What a Quarter!

Well I just finished my 5th quarter at Loma Linda, and I only have 2 left to go!! I am so excited and so happy that someday I will be done. Someday I will get off work, and go home and read a book. Or watch tv. Or go cycling. But I will not do homework. I will no longer have to study for a POP from Mrs. Hurlbutt. I will be free. They will be paying ME not the other way around. Appointments won't take three hours because I have to be supervised and get clinic checks and have everything signed off.
So much has happened this quarter, I got a little niece (Well a cousin-niece, but a niece nonetheless), survived the dinosaur museum in Lehi - the largest in North America no less, watched Beethoven's 4th at the Hatch in Boston - as the sun set and the sailboats returned, visited Salt Lake City with my dear flight attendant friend Janelle, had my first picture taken with Wes (after only 4 years or so), gave an oral hygiene presentation to a group of 6th graders, and conducted my first research project. I went swing dancing with Bill Nye the Science Guy in Pasadena, and returned again on Halloween to go swing dancing dressed as Athena accompanied by a man in a red speedo. Indeed it has been a busy quarter. I even got some little pet chickens. Cute little buddies who keep the whole family entertained. It's the start of my last year at Loma Linda *WWOOOO* and it's going to be the first Christmas with 4 little kiddos to open presents on Christmas morning.
Overall, I would say this has been a great year, full of wonderful happy things. I am so grateful and happy to be part of such a fantastic family, and to be in the program that I wanted to badly to get into. I'm grateful that I get to come home everyday and live (and bike) in such a beautiful city. I love visiting my Auntie so close by and my mom's exaggerated enthusiasm over lights and her need to buy anything and everything for her grandchildren (as long as she saves some energy for my kids far off in the distance). I'm grateful for Skype so I can see my family, even when they are in Boston. I'm grateful for rain boots and car safety features. I love everything so much, and I am so glad that I get to be a part of everything.