Friday is my last day in Davis. Today's Wednesday. This is crazy. It's about 8:20 AM and I'm not really sure about how I'm spending my day. I should go to work at some point, but I don't know what I'm going to do there or when I should show up or how long I'll be there. I also have tons of studying to do, as always. But damn, two more days.
A few friends have been telling me that "we have to get together" before I leave and one has even already said his good-bye. I feel very fortunate to have so many great friends here, and everything about good-byes makes me sad. One of my friends who I've danced with and shared a great deal of classes with for the past two years or so came over a couple of days ago, ate a little bit of food with me, we chit chatted and watched TV; it was a very typical meeting between the two of us. As he was leaving he started with all the good-bye phrases: "We'll be in touch," "Have a great time in Boston," etc. etc. etc. Once he left it hit me that I won't be in all my classes with the same two or three people anymore. I won't go to the library and see the same familiar faces anymore. Nothing's going to ever be the same after I leave from here, and I will definitely miss the way things are.
I've been thinking of ways that I might keep in touch with my friends so that we don't lose each other entirely after I leave. Practical ways that I won't fall behind on. I'm thinking perhaps I'll call one friend each week and play catch-up, and cycle through everyone I want to keep in touch with that way. I should be able to afford one phone call in a week. Actually, that's the only thing I've thought of so far. My mom told me a long time ago that the friends you make in college are the friends you keep for life. I really hope that's true with me.
I don't think I'll be able to move out my belongings from here until after the MCAT, which gives me some comfort because I will definitely have to come back here before I go to Boston. Let me tell you one thing though, I will definitely NOT miss the people who live on De Soto Place. Worst neighbors EVER, to the max. Any of you who have talked to me about my neighbors know that I feel this way for good reason. I'll leave it at that.
On Friday night, I went to my friend's Bachelorette/Farewell party. Her party consisted of an evening at Aura in Pleasanton, a restaurant-turned-night club that seems to be pretty popular. It was a really strange experience though. My clubbing and partying experiences thus far entailed a college crowd; Aura definitely was not home to college students that night. We spent our time there among thirty-somethings, many of which left their kids at home to go clubbing, and many more of which thought they were still college students. Man, people really do look their best in college... Hopefully my future partying experiences will involve people my own age for the most part. I also saw go-go dancers for the first time at this club. Now I'd never seen them before that night, but I'm pretty sure that a good go-go dancer doesn't bend over and flail her appendages all night long... in fact, I'm inclined to think that she would actually dance. Whatever pays for school though, right?
I have three and a half more weeks until the MCAT. My progress has been... slow. But, I have three more weeks and I think I can buckle down and get to it. Largely because my air conditioning finally works. However, I only have air conditioning for two more days. In San Jose, it used to only be pretty hot (like high 90's) for a week or two throughout the year, so we never felt that merited purchasing an air conditioning system. However, this year it's been painful in San Jose without AC. Painful. Once I go back there, I think I will spend at least the hottest parts of the day in the San Jose State Library. It'd be much easier with a study buddy though. Last time I went there I got spooked by how empty it was, so I tried the Public Library, and I was irritated with all the kids running around screaming. Over the past few years I've developed an affinity towards a delicate balance of the number of people present in a library and what they're doing. I feel a bit like Goldy Locks when it comes to my scenery of choice for studying.
I have quite a few friends in the Tri-State Area on the East Coast, and I'm excited to be moving closer to them since I seriously see them a couple of times in a year, at the very most. At the same time, New York City is about a 4 hour commute from Boston, so I don't think I'll be making that trip very often. But at least I have the option, and that's what counts.
I finally have a place to live in Boston, and my parents found me a roommate as well. I was pretty shocked about that - especially since I told them I preferred not to have a roommate, but if I did, then I didn't want to share my room or clean up after her. We have a one bedroom place together, and my parents proposed that we partition the living room and make her bedroom within that partition, but I am more inclined to share my room because that would just look too ghetto. It should be fun though, I hope. I don't know much about her personality right now, but I know quite a bit about her academic achievement. It really felt like I was getting married to her when my mom described her to me. "She's a petite girl, her complexion is like this and her hair is like this, she wears glasses, she seems very flexible with her living arrangement and all she wants is a nice place to study. She's a vegetarian non-smoker, she's very very bright, and her family is also very well educated." Replace all of those with "He" and it sounds like a proposal, doesn't it? She sounds nice though, so hopefully we will get along fine.
http://www.mavti.com/JCM1frame.htm
That's a virtual tour of my place next year. It looks nice.
This transition from Davis to Boston is bittersweet. I'm very excited about the Masters program I'm doing and I am pretty sure that the entire experience will keep me from missing Davis too much. At the same time, I will always call Davis home and as long as my friends are here, it will be a place for me to visit.
A few friends have been telling me that "we have to get together" before I leave and one has even already said his good-bye. I feel very fortunate to have so many great friends here, and everything about good-byes makes me sad. One of my friends who I've danced with and shared a great deal of classes with for the past two years or so came over a couple of days ago, ate a little bit of food with me, we chit chatted and watched TV; it was a very typical meeting between the two of us. As he was leaving he started with all the good-bye phrases: "We'll be in touch," "Have a great time in Boston," etc. etc. etc. Once he left it hit me that I won't be in all my classes with the same two or three people anymore. I won't go to the library and see the same familiar faces anymore. Nothing's going to ever be the same after I leave from here, and I will definitely miss the way things are.
I've been thinking of ways that I might keep in touch with my friends so that we don't lose each other entirely after I leave. Practical ways that I won't fall behind on. I'm thinking perhaps I'll call one friend each week and play catch-up, and cycle through everyone I want to keep in touch with that way. I should be able to afford one phone call in a week. Actually, that's the only thing I've thought of so far. My mom told me a long time ago that the friends you make in college are the friends you keep for life. I really hope that's true with me.
I don't think I'll be able to move out my belongings from here until after the MCAT, which gives me some comfort because I will definitely have to come back here before I go to Boston. Let me tell you one thing though, I will definitely NOT miss the people who live on De Soto Place. Worst neighbors EVER, to the max. Any of you who have talked to me about my neighbors know that I feel this way for good reason. I'll leave it at that.
On Friday night, I went to my friend's Bachelorette/Farewell party. Her party consisted of an evening at Aura in Pleasanton, a restaurant-turned-night club that seems to be pretty popular. It was a really strange experience though. My clubbing and partying experiences thus far entailed a college crowd; Aura definitely was not home to college students that night. We spent our time there among thirty-somethings, many of which left their kids at home to go clubbing, and many more of which thought they were still college students. Man, people really do look their best in college... Hopefully my future partying experiences will involve people my own age for the most part. I also saw go-go dancers for the first time at this club. Now I'd never seen them before that night, but I'm pretty sure that a good go-go dancer doesn't bend over and flail her appendages all night long... in fact, I'm inclined to think that she would actually dance. Whatever pays for school though, right?
I have three and a half more weeks until the MCAT. My progress has been... slow. But, I have three more weeks and I think I can buckle down and get to it. Largely because my air conditioning finally works. However, I only have air conditioning for two more days. In San Jose, it used to only be pretty hot (like high 90's) for a week or two throughout the year, so we never felt that merited purchasing an air conditioning system. However, this year it's been painful in San Jose without AC. Painful. Once I go back there, I think I will spend at least the hottest parts of the day in the San Jose State Library. It'd be much easier with a study buddy though. Last time I went there I got spooked by how empty it was, so I tried the Public Library, and I was irritated with all the kids running around screaming. Over the past few years I've developed an affinity towards a delicate balance of the number of people present in a library and what they're doing. I feel a bit like Goldy Locks when it comes to my scenery of choice for studying.
I have quite a few friends in the Tri-State Area on the East Coast, and I'm excited to be moving closer to them since I seriously see them a couple of times in a year, at the very most. At the same time, New York City is about a 4 hour commute from Boston, so I don't think I'll be making that trip very often. But at least I have the option, and that's what counts.
I finally have a place to live in Boston, and my parents found me a roommate as well. I was pretty shocked about that - especially since I told them I preferred not to have a roommate, but if I did, then I didn't want to share my room or clean up after her. We have a one bedroom place together, and my parents proposed that we partition the living room and make her bedroom within that partition, but I am more inclined to share my room because that would just look too ghetto. It should be fun though, I hope. I don't know much about her personality right now, but I know quite a bit about her academic achievement. It really felt like I was getting married to her when my mom described her to me. "She's a petite girl, her complexion is like this and her hair is like this, she wears glasses, she seems very flexible with her living arrangement and all she wants is a nice place to study. She's a vegetarian non-smoker, she's very very bright, and her family is also very well educated." Replace all of those with "He" and it sounds like a proposal, doesn't it? She sounds nice though, so hopefully we will get along fine.
http://www.mavti.com/JCM1frame.htm
That's a virtual tour of my place next year. It looks nice.
This transition from Davis to Boston is bittersweet. I'm very excited about the Masters program I'm doing and I am pretty sure that the entire experience will keep me from missing Davis too much. At the same time, I will always call Davis home and as long as my friends are here, it will be a place for me to visit.
