Wholesome Goodness

Even though I had a lot of fun at Charity Ball in 2009 and 2011, I decided to skip the event and babysit instead. I spent the night hanging out with my mentor/attending’s kids. We played the Game of Life (thanks Sarah and Paul!), ate pizza, read two-minute mysteries, and watched some Kung Fu Panda. I miss my babysitting days!

In another return to the good ol’ days, my friend Sarah threw a 90s dance party. We chased waterfalls, walked in spider webs, found things ironic, and were genies in a bottle. After bringing Backstreet back, I tried to bring my booty back- in shape, that is.

Revathi and I kept up our gym routine and tried to eat healthy. We checked out the new lunch hotspot across the street from the gym and realized with just a couple bites Local Foods was worth the hype. I continued to eat local with a trip to the Rice farmer’s market. The ginger granola is the perfect complement to Greek yogurt.

I must have been on a ginger kick because the Thursday trip to Double Trouble involved spicy, handcrafted drinks like a Normandy Mule and an Angela Lansbury. Mike, Revathi, and Anand helped me celebrate my final day of clinical requirements as a medical student when my stint in the dermatology clinic ended. The celebrating was short-lived because Apex started just a couple days later.

Apex is a 3-week lecture-based class to help all the graduating fourth-years prepare for the start of residency. It was fun to reconnect with all of my classmates who had been scattered around the Texas Medical Center for the last two years. After classes one day we went to happy hour at Black Finn downtown (above). A smaller, highly fashionable contingent went to City Centre for an event at Elaine Turner where they practically gave away amazing new handbags!