Love, Rosie (80 page)

Alex

Rosie

Thanks

Sorry
I
haven’t
been
in
touch,
I’m
almost
ready
to
finish
up
my
residency

here
so
I
can
move
on
to
do
two
more
years
of
cardiothoracic
residency
pro-

gram.
I
just
have
to
figure
out
where
exactly.
My
one
hundred
years
of
study

are
almost
up!
No
celebrations
for
me
this
year,
too
busy
trying
to
pay
back

my
million-dollar
student
loan.

You
have
an
instant
message
from:
GREG

Greg:

Rosie:

Hi
honey,
how’s
your
day
going?

Oh
it
seems
to
be
one
of
those
never-ending
days.
The
hotel
is
com-

pletely
booked
out
this
weekend
because
of
the
St.
Patrick’s
Day

parade,
the
place
is
jammed.
There’s
been
a
steady
flow
of
big

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rosie

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groups
of
people
arriving
all
day
so
I’ve
been
constantly
checking

them
in.
It
has
quieted
down
now
for
a
little
while
so
I’m
pretending

to
be
really
busy
on
the
computer
with
reservations
right
now
so

don’t
make
me
laugh
whatever
you
do
or
my
cover
will
be
blown.

Well,
when
I
say
quiet
I
mean
no
one
is
bothering
us
at
reception,

the
noise
level
of
the
hotel
is
a
completely
different
story
altogether.

There’s
a
huge
group
of
Americans
in
the
bar
singing
along
to
old

Irish
songs,
would
you
believe
they
got
the
Paddy
Band
in
to
the

hotel
as
a
special
treat?
I’ve
never
seen
so
many
green
faces
and
dyed

red
hair
in
my
life.

Unfortunately
some
of
Bill
Lake’s
family
have
flown
in
from

Chicago.
There
are
thirty
of
them
so
I’m
on
my
best
behavior.

Apparently
his
nephew
is
a
trombone
player
in
the
Chicago
high

school
marching
band
that’s
marching
in
the
parade
on
Sunday.

I’m
just
dying
for
the
day
to
end,
my
face
is
sore
from
smiling
and

my
eyes
are
stinging
from
staring
at
this
bloody
computer
screen.
I

can’t
believe
Bill
gave
me
the
weekend
off!
I
am
so
thrilled!
He’s

such
a
sweetie;
I
can’t
remember
the
last
time
I
had
a
Saturday
off

or
two
days
in
a
row
for
that
matter.
Well
it
means
that
for
once
we

can
go
out
tonight
and
I
won’t
have
to
worry
about
getting
up
in
the

morning.
Have
you
been
talking
to
Ted?
What
time
do
he
and
Ruby

want
to
meet
up
at?
I
was
thinking
of
bringing
Katie
and
Toby
to

the
parade
on
Sunday,
what
do
you
think?

Sorry
for
rambling
on,
I
feel
like
I’m
back
at
school
on
a
Friday