Free weekend! Those two words have been said many times in anticipation over the past few weeks. We haven't had one since our first exam back in August! And now that it's here, everyone scrambled off to visit family or travel or whitewater raft in frigid West Virginian waters. I intended to go on an all day hike today but it was hampered by bad weather. Not that I am opposed to hiking in bad weather, I mean, I'm from the Northwest...we hike in rain and snow alike. However, when one is deprived of weekends (and the relaxation they usually bring) one tends to want to curl into a ball and do nothing. Because one can.

I certainly haven't done -nothing- but it's nice to do everything with less urgency and less--oh, i can't, i should be studying right now--thoughts. Friday was a pretty wild post-exam celebration for both M1s and M2s. Saturday a group of us M1s headed out to the Healing Eagle Clinic on the Mattaponi Indian Reservation to volunteer at their monthly clinic. Although clinically, I don't think I learned a lot yesterday, it was a good experience meeting the patients and other volunteer healthcare workers, all wonderful people (warm fuzzies!).

Today I intend to spend most of the day in the kitchen cooking up pots and pots of warm fall goodness and cleaning up around the house (a chore that sadly gets neglected in the daily hustle).

Hope everyone is doing well!