Long Weekend

Yep, had a long weekend, which is ending tonight, in the good sense. Shabbos was nice - the usual suspects for dinner, and then Sammy came to shul with me (very nicely, I might add) and for lunch we went to our friends Yehudit and Noam. Combined we have 6 kids, so it was a bit of a zoo (though 2 of them are less than 3 months old), but Sammy was having such a great time that he stayed over after we left for a bit - his first play date by himself.... and he survived!

It was also a pretty productive weekend for me, with respect to work. Re-read my pheochromocytoma draft and finished my first draft of my slides for grand rounds. What a load off my chest to have finished that. Now we just have the entire thing to put together, the posters for the conferences etc. etc.

So, schooling - well Sammy got put on the waiting list for S.A.R for kindergarten. I know, a waiting list for kindergarten - quite ridiculous.... so we have had to expand our options for next year. We spent Sunday looking at some houses in... of all places... Teaneck. Quite amazing that for the same price of a one bedroom in the city you can get a 4 bedroom house in Teaneck. Too early for us to seriously consider stuff but it was nice to see what was out there

Yesterday we went to see Sesame Street Live- an experience we will not do again. Not that the kids didn't enjoy it. Sammy did, for the most part, but Zach only enjoyed the first 20 minutes and then took off his shoes and socks and went to sleep. Between him and Sammy dictating where they would sit, we were playing musical chairs with Benji. We did get to see a whole slew of dolled up dogs that were going to MSG for the Westminster dog show.

Today, Shosh and I went to go take a look at Yavneh - a potential landing spot for Sammy. Tomorrow they (Sammy and Shosh) are going to see Westchester Day School - another potential landing spot. We shall see what the future holds.

I started watching the 3rd season of Calfiornication - which, like the previous 2 seasons is immensely entertaining. Catching up on my YA fiction, reading Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief - which, like the Harry Potter books, is quite an enjoyable (and quick) read. No new music to report on. Lost is on tonight - so i'm looking forward to that.

Oh - we've been watching some of the olympics (excited that in a few months, I will be heading to Vancouver). Apollo Ohno is awesome - so is the biathalon. Guns and Skis! What could be better?