May

31

9 months down, 11 to go…

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[previous monthly letters: 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1]

dear Nevis,
how are you? over the previous months, i have often felt like we were in a long-distance relationship even though you are just outside my front door.
but not this month. with a car, i am seeing more of you than […]

May

30

Happy Friday!

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“Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”
~ Joseph Wood Krutch
ask?
more like tackle first and ask later.
although, there’s something to be said for not worrying about the fact that your intended tacklee is 150x bigger than you. guess i’ll keep that […]

May

29

Dropping the ball cuz I never learned to juggle

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“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”
~ Peter Drucker
“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”
~ Dorothea Brande
“If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.”
~ Mary Pickford
block 1 grades are […]

May

27

Thank you, thank you, thank you

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In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.
~ […]

May

27

MED 3 Block 1 [re-cap]

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“Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.”
~ William Shakespeare
whew. i really don’t think it went as well as i hoped, but won’t count my eggs until they’re hatched. or scrambled up for breakfast.
genetics
- the human genome
- chromosomes
- cell division
- human gametogenesis and fertilization
- medical relevance of […]

May

27

Itty bitty kitty

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“Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture.”
~ Jacquelyn Mitchard
Joyce hasn’t come up with anything other than “baby cat” yet. that’s what block weekends do to our brains, i guess.
in the meantime, he is getting MUCH bigger and has:
- met his shadow
- learned how to climb up on the couch
- much later, learned how to get […]

May

22

Hiding out

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Block 1 exams start tomorrow at 9am. yeesh.
i feel unusually overwhelmed and underprepared, so… internetz going off. email shut down. i might even unplug the modem. back with the usual block re-cap sometime Monday-ish.
have a great weekend!

May

22

Latest temporary household addition

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Joyce showed up on my porch last night with a tiny little flea-infested thing that showed up on her porch earlier in the evening. she is allergic and has absolutely no idea what to do with small helpless living things that meow, other than teach them how to be a dog when they grow […]

May

21

Gone soft

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it was raining (POURING) earlier this morning and all i could think was “gee, i’m glad i’m not riding my bike today.”
what a wimp.
i am now renting a car. a dark green 4-door Suzuki Escudo to be more precise. i expect to keep it through hurricane season and plan to hop back on […]

May

20

Because who really thinks Jack Torrance is an ideal role model?

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writing less than usual (both here and on email), i know.
working my butt off this block and getting outside the house more to try and prove to myself that i can balance work and play. this time next week, i should know whether the experiment has failed miserably.
in the meantime, i’m super good great […]

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