speeding through

this week has been absolutely crazy. that's why i haven't written. it's going to calm down in a little bit.
i flew into LAX on sunday morning at 9:30 am, rented a car, - a comfortable toyota camry look alike- it's a kia optima- and made my way north. i can't believe how happy i was to see the SUN, to wear slippers...and to see the ocean. the drive to santa barbara is absolutely gorgeous. there were surfers at a couple spots along the way and i so wanted to hop in!! it seemed like a prototypical cali day- sun, palm trees, surfers. i felt instant happiness just being here! i guess i am not meant to be an east coast person...
i drove to santa barbara, met aunt billie, and wanted to lay down for a second, and realized my dinner was soon. dinner was at bucatinis on state street in sb. i'll explain more details later about the dinner- but my gut feeling was that i could see myself there in sb!! the interview the next day confirmed that gut feeling. i'll explain later...
i drove that night- after the interview- down to LA, and made it just in time for my dinner in Hollywood for my Kaiser interview. After dinner i made it to my high school friend Shanthini's house in Santa Monica, caught up- so good to see her!- and slept like a baby. seriously. woke up, made it to my interview...i had a couple hours, so i headed to the gym in Santa Monica after the interview, and came back to Shanthini's place and tried to relax, but ended up catching up on emails and stuff- i hadn't been to a computer in a couple days. my plan was to review for my practical board exam- step 2 cs- so i leafed through the review book for a while. when shanthini got off of work, we decided to eat yummy indian food so headed down the street. ....once again i slept like a baby, and here i am. it's almost 6 am on wednesday, and i'm still jet lagged...so i decided to leaf through my review book, as today is my board exam. sheesh! nonstop. i can't wait for today to be done...tomorrow i have a day to CHILL (and make it to my loma linda dinner in san bernadino!).

i haven't really had time to return phone calls or emails even! when i'm in the car, i'm using my phone for GPS so i can't even catch up then! even with my ear piece (you're not allowed to talk on the phone while driving in California unless you have an ear piece). i started to jot down notes into my google spreadsheet about all these interviews, just so i can do it while my impressions are fresh, but didn't have time or focus to completely do it. anyway...i will just breathe and try to relax for my test today:)