Monthly Archives: April 2018

The Cascades Waterfall

Since I haven’t been able to go out and explore the area nearly as much as I wanted to over the past year, I’ve decided that I’m going to attempt to go out on a hike of some kind at least one day every weekend, and since it’s also board cramming season, a few friends ...

McAfee Knob

With board study season upon us and with my inability to learn pretty much anything without having someone to talk things through with, I wanted to combine the two and luckily enough two friends agreed to join me for a hike up to McAfee knob. The plan was to quiz each other on a few ...

The scenic route

How did I end up as a first-year med school student at 32? A few dumb decisions, a detour or two, and learning how things work out – eventually. When I was in High School, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. Having doctors in my family going back several generations, I was always ...

Cherry Blossoms

This past weekend, after completing my last final exam of the second year of medical school, I returned to NOVA to see my family for a few days before going back for the home stretch before taking my step 1 boards. While there, we ventured to D.C. for the annual Cherry Blossom festival and knowing ...

End of Year 2

I just took the last final exam of my second year of medical school, and it’s an interesting feeling. While there’s definitely a sense of accomplishment, considering how much work went into even getting accepted to medical school, much less completing the first two years successfully, there’s a much stronger sense of just how little ...