SNOW FOR HALLOWEEN.....
Hi, yesterday's snow was nothing and didn't even leave any snow on the ground but today it SNOWED. It snowed all day-big flakes coming down hard. I really wanted to get some pictures of the first snow to post but I had higher priorities! Like dry feet. I had to get myself geared up for winter in Alaska. You know I put everything off until the last minute...this was no exception. So off I went after work to the Army Navy store-I now have dry feet! Thanks to my new boots that keep your feet warm down to -25 degrees. I am wearing them all around the house tonight to practice walking in snow boots (I imagine that my downstairs neighbor is not thrilled by this). I couldn't find a good warm coat that is water proof and that fits me-at least not at the Army Navy store. But, I found the perfect coat at the grocery store! Add the gloves and warm socks and I am good to go....well, they tell me I might need yak-traks.
However, I do have some pictures for you! The family medicine clinic is divided into 4 groups-east, west and center (mine). There are about 10 providers per group, the casemanagers for each, the CMAs and the administrative support. The groups meet monthly-we met Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week (today was my groups turn). Since it was almost Halloween we carved pumpkins! Here are some pictures of me, another nurse practitioner, one of the case managers and one of the doctors (she's the one with the big rubber ears and she's the one that made the "brain food").
2 comments:
Yak traks are not the things that look like tennis rackets-those are snow shoes and I am thinking of giving that a try-just not sure how my knees will hold up! Yak traks are things that strap to the bottom of your shoes and have teeth or something to give you traction in the ice and snow. At the ANMC clinic we issue them to all of our patients as well as these little thingies that fit to the bottom of your cane (I don't need one of those yet!). Julie, the ceremonial Iditarod race (I understand the real start has moved north due to the changing weather patterns) takes off just down the road from me-I'll be right in the middle of it all!!! Why don't you jump a plane and fly up for the fun!
Yeah, I think this woman is one of those whose kids have lots of fun-I was not one of those mothers. I had a file that I kept for a long time-it was good articles and information about marriage, relationships and childrearing that I was going to pass on to BJ since I pretty much sucked at those thing-but I threw it away. I'm not sure how we will give a party over the web cam????
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