DrStudentDentist

Dental school starts in a month! O em gee. There isn’t much going on for school. Some of the first years have put together and mailed out a welcome manual. It’s all spiral bound with pictures and detailed descriptions of everything from administrative boring stuff to what to do around town. They even have a hand drawn map with local eateries. The whole thing is very professional looking and super cool.

The financial aid office (love them. seriously.) has been working to get us our aid information. They’ve accommodated me and my ever changing mind without any hint of exasperation on their voices. As far as hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, well, I’m not without hesitation to sign my way into so much of it but I know it looks and sounds scarier than it really will be when I graduate. I’m not religious, but I guess what I feel likens to what Christians like to say “God will provide”.

Since I last wrote, I’ve moved into my apartment which is about a mile from school. I’m giving up my car and plan on commuting by bike. I’ve found myself a beautiful fixed gear on craigslist. It’s my first fixie and having taken it out for a spin to get used to the constant peddling, I’m excited to give it a try on the hills of Frisco - not on California Avenue though; I don’t think my knees would love me if I did. Anyone I’ve told this plan to has given me the disapproving, sucks-to-be-you looks but well, I’ll see if it really sucks to be me in a month. And I suppose even if it does, I’d be too proud to say anything anyways.

I don’t have internet access and I’m leaning towards not getting it as it’ll cost close to $50 every month. That and I won’t really get to use it since I’ll be in the dental school building except when I go home to sleep. I think that’s an expense I can spare at the moment. Nothing but emails and my social life on the web anyways and I know that’s going out of the window when school starts; I exaggerate, of course.

I have yet to furnish my apartment. I currently sleep on an aerobed and all my worldly possessions are lying on my floor except my new bike. That gets a nice spot in the hallway, with the six pairs of shoes I never wear but have out for show. This isn’t quite the way I envisioned finally living on my own but well, it’s only been a week.

Other than that, I’m incredibly grateful to have a place to live in SF. I’ve spent the past few months reflecting without the stresses of school looming over my head and I can’t help but think how fortunate I am to have a roof over my head and the opportunity to chase my dreams and accomplish my goals. And sometimes, as scary as it have to have school start, I’m excited for this new chapter in my life to begin. No rush though.