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.

The power of orange adobe

On my ride to class this morning, these shadows on the orange adobe made me stop.

The colors of the sunset tonight look this orange as well.

In-between these two oranges was another day of learning - this time the library! (so many resources) and adrenal hormones (so many enzymes..) and team learning on liver disorders...whew!

Night Fishing deserves a quiet night

Sushi bar at night because I am too tired to drive to grocery store, come home and cook. Met more faculty today, ordered labs on our 'patient in a coma', talked at lunch about the risks/benefits of being married in med school...agreed that someone cooking for you was one of the main benefits...(if you can get the kind of deal). No storm, yet, today.

Little House in the Monsoon

Every afternoon this week, the sky clouds up and, after sunset, we have a torrential downpour, thuner and lightning. It is a fittingly dramatic backdrop for the otherwise sedate opening to medical school, which is, after all, life-changing. We began with proteins and nitrogen, ipads and small groups and the case of an unconscious 20-year old woman.