After 4 semesters, I am finally on a roll cooking lots of Mom's recipes and playing soccer :) :) I just took a Behavioral Science exam on Patient- Doctor Relationships... and how to communicate and interview with different types of patients such as those that have mental disorders or those that might be pregnant.

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital EMT buddies at the White Coat Party... We'll be back as doc's soon :)

My 2 week August break flew. I went to Palm Desert for a couple of days... I got some sun time and relaxed with the family, then headed up to San Fransisco for the Outside Lands Art and Music Festival.I had a blast with Shawn, a fellow AUC student!! We got to see Beck and Radiohead perform! There were thousands upon thousands of people at Golden Gate Park... by far the most adventurous and insane concert I have ever been to. (I snuck in a little shopping at Union Square as well)After our SF getaway, we headed home- back to Thousand Oaks. The sisters and I had a night out in Pasadena at a cute little place called Mojitos. Then, Alec came home for a couple of days! We went to the Jack Johnson concert at UCSB's Harder Stadium (the BEST concert I have been to thus far), then Alec and I headed up the coast to Pismo Beach! I am happy I got to spend some quality time with the parents, sisters and Alec, but, definitely not enough time as I would have liked (for the family and friends I did not get to see- I will be home mid- December). It was a fun- filled vacation and I can not wait to be back in California! Now, time to get serious about studying. I started Pathology II, Behavioral Science and Neuroscience yesterday. Let the sleepless nights, green tea binges and study jams begin!