No, I Did Not Disappear Down A Blackhole

Yes, I am here.

Shocking, I know.

I feel like I haven’t been blogged in eons.

It’s been a week and a half, you say? Might as well be eons in blog time.

I apologize for my absence from this little corner of the internet realm, but several forces have conspired against me to prevent any sort of blogging action.

These forces have included:

1) a massive internet hassle with Qwest which required lots of mail shipments and one repair guy to come over and finally fix our issues

2) the loss of my computer over the past two weeks. What was once a 40 dollar repair became a 300 dollar repair which has now ballooned into an 800 repair. Eff it all. I heard this sad news from the apple folks today. I’ve decided to just buy a new one at this point, but it still doesn’t excuse the fact that I’ve been computerless for the past two weeks. Argh. It’s been a bit of a struggle for this internet-addicted girl, especially as I’ve really needed computer access for medical school.

3) Oh right, medical school. Yeah, we sort of started this past Monday. By sort of, I mean we finished our orientation week today with a white coat ceremony where other physicians bestowed us with a schmancy white coat and a stethoscope. I felt legit. Nevermind the fact that I have no idea how to use a stethoscope. It’s the look that counts. Beyond my new ownership of a white lab coat, I’ve been getting badges, standing in lines, going up to Estes Park for a med school class retreat (just like summer camp, but with more nerdiness and more beer consumption), learning about the massive amount of stuff I’m going to try to memorize this year, and meeting all my amazing new classmates. In a word, it’s been awesome, but obviously, a very busy time. Combine that with the whole “my computer is broken” thing, and we’ve got a recipe for a blogging absence.

4) a stupid eye infection that just won’t go away! Okay. That doesn’t really contribute to my blogging absence, but it’s been annoying. Wahwahwah. I’ve been relegated to wearing my glasses for ANOTHER two weeks, and while I don’t mind being in my glasses for a few days, two weeks is a lot. I don’t know. I’m just hoping this allows my eyeball the time it needs to heal completely.

So basically, things have been crazy. But I promise I’ll be back once my life gets a little more under control. Thanks for being patient with my random absences as of late!