Doin' My Time

Acing med school is awesome. Not to be a cocky prick or anything, but really... So many people I know are failing one or two or even three subjects and it is REALLY hard to see. This is especially true of people you'd rather not see go. I even try to help sometimes, explaining the harder stuff or whatever else which still doesn't always help... I can't even imagine the financial toll this is probably taking on their lives. All this to say that I'm really happy that I don't find myself in that particular situation. Only having to achieve a 30% on the final in order to pass everything is a fantastic cushion, and although getting a 4.0 is the goal, there is always that little voice in the back of your mind saying "it's really ok if you get this one wrong".

Other than that, island life is sweet. I mean certain things suck, such as waiting 35 minutes for a cup of coffee (more on this later.. I promise its worth it) or having every second local you see try and sell you something or just blatantly ask you for money. Also, there being no laws about WHEN you can actually make loud noise here, people start construction at all hours of the day or night. Usually it's only at 6 or 7am, but sometimes some dude will decide that he really wants to get a head start on the next day, and he'll start drilling and sawing right outside my window at like 11:30pm. Seriously? And then there is the guy who insists on singing Bob FUCKING Marley while he works, being sure to be heard ABOVE the ringing of hammers and loud buzzing of circular saws so all the music producers back in America can hear him. At 7am.

But then there is the ocean, palm trees, great weather and cheap rum. Mmmm. And the fact that my apartment doesn't have QUITE as many bugs as everyone else's, that I can pick a mango from out my window and have my dog shit in the street and nobody think anything of it. Some people hate it here more than anything, but I think it could totally be worse. I could be stuck here for the rest of my life for one thing... Or I could be in prison.. That would suck more too. But all in all, I just think of it as doing my time on "the Rock" for screwing around in undergrad. If I hadn't then I'd be at Harvard or something. Or more realistically McGill or McMaster... But I did what I did, (or didn't... study..) and now I'm doing my time. Like T.I. or Lil'Wayne. But they have it worse because they can't go outside whenever they want. I can. But then they get clean water, and decent healthcare... Shit.