Getting closer.

Finally I can take a breath. Inhale past my dangerously inflamed tonsils. Pain!!!! Not sure how I survived the past 4 days with a fever and sore throat, yet still got a car, shopped for the new place, and got the essentials. I feel tired right now, mostly from the sickness. But all is good :) The basics are done. And I can focus on settling into my new place before rotation starts (in 5 days). First one is surgery and I just got notified today that I may be getting OB as the second rotation (also with Synergy). Will update once I get a confirmation.

I have been on a more or less liquid diet because of my throat. And even liquids hurt me when I swallow. Sooooo miserable. I want this pain to leave me for good!

The picture is a view to the outside from my (new) table hehe! Nothing fancy. Just cheap student furniture. There is lots of snow outside from over the weekend (which I gladly missed). Temperature is slowly going up but still low. I miss the Vancouver climate. Oh well, suck it up right? Yes yes...

Leaving again... but not on a jet plane.

This time I am busing to Seattle first and flying from there. Another big move... this time without the precious help of a roommate who knows everything. A bit stressed with everything that's going on. Plus I am missing a couple of documents, which means I have to re-enter US at some point to obtain my visa.

Going to explode...

Next destination: Michigan - again?

A few days ago I got a call from the school office. We worked out my initial schedule with my first rotation. It will be SURGERY. Yes... we shall see if that's a blessing or a curse. But it'll be at Synergy again in Michigan. That I am very happy about since I plan to do most of my rotations there. But time is tight now. The rotation starts on Apr 1 and I have a crap ton of things to take care of and/or prepare before the start date.

My long list of things to do included finding a place to stay, figuring out the best flight, finding a friend who can get me from the airport (no transit in Saginaw to take me to my place), contacting student loan services and on and on.... The moving is going to be a bit difficult this time, having to get furnitures on my own. We shall see how that works out.

Oh boy, will be on my way again in just over a week... Happy St. Patty's!

First step is over!

I received my score this morning for my USMLE Step 1 :) I won't be sharing my exact score publicly but what I can say is that I am happy with what I got (in all honesty I expected worse!). Caught me by surprise as I did not expect the score to come out today. This past weekend I spent my time in Seattle and got back to Van yesterday. And inevitably last nite was my catch-up-on-sleep night... so this morning I was still cloudy in the head when I checked my email. But was definitely getting palpitations when I realized my score report was only one click away!!

Finally I am going to be starting my rotations! So excited! We shall see what the future has in store.