Tuesday, August 2, 2005

My downloaded alarm clock went off this morning at 5:45am--right on schedule. I needed to be up and ready so that I could be on the front lawn of the dorms by 6:15am to meet Dr. Hayashida for a lift to the golf course. As part of the Tuesday activities, we were allowed to choose whether or not to play golf, tennis, basketball, raquetball, or just hang out on campus. I decided to golf. Turns out, only 3 other students decided to come play golf too. It also turns out that Dr. Yarborough and Dr. Dugoni opted to play as well. So, I was in a foursome with Dr. Y and Dr. Dugoni and another student. It was a fantastic round of golf. They were both very generous and easy to get along with. We all played well, but the fourth member of our group--a slim little blonde girl from the central valley of California took us all to school. No kidding, she could drive the ball around 250 yards on a solid shot. She had 5 pars on the front nine and another 5 on the back. All 3 of us hotshots were stupified by her. We've already made plans to put together a foursome for the end of the year annual golf tourney against UCSF, and she is certainly in the group.

After golf, it was back to campus for lunch, a tour of the new health science building where we will do rotations, and a meeting with our advisors. The advisor meeting was an opportunity for us to discuss the first 4 weeks of school and to voice any concerns. It took about an hour. The biggest gripe was that there was some confusion on what was expected during some of our pre-clincal courses. We got some straight-forward answers that I think helped steer us in the right direction.

The bus ride home took 2 hours. I went up to the lab when we got back and finished up a class I prep on #3 and started a couple class I preps on #19. I have until Thursday to get an acceptable prep on #19 done so that I can get passed off.

Tonight, I've got some homework for our restorative dentistry course. I'll be up for a couple hours. So, lest anyone think that I've got too much time on my hands...I'm out. Night.