

 

had drinks & dinner (on the patio! this weather!) at Teller's in Hyde Park on Saturday night; Peter had the pork belly sandwich, and we realized we've never met a pork belly we didn't like (see visits to Nada)

 

caught up on a couple of our favorite TV shows: Modern Family, Daily Show, Colbert Report

went for several family walks (again - this weather!) and played some tennis too

 

 

 had a Columbus Day breakfast at the National Exemplar in Mariemont - delicious celebration of our new favorite holiday...