My first Blog!!!

I am really excited to write my first blog and share my experiences of living in New Orleans. My cousins and my 3-year-old nephew live here so I have been visiting this beautiful place every summer since my nephew was born. I currently stay with them and it is comforting to stay with family. They are very supportive and have made my move to a new place much easier than I could have ever imagined.

I cannot believe that it has already been 2 months since I packed my bags and drove 20 hour from Maryland to start this program. We just finished our second block exam. I was overwhelmed with the amount of information we needed to know for this block. There were so many drugs we had to memorize and understand including their side effects and their interactions with other drugs. This program has taught me to stay ahead of the game and that there is no room for procrastination. I have also met some wonderful people in this program who I now consider my friends and I would not have been able to survive this block exam without their help.

In addition, I am very glad that this program requires us to perform community service. I think it is very pertinent to include community work with academics.  I will start volunteering at KIPP Leadership Academy tomorrow. I also signed up to play intramural volleyball and I think it starts in a month. I have never played any sport in my life so I am a bit nervous but excited at the same time to try something new. I have been trying to be fit for a long time so I think this is a good start.

Lastly, I EAT MEAT NOW!!! I was a vegetarian for the past 7 months. Every time I went out with my friends and family it was really difficult to ignore the meat and seafood options in NOLA. I finally gave up being a vegetarian last week and started eating chicken again. I have been eating chicken for lunch and dinner everyday. Life is good.