Orientation Week

Boy, this week was just a waste of time.

The school taught us how to check our e-mail, use the library, and we discussed professionalism and our hopes and fears of going into medicine. I can see how this provides support for us, but did it really need to take 4 days?! At least they gave us pretty decent food for lunch. I would have said good, but it was always really salty.

This week everybody has been going out at night, since I suppose this is the time for socialization. I, on the other hand, have not had a single drink and therefore not gone out. I've actually gotten comments during orientation about how I'm being antisocial. One girl thought I snapped at her while "defending" myself, when I simply stated that I didn't think I needed to provide them with a reason. Anyway, I don't particularly care if these people don't like me - friends will be made eventually.

Instead of partying I've been mentally and physically preparing for this:

http://www.hoodtocoast.com/

I'll be running legs 4, 14, and 27 - a total of 19 miles. They're all labeled moderate in difficulty. Once I finish this, I will be ready to party. The descriptions of these can be seen at:

http://www.hoodtocoast.com/map.php

I wish classes would just start already so I'd actually have a reason not to go out instead of saying, "I don't want to." Oh! I discovered that PSU has a badminton club, so I went on Tuesday to play with them. I think it'll be reinstated into my life as a weekly activity, which I'm very excited about.