KEVIN: Weekend!

I am consistently impressed with the durability (for lack of a better word) of my classmates. We took our pulmonary module exam last Friday. That evening, we had a date auction fundraiser, which I was far too tired to attend. Reports indicate that attendance was really high, and a lot of M1s showed up despite reeling from the exam.

I needed sleep to prepare for Saturday, which was our medical school service day. Medical students from every year got together and took part in different service events in the city. I was in a group that volunteered at Cafe 458, a restaurant that uses the profits from its weekend sales to serve gourmet-style meals to homeless people and their social workers on weekdays. We volunteers helped prep food, serve customers, and bus tables. I had the pleasure of finally figuring out how a cash register works, and I used my off-time to learn recipes from The Joy of Cooking. The highlight of the morning, by far, was when one lovely gentleman left a 300% tip for the restaurant, which made us all feel appreciated. It was hard to feel tired after that.

That evening, my dorm-mates and I went out to a local bar and ran into even more classmates. I’m sure there were social events on Sunday also, but you know, going out once every five weeks is all I can do to keep up with these kids nowadays.