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Hi hi hi hi hi HI!
I have missed you guys!
I was not able to blog over the holidays really because I had to do a lot of traveling, and plus the bulk of my vacation time was spent at my ma's house and she lives back in 1880, so there wasn't an internet and also I was busy hanging things on the clothesline, canning winter vegetables, knitting, and not having any microwave. So sorry.
But then I went back to the future and here I am, ready to tell you some things.
1) Sassy left me.
This is sad. But good, too. He went home for Thanksgiving and when he came back, he called me into his room and put on Billy Joel's "Movin' Out" while showing me a sad face. I am sharp as a tack so I picked up on what he was trying to say. I really, really miss him but New York just wasn't his cup of Long Island Iced Tea. He had recently discovered the wonders of living on unemployment and found it better facilitated his goal of Eternally Drunk than anything else he'd found professionally, so he was a happy little clam. Then, on December 13, his unemployment ran out, so he pretty much had no choice, right? He had to move out! His parents came and scooped him up and whisked him back to Wisconsin.
I miss my little lamby lambkins, but I realize this is for the best.
However, this left us with a void in our apartment, which brings me to the next change.
2) I have a new roommate.
The Three's Company paradigm is maintained! My friend Frach moved in yesterday. I am oh so glad he has chosen to live with us. The timing couldn't have been more serendipitous. You see, Frach is an actor, and has just returned to the city from the faraway land of Florida. He prefers to winter in New York, so a spot in our homey little abode was right up his alley.
He and Kelsi haven't technically met just yet, but I'm sure they will get along like peas and carrots. You know, the kind of peas and carrots who have absolutely nothing in common because one is starchy and one is kind of sweet and you can't eat it on Atkins but they are still two generally very kind vegetables and thus will coexist peacefully. RIGHT??? RIGHT???
Fortunately, if it doesn't workout, nobody will have to put up with anyone for very long, largely due to another change.
3) I am leaving New York at the end of June.
By then, I will have lived here for 4.5 years.
I have really mixed feelings about this.
I love living here. I truly do. And I am utterly convinced that it has changed my life for the better, and exposed me to opportunities that absolutely never would have fallen in to my lap otherwise. I have made incredible friendships and learned a sickening amount of information about myself. In short, my time here has been a blessing and a challenge, and I will be sad to see it end.
But there is this other thing- another change- that is the reason for my departure.
4) I have decided to try and become a doctor but god knows how well this will work.
So I had been kicking this idea around for a year or so when I decided just to go for it. This is, of course, easier said than done, but I am certain that this is the right decision. I have basically come as far as I can in my current position, and considering the type of work I want to do in my life (and the populations in which I would like to do it) I'm going to be far more successful if I have MD after my name.
There are lots of other reasons but they are mostly boring to everyone but me, so let's instead discuss how by the time I get through the pre-med program I have to do, and then med school, and then residency, I will be a doctor for about an hour and a half before I'm a senior citizen and then everyone will just shake their head at me knowingly as I waddle down the halls of the clinic, patting houseplants on the head and writing prescriptions for lighting fixtures. It's going to rule.
The other funny part of this is REMEMBER HOW I WAS A THEATRE MAJOR? I have a $120K degree in pretending. Oh, this will get me part of the way, like when I pretend that I am good at science and math (I'm thinking of getting glasses), but it turns out to be a doctor you have to study things like Organic Chemistry (which has nothing to do with Whole Foods, apparently) and Physics (which I'd like better if it called itself Fizzix, because that sounds like a drug you'd take when you're farty, and that makes me laugh).
In any case, I'm going to give it a shot. I've been accepted into this post-baccalaureate premedical program (which is a fancy, long-winded way of saying College Again) at a university in the Midwest, so I'm going to move there for about a year or so. I'm also trying to weasel my way into another AIDS related nonprofit in that neck of the woods so that I don't lose touch with the community. Plus, I'll still be coming back to New York to go to camp with the kids I've worked with for the past few years, so that helps maintain some consistency.
I'll still be blogging, of course, because I never shut up, but it will just be concerning an entirely new set of experiences. Like driving! I'm going to be driving! I haven't done that in years, and I was bad at it even then! Imagine how skilled I'll be when I'm both out of practice and terribly nervous! Boy oh boy!
So here is my schedule-
January 2008- May 2008
Business as usual
June 2008
Leave New York
July 2008-August 2008
Africa
September 2008
School
I'm sure there is more to share, but I'm already bored and I can't imagine that this is entertaining for you either, so I will close with the following text message I got from my mom:
Goodmorngin! That is spelled wrogn but i cant dellete fudge thats wrong too i dont kno why you like this feature its HARD xoxo mommyLabels: boring, old people, on the homefront, on the job, scholarly hats |
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Wait a minute: a trip to Minnesota in early January is "business as usual"?? We'll see about that, lady.
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I am leaving New York at the end of June.
[crying]
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Midwest? Where? Details, woman! (Congrats on your life choices, BTW. Sounds like some very exciting adventures headed your way. :])
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Well, I wish you the best with becoming a doctor. Please do everyone that reads a favor and while you're in Africa take a picture of yourself in a pith hat while hiding in a bush with a rifle.
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It's a shame that you don't have more time to blog.
And your mommy is adorable.
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welcome back to blogger. congratulations on all of those decisions and happy new year!!
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Well, if there's one thing this world needs more of, it's drama-trained, food-spilling doctors with a habit of stapling themselves to things and inappropriate loudness.
I mean that.
Welcome back to the world.
Also, my word verification is "mangbo". Discuss.
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wait, i'm confused. am i starchy or sweet? or is that just a tangled, tangled metaphor?
you're going to be the best doctor meg out there. hands down.
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Hey Meg,
Very strange, I know someone who is in Tanzania right now on what appears to be the same program. I definately remember her talking about the need to buy baggy pants because apparently everyone in Tanzania has a major butt fetish. I can certainly relate to that but I have no idea where the baggy pants come in (I guess wearing tight pants there would be akin to walking around topless). Looking forward to meeting you when you come to town, please feel free to wear pants as tight as you can handle.
Peter
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I don't even know you but that post was both interesting and another word that's on the tip of my tongue, like deep or intriguing. I'll come back when it pops into my head.
From my exp, organic chemistry isn't as bad as people make it sound, its much, much worse. Have fun doing that doctor thing!
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insightful. that's the one.
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Wow, that is a big change! As someone contemplating something along similar lines, I will be eagerly watching your blog this year to see how you go and whether I should just give it all up as a bad joke :D Thanks for testing the waters for me!
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I swear, on every blog I go to someone's either leaving new york, has already left or is contemplating it. Kinda bums me out.
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Minders- YES. I guess we WILL.
Meggles- I'm leaving new york, but i'm leaving my heart with you...
Maxie- I'll email you about the school.
Manny- Can I hide in the bush with some bubbles or something? I don't like guns.
Peter- Damn work. And yes, she's just the cutest.
Deutlich- Why thanks, friend.
Mangbo- Mango? Manbone? manbong? Manbog? Rambo? Hambone?
Kelsi- you are peas, because it almost sounds like "peace" and also if I ever do atkins (ha) I don't want to have to live without you.
Peter- So does that mean that if I agree to sporting the baggy pants I CAN, in fact, run around topless? Well, not completely topless, I guess. I'd need to wear some bug spray. Malaria and all. See you soon!
Arjuna- I am impressed that it only took 4 minutes for that word to reach you. I usually have at least a three hour delay with things like that. Will you do my math homework for me? I know you love numbers. You can't lie to me.
Dee- I live to serve.
T- really? I wouldn't know because I only read my own. Just kidding. But I'm not sure I'm leaving for life- just for school. For now. who knows.
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My goodness, so much news. I may be visiting you in March if I have to go to this... thing I can't talk about... so, like, be hypothetically ready for that.
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Yay Midwest!
Be sure to load up on culture before you come here, though.
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Ack! No more NYC misadventures! This is a sad day at the schoolyard.
... But a happy one for everyone who wishes they had pursued their dreams. Good luck with it, you.
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You got a deal. I do your math homework and you...keep writing this Godly blog for me, I mean us. Seriously though, my cousin is in med school and she next to no life outside of it. Hope it doesn't happen to you.
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it took my months to teach my mom how to text.
haha glad i did though!
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I thought the Midwest seemed a little less bleak today... :)
Congrats, Meg.
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Jamelah- you tease.
Srah- I should also load up on really good salads.
BB- There are misadventures to be found everywhere, i have learned.
Arjuna- I already kind of have no life. I'm prepped.
Kenzie- I love that my mom texts too. She's so "hip" and "with it."
Star- Thank you, my friend.
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hahaha thats a wonderful text. I love your writing, and your upcoming schedule sounds really exciting, i'm excited for you :)
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Ya know, I look away for just a couple of days, and zoom - you've got all manner of news. Congrats! We should hang out before you go.
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So glad things are working our and best of luck to you! Also, I nominated you for a Thinking Blogger Award, mostly because this is one of my favorite blogs and it makes me laugh pretty much every time you write something. Thanks, as always, for sharing with us!
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Dang! I just got here and everything is changing!
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i'd like to think all those evenings where i'd show up at your door wearing nothing but a white lab coat brought this whole doctoring thing on.
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Love your blog! My friend introduced me a few weeks ago.
Wanted to say that my NYC friends tell me that everyone leaves the city at the 4.5 year mark, so you're right on schedule. Best of luck!
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Hey, congrats and good luck, can't wait to read more of your adventures. Would it be too weird to meet up for at least one meal before you depart? I want to hang out with the Great Meg of Hobocamp!
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oh and what happened to cute construction worker guy???
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Wait a minute: a trip to Minnesota in early January is "business as usual"?? We'll see about that, lady.