"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
--Chinese Proverb
I had initially intended on starting this blog before beginning orientation, but alas, here I find myself already a failure in the expectant eyes of my (future) faithful readers. Forgive me. As a consequence, I have a few updates that need discussing. For those of you who don't know, I recently moved to an apartment in inner SE Portland so as to lessen my daily commute. Thus far the experience has been quite exciting. I'll probably post some pictures in the near future.
As I mentioned previously, yesterday, August 16, 2010 was quite a momentous event in the epic tale that I am preparing to tell you. In fact, it was the introduction, the very beginning, the opening sentence. Though it was neither the best of times nor the worst of times, it was a time: 7:57am, to be precise. Our dashing hero found himself--on time, of course--five dollar bill in hand (...no change? damn), taking his first steps onto the non-air conditioned bus to his future. As he stepped off the bus, nearly missing his stop, and walked into the atrium, he boldly announced to his peers, "Call me Ishmael." ...Or something.
Monday was the first day of my orientation to medical school. This Friday I will undergo my official "Transition to Medical School", during which time I will be presented with my very own (both ceremonial and practical) white coat. And finally, next Wednesday marks my first official class (more on my actual course schedule to come). Most of the orientation thus far has certainly been informative, though not very titillating. It has, however, been fun and exciting to interact with other students in my class (class size = 124). I have a few more days of orientation and a couple more last minute things to get in order (equipment, books, drug test), and then I will be physically, emotionally and mentally prepared to continue my journey through space and time (well, mostly just time). And you'll all be right there with me, along for the ride as my partners in crime, my faithful sidekicks, my bathroom buddies.
All in all, everything has been going really well so far and I am super excited for the next chapter of my story to unfold.
I think your blog is a great idea and I very much look forward to feverishly checking for updates in a manner not so unlike the way I feverishly check for Naruto updates.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I still love you.