More Interviews...

What a busy time!
We just got back from St. Louis for an interview and now Ben is off again today to fly to the next one. His interview at Des Peres was fine. There was a small reception the night before where the students could talk with residents and ask any questions that they had. Then, on Saturday morning he had one really short interview and that was it. It took maybe 15 minutes. He felt like he answered their questions well and that's about all he can do at this point. Today he is flying to Toledo, Ohio. Then next week, he has an interview in Mississippi and one in Kansas City. This interviewing stuff is getting expensive, but what can we do?

Anyways, we did have a really nice weekend. I took off of work on Friday and we started on some Christmas shopping. We stayed with our friends Mike and Marie in St. Louis on Friday night. They took us out for sushi that night. It was such a neat place. Then, after Ben's interview we went down to Springfield. Sunday afternoon we attended our second "Wine Feast." We went last year and it was so much fun that we just had to go back again. It is located in this huge conference room and all around there perimeter of the room there are lots and lots of different types of wines to sample. And in the interior there are restaurants from the area. There is sooo much food and it is all sooo good. We sampled lasagna, meatballs, soups, shrimp, duck, tuna, the list just goes on and on. And the desserts are amazing; homemade chocolates, carrot cakes, tiramisu, cheesecakes.....I mean really, I just can't describe it. I went into this thing telling myself that I was going to have a little self-control this year (unlike last time.) But, it's just so overwhelming. You want to try everything! Needless to say, Ben and I came out feeling so stuffed and really not good at all. It's okay, though, we only do that once a year, and it was completely worth it!