@Kidsdoc1Rick I quite honestly learned to say it to the cadence of the muppet ‘mahna mahna’ song.

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@DrEleanore1 It was fantastic. Here’s a clip of my fight. There was a bit of a storyline to it hence the talking and stuff haha

Maritime Sword School will be at the Enchanted Book Ball fundraiser for the library tonight. We’ll be opening the ball with a live fight. There are still a handful of tickets!

For no particular reason besides she’s fun to watch, here is Sakura dancing to Bad Bunny.

I have an absurd amount of McIntosh apples this year.

Successful surgery.

My laptop is about six years old and the battery was nearly toast, but it’s a great laptop and equivalent replacements were ~$1400.

$132 and five minutes of work to replace the battery. Problem solved.

@ROBlNDANGER Well I bought the red and black ones for my fairy ball outfit but don’t think I can work them into my daily wear. The other pair I have in black (from Timberland) and wear them often. They’re very comfortable.

@TheSGEM Suspect I might have an idea

@TheSGEM A handmade gift from my friend @ISzarics which hangs in my room but I am somewhat tempted to put up at work.

I record myself practicing so that I can see/viciously criticize what I need to work on (everything.) Like how surgeons record their surgeries, but with a sword.

Yesterday I was trying out my new gloves with my longsword and forgot to account for my horrible spatial awareness.

Took my kid to his first Pride street party.

Kade is not exceptionally social (& no one really wants to party with their mom…) but he got to enjoy the vibe and now we’re having late night pizza.

I had a really crappy day so needed something to get me out of a funk. This helps.

@DrSarahAxelrath We have such a beautiful planet. My lock screen is very much my nerdery.

Final sour cherry pick for this year. There’s still probably 2lb on the tree but we’re leaving them for the birds.

Total for this year’s cherry yield is 27lb sweet cherries, 15lbs sour cherries.

And now to process….

Just wanting to share a bit of the island’s beauty.

It is an absolutely glorious day here.

Want to share this cool event happening tomorrow. I went last year and had a great time. Victoria is a great teacher and the wonderful thing about Latin social dance is you can come alone, meet new people, and get to just enjoy the music together. It is an amazing atmosphere.

Current look whilst downtown watching the game.

This is a hell of a lot of fun.

My medical Spanish class starts next weekend and I thought I’d share it if anyone else is interested.

Getting to a reasonable degree of comfort with Spanish has become my newest goal so I figured I should have some formal training if I’m going to use it with patients.

I made cherry clafoutis. It is delightful.

13.5lbs of cherries just today from one tree. There’s still easily at least this much again on the tree.

I love fruit season.

@fgrazz I was basically dying of heat.

Incidentally there’s a giant ad for a personal injury law firm on the wall and I’m very amused.

TeamPEI ready to fight in the NFA Classic in Nova Scotia.

Louisa and Rafael are fighting in open broadsword. I’m in URG Broadsword only, so won’t fight them.

The head judges are very proper today.

Looking forward to a great day of fighting.

Best way to pick the high cherries is to climb the tree.

These ones aren’t fully ripe yet and will be fairly tart but they are still quite yummy and fun to snack on.

Emergency medicine asks 3 questions:

-Is this patient stable & if not how do I fix that?
-What initial treatment and investigation will change ED management?
-Where does this patient go next?

Unfortunately the ED is being asked to do so much more & patients wait because of it.

This sums it up pretty well, yeah.

We are expected to address the effects of things we have no ability to change, and it seems like collegiality is wavering far too often these days. It is very tiring. And it does not need to be this way.

Getting to enjoy the game with others downtown. Founders Hall is really packed. I might be a little extra for this one….

Happy Canada Day!.

I’m exhausted from a night shift so here is a little bit of our calm celebration today. Beautiful land on a glorious day, kids enjoying the outdoors, and the first ripe strawberry from our gardens.

This is peace, and freedom, and joy.

Stay safe today.

I may not generally be a sportsy person but I actually do really enjoy soccer and usually do watch Canada’s games during the World Cup so this has made my day.

First DiverseCity event of the year in Charlottetown this afternoon from 12-4. Dance, food, booths, traditional clothing and so much more. Confederation landing park. Come on out!

My language exchange group went to a Spanish comedy show in Charlottetown last night. Stephan Dyer, Juan Cajiao, and two others whose names escape me at the moment. It was awesome.

Was cool to see how good my Spanish comprehension is now. I followed along without missing much.

As I ready myself for a night shift on the shortest night of the year, I could not help but admire is still lingering sunlight and stopped to take a picture.

Good night, beautiful Island.

I wouldn’t wear them to work.

But I would be very tempted.

It is an absolutely glorious day in Charlottetown. We have a great food scene here and I love it once the patios open for the season.

Have an appointment in to before our medical society’s AGM so just enough time to enjoy lunch at Gahan House.

Goose plus goose nugget.

This is from a few weeks ago. The babies are quite a bit bigger now. But still adorable.

We have a male ruby throated hummingbird who does not appear to have chicks or a mate. He just sits in the bush nearest the feeder and chases off the other birds.

We’ve decided to name him Spite because he just glares at everyone.

A good chunk of MSS Charlottetown at the Moncton Highland Games tournament (which had to move inside due to rain.)Looking forward to getting beaten by some very amazing fencers.

A glorious evening on the Island to do some gardening and have some fun.

Rhys has taken an interest in soccer (as I did at his age) so we’re planning to watch the World Cup together. Canada’s first game is Friday and Jedi is getting into the spirit too.

Good afternoon prepping the gardens. Jedi tried to help.

We thought the bee was dying. Nah, she was asleep. Woke up and flew off.

I’m post night shift so even though I summoned the energy to make birria, somehow the effort of making corn tortillas felt like too much so I used mini flour tortillas I had on hand to make quesabirria.

Still incredibly yummy but I feel like I betrayed my recipe…

Had an impromptu fight afternoon at Victoria Park and Rhys came along. He took some videos and photos, most of which are all of us at weird angles.

But this is what I look like in (most of) my fight gear. That’s my Sigi longsword.

Have an extra teen in the house this weekend for exam studying so I’m keeping them well supplied with snacks.

Homemade queso dip and salsa is way, way better than store bought.

This little guy is curious about me but has relaxed enough I can get pictures of him while he’s perched. We have a ton of hummingbirds but many are uncomfortable perching to eat if I’m near the feeder.

I had my phone less than a foot from this guy.

My friend Andrea was one of the organizers of the Fae Ball and asked if we could do a sword fighting demo.

Because what’s a fantasy story without some swords?

Rafael (MSS Ch’town head coach) and I got to get all dressed up and put on a show.

Had an absolute blast.

Couple of swords will get you a few looks walking down the street.

Giving a demo at the fantasy romance fae ball tonight. Got gear unloaded and now it’s time to get dressed.

My mother just got back from a trip to Ireland and Scotland and I think this means she hates me.

Rural ER life means sometimes the light that guides you home after a shift is the first kiss of dawn, and you have the privilege of listening to the symphony of the natural world waking up as you tuck in to sleep.

Good morning, beautiful Island.

Una arepita para una lora pequeña.

A little arepa for a little parrot.

I made arroz con carnitas for supper. Had some salsa roja left over from the other day and also whipped up some salsa verde because I had a can of tomatillos. Not as good as fresh, but it’s still incredibly tasty mixed into the rice.

Rhys’s little crochet snake lost an eye and I couldn’t find an eye similar enough to replace it so…

@GetachewSS They weren’t PCs then, it was just called the Conservatives party then. This is his blurb from the Leg history.