where I am

There are not many degrees left in the air here, the sun comes and goes so quickly and un-heat-ily that it reminds me more of an old refrigerator light than anything else. I woke up at 5am the other day for a plastic surgery meeting at the hospital to a sky full of stars, woodsmoke, and a razorblade crescent moon. It is beautiful here, if brisk. Right now I'm behind a mound of papers and books in the library ready to make the push to finish my first set of final exams. yesterday I spent 7 hours in the anatomy lab, and 4 in the histology lab, all consecutively. plenty of sleep and food and hot chocolate though so I'm actually having a good time. I wouldn't say no to a national holiday involving food and napping though.

Where have a I been?

Sorry about the AWOL. The past month has been eventful, though most of the details are lost to the same current of time that's kept me from stepping aside to post. Some highlights:

meeting former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop

shadowing a plastic surgery resident for an afternoon

brewing a batch of beer and winning 2nd in a local homebrew contest with it

beginning work on a project to teach baking at a local Food Shelf

attending a lab meeting at the engineering school for a group working with orthopedic implants

roasting coffee, baking bread, and making stew

a bit of indoor rock climbing

an epic soccer match against the second year class, ending in an overtime shootout. We won and only took sending one person to the hospital for stitches!

Some trips to New Jersey and New York to see Nikki

working in the wood and jewelry workshops

Other than that, nothing but sleeping and studying. Having a pretty good time but time is rocketing by.