Jul

31

11 months down, 9 to go…

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[previous monthly letters: 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1]

morning

dearest Nevis,

OHMYGOSH we’re into the single-digit countdown.

pardon my French, but HOLY CRAP. wheredidthetimego? are you sure you’re not a super secret project from the government experimenting in time warp? i swear we’re in another dimension over here.

unfortunately, this month i didn’t have time for much of anything. the weather has been getting rainier off-and-on, but nothing like the hurricane season i was expecting. maybe it will pick up in August and September like last year. not that i’m complaining, of course. i like it when the power stays on and my porch doesn’t get that HUGE puddle and the water runs (relatively) clear in the kitchen sink and shower.

so what happened in July other than school? my house got broken into. Brandon got into a car accident. i logged more hours in the MUA library than in my entire career as an undergrad student in any library anywhere. the Roughriders started out the CFL season 5-0. i booked the rest of my flights through Christmas and next April when i have to leave your wee paradise sanctuary. i booked flights for my parents to come to grad (they definitely deserve a holiday) in the spring. i played a rowdy ex-marine patient with a knife wound to the back and Brown-Sequard symptoms in the MED 5 Clinical Skills Assessment exam. i wrote block 4 exams and killed microbiology, while the other classes took a pretty big hit. i got frustrated with studying. i admitted to myself i’m falling in love. i started worrying about money again.

didn’t really feel like an eventful month, but i when i write it all out like that…

this is what i expect to look like in the middle of next month:

as always, i love you to pieces, Nevis and am extraordinarily happy to be here. i will be even more bubbling over blissful next month when a dear friend comes to visit and i get 2 full weeks off from school to enjoy your beaches and sunsets and cold Caribs and impeccable pizza and awesome crazy rain.

all my love,
`Jennifer

PS: i know i keep saying this, but still more people on campus are approaching me with the phrase “i was looking for something else… and found your blog!” and almost every single time that happens i come back here and re-read things like my ABOUT page and a few old entries wondering “did i actually say that out loud for people to read??”

inevitably the answer is yes.

i’m a little self-conscious about how much i have been sharing lately, so bear with me. i go through this how-much-do-i-care and why-the-heck-am-i-doing-this phase in waves. but it obviously always subsides. otherwise i wouldn’t be here (for the past 8 years), right? this week the posts are pre-written and i’ve pushed the “Publish” button days before anyone on or off-campus will read them. for some reason the disconnect makes it a bit easier.

i consider most of the people that read and comment regularly to be very dear friends. you make writing worthwhile and i am SO thankful that you continue to stop by. thank you for all of your wonderful unending support. it sure makes being isolated at a desk in front of piles of textbooks on a deserted island disconnected from the Real World MUCH more bearable.

Comments

5 Comments so far

  1. robyn on July 31, 2008 7:58 am

    Jen, I wish you the best on the remainder of this semester! Thinking of going to the beach always gets me through the arduous tasks! :)

  2. wwcutie on July 31, 2008 8:28 am

    I consider you a dear friend as well, and am so excited for this whole phase of your life.

  3. Patty on July 31, 2008 8:53 am

    Hey Jennifer,

    I just wanted to speak to the comment on your last post about the ongoing debate you have with yourself between not caring about what people think about the things in your personal life that you divulge on your blog and feeling a need for privacy. I initially found your blog because I was looking for one created by someone currently in med school since I will be starting in a week and a half myself. I have found your candor so refreshing and I know I will be able to relate to your trials and tribulations when I start school again. The way you balance posts about your personal life with ones about med school is exactly what I was seeking when I was looking for a blog. Good luck with the rest of your block- it sounds like you are working like a dog! I will look forward to more posts from you :)

  4. darlene on July 31, 2008 10:44 am

    i never would have gotten to know you if it hadn’t been for here, this space, the other space, the spaces where you write some of your thoughts so i am grateful that you continue to share bits of yourself … smooches beautiful! xo

  5. BCWB on July 31, 2008 1:54 pm

    I couldn’t ask for a better blog to read. It is so amazing and inspriing and you are just such an AMAZING person. Keeps the rest of us battling through school and makes us all feel a little bit closer to you!! So perfect!! Thank you for all you share!! : ) : D

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