Car show and Transiberian Orchestra

The weeks continue to fly by, and we are counting down the last few weeks before we leave the pacific Northwest. The secretary at work asked me last week, isn't it sad to pack up and leave the friends you've made, the patients you've seen, and life you've become accustomed to. Honestly? Not really. It kind of comes with the territory, and I do believe that Amy and I are quite used to picking up and moving. We have each other, and we try to stay in contact with those friends we have met along the way. Also, I love what we're doing, and even though I dread the day that we have to settle down, on the flip side, it will be nice to not be a nomad, be closer to friends and family and not have to move away. I always get a bit nostalgic every time we near the end of a contract, but our time here has been good. This weekend I have a short weekend, (Amy does not have to work monday) as we are taking a few days off to see a Jason Mraz acoustic concert in seattle, and continuing education McKenzie course the latter part of the week next week. However, I've been a little under the weather, so opted to not go out too much this weekend. The seattle Auto show was on display at Qwest field, so we got to go see many of the 2009 vehicles, some nice exotic cars, and the Nissan GT-R. Amy was quite surprised that of all the cars I wanted to see a Nissan, but if anyone who knows cars, the GT-R is the only nissan that you can buy for $100,000, with twin V-6 engines putting out well over 400HP. It is a thing of beauty. The car is built like my infiniti on steroids. Amy, found her next car that she would like, a nice cherry red Maserati, similar to the one the guys from Entourage drive. After we left, we drove down and parked by seattle center and looked for a quick bite for dinner before we were going to see the Transiberian Orchestra! The transiberian orchestra is not your typical orchestra by any means. It is, a "rock" orchestra, equipped with a small strings section, electric guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, and electric violins, that put a spin on popular christmas songs. As we all know, Amy has a healthy love for all that is Christmas, so I thought it was fitting. After parking, we walked down to the base of queen anne's hill and stumbled upon a restaurant named Asian Breeze. The menu was an eclectic asian fusion with what seemed to be mediterranean influences. We walked in, and the decor was very New York Modern. The food turned out to be very good, everything cooked perfectly. We still had an hour and a half before the show so we walked to the entrance of the Key Arena, and sat by the fountain with the space needle in the foreground. We sat for a while and reminisced. It seemed like only a few weeks ago we had arrived here on the west coast, a little intimidated to be so far from our east coast surroundings, but now this area seems so commonplace for us. We still believe that people up here are different, and not necessarily in the laid back, good way, that is supposedly so typical of west coast attitudes. We have seen and experienced all of Seattle, both the touristy stuff, as well as many of the things that are off the beaten path. We have done things here that most Seattleites have taken for granted and never done. Soon enough, the time went by and we were ushered into the stadium where the concert was great. It amused all of the senses, with pyrotechnics, laser light shows, flashing strobes, and loud guitar rifts and vocals. I swear at least 10 people must have had seizures during the show, as the quick bright flashes of lights were choreographed to the music. The first part of the show was a little odd, but overall a great experience. Long haired guys reminiscent of White Snake members head banging on stage, accentuating every miniscule strum of the guitar with a 80's "hair flip". We even got a great side show, as a young girl in her 20's that sat next to amy rocked out the whole show like we were at a New Kids on the Block concert circa 1990. Amy had even found her pepsi bottle rolling about under our chairs and gave it back to the girl, who opened an exploding pepsi all over herself and the woman in front of her. Guys were a little cheesy, but the music and show were great. Lazy sunday, running errands and such today. I see we are getting relatively avid readers as our counter is up to 100, even though no one comments, we know we have readers, so I continue writing. Also, I just finished reading the book Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, a great read that tells of the inner workings of the kitchen/restaurant industry, and have been inspired to write some things that could expose the humor about the inner workings of the Physical Therapy industry. I will explore the incredible stories of how people hurt themselves to how teaching a patient to do a Codman's Pendulum correctly is like teaching a 3 year old astrophysics. All little things that make a PT's job a little more difficult and frustrating. Anyway, until next time loyal readers!