the party’s over
last week was fun. wednesday, i woke up early and bought two new pairs of comfy shoes from the nordstrom’s half yearly sale. thursday, i sat through 8 gruesome hours of kidney stones, kidney removal, penile problems, and penis removal before catching a plane to sacramento. around 1030 that night, cat, steven, and i found ourselves sitting around the kitchen table at william’s house. his mom kept cutting fruit, setting out crackers, cheese, and meat, and pouring tea for us… and we kept eating. the next morning, we were greeted with more fresh fruit, muffins, orange juice, and tea. mmm. after we gorged ourselves, we headed down to the jelly belly factory for a tour and some free samples. beware of the garlic jelly bellies. afterwards, we stopped by the budweiser factory, but then ditched the tour early for food and sleeping/studying. that night, william’s mom made a huge korean feast– short ribs, spicy pork, kimchee, salad, noodles…. mmmmmm. i ate myself into a coma. and then we had cheesecake. saturday night, we found ourselves at cha cha cha, a cute little tapas bar in san francisco. we drank sangria, and filled up on some very good tapas. i ended up going back the next evening with a new group of people– more sangria, more laughs. monday, tram and katie accompanied me to the SFMOMA, where we wandered and discussed the strangeness that is modern art. quelle fun.
and somewhere during that time, i went to the medical convention.
the highlights:
- the AIDS talk by Dr. Kalousek and friends
- the fun little quizzes at the pharmy booths for prizes
- the transient quadraplegia lecture [spearing = dangerous]
- watching the doctors whine and squirm at the 6am breakfast symposium on dyslipidemia [and seeing one very large one wolf down a cholesterol-heavy breakfast at said lecture]
so… now i’m back in the IE with handfuls of free pens, post-its, and teeny tiny flash drives… cramming for my exam on friday, and realizing that i have an exam the following friday, the following monday, and the following wednesday. it’s like i’ve had my fun, and now it’s payback time. poop.