Today's the first day that it hasn't even been hot. Fall is coming. How strange and fantastic. Soon it'll be pleasant enough to come home after class and curl up on the balcony with notecards and memorize them here. I still feel a little sad that I'm not going back to Grinnell - to study on the loggia and in Noyce and Burling. But Noyce is all new ( Read more... )

Today I went with Sarah to the ophthalmologist, which wound up taking over 2 hours. I was reading David Sedaris's Me Talk Pretty Someday, which is really entertaining ( Read more... )

So things are coming together nicely now. I have an apartment now, a nice 1 bedroom that seems safe and is close to school. Early next week I'll be getting my financial aid, so that's good too ( Read more... )

I got into medical school today ( Read more... )

I was supposed to have a meeting today with a woman at Planned Parenthood, but she had to cancel because her kids are at the doctor's office. It'll be on Tuesday now. So I'm lying around today and feeling a little blue from lack of interactions with people my own age and residual Avram pain ( Read more... )

w00t ( Read more... )

We won Sectionals ( Read more... )

It snowed a little bit last night, but now it's melting. The sun is shining so brightly, and it looks like it's really March outside. As a reminder of Februrary though, I got Valentine's chocolates from my grandfather. He bought chocolates this year (as most years) instead of making fudge like he did my first year, when it tasted like old man smell ( Read more... )

Didn't get into medical school. Well that sucks. Next year I'm going to be a bum, I guess.

I just can't believe that all of my plans have gone down the drain. My wonderful MCAT scores, my good grades, my neurotic personality...not enough.

This is mostly just because I like this icon ( Read more... )