The Story of the Blog's Title

Picking the name for this thing was harder than naming our dogs.  We wanted something clever, lighthearted, and most of all mutually agreed upon. Brandon fired off a bunch of names ranging from "Three guys and a doctor" to the big stinker "The wandering professionals".  I suggested Dog Canoe, The Happy Hippies, and The Midwestern Transplants. Ultimately this back and forth duel of disagreement reached Brandon's limit at which point he said, "Just pick something! You're driving me nuts!".  And myself being raised by my parents, uttered my father's famous phrase, "Short Trip!" and our blog was born. 

Truthfully, I like this name a lot. Our relationship has been successfully based upon one simple premise: I make Brandon just a little bit crazy and he keeps me just a little bit sane. We've talked a great deal about where we want to end up and so far we've lived our lives as one series of "short trips"; to college in Chicago, medical school and Americorps in Pennsylvania, law school in Chicago, residency in Peoria, and back east again to Lawrence Mass for OB Fellowship.  Its been the dynamic duo of crazy/sane that has driven the travels and kept us traveling together.  Plus Brandon is insanely good looking. That helps.

Since the creation of this blog, I've learned how to edit the title of the blog without having to create a whole new damn thing so one day you might show up here to find 'Dog Canoe', a photo album of our dogs doing things I find funny.  Brandon says, "No.", but we'll see :)

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