Winter Driving =(

Bad thing happened today. I got into my first car accident. SIGH. Thankfully no one else was involved, no injuries or anything, but my poor baby car... my poor Cassiopeia! I woke up late for work, and while driving to work (a little frantically, I admit) I hit some snow, spun out of control, and ended up hitting the guard rail with my front and back bumper on the left side. Oh yeah, and I ended up completely turned around so I could watch oncoming highway traffic while I flashed my hazard lights. Definitely... stressful.

**Mah Bling**

I know that it's kinda crass to be all up in people's faces about jewelry, but I really love my engagement ring. I really really do! Is it so wrong for me to be happy when I look at it sparkle and shine? Is it crazy and obsessive when I can spend time just watching it glint in the harsh fluorescent glow of pharmacy lights? Come on, you gotta give a girl a little leeway. It's not about the carats as much as the design and what the ring represents. An engagement ring is an epic symbol, not just a fancy piece of jewelry but a sign of love, commitment, and passion. And so much more sparkly than the upcoming wedding band!

I really love my fiancee/hubby-whatever for letting me choose my engagement ring. A little lacking in the element of surprise, but totally makes up for it by being exactly what I want. And thus begins my little photographic tribute to my ring. I just wish I had pretty model hands!

week 7 picture roundup!

This was my first week as a pharmacist and pretty chill as weeks go. I envision a lot more problems in the future, but I'm glad it started relatively smoothly!

2/13 - making some chocolate mousse with raspberries the day before the V-Day. From a box mix, lest anyone is actually impressed.

week 6 picture roundup!

The first full week of February was a week of rest and recovery for me, due to my wrist injury, and had the happy consequence of extending my original one week vacation into two weeks! However, it gets pretty dull to be sitting around at home having a sore wrist, but I did catch up on a lot of TV!

2/6 - Just got back home to Syracuse and spent a little time counting up how much lai see I got this year. A little crass, hehe. Year of the Rabbit  = cute red envelopes!

♥~~happy valentine's day~~♥

♥Happy Valentine's Day!♥

And also, happy first day working as a pharmacist! Hmm, that doesn't flow so well... So, today was my first day as a licensed pharmacist and I think it went pretty well. No screaming patients and only minor minor insurance problems. Yay! And now, after spending hours with crappy Nordictrack customer service, I can truly appreciate how much more streamlined it is to call health insurance companies. Phew.


Remember to kiss a loved one tonight~!

Pharm Life

Sooo... I just received my first schedule for next week, when I start working as a licensed pharmacist. Eeks!!! Interestingly enough, my first day as a pharmacist will be on Valentine's Day. Sorta detracts from the romance doesn't it? I probably won't be thinking about love while doling out lortab and tramadol.

do you know what this drug is?

Anyway it's kinda nerve-wracking. Now I'll be THE ONE, the one who gets asked all the questions, stupid or otherwise. Now I can no longer play it off by saying I'm just the intern.... the grace period has ended! Time to pay up.

I'm pretty prepared to get stressed out the first week - I'll be driving 3 hours round trip for 4 days, plus the inevitable stress of working at a retail pharmacy. Thankfully I'm working after the annoyance of the new year, with all the insurance changes and whatnots. Hopefully some lady won't come up screaming that she doesn't have a deductible, etc, etc.... I hate insurance problems!!!

It's time to step up my game and do it!

MV to get 'FIRE'd up!,

week 5 picture roundup!

This was my first vacation week of the year, yay, to coincide with Chinese New Years! Unfortunately I came into this week with a fractured wrist so it really made it harder to do.. well... anything! But I still got to go out and see friends and family, so it was still a good break! No pun intended.

1/30 - Joe's upstate house has a lot of chicken themed stuff...

1/31 - yummy crab dish at Amazing 66 with Cornell and other buddies

2/1 - after family dinner, a picture of my peaceful living room, complete with tropical island wallpaper

2/2 - lovely miso ramen at Ramen Kuboya with Dong

2/3 - iPad that was meant for my parents but more used by me!

2/4 - deliciously tender and yummy lamb chops at East Lake in Flushing, dinner with me and Dong's family

2/5 - yummy dimsum and friendly service at 88 Palace in chinatown =D

week 4 picture roundup!

Week 4 was a little hectic - the week before my vacation (from 1/30-2/5) but also a week that I was to work in Buffalo, and then go to Windham afterwards for a snowboarding trip. That meant a lot of packing beforehand and having tons of stuff, like snowboards and a huge cross-stitch gift to my parents, in the trunk of my car. Snowboarding didn't work out the way I wanted -  I ended up having a fractured wrist after my first run, and everything afterwards was figuring out how to work around it - driving, etc. But it was definitely an eventful week~!

1/23 - a nice homecooked meal for me and hubby - pork chops and mixed veggie pasta!

1/24 - homemade garlic bread, slathered with butter and garlic and then baked to golden goodness. YUM!

1/25 - Back to Buffalo again! This time staying at a pretty nice Holiday Inn. I get 2 queen beds, yay me!

1/26 - In the middle of Paris planning makes me Paris crazy!!

1/27 - Back at home for one night with my favorite boy. His face is lit up by the glow of his new Droid X, aka his new gf.

1/28 - my other zoom lens that I don't use enough.....

1/29 - After a long day of driving, sleeping for 5 hours, snowboarding and fracturing my wrist, we finally end up eating dinner at Brandywine Restaurant, an Italian place with a LOTR theme.

week 3 picture roundup!

This is so belated! But better late than never. Week 3 was a pretty normal week - cooking at home and working. I love cooking a huge batch of chili at the beginning of the week to bring to work for lunch/dinner =D And somehow, I don't get tired of it!

1/16 - This is the dining room light that is just the right height to bump Dong's head. He's gotten really good at dodging it!

1/17 - Looks a little unappetizing, but I love this chili! From a recipe that Viv received, passed through generations of health professions students!

1/18 - One of the few healthy things that I love to eat - cherry tomatoes!

1/19 - Kinect is here! Time to break out with Dance Central!!

1/20 - This makes me miss the rx peeps at Skaneateles. You pronounce that Skinny Atlas, fyi.

1/21 - Pretty sunrise over the 690E, while driving to work. The story of my life!

1/22 - The side dishes at Secret Garden, a Korean/Japanese restaurant in Syracuse.

Happy Year of the Rabbit!

新年快乐！

A little belated, but Chinese (Lunar) New Year was just this past week, on Feb 3rd. It's a time to get together with family to celebrate the new year with wishes for good luck and prosperity, so Dong and I both got vacation this week to go back to NYC. Unfortunately, I had to go into the New Year with a new wound:

my cast, darn it!

I had a 'non-displaced fracture' in my right wrist from snowboarding at Windham, so it definitely put a damper on the rest of my activities that week. But I got the cast off and now have a much more maneuverable (and removable) splint, so now I can shower without a plastic bag on my hand! Love the small pleasures of life!

However, the new year wasn't all bad - I found out that I got licensed, yay! But with great pay comes great responsibility... Another pleasure of life - receiving lai see, or hong bao:

Happy Year of the Rabbit!

And still doing the pic a day, to be updated!