I returned to Sacramento this past weekend, not only to visit Melody, but also for my first job interview at Retinal Consultants. Although it took time away from my wife, my plane tickets were covered, and the prospect of landing a position in Sacramento was well worth the sacrifice. I spent Friday observing the practice in both their clinic and OR, concluding with a lavish dinner with the partners at Ella. The harrowing day-long experience showed me how efficiently private practices are run, and how some doctors manage to see more than a hundred clinic patients or do more than 10 VR surgeries in a day. The group continued their welcome on Saturday over dim sum for lunch, followed by a barbeque with spouses and children at the managing partner’s house in Arden Park. Overall, I was impressed by the partners’ collegiality and the extent to which they enjoyed family life, not to mention the potential for big bucks. On Sunday, after filling on banh cuon, we spent the lazy afternoon hanging with the rats, munching on macarons, watching Game of Thrones, and feeding spiders to the praying mantis in the backyard. In the evening, we celebrated my sister-in-law’s birthday over HK seafood, followed by late night sweets at Rick’s Dessert Diner. Once again, the weekend trip felt way too short. But with two more weekend trips ahead, I won’t have to worry about feeling lonely.