…been feeling uninspired lately. I don’t feel like I’ve got anything interesting to report. My body has been beating me up the past few days – tetanus booster rendered my left arm unusable, did a long run yesterday that was supposed to make me feel refreshed, but ended up catching a stomach bug that left me stuck in the fetal position for most of last night, and given the loss of fluids and inability to put down food, I feel like my body is eating itself from inside out.
So unfortunate too…today was our last day in 130L, and our GSI brought us beer (it was newcastle too!), wine, and lots of munchies. It was difficult turning down free drinks…but then again, it was 2pm and I probably would’ve regretted it for the rest of the day/night. So I settled for strawberries, carrots, cheese, and baguette… yum! I will miss this class…
And continuing with the food theme… Kevin P. and I hit up Fatapples Friday morning, a little breakfast/brunch place on Rose/MLK. Very cutesy, very Berkeley, very delicious.
Shortstack of pumpkin pancakes.
Pumpkin is good anytime..not just the fall season. It was great with the homemade olallieberry jam they had…speaking of which, ligonberry sauce from Ikea? AMAZING. Especially with the swedish meatballs… who would’ve thought?
And not continuing with the food theme… you know those Call Box signs on the freeway? The small, inconspicuous blue rectangular things? …THEY’RE HUGE.
This is up in Miss Helen W.’s apartment, reigning champ of the SLC =p
I don’t think the picture really does justice as to how large that sign actually is…trust me, it’s just waaaay bigger than you would think. What I’d like to know is how they got the sign in the first place… =)
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Update on the deferral issue (see: Nomad.):
After researching different programs and talking to friends and family, I’ve opted to not defer next year. Most of the programs that I’m interested in last for only 3-4 months, and I could do a few of these, but it would get really expensive really quick, and I’m not sure how I’d fill up my time otherwise. I know I’m the type of person that gets really frustrated when I’m not busy, or at least working towards something, so the last thing I want to do is to be sitting around at home twiddling my thumbs. I thought about just moving to Houston in the meantime and finding some work, but I’m not sure if I’ll survive in a new city without school to provide me a social base. In any case, after discussing it on the forums, it turns out Baylor’s clinical curriculum allows 28 months to do 22 months worth of clinicals, so I’ll have lots of free time during MS3 and MS4. Current students have told me that they’ve taken a couple months off at a time to study for boards, to do residency interviews, and to travel. So spending 3 months overseas at a later time is definitely feasible and likely a good idea.
So my plans remain the same… and my parents can stop panicking (hello Dad, I know you’re reading this) =)
your dad reads your wordpress. thats so awesome!