A New Adventure

I thought I'd revive my old blog, since I am starting a brand new, super exciting adventure - medical school! As an added bonus, I've moved my very first real city, with a metro and a cutesy downtown and everything. Thankfully I know people from COT and Facebook, and we're exploring the city and surrounding area together.

We've just finished formal military inprocessing. I still need to finish up my medical readiness and assorted other things like our mail box. Next week is medical school orientation - safety briefings, tips on surviving, teaching us what everything means, and passing out books. Yay for free school.

Then we'll start class! I know we'll be busy, so I'm trying to get things done before then. I'm almost all moved in, I just need the store to deliver my furniture and my man to send me the drill, so I can have curtains up. I have most uniforms that I'll need, but I still need to buy the mess dress, which is uber-dressy and worn twice a year at most.

Like Ashley, I'm learning to navigate my new surroundings. Luckily, my apartment is pretty self-sufficient, laundry-wise, and there is a great gym downstairs. I've got the metro figured out pretty well, though I think I'm still going to drive to school since its faster. I've learned where the Commissary (not on the same base as where I go to school, helpfully enough), Target, and the mall are. The last two are down the street, the mall little more than a mile. There's also a little market across the street I can walk to for little things. I walk across the street to the metro and take it two stops down to get to downtown, where there are tons of restaurants to choose from. There are a few shops too, but I've mostly been down there for the food.

It's all pretty exciting. And I'm ready to work hard, but also to enjoy myself!