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as we decorate our home dream of decorating our home, I've been finding art styles that we dig, see below for some of my latest faves. I think my taste could definitely be described as bold and whimsical.  what art do you love in your house?  what art do you wish you had?

zoe pawlak

Wednesday 3 things

1.  A poem we are not using for our wedding (but I love), from the original stage version of the Sound of Music (not in the movie):

Ordinary Couple:

An ordinary couple
Is all we'll ever be,
For all I want of living
Is to keep you close to me,
To laugh and weep together
While time goes on its flight,
To kiss you ev'ry morning
And to kiss you ev'ry night.
We'll meet our daily problems
And rest when day is done,
Our arms around each other
In the fading sun.
An ordinary couple,
Across the years we'll ride,
Our arms around each other
Our family by our side.

2. An article from a recent Atlantic about urban playgrounds designed to let kids take risks and create confidence, The Overprotected Kid

3.  An Anthem for right now: Let it Go, from the movie Frozen
sung by an African children's choir and an 11 year old. Amazing.
also if you haven't seen the movie, go right now. seriously, I'm an intern and I've seen it.

Getting Ready

My To-Do List
(because sometimes these are the most revealing of what's going on in my life right now)

1. re-learn cholesterol synthesis so I can teach a review session this afternoon
2. review applications for the Schweitzer Fellowship this year so I can interview applicants later and decide who gets it!
3. go take passport photos at the post-office for visas etc. (no smiling)
4. drop off/pick up travel medicine prescriptions (cipro- check! diamox- check! diflucan - check!)
5. bake home-made bread to take to grandparents house tomorrow
6. schedule a post-match financial consulting appointment
7. turn in my tutoring forms from the fall to get paid
8. write up the introduction and methods for my paper on teaching medical students sign-out
9. apply for a leadership conference in family planning scheduled for May (the last day to apply is Friday, shoot - I need to get on this)
10. call my parents and catch them up on all my travel plans
11. buy new hiking boots, as after 10 years mine are officially no longer waterproof thanks to a big rip in the seams - and then wear them constantly to test them out before our trip!
12. run 5 miles today to shake out my legs, run 8-10 miles with my buddy Katie tomorrow early morning before traveling to see my grandparents for the day
13. swim/yoga/stretch my sore muscles this weekend
14. check in with my tribe
15. watch this TedTalk on the power of vulnerability
16. pick out an outfit for match day (1 week!!!)
17. write my next narrative medicine story (stay tuned)
18. pick up a used copy of Into Thin Air to read again about the history of Everest.
19. send some papers I've been promising to 3rd years whose research projects I'm trying to help with
20. kiss the manfriend (this makes me smile when its on my to do list)

what's on your to-do list these days?

photo source

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and I really like this one:

"two things define you: 

your patience when you have nothing 

and your attitude when you have everything"

-unknown

a web of connection

We covenant to affirm and promote

the inherent worth and dignity of every person,

justice, equity, and compassion in human relations,

acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations,

a free and responsible search for truth and meaning,

the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process 

within our congregations and society at large,

the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all,

respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

- from the Unitarian Universalist Covenant

prints available from Lisa Congdon's incredible shop on etsy

Biking Partners

Two very good friends just got married this past summer

- and for their honeymoon (and maybe the rest of their lives) they will be biking all over.  

so when thinking about what to get them, 

the manfriend and I decided to create team jerseys:

(these pictures are delayed - we got them to them in time for the honeymoon)

aren't they the cutest?

"sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, the universe gives us a fairy tale"

- unknown