Busy Bee

I could blame the lack of posting on many things including a temporary relocation to the nation's smallest state, a shoddy "Public" internet connection in the dorm I am inhabiting, seven hours of teaching a day, or shear laziness, but one thing is for sure: I am not lacking photos!

Shortly after a beautiful sunset over a little barn, I found myself amongst an apartment that looked ransacked. Fortunately, I was not robbed, rather, unpacking from India has taken the shape of throwing everything onto the floor. In two days I turned my apartment around and sorted everything into 2 sets of boxes- those that are going to camp and those that must be moved to the new apartment. My roommate who is spending the summer in Germany already moved most of her things out and my parents have so graciously agreed to help me move a years worth of "real life" apartment furnishings into my new place, which happens to be the next stairwell over. I, in the meantime, have been teaching at a summer camp for nerdy kids who love science as much as me. PCR, Transformations, Gel Electrophoresis, we do it all.

I had to arrive at camp a bit late because I could not miss the wedding of a dear friend. Lala is my sister's best friend and practically my older sister #2. I got to try out my new lens at her wedding. Seeing as she lives just a few houses up the street and my sister was her MOH, I showed up to take some photos (which was thwarted by the real photographer) but  I did manage to get some nice shots.

(That's me in the mirror)

The wedding was in the church we all grew up in

The ties were fantastic.

Lala and "Papabear"

Obligatory B&W back shot

Hottie

The dress

The first dance

The Best Man's Speech

These 4 have been BFFs since... well forever

The Mommas in the same order (not planned)

So Anthropologie (Love it!)

The cookies that saved my life

So I got to have my cake and eat it too but it involved leaving the wedding and immediately getting in the car and driving in the middle of the night on 95N. I rewarded myself with a cookie every 2 miles and a delicious one that tasted like chocolate covered raw cookie dough at 100 miles! It kept me awake until I arrived at 3:30 am. Driving in the middle of the night ended up being the best decision because I made it in under 5 hours which is a record by far. My lovely camp roommate, Kate, moved me in during the wee hours of the morning. So now I'm back in Bayside where shenanigans ensue. More in the next post about Adventures with Kate, which are usually ridiculous and involve lots of giddy laughter.

Besitos,

D

You Never Know When...

...a sunset is just going to knock you off your flip-flops.

Today I spent a wonderful day at the beach with a college friend. She drove in this morning and we cruised to the shore in my open top Jeep Wrangler. It sprinkled a bit but by the end of the day the sun was shining, I was looking crispy (thanks mom for the amazing tanning skin!), and Surf Tacos and Homemade Ice Cream were enjoyed, thoroughly. On my way back to my apartment I passed a beautiful scene in the car and just had to pull a u-turn and take a photo. Proof that you just never know when having a camera sitting in your back seat will pay off! I couldn't do it justice but I snapped some shots from the side of the road. I'm glad I turned around- it was well worth the 10 minute detour!

And So It Begins

I started this blog sometime during my first year of medical school but never really got it off the ground. Yesterday I was enjoying a glass of wine in Tribeca and the host commented on my bag from B&H. "O what did you get?" he asked. I flashed him my shiny new Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 and we both lusted for a minute. He asked, "So do you have a blog?" and I thought of this page and my absence from it. This time, I'm really going to make it happen. What can you expect to find here? A smattering of everything from mud pies to medicine because that is what my life is like right now. I am about to start my second year of medical school after returning back from an unforgettable five weeks traveling India. A lot of pictures to come from my India adventure. Check back and see what I'm up to!

Probably functional, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Ice

The tree outside my window is coated with ice but the streets don't look so bad. Regardless, I've declared a snow day. And while snow days don't really exist in medical school because they simply mean another day to study and make up lectures from home, I am doing my best to make it feel like a snow day.

Study fort!

Mess

Tonight's forecast is for 3/4" of ice. While my last post might have raved about my love of snow, ice is completely different. Actually, as a figure skating enthusiast, I particularly love ice, but not when it falls from the sky. My car had an ice armor coating when I reached the parking lot after a long day of school. This is about to be one of those weeks. My closet is looking something like this:

 

Not pretty. It doesn't help that the largest wall of the closet faces the outside so after being shut all day I can practically see my breath when I venture through the mess in the morning. Not exactly the sort of conditions that would encourage one to clean up. And because all that dirty laundry is just laying around, my clean socks stash has left me looking like this:

Which brings us of course to my desk, where I live. Really, I eat here, I study here, I do my nails here, and you can tell just from the reflection in my netbook:

  

And while I could take the next 24 hours of ice storms and clean... our exam is less than two weeks away which means, major crunch time!