It's cold in Pittsburgh in January.
On Saturday Sam and I are going to drive to Pittsburgh. On Monday I'm going to fly back. Alone. This is good news, although I have to keep reminding myself that it's good news.
We got word yesterday that Sam's Pennsylvania medical license renewal will go into effect on Monday, so he can start work at UPMC on Monday. And so his one-year fellowship in hand surgery will begin. This is great news for many reasons. For instance, it means that in only one year from now we'll be full-steam ahead on Project Rest of Our Lives. Also, it's symbolically significant because it's the resumption of life where we left off eighteen months ago when Sam put fellowship on hold to come back to New York for biopsy, chemotherapy, more chemotherapy, remission, relapse, more chemotherapy, radiation, yet more chemotherapy, and bone marrow transplant. In a lot of ways this is where we should have been in August 2007, but we're more than happy to be a year and a half behind schedule because this time there's no cancer.
We have a lot of stuff to get to Pittsburgh: suitcases, an iMac, four dining chairs (from my old apartment, destined for our chair-less dining table in Pittsburgh), and two grown adults. That would be a stretch to fit in the MINI, let me tell you. I don't even know if we could do it. Luckily we happen to have a beautiful, powerful, amazing new BMW 328i to drive to Pittsburgh instead! After driving a MINI for so many years, having four doors and a huge trunk feels indulgent. Of course, I'll still drive the MINI every day and Sam will keep the BMW with him in Pittsburgh, but that's okay because it's crazy cold in Pittsburgh and he'll need the heated steering wheel more than I will!
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2009-01-16 11:48
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Wow, that sounds lovely. Wishing Sam very good luck starting up his fellowship in Pittsburgh again. I'm looking forward to more crazy hand surgery stories... (Reply to this) (Thread) |
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