I just finished my first interview at UC Davis! It wasn't as bad as I had expected. It's also the start of my break, but I'll be spending half of it interviewing. It should be an exciting time as I go to the different hospitals to see how they work. UC Davis actually has a very good program, but we'll see how the other places match up. Meanwhile, last weekend, my friend, Jon, got married! Helen came down to LA with me, and we swung by Santa Monica on our way home. I have pictures of both the beach and the wedding. Enjoy! Hopefully, during this break, I'll have a chance to play some tennis and read the (now too many) books I have with me. I'll be home until the end of December, after which I'll be heading to Seattle for New Years and then start of my next rotation. Check out my pics!

It's November. Looking at when I last updated this site, I've been pretty bad about it. Nothing much happened during the last month. I just finished my PM&R rotation. It's a good field, but I don't feel challenged, and it doesn't seem like they do very much. But it is a specialty. We held a pre-Halloween pumpkin carving night. I realized that the last time we had people over was a year ago (my goodness!) for the same event. So now I can call it an annual thing. We had Randie, Jolene, Philbert, and Stephanie come over for BBQ. Once again, I was successful in fully cooking the chicken. I updated the pictures with the expertly crafted pumpkins. We also watched Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit. It was a funny movie. We were about to rent Stay Alive, which would make it 2 consecutive years of poor movie choice. Strong work Melissa! But this might be the last year of this pumpkin carving thing given that we'll be finishing up with medical school this year. Speaking of finishing up medical school, interviews are coming! My first one is in 2 weeks here at UC Davis. It should be exciting to visit other hospitals and checking out their programs. Next weekend, I'll be driving back down to LA to attend to a high school friend's wedding. He's younger than me, and already getting married!

I updated some pictures. Enjoy!