September Summary

Wow, can't believe it has been a month since I've last written! I wish I had some wild and crazy stories to share, but unfortunately, I'm living a fairly normal life over here.

School is going great so far.  I am absolutely loving learning more about cancer and being challenged intellectually.  The program set up is really working well for me too.  We do one class at a time and it runs for only one month.  It can be stressful since you have a lot of material to cover in such a short time, but it's nice only having one class to focus on.  Also, my favorite part is that every 4 weeks, you're guaranteed a free weekend with no studying!

That free weekend happens to be this weekend, and I'll admit, I'm taking the relaxing to a whole new level! It has been a perfect mix of hanging out at home and visiting with friends! Last night we celebrated Jorine's birthday with some pretty fancy cocktails, and today I'm hanging out at home and toying around with the idea of making a Thanksgiving dinner here.  If anyone has some recipe ideas to wow these Dutchies, please share!

That's all I have to update on for now.  Hopefully in the next month I'll be more diligent with keeping everyone in the boring loop that makes up my life. ;)

For now, I'll leave you with a lovely pic I snapped last weekend while out for my Sunday morning run with the running group.  The sun was shining and there wasn't a breeze.  The canals were so insanely calm and their glass-like water was absolutely gorgeous!

Never Ever

If you had told me 5 years ago that I'd be doing a master's in oncology in Amsterdam, I'd probably have laughed in your face and gone on my way. Looking at my life with an objective eye today and clearly seeing (and appreciating) how lucky I am!!

As you may or may not know, I started school again on Monday.  This is wonderful as it is super nice to be back in a routine, however, I can already tell that it's going to be claiming most of my free time. For those of you who aren't sucked into the deep black hole of Facebook, I cannot promise to write proper updates often enough. As a compensation, I'll be sharing snip-its via photos and quick messages.  I know it doesn't quite suffice, but I'll try my best to fill in the details as I go along.