Home sweet Switzerland

I never got around to updating everyone about my 2 week stint in the US.

I got back to Miami Saturday night, greeted by sweet Bauer(my parents' dog) and my parents. My mom is very reluctant to bring Bauer on a car ride unless it's to the beach or the vet, so I knew they were really missing me when I saw his little face pressed up against the window in the Miami International Airport.

When we got home, I pretty much went to bed for 14 hours. My parents, of course, were by no means shocked since I've been known to sleep excessively. Bauer even slept in my bed, which is highly unusual as he normally runs the other way when he sees me. He must have really missed me, too. Or maybe my mom bribed him with chicken liver. Either way, it felt amazing to fall asleep clean with the fan blowing in a dark room (black out curtains rock!)

Sunday I managed to stay awake for a whole 3 hours before falling back asleep for a 3 hour nap. My aunt Pam, uncle Robb, and cousins Brad and Jared from Massachusetts happened to fly in late Saturday night for a week in Florida, so I did get to go out to breakfast with them and catch up. Then it was time to drive the 3 hours and 30 minutes to Gainesville, since I had to go to work on Monday.

I managed to get through two weeks of anesthesia, waking up at 645 am every day.

And I found out I have a job for the next 4 years! I'll be moving to philadelphia in June to be a resident in obstetrics and gynecology! I'm very excited to be leaving Gainesville after 8 years. I'm also very shocked that I'll be graduating medical school in 2 months and will be a real, live doctor.

And since these past 2 weeks entailed a lot of reality, it's time to go back to my safe place: traveling. I'll be spending the next several weeks in Europe with 2 of my friends from medical school, Elizabeth and Emmanuelle.

And now its on to Zurich, Munich, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, and Lisbon.