A Stout Well Earned

Today was my first drill day actually seeing patients. I was practically overwhelmed! I hope it's not like this every month! I saw about 20 exams and had absolutely no free time to take care of any of my personal administrative tasks. At least the time flew by; and also, thankfully, we only do exams, no treatment. So I'm not sticking needles into peoples' mouths on these weekends. That's a little bit of a break. When I got home, we decided to head down to Atlantic Beach for a little dinner at 'The Loop', a Chicago-style pizza joint which has been a fixture at the beach now for almost 20 years. We intended to catch a live outdoor show on the patio of Shelby's Cafe given by the wife of one of Akemi's yoga students (who also happens to be a chef and instructor at FCCJ's culinary school). Unfortunately, there was no show tonight. We think she may have already performed Thursday and Friday. Doh! So we spent the remainder of the evening wasting away on the patio of nearby Ragtime's enjoying their fantastic microbrews, including Strange Stout (an incredibly bitter dark beer with a hint of anise), Westbury Wheat (a traditional wheat brew that's extremely heavy on the wheat, but lighter on the fruity overtones common to the Belgian wheats - it was really like a loaf of bread in a glass), and the Dolphin 'Phin Lager (bitter, malty, and refreshing). We had a good time discussing what we're going to do when we grow up. Two things I know to be true - I won't spend my final days in the city of Jacksonville, nor will I be doing dentistry into old age. There's bigger and better things to move on to...