Some more skiing but struck by the flu

Well with less than two weeks left in the US I am now in cram mode for my course. I have exams on Tuesday 1st April and also on Thursday 3rd April. I having been watching Bloomberg Television for inspiration :-)

Last week while in Vermont skiing I got struck down by the flu. I was meant to have three days skiing at Sugarbush but only managed to fit one in before I retired to the lodge to rest. The flu knocked me out for nearly a whole week. I did manage to rally for a couple of meals out over the weekend. It looks like Kasey might be catching it but I'm hoping she can shake it.

Spring officially started in the US on the 20th March however up until today it had remained pretty cold.

There has been a fair bit happening since I last blogged. I have turned 30. Yes, I now have to tick a new category on surveys. It was celebrated in style though at the Capital Grill with a pepper steak and bottle of 2004 Elderton Shiraz (this is my favourite wine at the moment and I have a case of it back in Australia and I hadn't seen it on any menus in the US till my birthday). Thanks to those who contributed to my sisters scrap book. It was a lovely present. My parents shipped me a few kg's of chocolate and I have been making good progress on that. Kasey took me to dinner and also gave me a voucher for a new pair of joggers.

St Patrick's day was a very large celebration. We started on Saturday night with a fondue dinner followed by an Irish band with friends and the bar even had wheat beer. It was a very entertaining night. Sunday saw us visit Worchester (pronounced Woosta) for a Saw Doctor's concert (very appropriately an Irish band) and we managed to keep the celebrations going on Monday meeting Kasey for lunch and then heading into Boston. My fellow St Patrick's revellers are pictured left :-)

It was probably a combination of these big days and the cold weather that earned me the flu. I headed to Vermont with Kasey's cousin Frank for what was meant to be 3 days of skiing. I did fit one day of skiing in before the flu hit me so not all was bad.

I have started to think about what I need to do for the UK. I fly out on the 6th April so am now looking at options for work and accommodation.

Oh well, I should get back to the study. Hope everyone is well.

Time is flying

Another few weeks have passed since I last blogged. Kasey has started her new job at Body and Soul and is starting to settle in. During her week off we caught up with a lot of her friends and did a fair bit of eating out :-)

I went to Harvard to watch a squash tournament and remembered that I hadn't played squash since August. How time flies. The Gadient's, (family friends of Kasey's from Minnesota who's son Edward was playing in the squash tournament) took us out for a lovely dinner at Aquitaine.

After a bit of an effort, I have completed my assignments for my Finsia course with a few hours to spare :-) One of my assignments was due the same day Kasey had her annual Oscar party, so I was under the pump. We had a good turnout though I didn't have much luck with picking the winners.

Last weekend we headed to Portland, Maine. A very beautiful little town with a great harbour. It was about a 3 hour drive north from Boston. They make this great wheat beer called Allagash white which I love. There are lots of nice restaurants and bars throughout the city.

I have been keeping up the ice skating but haven't run in a few weeks now :-) I have bruises all over my body but I have been enjoying it. The ice is definitely as hard as concrete.

I am going to start doing some research for the UK shortly but I'm hoping the rest of my time in the US doesn't go too quickly. I am loving the relaxing but will have to do some study shortly for my exams in the first week of April.