Moving

I received my acceptance to medical school a few weeks ago while at work, and believe me, everyone in the office at the time knew about it. The build-up of tension and suspense, the whole emotional rollercoaster of receiving interview invites and rejections...it's really hard not to be a bit raucous when the email finally lands in your inbox.

Also, I couldn't believe it for the first half-hour or so, so I re-read that email ferociously. I've heard horror stories (not known whether they are true or not) where emails were sent erroneously, and then announced decisions were later retracted. Personally, I thought it would be kind of embarrassing if I let everyone and their cousin know about me being accepted, only to have to turn around and tell them it was all a big misunderstanding.

So, I calmly told myself that I would wait a bit for it to sink in before telling anyone (outside of the people at the office, of course). That didn't really last very long. I held it in for about 5 minutes before I had to call my parents and my friends to let them know.

The next few days were kind of a blur as people called and congratulated me. Despite all that though, it still didn't feel real.

Needless to say, I started to check my mail religiously, waiting for the acceptance package to come in. Four days after I had received the email (local mail here should take around three), it still had not arrived. I started having a terrible feeling = a sinking feeling in my stomach. Maybe it was a big mistake after all.

Thankfully, the package did arrive the next week (so it took 6 days). Strangely enough, it still didn't feel real (still doesn't). I had been swimming in disbelief for about a week at that point, convinced that it would really hit me once the package came in the mail, but truth be told, it still seemed like just another really, really long dream.

Since receiving the package, I've had to deal with a lot of quite realistic problems (tuition, moving, etc.). It's funny how I can handle all of this without the situation actually sinking in. At this point, I'm really just counting on it hitting home when I take Hippocrate's Oath and finally don a white coat.

So anyways, today I started looking for a place to live. This is not something I've had to deal with previously, as I attended university close to home. For someone who has not had to figure all this out before, it is a sudden attack of activity and details and things to do.

Work has been pretty tiring these past few weeks, but this really tops it all off. Took a trip to take a look at the neighbourhood today and just got back home...I can pretty much sleep for 12 hours now (though looking at the time, I'll be lucky to get 6).

Anyways, that's it for today. Cannot wait for the fall to come (because of medical school, of course, but also because the high temperatures during the summer are a bit warmer than I'd like this year)!