"blame it on the boogie"

this weekend was pretty epic. the dms class of 2014 took an hour yellow school bus ride to moosilauke mountain and HIKED on saturday morning. a round trip of 7 miles up to the highest point of 4500 ft and 3.5 hours... we bled, sweat and maybe a few cried. the top of the summit was beautiful, i'm glad i went. i couldn't look up the whole way because the steep inclines were hardcore mental barriers. however, i found that taking each step one at a time and following the person in front of me, it was quite manageable. maybe it is medical school in that way. we can't look at all the things we have to complete in the grand scheme of things, but if we take each day at a time, each chapter at a time, we can make it through. we hung around and snacked on goldfish, oreos, doritos, animal crackers and trail mix. it was perfect. some people chose to go into the freezing cold creek to swim, but i refrained. the hot shower i took was much needed and i settled into the room with ilya and derek. julia couldn't find a bed, so she called the other half of the full size bed. at 5:30 we had ice breakers with the 2nd years and played 2 truths a lie, orient yourselves based on location without talking and all my friends and neighbors (which is like trainwreck at nyu).

dinner was delicious. we had tomato basil soup (i had a leaf and kissed the chef), cranberry feta salad, and while others had marbella chicken, i had vegetarian curry before eating orange cake with a dollop of cool whip. and then we had a dance party, which was pretty wacky. i appreciated the spongebob fruit snacks and peanut m&ms. then we played apples 2 apples before julia and i retired for the evening. waking up the next morning was not fun. sunday i napped, ate, read, and went to sunset buffet in lebanon with edmund, chris, ryan, kenomo, yike and a bunch of second years. i chilled out with the boys and then ryan drove me home so that i could finish reading and slept.

now i'm sitting in kellogg auditorium at the beginning of cto class. YIKES. back to the books.