Its been almost a year...
woah, livejournal. haven't seen you in awhile!
I've been creeping everyone else's journals lately, and now making it obvious with comments and such. so I figured I'd throw an update out there, just in case anyone thought I was dead or something alone the likes (I have been a bit of a recluse lately)
Anyway, 2008 has easily been the best year I've had in a long time. I had a really challenging semester (Organic Chemistry II, Physics II, Neurobiology, and Genetics all at the same time? not a good plan) but I managed to pull through. And as most people know, I've made some major changes in my life!
Change 1: Love Life 08! Brian and I broke up. It was a long, long time coming. I won't get into details on here, but for me, it was definitely for the best. He is a good guy and I'm sure he will make someone very happy one day, but we clearly weren't meant to be. I had a lot of fun with the single life and intended to maintain it for awhile, but got knocked off my feet by a particularly attractive and wonderful gentleman, whom I now date on the regular! He treats me like an absolute princess. He always makes sure we get to spend time together (he lives 45 minutes away), takes me out to dinner/lunch/breakfast all the time, we go out a lot, he's introduced me to some wonderful people! He's also super super cute, which never hurts! He's got a degree, a steady job that pays well, and a HOUSE with a pool! seriously, deal of the day. He also love my friends and actually is an active participant in my life. Its so crazy and awesome and I really just can't say enough about how great this is! We are going down to Arizona together at the end of the month... I'm beyond pumped. So, there's that!
Change 2: Work Life 08! As dissapointed as I was to leave subway, I've finally moved on to bigger and better things (though I wont lie, I still work at subway here and there for some extra cash, haha). I was granted a research fellowship through Merck Laboratories, and have spend the summer working directly under the head of the neuroscience department at my school doing neuroimmunology research. I do a lot of outside research and experiment planning, and tons of tissue staining and mounting. Most exciting, though, is that I recently did my first surgery! It definitely didn't go flawlessly, but I've seen worse! (I know people who passed out before they even anesthetized their mouse!) We are working on some pretty novel stuff, and if all goes well we will be presenting our data at the Society for Neuroscience conference in November in Washington, DC! Crazy crazy stuff.
Change 3: Living Life 08! For the first time, I spent my summer almost entirely in Boston. My living situation hasnt been ideal, and consequently I've spent a lot of time at home, but I've also discovered some really neat spots around here. I've come upon a dance studio that offers drop in classes, and am taking classes here and there, which is amazing. More excitingly, I finally move into my own place in about 2 weeks! I am moving to Mission Hill (but not ON the hill, its actually a fairly nice area) into an apartment with my girl Kait and her bunny, Burroughs! I will finally have my own bedroom and kitchen and its right across from an awesome bar and my favorite pizza place (yes, I can see this going terribly wrong too). Hopefully everyone will get a chance to come visit me now that I'll have my own place, we can go to the bar across the street and not even have to worry about walking home!
So those are the major changes... life is so good right now. I've got one more year left of school... then a year or so off, then med school! While I'm in Arizona with my boy I'll be changing my residency so that I can hopefully go to the University of Arizona, and start my life over on the West coast!!
So there you go, few livejournalers remaining. What's everyone else been up to?
See you in another year or so probably, haha!
I've been creeping everyone else's journals lately, and now making it obvious with comments and such. so I figured I'd throw an update out there, just in case anyone thought I was dead or something alone the likes (I have been a bit of a recluse lately)
Anyway, 2008 has easily been the best year I've had in a long time. I had a really challenging semester (Organic Chemistry II, Physics II, Neurobiology, and Genetics all at the same time? not a good plan) but I managed to pull through. And as most people know, I've made some major changes in my life!
Change 1: Love Life 08! Brian and I broke up. It was a long, long time coming. I won't get into details on here, but for me, it was definitely for the best. He is a good guy and I'm sure he will make someone very happy one day, but we clearly weren't meant to be. I had a lot of fun with the single life and intended to maintain it for awhile, but got knocked off my feet by a particularly attractive and wonderful gentleman, whom I now date on the regular! He treats me like an absolute princess. He always makes sure we get to spend time together (he lives 45 minutes away), takes me out to dinner/lunch/breakfast all the time, we go out a lot, he's introduced me to some wonderful people! He's also super super cute, which never hurts! He's got a degree, a steady job that pays well, and a HOUSE with a pool! seriously, deal of the day. He also love my friends and actually is an active participant in my life. Its so crazy and awesome and I really just can't say enough about how great this is! We are going down to Arizona together at the end of the month... I'm beyond pumped. So, there's that!
Change 2: Work Life 08! As dissapointed as I was to leave subway, I've finally moved on to bigger and better things (though I wont lie, I still work at subway here and there for some extra cash, haha). I was granted a research fellowship through Merck Laboratories, and have spend the summer working directly under the head of the neuroscience department at my school doing neuroimmunology research. I do a lot of outside research and experiment planning, and tons of tissue staining and mounting. Most exciting, though, is that I recently did my first surgery! It definitely didn't go flawlessly, but I've seen worse! (I know people who passed out before they even anesthetized their mouse!) We are working on some pretty novel stuff, and if all goes well we will be presenting our data at the Society for Neuroscience conference in November in Washington, DC! Crazy crazy stuff.
Change 3: Living Life 08! For the first time, I spent my summer almost entirely in Boston. My living situation hasnt been ideal, and consequently I've spent a lot of time at home, but I've also discovered some really neat spots around here. I've come upon a dance studio that offers drop in classes, and am taking classes here and there, which is amazing. More excitingly, I finally move into my own place in about 2 weeks! I am moving to Mission Hill (but not ON the hill, its actually a fairly nice area) into an apartment with my girl Kait and her bunny, Burroughs! I will finally have my own bedroom and kitchen and its right across from an awesome bar and my favorite pizza place (yes, I can see this going terribly wrong too). Hopefully everyone will get a chance to come visit me now that I'll have my own place, we can go to the bar across the street and not even have to worry about walking home!
So those are the major changes... life is so good right now. I've got one more year left of school... then a year or so off, then med school! While I'm in Arizona with my boy I'll be changing my residency so that I can hopefully go to the University of Arizona, and start my life over on the West coast!!
So there you go, few livejournalers remaining. What's everyone else been up to?
See you in another year or so probably, haha!