Temporary Shower

As promised, things are coming up. I successfully made it through my journal club and it went better then I thought. There was an "oh crap" moment when I realized I was on my last slide and there was still 1/2 hour left but people had a lot of questions so time flew by. I got grilled but thankfully, I think I combated the questions well. The chief of infectious disease was present and was very nice. He brought up a lot of good points too. Future mentor perhaps?...a girl's got to use what she can get. Right now, I am on a train to New York and super excited about it. The past 3 days has been filled with festive wedding prep and of course, the wedding itself. My friend was kind enough to let us stay at her beachside house and it was gorgeous. We went swimming in the ocean, bridge jumping, etc. The only downside was all the help required for the wedding. When I get married, remind me not to put friends to work. It is just not worth it. My impression of boston is that is

I've had a couple of bad days starting with my first journal club on Tuesday where I got grilled by my PI. I know it's his style and everything but I just felt SO stupid! Even when he asked me things I knew, I got intimated and had trouble coming up with the answer. The most embarrassing thing is that I cried. Not just like a teardrop either. Sigh. I think all the stress built up and resulted in a flood much like when the Baymeadow dam broke....guess I will have to try harder next time. In addition, I got my Step 1 score back. It was really disappointing. I passed but got about average....I guess I'm good at being average. Haha...this post is a downer too. Sorry...guess it's just been super rough lately. Hopefully my presentation next Wednesday will be better....but seeing as my computer keeps shutting down without saving my powerpoint changes, who knows when I'll be able to complete this. I pray for a better post soon!