8 days down...

Yesterday my preceptor called and invited me to dinner at her house with herself, her husband, her son and a young family friend who is visiting from Croatia. It was a little awkward, but I had to say yes, and it was actually a lot of fun. Her husband is also a doctor, a pathologist at the hospital, and their house was GORGEOUS....it had a pool and everything! Plus there were "vote Obama" signs in their front yard - SCORE!

My preceptor had prepared a feast: pasta salad, regular salad, bread rolls, greek salad and barbequed veggies. She is a vegetarian, so she had her husband cook the meat: a mixture of beef and spices and onions, very similar to Greek food. It was apparently a very authentic "Balkan" meal, and it was really quite good!! She had also made dessert - coconut pie as well as a blueberry bread thing. It was of course a little awkward at first because they all speak Croatian (she is from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, which is now Servia, and her husband is from Croatia). They were so nice though and spoke all English in front of me. Her son was especially nice...he is a sophomore at Montana State University and was giving me tips about how to spend my time in Havre, and actually tipped me off to where there is a gym here! Fantastic! Now if I would only go......

I also got to meet my preceptor's 3 dogs: a St. Bernard, a malamute and a husky/german shepard mix. Holy crap those a big dogs...full of slobber and love, totally made me miss home! (Both my Mary and CJ are slobbery and full of love!!!)

Perhaps the best part of dinner was my preceptor and her husband questioning why I didn't go to med school, "I mean PA is ok, but..." I took it as a compliment that they thought I could handle med school, but I had to laugh because I'm sure that isn't what the faculty and staff at my PA program hopes I'm hearing during my rotations. Oh well, LOL!!!

Anyway, 8 days down, 31 left after tonight.

Jen