Showing posts with label Farewell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farewell. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What are the five beaches of Normandy?



In early December, I flew back to Cincinnati to clean up and clear out the Wildfell Hall.  My mom was able to join me for four days, and we made it our Christmas and Holiday time together.  Who would have known that my mom is so awesome that she knows that I love to play board games?

The last time I remember playing dominoes on a regular basis was when I was in early grade school, heading off to the library, sitting in way too small plastic chairs, and playing with my dad and sister.  My mom bought me an early Christmas gift of Chicken Foot Dominoes and she even knew games that I didn't - Mexican Train! Pretty sweet!

After a solid weekend of pitching leftover furniture into a dumpster in my driveway, we rested on Monday evening and enjoyed Quiz Night at the Pub in Rookwood (#2, #3).  Our team name: I'm so cool, I can bring my mom to Quiz Night!


My Mom and I




Eric and Rachel


Eric and Janice


Amanda and I


Nick "The BBQ Man" and Rachel


Yes, I'm riding that Lion!  Also, when Eric takes your picture, you're 6 inches shorter.


Kathy and Jim


It was Brian's birthday that night too!
(We all sang to him and slightly embarrassed him as well that night)


Despite what you think, Cristina, you still look better then me in this photo!


After attending Quiz Night almost religiously for three years, I finally got my picture taken with Kelly!


The Gang at the end of Quiz Night.


And now a look at all the hard work from Amanda, Nick, Stacey, my mom, and I:


Me, outside of the Wildfell Hall.


My old bedroom...


...complete with gun cabinet!


The Peanut Butter Room.


The Pink Bedroom.


The empty "I love me wall."


How my mom and slept since the first night and after tossing out the two older beds.


Her room.  :-)


The Kitchen.  Spicken clean.


One cleared out basement.


The Office.


Good bye back yard deck...


Goodbye tulips. Goodbye daffodils. Goodbye veggie delights. Goodbye avocado tree (!?)


The aftermath!

BTW, the five beaches are Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.  Our team got 2 of the 5!

Thanks for reading,

Dr. Alex

Saturday, July 25, 2009

My Going Away Party

Major thanks and shout out to Eric for planning a great farewell party for me and around 40+ guests last week at O'Bryan's Irish Pub!

It's been one week since I left my fare cities of Norwood and Cincinnati and it's only fair to pony up on the total for Eric's bet "on how many dates Alex will have his first week out there... The over/under is 32. ;-)"

Sadly for all those who voted the OVER the grand total is a big fat goose egg (meaning zero).

Thanks again, EVERYONE, who made it out to send me off. I hope everyone had a great time meeting new people and thanks for playing along with the name tags and Eric's ridiculous Over/Under bet. :-)

Enjoy the selection of photos:

A group of us at the O'Byran's Irish Pub




Eric, the main party planner himself


Cristina and I in a great pose.


More of the group.

Phil and I


Michelle and I


Cristina, Patty, ME, Lindsey, and Casey!


Jessie, Steve Miller (not the band) and I


Patty and I - don't we look great with our name tags?


Who's not wearing their name tags?


Oliver, Tricia, and I




Shannon, Andy, and I




Where are all these girls coming from?!?!?




Lyndsay, Kathy, and I, sitting outside on the deck.


See more photos via the Evite for the event.

Thanks for reading,

Alex

Friday, July 17, 2009

New blog? One is silver. The other's gold. Make new friends, but keep the old!

Welcome to the Medicine Man of Seattle blog, a sister blog to the Medicine Man of Norwood blog. Both just so happen to be run by me. :-)

On July 18th, 2009 I'm stepping out from Norwood, OH, and venturing out to Seattle, WA for my first position after residency.

I hope to stay active both in Cincinnati and in Seattle.

One of my first adventures I'm hoping to take on in Seattle is the Green Lake garage sales, found by first visiting the My Green Lake blog. I'll keep you all posted on what I found out here in Seattle.

Thanks for reading,

Alex