still here.

hello? hello? is anyone still there?

i've been thinking to myself, 'keeping that blog in india was kind of fun, and people actually seemed to read it.' and, with my emailing time about to be very limited and friends scattered across the country, maybe it would be a good idea to keep it up. so here i am.

for those of you playing along at home, orientation starts tomorrow. i'm facing this with a heavy dose of denial. since i came home from mumbai, i've been living a life of leisure. jaunts to vegas, assorted other weddings, drinking on boats in boston harbor (thanks, tori!), and wading into knee-deep mud in formalwear in williamstown (so fun, by the way). and i've been doing things like growing herbs and making pancakes and orzo salad. (again, so fun.)

also, in that time, i managed to graduate. see below:



i've also accomplished a lot of less fun things, like going to the dentist. perhaps i should have done this two years ago, and then maybe i wouldn't be scrambling to schedule fillings on my postcall days before my teeth fall out of my head. but whatever, i was busy. let's not even talk about how supposedly my cat needs dental care. someone tell me when i'm supposed to fit that in?

which leads me to wonder, as i struggle to keep the panic at bay, how do residents ever go to the doctor? i mean, i'm not really a sickly person, except for my hypochondriasis, but how will i ever go to the dentist again? am i doomed to be scheduling my dental appointments and physicals during vacation? that doesn't seem like a vacation to me. someone who's already done this, please advise.

well, anyhow, i just wanted to let you know i'm still here, and might intermittently be for the rest of the year. maybe even with funny, hippa-compliant, stories. check back!

xoxo. mf, md.