"rain, rain, go away. come again another day."

today i woke up at 6:45 am to get ready for my first day of medical school.

i walked the mile to school and enjoyed a continental breakfast with my classmates. i got some red mardi gras beads to sort into the smith society. kind of like the gryffindor, hufflepuff, ravenclaw and slytherin of hogwarts if you will - at least that is what i tell myself. i had some of the carrot muffin and a quarter of a bagel, washed down with two cups of coffee. i had a caffeine buzz going on. we learned about the admissions office, the academic support, clinical cases, and many other things. lunch was catered from panera's. i had a delicious mediterranean veggie sandwich with a huge choco chip cookie. the afternoon went by in a blur. joe and i walked with ilya to the card center to get our ids. the humidity created a bit of frizz, but it will suffice for the next four years. then we checked out the athletic facility and walked around town before heading over to the picnic at the dartmouth outing house for a bbq. i had some potato salad, pasta salad and vegetable kebabs. it was pretty good. the cranberry chocolate cookie, i must say, was bomb. so good. and the brownies were super rich and moist. yum. i need to work out.

the lake was lovely and we had a debate about whether a dark mass in the middle of the body of water was a snapping turtle or a log. its movements were completely still - i would hope it was a log. the downpour here has got me bummed. i wonder if i can last a year without a car. i'll see how long i can push the inevitable... but i am looking for road bikes in the mean time.

the crashing thunder is CRAZY.