Recently

Despite my lack of blogging lately, we've had a busy month (or busy for at least half of us) and so I thought I'd provide a quick update on our lives recently...

• Dustin finally finished his pediatric residency applications and we heard back from the first few schools. Over the next few months he'll be interviewing at programs in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Buffalo. (Hopefully we'll get a few warmer options, too....)

• After weeks of early morning/late night/every-spare-second studying Dustin took his 4th year written boards this weekend. We don't know the outcome yet but we're thrilled it's over. Now I get my husband back!

• We've spent a lot of time with my family (celebrating birthdays, evading hurricanes, and painting). They've been helping us cover up some awful paint colors in the upstairs bedrooms. I swear our house would fall apart without them.

• The only event I have any pictures of was a quick apple-picking trip to an orchard in northern VA. If anyone wants apples, I have two fridge drawers full of them. Come help yourself.

• I'm still job-less. And the job market is only partly to blame. I happen to be a very picky job-searcher. Some days I feel lame that I'm not using my degree, earning some money, etc. and other days I'm gloriously happy that I have so much free time (so don't feel too bad for me). If the right job comes along, that would be amazing. But I feel blessed that we are being taken care of and I can take my time in this process.

• Lastly, I decided to take a break from my recipe blog (various reasons detailed here). Originally I thought it would only last a few weeks and I'd be dying to post a new recipe. But that hasn't happened. I'm enjoying the blog-free life more than expected. After two and a half years of being a constant grocery shopper, cook, photographer, writer, and dishwasher, it's refreshing to enjoy a meal that I don't have to stop to take a picture of first. The blog was controlling my life a little bit more than I realized. There was always the (self-imposed) pressure to post something new. So I'm shrugging it off and I'll get back to food blogging when I feel like it...