It has been waaaaaay too long since I last posted, and it's not that there haven't been any blog-worthy events. Rather, I fear that my blog activity appears somewhat proportional to my stress level, i.e. the more stressed I am, the more I retreat into "Sleep and the middle ground." Given that logic, life has been, for the past couple months, pretty darn sweet. I have so many great stories to tell from my O&G run down in the whop-whops in January, and even better, funnier, stranger, more interesting ones from my month on psychiatry this past month -- an acute psych ward is like none other, a real world of it's own -- but I think I'll let it rest solely in my own memory bank for now. Laziness? Maybe. LoL
With psych I've had more than my share of free-time, which has been awesome. I've loved early afternoon finishes and coming home to watch a bit of the Winter Olympics, one of the rare sporting events I actually stay tuned to! And it's got me wanting to visit Vancouver/Canada, so good job all you Canadians, kudos Tourism Canada!
Other than that, making progress on my half-marathon training with my friend Jade. It's week three of our "official" twelve-week training programme which culminates in the Vineyard Half in Blenheim in May. We signed up together in October last year and I have since been mentally psyching myself up for it. I vacillate between, "How exciting!!" to "Holy crap, what have I gotten myself into??" which, come to think of it, goes for a lot of things in my life, lol. But "training" is going relatively well, and at this moment I'm more excited than I am scared, although that tends to change on a daily basis. The weather's been pretty nice lately which helps, but we'll see how long that lasts.
What else? I've almost finalised my plane tickets for my elective trip to West Africa come August, which I'm beyond excited about! I was talking to a friend of mine who spent time growing up in Mozambique with her missionary parents and she was telling me how, because they could only take malarial prophylaxis for six months, after that they swallowed a clove of garlic a day to keep the mosquitoes away! "Ewwwwww!!!" was my immediate response, but I gotta say I can't seem to shake that thought... The ten million dollar question: how much do I fear mosquitoes (a lot), verses how much do I dislike the idea of daily swallowing a clove of garlic (... not as much as the former??). Regardless, I'm getting increasingly excited for my trip, including my two weeks in the States in transit. Wow. Two years since I was last in Seattle, SIX YEARS since my summer in Boston. Can you believe it?
All my extracurricular activities also continue to keep me on my toes. I've been chugging along with NZMSA and DSAS over the summer, but it's all starting to really kick back into gear now. I was in Wellington this past week on NZMSA-related business and, whilst there, opportunistically caught up with some good friends who I hadn't seen in so long; then Christchurch this upcoming weekend; then Auckland two weekends later... then back to Welly in April... then half-marathon, and Conference in Queenstown... and all coming to a head right before I start my med-surgery quarter -- could I have asked for better timing people?
So life is good. Better than good. Awesome. Amazing. Incredible. I wake up every morning and praise God for how good He is, and sit in awe of the day ahead. Fifth year was so hard, such... suffering, but, at the other side is this pure awesomeness which made last year worth it, as difficult as it was at times. And I still wonder how I got through it all. Man. Things with God have been so good too -- I just needed Him so much last year, in this achingly visceral way, and with that just fully entrusted everything, every moment of every day, into His hands. And with my little faith, He was so perfectly faithful in return. Wow. And I'm just spending more and more time with Him, building on it more and more.
A couple things on my mind, I gotta admit, about the future (as always) and about something a friend of mine said to me. I wonder about the difference between Vision; Plans; Ambition; Contentment; and Ambivalence. Do I have all or any of the above? Are they mutually exclusive? Do I fear some of them? Am I ignorant of wallowing in others? It's definitely got me thinking... in a good way. :)
That's it for now. A quick update from my end. But I will elaborate later... and maybe even share a few of my most interesting psych stories. Suffice it to say, I'm still here, enjoying TI year, having so much fun and making the most of it before it all changes, once again, come November 2010 when I start... working. *Shudder* Good night, and till next time.
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