Recently, I have been obsessed with tumblrs. Ever since I found out that my Mom knew about "pinterest" before me, I've been making sure I'm up on my e-culture. Tumblrs are not new, but I certainly have enjoyed this one over the past week or so. It speaks to me. It's mostly nerdy lab stuff (I've spent my fair share in the lab, so I love it), but once in a while it hits on grad school in general. I wasted an hour on it procrastinating before the Thanksgiving break, continually hitting the "random" button for fresh jokes. I like this Napoleon Dynamite one specifically, because during the Labor Day weekend football game at UNC this year, my Dad had to ask one of my friends (who is getting a "real" dual degree, aka an MD/MBA), what I was doing up in Boston...
WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE, DAD! GOSH!
Sometimes, though, it is tough to know exactly what I'm doing here. I have had a couple friends, who are now fourth year med students, travel through the Boston area on the interview trail. It is awesome to hear their excitement (and sometimes weariness) about the process, and the anticipation as Match Day approaches. Most people have November and December off to interview, speed-dating all over the country at prospective programs. In many ways, I'm jealous.
I know I'm not ready to "settle down" yet (aka buy a house, pop out a few kids), but I'm definitely ready to "settle in." I would love to call one place "home." For the next year and a half, I will live five months in Boston, two in Asheville, one in a rural part of NC, two or three back here in Cambridge, then a few months jumping around DC/Boston/Chapel Hill, finally settling down Chapel Hill for a 3-4 months before moving in June 2014 permanently (wherever that might be!). The move/drive from Asheville to Boston was exhausting enough; just thinking about this itinerary makes me what to sell all my possessions so I don't have to store or move them.
Laptop, carry-on, and a free checked bag. Thanks, Delta.
Every once in a while I have to ask myself, "Am I really about to take 'end-of-the-semester' exams again (and again)? Am I really taking an undergrad level Intro to Economics class? Are people really pulling all-nighters for reasons other than call or a real job?
I keep telling myself there's a light at the end of the tunnel. A couple days in Chapel Hill to see Ronnie and meet with the Surgery department, then Christmas, then a week on an island off the coast of Belize (gloriously by myself), and then I face 2013 with a whole lot of medicine in my future. I will be reenergized and amped to start studying before my Family Medicine rotation in June, and so ready to be back in the OR and on the interview trail myself!
Time flies. Just not during exams. Come on Xmas break!
WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE, DAD! GOSH!
Sometimes, though, it is tough to know exactly what I'm doing here. I have had a couple friends, who are now fourth year med students, travel through the Boston area on the interview trail. It is awesome to hear their excitement (and sometimes weariness) about the process, and the anticipation as Match Day approaches. Most people have November and December off to interview, speed-dating all over the country at prospective programs. In many ways, I'm jealous.
I know I'm not ready to "settle down" yet (aka buy a house, pop out a few kids), but I'm definitely ready to "settle in." I would love to call one place "home." For the next year and a half, I will live five months in Boston, two in Asheville, one in a rural part of NC, two or three back here in Cambridge, then a few months jumping around DC/Boston/Chapel Hill, finally settling down Chapel Hill for a 3-4 months before moving in June 2014 permanently (wherever that might be!). The move/drive from Asheville to Boston was exhausting enough; just thinking about this itinerary makes me what to sell all my possessions so I don't have to store or move them.
Laptop, carry-on, and a free checked bag. Thanks, Delta.
Every once in a while I have to ask myself, "Am I really about to take 'end-of-the-semester' exams again (and again)? Am I really taking an undergrad level Intro to Economics class? Are people really pulling all-nighters for reasons other than call or a real job?
I keep telling myself there's a light at the end of the tunnel. A couple days in Chapel Hill to see Ronnie and meet with the Surgery department, then Christmas, then a week on an island off the coast of Belize (gloriously by myself), and then I face 2013 with a whole lot of medicine in my future. I will be reenergized and amped to start studying before my Family Medicine rotation in June, and so ready to be back in the OR and on the interview trail myself!
Time flies. Just not during exams. Come on Xmas break!
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