The Curse

Although this can have many connotations, I am talking about the curse of seeing people from long ago. As many have heard my complain about, I have the amazing ability to run into people from high school with alarmingly frequency when I am out and about in the Eastside area. Its not that I don't want to see anyone I used to know, its just that I only see people I barely knew, don't have anything to say to, and worst of all, I don't know if I should say hello! For a socially awkward, reclusive type like myself this is painful and potentially embarrassing. But as all of you devoted readers should remember, I have been burned by trying to break out of my shy shell and say hello. That was a massive mistake when I made it. Don't worry, I am just chalking it up to the person and the time.

But now, it seems, the curse is spreading to those I know and love. My sister has come down with the curse this holiday season. And not just seeing lots of different people all of the time like her big sis, but the same person all of the time. As she would say, "awkward!". I am rather enjoying the whole experience because 1. I actually know who the person is and can appreciate the experience and awkwardness, and 2. I get to pull out our old nickname for him and call him "big teeth" all over again. I just crack myself up everytime I say it.

Watch out, the curse may be spreading to you too!

A Well-Deserved Break!

I think this may be my most well-deserved break ever! I have now finished my first term of my first year of medical school. I can now officially say I feel like a medical student. It must have been the horrific week of studying like crazy and taking a lot of finals, but now I feel validated. But as well as validated, I am also exhausted! As a gal who has always been in school with quarter terms, this 15 week term has been loooooong! And it was supposed to be a quarter not a semester. At least next term is only 11 weeks long.

But being on break also entitles me to eat sugar cereal. Well, at least entitles me to be foolish enough to eat sugar cereal. I always love to eat it but inevitably I feel terrible with a stomach ache a couple hours later. So this term, I have gone through many options: lucky charms, frosted flakes, and cinnamon toast crunch, in between eating boring things like Corn Pockets, corn flakes, and raisin bran. But this week I am treating myself to Cap'n Crunch. I love break!!

Also being on break has enabled me to travel a bit. I went to San Francisco for a couple of days as a tagger along to my mom's business trip. And get this: we stayed at the Ritz Carlton. It was going to be such a treat, but here is the bugger: there were many boo-boos. First, we were put into a small room that looks like it was for a rich person's personal assistant. Then, the food stunk! I couldn't believe it. Isn't the food supposed to be good? But on the plus side, I did make out with two tiny Tabasco sause bottles. Good gift for C. But the trip with my mom and sis was terrific and we got to see many terrific sites including the Presidio. If you don't know what it is, google it because it was cool.

But now, Christmas is just around the corner and I have a family reunion to go to tomorrow. I just need to get some sleep so that in a couple of days I will be ready to go and take immunology and cell physiology and on and on and on.