What happened to July?

This last month has been very busy. Vacation was good. New Orleans is beautiful, although not a great place for a vegitarian to eat.

I am extremely excited about beginning medical school. I've quietly been fearing that something will go wrong and I won't actually get there. But I made a couple of calls today to verify that my transcripts and immunization records made it in, and everything looks good to go. I'm moving my first load of stuff on Monday, and getting my varicella titer done. Then, next Wednesday or Thursday, I'll move my clothes grump of a cat out to the city for good.

In other news, I have turned out to be an excellent babysitter. I rock. Seriously. I'm goooood. The baby and I have connected - she smiles when I come and it's wonderful. She's started crawling and pulling herself up, which is so amazing.

Ben joined us three weeks ago, he's the eight year old brother. He has camp during the morning, but is home in the afternoon. We have a good time too - he can be so funny (See "The Hand that Ate New York" and it's ally "The Body"). I've even managed to survive his temporary temper-tanturms well. He helps out with the baby if she gets upset. I know he takes advantage of me, but he's a good kid. He thanks me for stuff and doesn't make outragous demands. It's mostly "can I go over to my friend's house? can they come over here? can I have ice cream?" I've never granted the last one, but he doesn't actually expect to get ice cream.

Basically, I've had a great time. I'm kind of sorry that I'm leaving them. I mean, I'm excited about med school, but I'll miss them.