unbelievable day!

i woke up this morning, quickly prepared the gifts for the weils and leafed through the packet of volunteer positions so i could tell judy where i wanted to be placed. left around 1030am and drove to ucsd medical center in hillcrest. got my skin test results - negative! of course ;) . ran into SUMI!!! on my way to the volunteer office who i screamed and waved at like crazy and then gave a big hug. she said that she had replied to my email and that she'd be out travelin all of next month but that she'd be back in nov, so we're gonna meet up then. then i went to the volunteer office and waited to meet with judy. i was kinda nervous well not really but kinda i gues because i wasnt really sure where i wanted to be placed and ididnt know if we had to know already. anyway, i asked her about epilepsy research and she said i probalby wouldnt get much patient interaction there. then we talked about the PACU, then the moores cancer center for some education and resources for families, thennn she said that she thought i'd make a great patient advocate cuz of my people skills!!! boy, the description sounds perfect and wonderful and it sounds like it's awesome. i just dont want to mess up when speaking with patients becausei think too much but hopefully with some training ill be able to do a great job! :) i wa s really touched that she really though i'd be perfect for it and then we talke abit about what im doing with my life and about last year's hip program and laughed and stuff and then she said i made her day. i love it when people say that and they actually mean it. its so touching. :)
NOTE TO SELF: tell judy my decision about hwerei want to be placed, make her cd of all the photos from hip last year; find list of improvements for hip for sumi; meet up with sumi in nov.

so i zoomed outta there because i had a lunch date with the weils who have given me $ for school since the start. i met up withthem @ harney sushi in old town. they are such a stylin' couple. MAN it's awesome. they look so rejuvenated and just wonderful. they brought out the old preuss yearbook so that i could get the scoop on everyone else they had kept in touch with. they thought i had some gossip and updates, but i really only keep in touch with 3 ppl from my class. anyway, it was good fun. they asked me about what i was doing and about whether i realistically had a chance at getting into a good med school. they got straight down to it - the nitty gritty. i like hanging out with htem because they keep it real. pat got a beer. we ate each other's food. it was pretty awesome. they asked me about love affairs. unfortunately i couldnt keep the conversation interesting in that dept. we even touched on business and fannymae. that was really cool because he talked about stuff and i totally understood him! yay for me. i'm proud. they told me about their former trips to china - they went to guilin, shanghai, beijing, etc with their own guide, HOW AWESOME. they were interested in improving the scholarship program. they talked about a mentorship program, so i might be a mentor for some kids. they also talked about a possible grad school scholarship program which i would totally love. <3 they mentioned too that cecil lytle is always keen on hearing about me and said about me "cream always rises to the top." that really meant a lot to me. i hadn't intended on getting in touch with preuss folk beyond my teachers/counselor/weils, but i might get in touch with cecil lytle and the preusses just to thank them for everything. i always kinda figured they didnt pay attn to me but i guess it's impossible seeing as how i was valedictorian of the first class to graduate. i guess i just didnt want to be in the spotlight so i kinda believed i wasn't. makes it easier. anyway, i will get in touch with cecil and the preusses and give them something nice. maybe a stanford souvenir or soemthing. they did have a big hand in all this, too. at the end of our lunch, i gave the weils some stoles, showed them my diploma and showered them with gifts from my travles - tea and bsicuits from london, coffee from PNG, jewelry box from egypt, placemats from singapore. they were surprised and pleased. oh, and i also treated them to lunch because they treated last time and i felt bad for not inviting them to graduation even if they wouldnt have gone anyway. NOTE TO SELF: (1) wall st (2) the economist (3) medical economics. answer 10 questions on FNM. xmas - frame with our pictures; thank you to cecil/preusses; order more stanford souvenirs (stoles?maybe)

i came home poopered and sat watching TV. i watched parts of my wife and kids, everybody loves raymond, and two and a half men. i saw my parents off to work. i think its really great being home and really a joy for my parents when they see me when they come home and im there when they leave. :) then around 630, annie and kris came by with subway sandwiches. we ate while watching TV. then around 730 we left for the play, JOY LUCK CLUB! i made a couple of wrong turns and we had trouble finding hte place but ALAS, we made it, and on time! the play was great. the cast was o so very talented and hte set was very creative and nicely done. my friend, tuyen, was fantastic! she was soo good and moving and she was already worn out too! she said she normally gets a lot crazier. oh boy. i was soo happy to see her and to see that she is doing so well. we've known each other since...3rd grade? and used to write letters to each other. cute stuff. anyway, we just said hellos and didnt exchange too manywords because some folks were wiating for her. we're gonna meet up another day. :) soo, annie kris and i drove back to my house while discussing how we are all goingn to go clubbing on thursday after i get back from vegas. lol. annie is only 19, almost 20, and so we'll prolly go to belo. icant wait! :D it'llbe her first time clubbing..moo wah haha...yes, corrupting influence. no, i don't care. happy times!

since then, i've been trying to study but i've been unsuccessful. i was looking at bathing suits online with annie. then i replied to some emails and put some stuff on my calendar. i think im going to try n do some more studying and then go to sleep. just wanted to record the days occurrences. :D tomorrow i leave for vegas, monday for the grand canyon, next week for colonial america. haha, i really shouldn't be traveling, but whatevers!