Flaming Marshmallows!!

So...I'm supposed to be out getting my student ID right now. Sitting in my room in my PJ's and organizing my inbox seemed more appealing though. I'll work on that soon :)

FUN FACTS ABOUT STANFORD/PEOPLE AT STANFORD:

1. The grass is not real here. It creeped my dad out that there was Astroturf everywhere (Is that what you call the fake grass?) I like it though...reminds me of home and our fake Christmas tree.
2. My room is great! I'm in Munger which is the law student dorm so it's super quiet which I love. The one sad part is that it's so dark...there are no overhead lights (to save energy?) so I need to invest in a floor lamp.
3. Everyone rides bikes. Everyone. I'm going to be getting a bike soon. Does my basketball head look cute in a helmet?! Doubtful. I'll post more updates on that soon.
4. My MD classmates are all amazing. Like seriously amazing...each one of them is individually impressive.
5. I now have an anatomy locker. I will be hanging out with a human cadaver on Tuesday. I'm equally excited and nervous about that.
6. Trader Joe's has a Chai Latte mix that tastes exactly like the lattes I used to get from JitJoe's yessssss
7. I love Trader Joe's.

UPDATES:

We got back from the camping trip yesterday...I didn't get eaten by bears!! One of the backpacking groups actually did see two bears so I guess that part wasn't a joke. (eek!) The car camping turned out to be the best decision I've made thus far...there's no way I could have hiked 15ish miles with all my belongings on my back. I was struggling in New Zealand!! We had lots of bonding time, particularly with the girls, and it was really interesting to see how similar a lot of our life experiences had been. Each of the girls had a heartbreak story which was sad but very unifying. I regaled them with stories of Prince Vince of course...I was surprised to see how many of them had been seriously hurt in the past (guys cheating on them, breaking up with them during the medical school application process). Turns out we are ALL screwed over by someone eventually, FYI. Everyone has also traveled pretty extensively so of course my weird travel stories came up (the epidemic in SKorea, intestines rotting in South Africa, the horse tranquilizer in Spain). I'm always proud of how interesting our Fellows stories are to other people, I love bragging about you guys :) They particularly enjoyed Betsy's soup diet after South Korea...your immune system may become one of our patient cases to study soon! LOL

Hmm...what else is going on here? I'm sticking to my new vegetarian diet pretty hardcore. I tried to eat chicken parmesan from Olive Garden when I first got here and got a massive stomach ache. I didn't buy any meat when I purchased groceries...I think this might be a permanent thing. Also I definitely saw a cute guy walking out of my building the first day I was here. My goal is to be 100% single for a while but obviously I suck at this. There was also a guy in my camping trip who I had a crush on...I think because he's a curious combination of the two most recent guys in my life (older, ridiculously intelligent, and really pensive). Is this healthy? I have to see him every day in class so um...I'll try and think through that before Monday (teeheehee)

I think that's all for now! I'm going to purchase textbooks, wander around campus and eventually get my Stanford ID. (I need it to get in my building since the temporary ID's are not working right now. I'm trapped in Munger because of this). I'll post pics soon!!

PS: Flaming Marshmallows was the name of our car camping group on the SWEAT trip, in case you were curious :)