Thanksgiving 2006

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year, despite having to work through part of the holiday weekend and being sick. Wednesday afternoon, I was having a crappy day (problems with radiology, annoying parents, lots of patients to discharge, etc.) when I started to feel nauseous. At first, I didn't think it was anything but then the feeling got stronger and stronger and I ended up puking in the call room bathroom. Nastiness. I finally got my work done and went home, only to throw up more. But then I felt a little better and because I was wracked with guilt that my sister had been holed up in my apartment while I was working, I made myself go out for dinner that night. I then threw up the guacamole and chips later that night and woke up in the middle of the night to throw up again. At this point, I was worried that I would have to go to the ER and be fluid resuscitated and not be able to take call on Friday... but thankfully, whatever stomach virus I had, lasted only 12 hours and the rest of Thanksgiving day went vomit-free.

I love cooking when I have time. I made these green onion and cheese puffs, which came out really flaky and tasty:


I also made the green beans with red onions and walnuts:


and lastly, the broccoli with gruyere cheese:


my sister made two types of cranberry sauce. one traditional and the other an apple-cranberry chutney, which was a hit. everything, including Dan's butterflied turkey, turned out wonderful. Dan's roommate is a pastry chef at the fancy-pants restaurant Tru, in Chicago, and she made the most amazing pumpkin chiffon dessert. The only thing that I didn't partake in were the pomegranate martinis... I guess there's always next year!

my sister was in town for 1.5 weeks and we packed in a lot. we did a lot of shopping downtown:


We also went to see The Gorey Stories at the Viaduct which was appropriately morbid and funny. The next day we saw A Christmas Carol at the Goodman which was fun and definitely got us into the holiday spirit.

i'm now on Adolescent, which is an outpatient rotation. yay for free weekends and no call!