its been a while

Ok , so it's been like....FOREVER since I actually have time to sit down and write some....or even had time to look at my blog...but here I am again making up for lost time..
If I used to have an idea of what being busy truly means, i guess it was a bit vague till now..I can hardly say anymore that I dont fully understand the implications of being busy although I am told that this is but the "beginning of sorrows", just a foretaste of what is to come in med school..that is, IF i pass LOL... so, here I am, poor body mind and soul, bound to try my fate at the "fateful" test in a week.... yes, people, IN A WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My life in Colombia is interesting if not agitated LOL...to give you and idea, I get up every morning, take my braekfast and a shower... and OH!! I must expland on the shower part!!...so...I take a shower every day,....I DO!!! whats interesting about it is that whereas before I used to beleive taking a shower was one of the most relaxing parts of my day, now it has become torture...OK I'll confess...I HATE TAKING COLD SHOWERS!!!!!! The first week here, I would somewhat guilt-ridden warm some water in a pot on the stove and then take a warm bath... but then it was quite obvious that the population around me took cold showers EVERY time, and I felt a bit...too....conchuda!! so..I decided to start a campaign to see if i could manage tha freezing water in the early hours of the morning...it started a bit..dramatically...you can imagine, making strong resolutions all night that tomorrow is THE DAY to take that cold shower...and then when the moment of truth arrives...opening the cold shower...sticking one toe in...then the entire foot...and so on...shaking and trembling....wishing it'd all be over... OK enough dramatismo.
I got used to it. the sad part of it is, if i ever take a warm bath with warmed-in-the-stove water, I totally get unused to the cold water again, as if by magic, and it's like all my efforts at getting used to the reality have been pointless!!! OK...
ANYWAY!!! I take cold showers every day and beleive meself to be quite brave for it.... and so, continuing on....after that and breakfast, I walk 15 minutes down hill to catch one of two buses... sometimes it has rained a lot so um..anyway, it takes an hour to get to my final destination, including the walking part. So I take two buses, and it's interesting, you get to see so many people, watch them, even talk to them sometimes, like those that suddenly strike up a conversation with you because they felt like it. Most of the time in the mornings there are enough seats, but in the afternooon, you have to stand on the moving car and hold on as best possible, of course, with all the wild curves and stops you get some work outs on my weak arms LOL yeah trying to balance oneself while trying not to fall in top of those unfortunate others beside you. Bus drivers and the rest are quite a case here in the third world...they will get anywhere and do practically anything to get to where they are going, NOW. and of course a bus stops everytime there is a prospective passenger, and if it is going at a great speed, a sudden stop is the most common situation....ok, I actually enjoy it..makes life feel like...living on the edge..edge of an accident!!!
So., my parents bought a car. and of course I couldn't possibly pass the chance to improve my international driving skills...but it does more to stress me out and make me upset at people who don't know how to obey a stop sign and who think everyone on the road is just a nuisance who needs to get out of the way... yeah, in any case... they have said that whoever learns how to drive here can drive anywhere in the world,,,and frankly i wouldn't underestimate the truthness of said thing...the part that was not included in such theory was that whoever learns how to drive here will get a ton of tickets when they get to the states and try driving there...so I'm trying not to lose my good driving skills cultivated in the states :P
well....other than all that....all i ever do is study. Trust me, christmas eve and christmas day were spent in books...all day long. I take classes almost every day a week, all day, and the only day i'm not studying is on sabbath, and let it be added that as soon as the sun comes down I go to class...
Coming back every night from the city, home, I have to wak..uphill...20 minutes. I'll actually take a picture of the mountain i need to walk and will post it up so you can have an idea of my forced exercise regime. All for the good, right!?
wwell.....one more week and the moment of truth will arrive...Either I pass or fail, but i'm doing my best not to fail. In any case, or , in the worst of cases, you shall see my face soon in keene.
I shall now bid my dear readers adieu for i need to bury my head in a book for now...