Hodge Podge of Closely Related Events

I took part in a very fun lab the other day; We practiced nerve blocks on legs of deceased horses. It was good fun and I hit all my marks:) As did most people in my group. We are just ACE here in Glasgow:) We are now learning about HORSES!!!!! ya hoo! Thank godess we are learning about something new. Not to mention something I like.

On a more unfortunate note I have a terrible cold that just won't go away. After the joyous horse leg lab last Thursday I returned home feeling like crap. That night instead of dreaming of nerve blocks I dreamed of rivers of snot. This of course woke me up several times during the night only to discover that I was indeed drowning in a river of snot. It has since moved into my chest and back up to my nose. Cross your fingers it will leave me soon.

Stay tuned for wedding plans...Tyler and I are at least starting to figure out what we want in our ceremony and such. We are going to do a traditional Jewish wedding + or - some of the traditional. For example, there is a much excluded tradition of greeting the bride and groom before the wedding. Men greet the groom in one place and women greet the bride in another. We both agree this would be a great addition to the wedding especially because we are going to keep the tradition of Yihud after the wedding (which kind of cancels out the receiving line). This is a tradition where the bride and groom spend their first 15 minutes in a room alone together. They eat, drink (they are technically supose to have fasted all day) and relax and enjoy their first few minutes of marriage together:) There is more but I will save some for later...by the way here is an excerpt from the "guide to jewish wedding online" that I think we should all catalogue for later use....

"It is a mitzvah (divine commandment) for guests to bring simchah (joy) to the [groom] and the [bride] on their wedding day. There is much music and dancing as the guests celebrate with the new couple. To further bring joy to the occasion, some guests perform feats of juggling and acrobatics."

ok...no acrobatics required but juggling......hmmmm negotiable
. Jerry Snip