A ^Retired Plastic Surgeon's Notebook

Seattle Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder blogs about her annual cowgirlfriends round up at Montana’s Chico Hot Springs.

This weekend, I get to fly to Montana to spend a few days with my girlfriends from high school.  We call it the Cowgirl Roundup.   I am the only one of us that does not ride horses (never have, never will) but I have the coolest cowboy boots.  We spend our days hiking and soaking in the gigantic pool and our evenings marveling at the Montana night sky and catching up with each others’ crazy,  busy lives.

All five of us have gone into the health care field (we all liked chemistry!).   Patty’s a veterinarian, Stacey is an R.N., Ginny is a nutritionist and Janice runs an ultrasound department.  Crazy, huh?    It’s really fun to compare notes about our careers (and all the other stuff) but what’s really fun is to remember all those fun times we together before we became responsible health care professionals.  I am so grateful to have these great pals to unwind with once a year.  I hope all of you are so lucky.

Thanks for reading.  Dr. Lisa Lynn Sowder

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