thanks to those who replied to my previous post...although i had only done that cos xanga was threatening to close me down!  please don't laugh but i'm a little intimidated by this new xanga and i don't know what to do..ack!

anyhow i'm on vacation in sunny and cool LA ( unlike ny and dc where i almost melted to the ground)! quick summary of my life in the last two years: finished intern year last june and now am completing my first year of residency.  it's been busy so if you feel like i've been MIA i'm so sorry.  i have been keeping up with people's lives by reading your posts (secretly heehee).

let me know if you'll be in the area anytime soon :)

civilization is nice

wow! it really has been a while since i lasted xanga'ed.  i've been promising to update and now is prob a good time.

so contrary to popular belief my life is nothing like grey's anatomy and pretty different for my friends' intern years. just got back from week of training in texas and boy am i glad  although i miss my new friends

before we left for our official field training portion, i was already tired from sleeping with the world's loudest snorer  with a few baby snorers on the side.  but sleeping on cots was easier when we had a lil heater.  and who would have thought i would miss our toilets (imagine two rows of toilets facing each other with no doors... it was always fun to be like "um, hi nice to meet you [for the first time]" as you were squatting to pee.)  and as weird as it was i was missing our "shower room"= one area with 6 rusty shower heads after crawling in the dirt.  and food! yum! it was nice to eat hot food!! MREs not my favorite foods...

actually minus loud sleepers it was a really good time.  met great people, took alot of classes and learned to apprecaite medics/corpsmen and got a glimpse of what my life could be like.  so regardless of how you feel about everything going on over there, say a prayer for those out there serving, leaving behind their families , risking their lives for people...some of whom are trying to kill them. 

on a lighter note...i wish i could have seen myself/squad during a few moments:

-first night in the field it was SOO cold i found myself rolled up in a little ball inside my sleeping bag, my head was 1 foot away from the opening... i was curious to see how cold it was- stuck out just my index finger and quickly pulled it back in- way too cold

-our squad's pittiful attempt to locate and evaute two casulties from enemy grounds

-me trying to get up from the prone position with kevlar, LCE, rucksack and weapon and almost falling each time

miss all you guys and hope you're well!

wow so i guess it's been a while since i've done this xanga thing.  i've enjoyed just reading people's posts...you guys' lives are much more exciting than mine.  though this summer has been pretty crazy.  august was in philly...that consisted of many walks across the walnut street bridge to HUP, seeing my sister and timmy, hanging out with miss grace, getting lost walking in west philly on the hottest day of the summer for an HOUR  and lots o hospital time.

now i've been in dc for the past 2.5 weeks. so my 3 months away is coming to an END! yay! i've definitely learned to appreciate many things while living in different places..like i've learned that having a fridge is a privilege!!  

thanks to everyone in my sbs group that is in xanga world...now i can leave as many post it notes i want wearing cute socks and stuffing my face with lots of goodies.

one day i'll get a digicam and post pictures until then i'll have to look into this so called photobucket thing..how does it work?