I seem to have neglected this blog lately, mostly because life has been really, ridiculously busy in the past month. Shortly after my last entry, I spent the weekend with my parents in Boston and Cape Cod, which was a bittersweet vacation because it might just be one of the last true summer vacations we take as a unit of three.
lots of beaches happened. Then I went to Cincinnati with J, and together with his brothers, his brother’s girlfriend, and his father, we drove to Norris Lake, TN, which is this gorgeous, pristine lake. It was also my first This place was ridiculously clean and serene. I tried jetskiing and tubing for the first time, and had a total blast. J said I never stopped giggling once I got on the tube or jetski. It’s definitely a memory I will hold for a long time! It was also nice to bond with J’s family, since I rarely get to see them. 
See? I wasn’t kidding around when I said the lake was beautiful. Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. J’s parents for bringing me on the trip!
The night that we were to come home, we drove 4 hours to the airport from the lake and proceeded to wait 6 hours in the airport for a flight that never took off. We ended up spending the night in a hotel by the airport so as to catch the earliest flight the next day. As if that weren’t enough trouble, I lost my phone. I ended up getting a new phone. I was just about the last person I know in her early 20s without a smart phone, but now I’ve joined the ranks, and it only took a day or two before I started wondering how I ever lived without internet, e-mail, and GPS at my fingertips 24/7. Seriously, how did I do it?
Med school orientation came and went, and the first week of classes is behind me as well. Medical school classes have been similar to college classes both in content and style (for now we are basically taking biochemistry and/or cell biology, from a slightly more medical perspective), except we only take one class at a time (as opposed to 4 or 5 courses at a time), so the speed at which we are given information to know is pretty fast. Since it’s been mostly review so far, it’s manageable, but I can definitely see how quickly class will escalate as the year goes on.
J and I are acclimating to our new lair. We are falling in love with our condo — it’s so perfect for us! The 2-bed, 2-bath plan makes it very easy for us to avoid silly arguments over neatness and cleanliness which were beginning to pop up way too often when the parents’ house was on the market and we were responsible for keeping it clean. I have great places to study, my room is brightly lit with a huge window that overlooks our parking lot, so I get to see and hear people when I study but it’s not a distraction. Our upgraded kitchen is a wonderful place to cook, and the open floor plan allows us to watch the living room TV while doing so, and we get cable TV now, so of course I end up watching entirely way too much bridezillas (seriously, does anything else play on WE?).
Oh, one more thing! I joined crossfit! I decided it was something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile, so I might as well try it out. I am only planning on joining for 1 month, at which point I’ll decide if it’s worth the pretty penny or not. If not, they terminate memberships at any time, and I can join the gym right downstairs from our condo for less than half the cost.
So in conclusion, med school is great, I love my kitchen, I am frugal, and I watch too much bridezillas,
rose-colored twenties 