Time flies ... when you're having fun ... or working hard! I don't have much of an excuse for not writing the past five or so months, but all I know is that it's time to get back on the writing bandwagon. Many thanks to all those of you who have written and called wondering to where exactly I had disappeared!
To bring you up speed in short order --- here's the quick version of my life over the past six months:
- Spent September studying abroad in Stockholm, Sweden, at the Karolinska Institutet (surgery elective). Traveled through Iceland and Norway.
- Enjoyed attending three weddings in October and visiting my CA family.
- Survived my orthopedics rotation and Boards in November.
- Completed a health policy elective in December at the Robert Graham Center in DC, fully enjoying catching up with friends old and new, as well as experiencing the White House Christmas Tree lighting, the new Newseum and US Capitol Visitors' Center, and placing wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery.
- January and February brought long hours at the hospital --- urology, anesthesia, and my family medicine sub-internship clerkship, along with a couple trips out to DC for meetings.
- The first two weeks in March were consumed by preparing for and leading portions of the American Medical Student Association Annual Convention in Washington --- where, I am very honored to share, I was elected as the organization's next national president, finally putting to rest the big question as to what I would be doing with my life for the coming year!
Today, I am so relieved to have finished my LAST Iowa City rotation (ophthalmology) --- no more exams in medical school! My next big adventure begins on Sunday --- when a friend and I will fly to Tanzania to work at the Gonja Lutheran Hospital in the northeastern part of the country. You can see pictures of the hospital here (http://health.elct.org/gonja/). My AmeriCorps friend Faro will be joining me for the last two weeks as we head to Zanzibar, shop the markets of Dar Es Salaam, and safari the Serengeti. Please check in every so often --- I'm hoping to find fast enough Internet to update my blog and hopefully post some pictures.
I have a few more things to wrap up before I leave ... including buying a set of ear plugs! (I hear the roosters are particularly noisy at 4:30 a.m.) But, all in all, I couldn't be happier to end my medical school years with an international rotation. I'm ready for 80+ degrees ... and a few palm trees!
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