not just awesome but delightfully awesome

Hi! And hello again! The past few weeks have been such a whirlwind of events and emotions and I have no idea how I'll catch up on writing about it all, but I have decided I must and I will. Maybe not all at once, but there are just so many thoughts, memories and reflections flying around my head that I NEED to get it down on paper.

I start back up at the hospital tomorrow, for my sixth and FINAL year of medical school.

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My sixth and FINAL year of medical school.

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My sixth and FINAL year of medical school... yeaaaaah...

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Did I mention that tomorrow I start my sixth and FINAL year of medical school?

I just can't get over it. And no matter how many times I say it, it still sounds strange and completely surreal. I think once I'm in the thick of it, back on the wards, busy running around and doing work it won't feel quite so strange but for now I remain in the realm of utter disbelief.

The past couple months have been the most intense of my academic career, emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually... and it just feels all too surreal that it's behind me now, that I actually did get through it. I did what I had to do (although I'm not quite sure exactly what that was -- have they become repressed memories already?? lol) and in the end I managed and I survived. I didn't burnout (although I came dangerously close a couple times this year), I didn't have a breakdown, I didn't give up... somehow I pressed through... through that final, most painful phase of the metamorphosis that is medical school. And here I stand, a Trainee Intern.

Weird.

But delightfully awesome. :)

So much has happened the past few weeks, from the cathartic release of finishing exams, the utter elation and jumping-up-and-down upon receiving the "You've passed" email, to the most epic, relaxing, brilliant road trip back up to Motueka this past week and all that was in between. And like I said, I'll most definitely be putting pen to paper this upcoming week, but for now suffice it to say: Goodnight dear world, I'll see you tomorrow. Yours faithfully, Anna, Trainee Intern Extraordinaire. :)