the olympics are neato

i was pleased to see a comment from Amy on my last entry. hi Amy! before you posted that, i was convinced that no one besides Cary, Greg, and Will ever looked at this!

this weekend was good, though it was sad to have those three guys gone...i was getting used to having them around. we ate some good food (yummy Sally's pizza, sandwiches from Booktrader, and delicious Italian at Pasta Cosi), kayaked on the Sound, watched movies, and slept to the sound of the ocean...not bad at all.

on saturday morning I went with David (my stepdad, for those of you who don't know) to buy my first set of medical insturments. i now have the tools to take your blood pressure, listen to your heart, look at the wax in your ears, shine a bright light in your eyes, bang your knees with a hammer, and stick a tuning fork near your ear. maybe one day i'll actually be able to use these tools instead of just thinking they are neat! going to the store to buy these insturments really made me feel closer to starting medical school. i'm so excited to take this next step, but the excitement is tempered by some nerves and some sadness about being away from the great life i had and shared with many of you in Portland. that's not to say anything bad about my amazing friends in the Bay Area -- i can't believe it's already time to come back to the bay, and i am really looking forward to the time we will have together.

if any of you have a diary from when you were 7 or 8, or even from when you were 9, 10, 11, or 12, i suggest you open it up and reread them. you might find your self laughing to tears, running to your parents to share something with them, or just reading the whole thing out loud to friends who can't stop laughing.

oh yeah -- the olympics are neato.