The end of MS2 and beginning of MS3 offer lots of opportunities for reflection (opportunities as in situations, not so much time). Recently, I keep thinking back on the various activities that I used to enjoy immensely that have now fallen by the wayside. I read for pleasure much less, I hardly write at all, [...]

I’ve started and stopped a lot of entries over the course of this year, my first year in medical school. Time management issues, stress, and general business meant that I never actually finished any of the entries I meant to write. Also, sometimes words just didn’t seem adequate to describe what happened (although that’s probably [...]

Manubrium. Xiphisternal joint. Auricle. Rami communicantes. I’m slowly going through my deck of anatomy flashcards in an attempt to get a jump of the immense amount of memorization I’m going to have to do this coming year. And really, with each passing card, I become more and more… content. A strange kind of peace fills me [...]

Back from Europe! Well, actually Sqm and I got back Sunday evening. Our  flight from Munich was supposed to arrive at O’Hare at 3 in the afternoon, but there was a five and a half hour delay due to a missing airplane part (we got in around 9:30 PM). Did I mention I really don’t [...]

Perhaps you have already heard the news (especially if you keep up with the much-more-oft-updated Coster3 blog) – the Boy is back! I can’t even tell you how ecstatic that makes me. Part of me scarcely believes he’s actually Stateside again; it’s all very surreal – kind of like when he left for Uganda in [...]

This past weekend LotR and I took the train over to IA to visit the Boy’s fam. Well, that was my primary motivation for making the trip. LotR, who wants to be a large-animal vet in the future, wanted to spend some time following Tom around to various farms during calving season. We were both [...]

Figured it was about time for a life update, since it’s been a month or so… First and foremost, I’m back in Chicago! I’m extremely happy about this state-of-being, because the south just doesn’t seem that natural and homey anymore. I mean, why on earth is it eighty-something degrees in March? That just doesn’t make any [...]

Today, I finally got my boot off! I was prescribed this (much smaller and more manageable) ankle brace, but also told that I probably didn’t really need to use it unless I was doing something that required my ankle to have some extra support. My x-ray films are clean - no more apparent fracture on [...]

I just spent over an hour talking to the Boy on Skype! And I’m still kind of in shock. I figured that I would just test the number that tBM gave me, but I really wasn’t expecting it to work. And I certainly wasn’t expecting to hear his voice. Which, of course, promptly made me [...]

I’m back in Houston now after a wonderful stint in IA. I miss it already, honestly. I guess I’m going to have to visit or something, because it seems to be one of those places that calls you back. Or maybe it’s just the lovely people. :) So I’m sitting here feeling multi-faceted, complicated, and conflicting [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day! Do something red and pink. And possibly chocolatey. And now for a follow up. Thanks, everyone, for the support. I’m still sad, still scared, and probably will be for a little while at least, but I feel a bit better. Partially because I can’t keep up with that level of emotional drama anymore. Which [...]

WARNING: It’s been a long time since I’ve waxed emotional, so if you don’t particularly want to read something that may come off poetical and a bit melodramatic, stop right here. I’ll get it out of my system, and then we’ll return to (ir)regularly scheduled programming. Eventually. Adam left early this morning for the Peace Corps [...]

After about five or so weeks with an extremely annoying cast on my leg, I finally got to go see my orthopedic surgeon to get the damn thing off. Another set of x-rays were taken, and I got an actual idea of the extent of my injuries. I had been downplaying the whole thing for [...]

Ah, back in the snowy cold of an Iowa winter. The Boy, his family, and I returned from Mexico last Friday evening. I had a lovely, relaxing week full of food, sun, beach, and tequila. It was beautiful and refreshing for all the senses. We stayed at an amazing timeshare/resort called Fiesta Americana, and I [...]

Today I am grateful for not needing to get a screw put through my ankle non-subzero weather, especially as I’m crutching around (and no more ice!) all my stuff arriving safely in Houston As it turns out, I have not one, but two fractures in the lower part of my right tibia. Additionally, there is a small tear in [...]

So… It is quite possible that I have broken my ankle. But let’s start a little earlier. During my first year at Chicago, I walked to class regularly with my SGBF (straight gay best friend). In the fall, this was always a lovely time for a chat or a rant about life, classes, and the like. [...]

My extremely lax posting schedule has sort of rendered this particular post out of context. The making of the scones actually occurred… something like a month ago? But I was reminded of these awesome blueberry scones today, since the Boy and I went to Istria and split one of their scones. My inspiration for the scones [...]

Normally, I hate delving into a political debate because I find to be like trying to talk about philosophy with inanimate objects – an exercise in frustration. Just like the whole creationist vs. evolution “discussion,” I usually discover that people are talking past each other – that, really, not only are we not even listening, [...]