Ahh homework!

I already have a ton of assignments and it's so crazy! I forgot what its like to do homework, and I even have to write an essay! I thought I was avoiding that by going to medical school. For the most part it is manageable thus far, but who knows. I guess I will find out how well I have managed this first week after my quiz this weekend. For now it's all about getting what I need to get done done and not letting myself get too behind or lose myself to studying. Tonight about 50 of us (M1's) are going out for Korean food, so that should be fun!! 

Happy Shark Week!

The Olympics may be coming to a close tonight (I heard the Spice Girls will be in the closing ceremonies tonight woo hoo), but as we close the greatest two weeks in sports we are blessed with the greatest annual event on television, SHARK WEEK! I cannot wait to watch sharks jumping and thrashing and see the people who have lived to tell their crazy shark encounter stories. Don't worry mom and dad, I will not let it distract me from my studies, that's what the DVR is for! So happy Shark week. Enjoy the gloriousness!

Final Medal Count

Go USA! The USA has come out on top of every olympic medal count this summer and I could not be more proud of the athletes representing my country. I am, of course, most proud of my friends repping the USA on the women's water polo team for finally winning that elusive gold medal! Congrats! I love the Olympics so much and can't wait for another great event in Rio 2016! 

Happy birthday to me!

Yesterday was my birthday yay! I started off my day with three hours of lecture, which was followed by a lunch talk on wellness. Needless to say on the fun scale it could only go up from there, especially since it was also raining.

After class I headed home and opened my birthday packages (yay for Nothing Bundt Cakes!), watched some TV (Here Comes Honey Boo Boo guilty pleasure-ness), took a nap sort of on accident, picked up the packages that FedEx needed a signature for, and got ready to go out.

Matt and Chelsea came over to meet me and then we drove downtown for dinner. Around 15-20 people from my class all ate together at Marnee Thai on Main Street and I got a free entree because it was my birthday!! It was definitely a good time. After dinner we went out to a few places that in my opinion were a little too loud and the second place was way too crowded for my taste, but it was still fun to hang out with people.

This morning I slept in and had a lazy-ish day, probably my last one for a whole since I need to start studying tomorrow I think. I went to the farmers market and whole foods and web chatted with the fam a bit. I also finally transferred my photos to the new computer which took forever! Next up is transferring my music!

I contemplated going to a class party tonight, but I think I'm just going to enjoy the Olympics and take it easy, mostly because I don't want to get dressed or put in makeup haha.

Back to School

Today was our first day of class, so I am now officially in school. It was a really long day, and I am definitely not used to that yet, but I dont think there are too many days that are this long. We started at 9am and had three lectures that lasted until noon when we had a lunch mini lecture from our class counselor. In the afternoon we learned a little about trisomy 21 and then had a presentation from a family which was really awesome!

After school I got home just in time to watch the second half of the US Women's Water Polo gold medal win against Spain! So so happy for them, and wish I could've been in London cheering them on! Guess I'll just have to settle for congratulating them on Facebook for now. Right after the polo game ended the US Women's Soccer match ended and they won gold too!! There are eight Stanford athletes between the two teams and they all won golds within about 10 minutes of each other! Yay! The US is also now ahead of China in both the overall medal count and the medal counts for each medal type! GO USA!! 

Oriented

My class is now officially oriented! Today we had a huge cooking competition Top Chef style. It was a bit overwhelming since there were like 50 people per team, but it was still fun. After the competition we all ate the food we made for lunch and it was pretty good! It also meant I got a day break from mayonnaise covered sandwiches an could actually eat the main part of the meal. 

We also met our small groups today that we will be with for the next three years. My group seems pretty great and our facilitator is awesome. We clearly have the best one :). Anyways, tonight I plan on resting up a bit before class officially starts tomorrow. I'm also going to watch more Olympics and watch the premiere of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo while I still have time to watch TV! Check out the trailer if you haven't heard of this glorious show yet. Its going to be awkward and epic.

M1 Orientation Begins

I'm finally all settled in and live in a clean apartment! So exciting! Mom, Dad, Molly, Grandma, and Grandpa were in town for the weekend for my white coat ceremony which was really nice, but they all left this morning so I am on my own in Michigan now. 

Today we began our three day orientation, and it began bright an early around 7:45am. Getting up before 7am is not my idea of a good time, and thankfully we wont usually start until around 9 once classes actually begin. We basically had a lot of introductions today. Intros to the web stuff we need to know, to the people we need to know, to each other, etc. I must admit I was struggling to stay awake for much of the day, but tonight I will hopefully get a better nights sleep! It's been fun to get to know the people I will spend the next few years of my life with. I got a little lost trying to get out of school, but I am pretty sure I know my way around the main part of school now. Learning names is going to take forever too, but hopefully I'll get it sooner rather than later. There are a lot of people in my class (177)! Anyways, I'm going to rest now and watch some Olympics and then go to a BBQ near my apartment. 

Making progress

Things in condo-land and getting cleaner and more organized! We picked up some thing from Bed, Bath, and Beyond and Ikea today to help finish things off. I can't wait to have everything spotless and I think that can be tomorrow!!

Mom, Dad, and I also went to inner with two of my friends and their parents tonight which was really fun. I think everyone got along really well and we all had a great time!

Tomorrow gram and gramp and Molly all arrive and I any wait for then to see everything we've done this week so far! I'm also hoping for my stuffy nose to disappear! Finger crossed! Pics will come when everything is clean!

Oh and I forgot! Last night I had super delicious mac and cheese with pulled pork at Blue Tractor! So so yummy! Had to post a pic :)

Still unpacking

So I'm still unpacking. It's really hard to get a lot done with the Olympics on. They are really much more interesting!

My friend Shana came over this morning and helped me mount my television in the living room so now I can multitask and watch the Olympics WHILE unpacking, woo!

In the middle of the day I went to the Med Inn building to get my M Card so dad can play golf this weekend ha. I was pretty stoked that I navigated my way through the hospitals and made it to the ID card office with no troubles.

After my ID card adventure I did more unpacking and broke down a bunch of boxes to make my living room less manageable. Fun times. I still hate unpacking.

I got a fun break tonight when I me up with some other incoming M1's for dinner. I think my class is going to be a fun group and I'm really excited. After hanging out for a while it was back to unpacking again yay. Sorry mom and dad, we still have a significant amount of work to do when you get here in the morning!

Closets are IN!

The people from California Closets came today to instal some of my closets, and I was immediately surprised to find out they would do all of the closets today! Yay! They look really good I think, so that is nice. The electrician also came today to add a few outlets in the entertainment center, and because there were people working through much of the middle of the day I didn't get as much unpacking done as I would have liked. Unpacking is really overwhelming, though I'm sure I have mentioned that already! I did have the chance to get a lot of my kitchen stuff unpacked so I was able to cook. Most of it is still really clean since I packed in clean two years ago, so I only threw some of the stuff in the dishwasher (all the cutlery, some cups, etc.). I had to take a trip to Kroger to get some laundry detergent  (just in time for my laundry day to be over, oh well) and dishwasher soap and guess what? The damn spider was STILL there. I tried to be brave and get it off, but it hid inside my mirror and I couldn't get to it. I did a little more work at home and had dinner while watching Jeopardy and then went to meet up with a friend. This time when I got to my car I finally got the spider off, but when I got back it had made a huge web above my parking space which led me to discover a plethora of its buddies also living in my covered parking. Having a covered parking spot sounded a lot better before I considered that it is a perfect spider habitat, eww. Anways, it's bedtime (way past it actually) so I'm out!

Oh wait, before I go today I obviously have to comment on today's Olympic action! I watched the women's gymnastics, men's water polo, and a lot of swimming. Everything was great and the USA did really well! So excited for the women's gymnastics team for winning the gold for the first time since 1996 and the Magnificent Seven. Way to go Fab Five! Most exciting I think though was Michael Phelps breaking the record for most medals in an Olympic career with 19 medals (15 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). That is crazy to even try to imagine being that excellent at your sport that you can accomplish so much. It also makes me think about just how many more opportunities swimmers have to win Olympic medals when you compare it to any other sport. I think it could be interesting to have a swimming team medal like in collegiate swimming where there is a point total. I will stop babbling now and go to sleep. Lots to do tomorrow!