Summer!

Wow, I'm getting bad at this. It's been a full month, and so much has happened. I quit BOTH of my jobs (although SB managed to give me an extra two weeks of perks, hooray), Mark and I took a pseudo-honeymoon, since we won't have one when we're actually married, and I've officially moved out of Toronto. Major events: Seema had her baby Maya, who is so beautiful. Sharon is about a week away from having a new Wyatt and two weeks away from going back to law school to finish her degree (if it isn't done in a completely crazy way, it's not worth doing - Sharon, you'd better write a book about your life some day!!). Paula has defended her thesis (complaining that it was too easy, my friends are brilliant), and is moving back to London to start a PhD. Megan has written her novel (it can now be named!), defended it, and is moving to France(!!!) to teach/be inspired. Maggie has written her thesis, and will be starting her PhD in the Fall with one of Canada's biggest scholarships. Not sure if I've mentioned it here before, but I've certainly thought it many times - had I not gotten back into school, I'd be the least accomplished of my friends - as it is, we all have to keep going on and getting more accomplishments to keep up with one another.

The last month has been pretty great - I've been able to be a little bit lazy, I've gotten a lot of things done, and Mark and finally traveled a big summer music festival. He planned a big trip out of it, with a stop in Montreal, a farm party in Vermont, camping in Cape Cod, and finally, All Points West festival and NYC. The vacation was great - just what I needed after working so much for the past 7 months (although, after the trip, I don't have much in the bank to show for those months!). Here are some photos:











We're now living in St. Catharines, so be sure to look us up durng trips to wine country. Mark and I biked to the Lake yesterday, and a river, and very near to some excellent wineries. We went swimming! And all of this is so close to our new home, which is much bigger and cheaper than our place in Toronto (guest room!) yet still manages to be pretty cute.

Also, Orientation week is next week. More on that (and med school) will be found HERE.