I'm am now a week into island life and it gets better everyday. The first night was pretty terrible, getting used to being away from home/dorm life/island life/medschool was a little difficult. Then I met my roommate, Jane, who is from LA and is here with her fiancé. She made it seem like civilization still existed so that helped. Sabrina, my other roommate, didn't arrive until a day or two after Jane and me but we immediately clicked! She is from Canada and has her whole family here until Thursday, which I am jealous of :). The first night she came in, we went with her family to Carnival... and I have never been so culture shocked. It was crazy and a little overwhelming 3 days in, but none the less really fun. The three of us (plus Jane's fiancé) have been basically hanging out ever since and getting along really well. Sabrina and I want to have weekly roommate dinners which will be a nice study break!
Orientation started yesterday and I am so so so excited to dig my teeth into medical school. Its been a lot of people telling us how showering and eating become a luxury during midterms, but I have met a couple of second "termer's" who say that as long as you stay on top of it, it is doable. So all and all, I am terrified of the upcoming weeks but super motivated... I'm hoping that lasts! I just came back from a seminar that was about the progression through the SGU Academic Program, and it made me feel like this is all really happening. In two years, I will be doing my clinicals... and I don't know about you, but high school feels like yesterday and I graduated in '06. I picked up my white coat and it is finally starting to feel real. I'm a med student, weird.
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| RIGHT outside of my room... you can swim anywhere there is water here. |
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| My dorm :) |
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| Carnival |
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| Light show at Carnival |
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| Morning run, right outside the library. |
I finally got my address, if you are going to ship anything use FedEx (it comes directly to the school):
Caitlin Berger, 3255
St. George's University
PO Box 7
University Centre
St. Georges
Grenada, West Indies
Viber only works where there is wifi, so in the student center and in class/library... I will try to make contact through that... so answer weird numbers cause it might be me :) I also have been using gmail calling which will show up as a call from CA. Skype is a godsend and everyone should request me so I can chat with you. I love all of you so much and miss you all. Also, and maybe most importantly, I have a new niece!!!! Abigail is gorgeous... congrats CarCar!
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| Library on a drop of to the water... not a bad place to study |
Also only use fedex if you are shipping a package or something like that... Letters can go through the postoffice :)
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