galvy

in exactly 4 months, i'll be starting med school orientation. people keep asking me if i'm "excited" - i always say, "i'm not sure i'd say excited, but i am warming up to the idea.." -- i am excited to be moving forward with my life, have my own place, and be more of a grown-up; i'm not excited about being shackled to studying. especially when i've had so much free time to cook, work-out, and play. but hey, that's life. and i certainly don't want to work at my current minimum-wage job forever, so i'll deal.

ANYWAY, that wasn't the point of the post. the point was that i went to galveston today with my dad to apartment hunt! i had been down last summer to look, so i knew what was there, but this time we were looking to sign. and luckily, we were successful! i signed on a one bedroom/one bath apartment within walking distance of campus. and while the building itself is old, thanks to hurricane ike, the entire inside has been renovated! new appliances, countertops, tile, carpet, cabinets, etc. the only disadvantage is no washer/dryer :( -- when i saw the laundry room with the coin-operated washer/dryers i had flashbacks to dorm-life freshman year! oh well - it is worth the trade-off for being so incredibly close to campus! AND my friend Yara is living in the same complex! i'm sure she will be banging on my door & forcing me to class every so often!

we did get to drive through campus on the way-in and way-out, and i got super excited seeing everyone in scrubs and white coats! i think finally signing on an apartment and getting a move-in date makes it feel a lot more real! i fully intended on taking my camera but forgot - so google/images will have to do...

1. loved seeing the white coats everywhere :) - i get mine august 21st!

2. aerial shot of campus

3. another aerial shot - utmb is in the far left corner. apparently the WORST thing about going to UTMB is that you can see the cruise ships coming and going (as you can see in the left corner) from campus... that is going to be such torture!

4. just a pretty building on campus :)

anyway, i'm off to lounge + do nothing now in preparation for august :)