What's Up Doc?

First Official day of Med School...Orientation with all 120 of us, alot of hints from 2nd years...a whirlwind of information, which volunteer opportunities?, what research?, which textbooks (if any)?

The picture is the feeling I want to remember, shadowing Daddy-O in the ER -You can see what that is like.

Dangle Envy

These put it all in perspective, after first 'practice' exam, financial aid conversations, climbing at the wall and fabulous Filipino food - these earrings are the icing on a big cake of a day.

You keep me searching for....

A heart of gold.

Restrung on a new gold chain.

My next door neighbor gave it to me when I was three years old, I think she was 4.

A worthy interruption from studying, there were (too) many today. Bicycling 2x to class, trying on the white coat, making food, giving an impromptu demonstration on stonecarving tools.

Hot time in the old town

The white lights above a fountain and pond, St. Francis presiding, at old town artisans last night. Live music, friends and the air cooled by raindrops now and then.

Adrenal hormone synthesis flow diagrams can stop dancing in my head after the med school social and the sounds of a desert evening.