littlestar

i've been 26 as of 7:05am. :)

i don't typically feel old or older when i have my birthdays. this time, i didn't feel much different, but i felt like i should be more done with things. maybe it's because 26 was the earliest age i was willing to think about getting married, even as a teenager i thought that. i think it's also finally sinking in that i'm going to be in school for a while longer.

at 26, i was supposed to be done with med school. married to my honey, who i'd have met my 3rd or 4th year of college, dated through med school. starting residency. on my way to paying off med school loans and thinking of where i would want to get a house.

now... i am still in school without hope of graduating any earlier than 2-3 years (2 if i rush, 3 if i want to be thorough). i have 4 rabbits. i rent a studio apartment. i'm still not feeling ready to be married. and i don't know what i want to do with my life.

and yet... i enjoy it. life is weird, surprising and good and bad. but there is more good than bad. i'm glad that things aren't going exactly as i thought they would because i wouldn't have been able to imagine the life that i have right now. i couldn't have imagined the people that i would meet or the rabbits that i love and the wonderful things that have happened.

i think... if life keeps going the way it has been, i don't have much to worry about. sometimes, i forget that and i can feel like things are overwhelming. but truly, my life has been only getting better and better, and i am truly blessed.

thank you, everyone, for a wonderful birthday.

Posted by littlestar at 12:04 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

after about 6 months of living at my new place, and having enough free time to do more than commute back and forth from school, i'm starting to notice that i go to certain places here regularly:

- library
- safeway
- target/trader joe's/etc
- downtown castro

the distance is always around 1-2 miles... which seems close enough that i would like to walk, but far enough that i don't want to carry the things i get on a walk back, and still too close to not feel lame about driving there and back.

i think the solution is to get a bike. but i want a functional bike. one with bell that goes *bring bring* and a basket on the front/back to carry my stuff. i suppose i should add other safety features like reflectors and flashing lights in case (though i don't plan on it) i may bike in the dark. oh yeah... and a helmet that makes my hair flatter than it already is. :) and a lock or some way to secure my bike.

then i could bike over to the library and back with my basket full of books. or to safeway and back with juices and prescription/otc medications or target with some supplies (other than toilet paper, i guess). from the milk pail and trader joe's with yummy cheeses...

i could even add farmer's market and all the friends that we now have congregating in this city as end locations for my little bike trips. plus, i'd get more exercise, which i really need.

hmmm... but where do i start looking? i'm so short, will that be a problem? what speed bike? so many questions... :P

ayuda-me. :)

Posted by littlestar at 12:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (9)

no more korea trip.

i will be in san diego 7/15-7/23 for the san diego comic con and visiting alex's family.

my family wants to go on a different trip after everything settles down, but it's unclear when that would be. it looks like it would be close to when school starts on august 23.

Posted by littlestar at 11:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)