I'm done.

I've been behind. Post-midterms, I was hauling major butt (6 - 8 hours a day in the library) and it seemed a little wrong for me to take time away to keep up the blog (although I did find other distractions)...I woulda felt guilty about the 10 minutes I spent, even though I would have spent the 10 minutes waiting on food. Bizarre. I know.

I'm currently at the airport, waiting to board my flight...I board in about an hour, but we all know that my flight will be delayed. Why? Because it always is. I just hope it doesn't delay to the point I miss my connecting flight.

This semester had its ups and downs, but mostly ups. Studying was difficult, as I had never spent this much time studying in my entire life...consistently. My last semester at Emory, people always knew me to be in the library, but even then, I was there at 9 - 10pm, and I left promptly around 2am. Here, it's been from 7 - 8pm straight til 2am, and even then, I felt inadequately prepared. I hope that this is a wakeup call for me, that nothing from here on out will be easy, as everything will be harder as the semester progresses.

I've met some wonderful people here, and although my reputation as a jerk, a douchebag, manwhore, jack@ss, etc. will carry on, I will miss them dearly; whether it be because they will be away in the UK doing the KBT program for a year, or because they didn't make it. Despite my comments (my "pool" at the beginning of the year), I truly believed that everyone that worked hard deserved to make it through, and I truly believe most of us did. To my friends and colleagues of those who missed it by a few points, don't give up. I hope to see you as an MD in 4 years.

As much as I complained about the program, the country, the professors, etc., I found myself complaining about the idea of returning to NY to work. As I go through the memories I've had over the short four months, I truly did enjoy my time here. I've been through wonderful experiences with people that I will probably never forget and people that will remain by my side for the next decade. In retrospect, even with the studying, GND has been a vacation for me.

As far as my plans for the summer, I will be returning to NY for work until about July, and then taking about 4 - 6 weeks off in the summer to rest, relax, possibly shadow someone, and to study and be somewhat prepared for August.

I shall be going through security soon, but I will try to update in Trinidad. Last time I was there (august 09), it was a craphouse that made the airport in GND look like the Westin...apparently, they have remodeled + rebuilt to the point it rivals JFK. I am skeptical. We shall see.