Since Friday so many wonderful things have happened. My dad got over his strep infection and my brother made up with his wife after a big fight over her being pregnant again.
I'm polishing off the last glass of Talacasto wine. It's $3/bottle in Grenada and the bottle typically lasts me a full week. After a long day of studying it's a perfect way to slow down.
Friday night I met Sam, the boyfriend of a girl I used to have some interest in. He's a good guy and they are very much into each other - which makes me extremely happy. I took my current love interest out with those two and our friend. We went to a local brewery to spend an hour. We laughed a lot with the random enthusiastic first termers who were figuring out the island.
An intense labmate of mine came on strong to the girl I'm seeing (I'm just going to call her Rox for this blog) and awkward. It's always fun to see what people assume about someone before they know the person. People assume med hangs with med and we're all from the USA if we're light skinned.
I'm amazed at how I DON'T realize some things unless they're pointed out to me - but Asians talk about being Asian more than any other group of people I hang out with. Really, I don't think about being white until someone brings it up - then I'm uncomfortable or irritated. We're all just people...except Rox and the Puerto Ricans I've met ... Latinos are fantastic!
After the brewery we grabbed a drink from a local van and walked to the highway. Chris and Sam were running, piggyback ahead of us.
Rox and I settled in together for the evening - una fuente de emociones y placer. The next day I studied and went hashing - discovered razor grass and decompressed thoroughly. There was a mixup on the trail but, as always, I met great people there.
Yesterday I had a couple tripups and backslides - but in the end everything was ok.
Today I went to the simlab and reported for an "attending". We performed physical examinations on sim patients and acted out scenarios. It was extremely helpful and educational.
I'm grateful for my friends, my house in Grenada, my connection to Rox, and for the things to come. Life is good.
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