not officially off. just officially distracted.

November has been a really great month so far. let’s see…

i’m finding time to be social off-campus and making some amazing new friends. there are some pretty incredible people in our class and i’m looking forward to seeing them all become super cool doctors someday. have i mentioned yet that easily half (more than half?) of our class is from Canada? and i’m the only west coast representative! unfortunately, i have met more than a few Americans who don’t even know where Vancouver is. you should be ashamed of yourselves! ; )

i expect to have my bike back on the road by next week (at the latest!) and plan to share a “How to Enjoy Cycling on Nevis” guide outlining some of the bumps i have (quite literally) encountered. i’m expecting both airfree tires and a beeauuu-tiful floor pump with slime-sealed tubes in the mail any day now… any day now! i don’t mind the bus too much, and often take the island bus instead of the school bus for about $2EC. but i really miss my bike.

one month from today we will be finished with MED 1! i only know of three people in our class (myself included) that are staying on the island over the Christmas break. everyone is SO excited to get home. and people who don’t normally even like snow are a little nostalgic for the white stuff.

thank you all for your wonderful and lovely comments on the long-distance relationship situation. it’s really not bad overall… some days/nights are just harder than others. we’re both extremely busy and surprised at how the time is flying. it will be more-amazing-than-i-can-express to have him here for three whole weeks. i have my ticket home in April and will likely be going back in August and to Saskatchewan (Maddy!) next Christmas. not having Maddy here frees me up to travel home a bit more. well, as long as i can find decent flight prices… !

i hope everyone is having a positively lovely week. it’s Wednesday. life is good.

and lookit! Helvetica!

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