Back in the Saddle

I'm back, and I'm ready to go. It's been a while since an honest-to-goodness post, but unfortunately this one isn't going to be all that great.

So my aunt and uncle had an Oktoberfest party a while back, and I got to eat sausages and drink beer. It was great until my new doctor showed up (I just went to him a few weeks ago, and will see him again next week- so he's new to me, not new to medicine); let's just say that it had been a long time since anyone had seen me naked, and I wasn't really ready to see him in a social setting. Granted, he was very gentle - I mean he tried to make me feel very comfortable... you get the idea. It was a bit awkward at the party, but he went out of his way to make me feel comfortable. He's a super nice guy, and he's pretty much exactly the kind of doctor I want to be.
In other news, I had dinner with my friend Alek last night, which is weird because he lives in Baltimore. He's working in Boise until about the end of the month, so I now have a friend for a short period of time.

Finally, I'm going to be mostly done with application crap for medical school tomorrow, with the exception of the gosh-darned (edited) letters of recommendation. I am frankly pretty shocked and appalled at how difficult and nerve-wracking it has been to get those freaking (edited) letters dealt with. Some of the people have really great reasons for having taken a while, but others have absolutely no excuse. And I'm pissed. In fact, I'm actually just so tired of it, that I've brought in my friend Bruce Willis to be pissed for me. I like that not only is he clearly quite angry, he also looks like he's willing to do something about it. This is in stark contrast to my situation in which my only real recourse is to send lots of sniveling emails and voicemails saying bullshit like "Thanks so much for sending that letter, I just wanted to check and see if maybe it got lost in the mail." WTF. I just wish people were responsible, and capable of pulling their heads out of their own asses once in a while. So, apparently this turned rather quickly into a rant; that was not my original intent. Apologies.