summer

im a little worried about the summer. for a lot of reasons. ive never done research before, so i have no idea if ill be any good at it. i will be the only intern in the lab, so i will be the most naive and incompetant person there, without even the comfort of companionship. ill be in a dorm eating caf food with communal showers. remember how much i hated that freshman year? i wont have anyone i know there, and possibly not even meet anyone because theres only 2 other interns and theyll be in other labs. and secondaries for med school start coming back in july so ill have to work 40 hours a week and spend all my free time filling out essays and forms.

but im also rather excited about it. i get to live in a new city, and its a college town, which is what i wanted in the first place going to college. plus its the pac nw, which i love, and theres no where nicer to be in the summer. ill have a car, so if i decide i want to go home for some family and food, its only 5.5 hours away. mark and i are driving up, which should be good times and good music. ill be doing research, which is something new and possibly exciting. ill be making money this summer, the most ill ever have made from a summer job (4000). the research will give me something else to put on my med school resume, and another letter of rec. i potentially can meet new OSU people and make new friends. Itll be sunny and 80degrees for most of the time im there. And im close to Tillamook! just kidding, i doubt thatll actually come into play.

only 1.5 weeks till mcats, 2.5 weeks left of class, 4 weeks until im done with my jr year.