August

Started medical school today. Yesterday was the white coat ceremony and we were ushered into a new life of lengthy and voluminous medical learning. Yayyy! Been waiting for this for a very long time now.

I know, I'm a dork.

Was just in California a week ago. Left after the Prematric program and I must say that I really needed that break. It was just so nice to be doing nothing and not worrying about school things for a while. That and I don't think I've been on a real vacation in a long time. So I drove around all over Southern California, from LA, to Pasadena, to Long Beach, Santa Barbara, and back. Didn't do a lot of touristy stuff. Mostly was just trying to know the local attractions. Went with my cousin, Chris to an Angels game which was absolutely awesome since I've never been to an MLB game in my life (I was hoping that it would've been a Yankees game for my first one, but at this point, I wasn't going to be picky. Plus I got to go for free!) The Angels lost and I was completely thrown by the fact that it's not like TV where you get to hear the commentators over the background. Went to a few wineries but got skunked most of the time cuz I got there past 5pm. I did buy a very tasty chard so it wasn't a complete loss. Spent time with my cousins and other relatives whom I haven't seen in a while. On the way back home, I got laid over in Harrisburg, PA because of bad weather over Philly. It wasn't completely bad tho. I met this very beautiful, very charming girl, Alejandra. We talked and I gave her an empanada because she was starving and the plane wasn't giving us any more sustenance unless we shell out extra money. Then I helped her get a connecting flight to Boston since she missed her other flight. The rub...she's already spoken for. Such is my luck, right? Well, hopefully Karma was watching.

Anyways, I'm back and energized and ready to go. Wish me luck.