Officially a medical student

hello everybody.

I know I have been very bad with communicating with everyone, but here I am, alive and well.

I must admit that there is little to report because I feel the changes I am going through have been experienced by my brother, my sister, and are being felt by all 218 of us in my first year class so nothing is really novel enough to describe here.

I have to say that I am not all too fond of Toronto...yet. My main criticism is that it is a dirty place (relative to Scandinavia and Kingston that is). Creating a life for myself here is also taking longer than I thought it would. Work is very overwhelming. There are 9 hours to our typical day and by the end, I just want to sleep. However the fear of falling behind on the material we have covered in class for the day helps keep me up.

Balance is impossible to achieve, but again, that is nothing new, so there are no complaints here. Just an acceptance of what my life is like now. It was my choice after all.

The people in my class are nice enough. There are some social events but I think everyone is getting too bogged down with work to really network with one another. I am finding my way around alright.

I am missing my old friends and am valuing them very much. We have had some very good times.

All in all, I am healthy and on the path to a much anticipated future. I've gotta say, I am one lucky gal.