More than a year after our big trip to India, I finally began compiling our photo journal this past Memorial Day weekend. Lucky for me, Blurb no longer requires the dreadfully buggy Booksmart software, but instead offers a plugin for the more powerful Adobe InDesign. I was also pleasantly surprised by the company’s decision to finally offer digital PDF prints of all our travel albums, alleviating my fear of a potential house fire that will engulf my entire scapbook collection. The other program I taught myself to use, thanks to a free Udemy course, is Native Instrument’s Traktor Pro. The software gave even a novice like me the chance to mix music like a DJ, and imagine an alternate life as Funkmaster-G. At least that was what my mind was thinking of during the 8-hour training session for our new EMR system last weekend that nearly killed me with boredom. To recover, I treated myself to a few meals out, thanks to a Restaurant.com gift certificate and a trip to Duke Raleigh Hospital for my ID badge and parking pass. Sadly, the lamb biryani at Dales’ seemed flavored mostly with ketchup (what did I expect from an Indian restaurant named Dales’?). Fortunately, the seafood soondubu at Seoul Garden was full of fantastically fermented flavors, enticing me to future trips down to the state capital for future foodie ventures. My planning for Melody’s upcoming visit has begun!