XC Meet

Well, I've been trying to make up for the fact that I have missed out on a lot of different events over the two years that I was on the island. Saturday, I went to my brother's cross country meet, held at my alma mater. He actually goes to the same school, too. He's a junior with the ambitions of going to pharmacy school. The running family joke is that I'll be the one to write the perscriptions that my brother will fill, and my sister, who's in the last year of law school, will be the one who will represent me in malpractice suits when either my brother or I mess up the perscription. Yeah, that joke is getting old.

Patience

Patience is supposed to be one of the seven fruits of the Holy Spirit.
It is also said that patience is a virtue. Whoever said that, needs to be lined up in front of a firing squad and told to try to relax and wait until they're actually ready to shoot.

I hate waiting for Step scores. It's driving me crazy!

Nothing New to Report

Nothing new to report on the homefront here. I'm just in the middle of a giant waiting game, as I wait to hear back from friends and their scores, as well as my own. Keep all fingers and toes crossed!

In the meantime, I'm getting organized and cleaned up as I'm trying to take care of the 2 years of junk that I managed to tote back and forth between home and the island. Ebay and half.com have become my two best friends (as well as a source of cash!)

Some Pics around the House

I decided to take some pics around the house , since fall is coming and pretty soon, everything will be dead or dying. The first pic is of the grapevine that is finally starting to produce some grapes.

Be Nice to Me...

...I donated blood. =)

Alfred Hitchcock Birds

Crazy Birds!
Click above to watch these birds that just swoop around every night. It reminds me of that Alfred Hitchcock movie.
(sorry, but i couldn't zoom in anymore).

WELCOME ALISHA ZAYNAB

Congrats to my friend, Munir, to his newest little addition.

I'm Back!!!!

Howdy, all!

I'm still alive and kicking, having completed the dreaded med school obstacle: Step 1. The big day was this past Friday. Don't know what to think or expect, but I'm still praying hard and keeping my fingers crossed that things went well for me. At this point, I just want a passing score. I'm not going to be picky =)

Since then, I've done a lot of pacing (it's going to be a long 3 weeks until I get the results!!), as well as trying to relax. Key word: trying. I've played some tennis, saw some family, and now I'm trying to get things organized so that my transition to clinicals can go smoothly (this is the longest that I've been home in 2 years!) I've watched more movies in the past few days than I have in like the last year. And gasp, I'm already bored. For two years now, my life has been on the fast track. To tell me to stop and take it easy is now outside of the norm. I'm literally at the point that I don't know what to do with myself. Ah, well. Shouldn't complain. =)