Heat Wave

I guess the time around final exams in not very conducive to finding time to write on this blog-- this semester in particular, with so many things going on at the same time: exams, birthday, moving to my new apartment, going to Brazil, starting my summer project... I'm in the East Building right now, trying to stay cool during this summer heat waver that we are having. I'm working on this health disparty project in the Emergency Dept. with Dr. Lynne Richardson, which began with a slow start, but is finally starting to pick up speed. I don't know how much will actually be done by the time unofficial deadline of August 13 (the day the project abstract is due), but we'll have to see. I know that at this point, I'm just going to have to put in some long hours to get the dataset completed on time.

I go back and forth as far as staying in New York is concerned. On the one hand I like being able to slowly put my new apartment together and lead a relatively relaxed lifestyle for a few weeks. Plus, it's not like I'm spending every moment in NYC this summer-- I spent a week in Brazil, a week in Germany for the World Cup (which was amazing, in spite of the fact that Brazil didn't make it to the semifinals), and I will be ging to Toronto/Montreal/Detroit at the end of August. Still, I get this sinking feeling that it would have been better to get away for a longer period so I could be a little more refreshed by the time school starts up again in September. It promises to be a tough year-- and a tough three years for that matter-- that I wish that I was spending a little less time inputting data into a computer and a little more time doing fun things. There are so many things happening in the city this summer, and I sort of regret not taking more advantage of them. I did go see the Shakespeare in the Park production of Macbeth with Liev Schreiber a few weeks ago, and last night I went to see the Philharmonic in the Park with a bunch of people from Sinai. It was nice, especially the fireworks at the end, but on the way home we got caught in a torrential summer downpour that left me drenched to the bone. I want to make sure I do more things like that though.

I also had all these big plans for finally putting together my photography website, which has been many years in the making. I don't know if it will actually make it off the ground since I'm still in the research phase, but I don't know when I might get a better chance. I've got about 4 weeks to figure all those things out.

I'm CMing this Saturday for the time time in months; I know I'm going to be rusty but I'm just hoping that I will remember all the things that I have to do. It'll be nice to get back into a clinical setting, since I haven't really had that chance with my summer project.