First, I spent last weekend in Michigan. First, hanging with my lil'bro Joe at his new rocking pad (sponsored by Google). I am now a fan of Guitar Hero and Rock Band... this does not bode well for my studies. If you don't know my lil'bro Joe, he's a cool guy. He really is. It was great to spend time with him (even if I had to go to Michigan to do so)... He promised me that he pisses on the Michigan campus all the time. While there, we caught a Detroit Tigers vs. MN Twins game at Comerica Park with the lovely Colby and Tim. Sadly for them, the Tigers lost. But that meant that the Twins won. Go Twins! (We know I'm a Sox fan, but it is the hometown team). Saturday was dedicated to Emilie and Kurt. Joe drove me out to Leonard, MI... I still don't really know where that is, but it's the middle of nowhere. Then I met a ton of Kurt's family and friends. It was an absolute blast. It was so wonderful to have the opportunity to meet Kurt's "people." Sunday, Joe and I both nursed our late night lazy with Zingerman sandwiches, Speedracer at the dollar theater and Pizza from a small place near his apartment (that was AMAZING). So... While I may not be a huge fan of Michigan, I had a good time :)
I spent Monday driving through Michigan (which did nothing for my opinion of the state) on my way to Chicago. I took a quick pit stop at ND to say a prayer at the Grotto (and if you've never seen the Grotto at ND, you may not understand, but it's a beautiful place... especially in the summer when it's nice and quiet) and to drop off something for the ACE 15 year celebration. Since I can't be there, I thought I'd leave a little something for my class. Then I was off to Northbrook to meet Adam for lunch (thanks for a lovely lunch!). I came back into downtown Chicago to crash with Pete and have a birthday dinner (yay good Mexican food!) with Vito, Shannon, Pete, and Nick (and thanks for a lovely dinner!). So basically I celebrated my birthday a day early, met Tim for breakfast (I owe you dinner now) and spent Tuesday in the car driving from Chicago to Minneapolis. There was some disappointing traffic and a number of cops that slowed the trip a bit, but it was great to roll onto highway 100 and speed home.
Fast-forward to Friday, I helped my parents move house. We haven't sold the old one yet, so my lil'bro Mike and I are living in house and my parents are unpacking in the brownstone. It's a little weird to have these random empty rooms here and be slowly moving my stuff into a new room, but I study at the house and it's nice and quiet. I went out to breakfast with my dad. Resurrecting an old tradition of father-daughter Perkins trips, we had a nice long breakfast and chat. I love my dad. After the move, we had a joint birthday dinner for my mom (her birthday was Friday) and me! Yay! It was a really fun, silly, fancy dinner (lacking Joe... we missed you Joe), with good food, good conversation, good times. I love my family. PS: Dan... you're still in the hole for knowing about shows on lifetime. And my dad lost a bet to Mike over the actress playing the daughter in Commando (in case you don't know who it is, don't bet on Terri Hatcher and don't bet against Mike, I think he majored in "Young girls in movies").
Marathon Week #4: 7/14-7/20
I was supposed to run 31 miles this week. And this week, I ran... (duh duh dah!) 31.5 miles! WOOT! I still have a running debt of like 35 miles (thanks to my travel laziness), but I ran 13 miles today. I'm unashamed to say that took me nearly 3 hours, but I was on a running clock, meaning that I didn't stop my watch for anything (except when I was in the act of drinking from a fountain). So, it's fairly respectable. Plus, I'm good for 6 miles cold now... it's about 1/4th of the marathon distance, and I'm 1/4th of the way into training. I think that bodes well. We'll see if I can chip away at that running debt at all in the next week, but I'm quite happy to be logging 30+ miles in a week.
USMLE Update:
According to NBME, I'm suited for Psychiatry and that's about it. I took my first practice test, and I passed... by like one point. I figure it's my first try, and that's not terrible, but I need to do better. I need to buckle down and really work... Boo... The good news is that I'm doing really well in Behavioral Sciences, GI, and Anatomy (thank you TF). But my worst go was Resp... surprise surprise. So... here's to studying a lot of Resp, and no more BS studying... at all.
Summer Soundtrack:
- Life in a Nutshell - Barenaked Ladies
- Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
- How Far We've Come - Matchbox Twenty
- In Da Club - 50 cent (It was my birthday week... and this reminds me of my 21st, rocking out on a party bus... Go Shorty! It's yer birthday! We gonna party like it's yer birthday...)
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