The countdown
Things of no consequence: the date yesterday was 8.9.10, which I just think is cool, what? It is day 2 of my 4-day summer staycation, and I have plans to not leave the house at all. I mean, that means I have plans to clean up as much as possible around the place and try to get my room as organized as humanly possible, but still. I can do that w/o actually *leaving*.
Yesterday I had a whole four-item to-do list, and I actually accomplished it even though most of the items required leaving the house. I mean, I craftily did so by asking one of my roommates if she needed a ride to work, thereby forcing myself out of the house before 10 AM, but once I was out I got shit done. Things like returning the cable box (less than a month after I moved! Last time it took 1.5 years! Ahahahahahaahooops) and getting the first of 2 TB tests started.
On today's to-do list: start ironing clothes for orientation on Thursday. My professional clothes either spent a month in a suitcase or just arrived in a box from the store, so, you know, I'm thinking the ironing could take awhile. I might set up shop in front of the TV just to stay entertained.
I also need to take care of the last few details in my room, which might actually require a trip to a hardware store to accomplish. I want to hang 2 lights from the ceiling, & maybe hang a shelf and shoe organizer. I've got a battery-operated drill to assist in this process, but I don't think the drill bits successfully made the move. Or, if they did, I have no idea where they ended up. Le sigh.
I also want to read The King of Attolia before school starts. And maybe try to finish that Kris/Adam story I started about a year ago.
I feel unsettled about school supplies - will I be mostly taking notes on computer? (I've never really done that, and not sure I want to. I like the closeness of taking notes by hand, plus there's the obvious benefit to longhand when dealing w/ charts and graphs and such. However, I type a helluva lot faster than I can write, so, you know. There is that.)
I keep fielding the 'are you SO excited?' question, and the truth is...I don't know what I feel right now. It isn't excitement. Or not *only* excitement, maybe. Not anticipation, exactly, although I do really want to just get started so the whole 'going to med school' thing starts feeling more real and I can get on with feeling something more easily identifiable and manageable. As I said, I don't really know. It isn't a negative feeling, at least. I'm not dreading the start of med school by any stretch of the imagination, but I also don't have that 'can't sleep because it's CHRISTMAS EVE WHOO' feeling of excitement, either.
Maybe it's partially b/c I've been busy enough all summer that I haven't devoted a lot of time to thinking about this? Not sure. Plus it still feels very dream-like. I don't think I have a good idea of what it is going to be like, and so my anticipatory thoughts are all quite vague. *handwaves*
Other things for the to-do list: figure out what kind of gathering to propose to my classmates for tomorrow. I'm thinking maybe brunch, although 'drinking on the roof after dark when the breeze might make the temperature more tolerable' has some appeal. We shall see.
Also on tap for Thursday: Adam in concert in Philly, whoo! (I'm excited for this concert, not least because there will be SEATS that are ASSIGNED, so I don't have to stand in one place for a million years. Or, you know, 3+ hours, whatever. AND I can show up when I show up and still get an awesome view w/o fighting my way through a crowd. WIN)
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Yesterday I had a whole four-item to-do list, and I actually accomplished it even though most of the items required leaving the house. I mean, I craftily did so by asking one of my roommates if she needed a ride to work, thereby forcing myself out of the house before 10 AM, but once I was out I got shit done. Things like returning the cable box (less than a month after I moved! Last time it took 1.5 years! Ahahahahahaahooops) and getting the first of 2 TB tests started.
On today's to-do list: start ironing clothes for orientation on Thursday. My professional clothes either spent a month in a suitcase or just arrived in a box from the store, so, you know, I'm thinking the ironing could take awhile. I might set up shop in front of the TV just to stay entertained.
I also need to take care of the last few details in my room, which might actually require a trip to a hardware store to accomplish. I want to hang 2 lights from the ceiling, & maybe hang a shelf and shoe organizer. I've got a battery-operated drill to assist in this process, but I don't think the drill bits successfully made the move. Or, if they did, I have no idea where they ended up. Le sigh.
I also want to read The King of Attolia before school starts. And maybe try to finish that Kris/Adam story I started about a year ago.
I feel unsettled about school supplies - will I be mostly taking notes on computer? (I've never really done that, and not sure I want to. I like the closeness of taking notes by hand, plus there's the obvious benefit to longhand when dealing w/ charts and graphs and such. However, I type a helluva lot faster than I can write, so, you know. There is that.)
I keep fielding the 'are you SO excited?' question, and the truth is...I don't know what I feel right now. It isn't excitement. Or not *only* excitement, maybe. Not anticipation, exactly, although I do really want to just get started so the whole 'going to med school' thing starts feeling more real and I can get on with feeling something more easily identifiable and manageable. As I said, I don't really know. It isn't a negative feeling, at least. I'm not dreading the start of med school by any stretch of the imagination, but I also don't have that 'can't sleep because it's CHRISTMAS EVE WHOO' feeling of excitement, either.
Maybe it's partially b/c I've been busy enough all summer that I haven't devoted a lot of time to thinking about this? Not sure. Plus it still feels very dream-like. I don't think I have a good idea of what it is going to be like, and so my anticipatory thoughts are all quite vague. *handwaves*
Other things for the to-do list: figure out what kind of gathering to propose to my classmates for tomorrow. I'm thinking maybe brunch, although 'drinking on the roof after dark when the breeze might make the temperature more tolerable' has some appeal. We shall see.
Also on tap for Thursday: Adam in concert in Philly, whoo! (I'm excited for this concert, not least because there will be SEATS that are ASSIGNED, so I don't have to stand in one place for a million years. Or, you know, 3+ hours, whatever. AND I can show up when I show up and still get an awesome view w/o fighting my way through a crowd. WIN)
This entry was originally posted at http://bayleaf.dreamwidth.org/203942.html. Please comment there using OpenID.