I love my job. The more I work in public health the more I love it. Also, now that the MCAT is over I need to start studying for the GRE so I can apply for dual degree programs. Especially since grad school is my back up plan to med school anyway. If I don't get in I'll spend two years getting my MPH (masters of public health) and then re-apply. But hopefully that won't happen. My family is having a going away dinner for Kyle this Saturday. I'm sad + glad. I'm glad that Kyle and I are friends. I'm glad we're healing and that we didn't lose each other as friends. I'm glad that our my family still welcomes him, supports him, and cares for him (I can't say his family is as friendly with me, but let's not even go there). I'm glad for the new journey Kyle is embarking upon but I'm sad that Kyle is leaving. For those of you (probably most of you) that don’t know Kyle has signed with the armed forces and will be leaving for boot camp on July 11th of this year. He joined the army as a combat medic and will hopefully be a part of the air-born division. Kyle comes from a military family (he’s actually going to boot camp at the very same place his dad and grandfather went to, and where his grandfather was a drill sergeant) and the military has been a dream of Kyle’s that he’s finally fulfilling. I am so proud of Kyle and so incredibly happy that he’s finally in! If you know anything about Kyle you know that he’s an adrenaline junky, and that he’s extremely sacrificial (this also makes me very nervous because he would give up his life in a heartbeat to save someone else and I’m sorry but I’m selfish and don’t want Kyle to die. I’m jumping ahead I know), even to complete strangers, so the military is the perfect fit for him and being a medic fits in with his firefighting career (in addition to fighting fires they run EMS calls and most have their paramedic license). So I am very sad and very glad. My mom and I are making some awesome military cookies for him though and I’ll post pictures once they’re completed.


One last thing, hop on over to my good friend Katherine’s blog. Even though her taste is a bit different than mine I wish she could be my personal stylist/shopper because maybe then I’d look less like a bum. (I’m insanely jealous of people who think up these awesome outfits/hairstyles/etc and know exactly what should go with what. I’m not completely clueless, but mostly I just copy what everyone else is wearing).