Labor Day weekend involved plenty of labor for me this year, as I spent most of it working in the ED at the infirmary. It was especially tough since I had just finished another exhaustive week of night float last week. Fortunately, my new rotation has offered me plenty of opportunities in the OR – including two pterygium surgeries which I got to perform. Despite the dearth of time, we enjoyed the beautiful fall weather after my ED shift yesterday with a stroll around the neighborhood. We browsed used books at the local bookstore, solved the daily puzzle at the game store, then chowed on a nutella canoli crepe at the creperie. Today, we awoke early to drive down to Wrentham for some outlet shopping. The crowds were much tamer than the Black Friday bunch, but so were the sales. To console ourselves for the limited finds, we dined on Melody’s rendition of kalbi jim for dinner. The sweet, tender short ribs got us both singing (to the tune of the old Batman TV series) “na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na SHORT RIBS!”