JACKIE: Atlanta is Super Fun

This past Friday we had our Endocrine Module exam. The weekend/week after an exam is always (relatively) care free and super duper fun. To give y’all a taste of what super duper fun there is to be had here in the ATL, I thought I’d give you a play by play of what I have done since the exam ended and what I will be doing the rest of the week.

Friday after the exam: A few friends and I had a celebratory slice at Fellini’s- an outdoor, delicious pizza place in Candler Park. We dropped one of our comrades off and headed to a surprise birthday party for a fellow classmate at a glorious apartment complex with a pool where there was lots of great food from Dusty’s, the local BBQ place near campus. After we had eaten and swam to our heart’s delight, we took a trip to this cool bar, Aces, in Kirkwood and played pinball and other such arcade games. Finally we skidaddled over to Shout, a cool place in Midtown where they have (relatively) good music and a nice outdoor patio. I know: outdoors in the summer in Atlanta? Insane. But actually the weather has been fantastic here for the last four or five days.

Saturday: I slept until whenever I wanted to get up (which was late and I won’t share the embarrassment of the exact time). After a leisurely breakfast, I lay by the pool, listened to music, and read for fun (a rarity). Then my two fun friends came to pick me up and we went to get bubble tea on Buford Highway. Delicious bubble tea initiated a hunger for further consumption, so we went and did a little post-test celebratory shopping. They dropped me back off at home and I soon took off for this cool outdoor wine bar on Krog Street, and then went out to dinner at this delicious Greek restaurant called Avra in Midtown. Full from dinner, I went to a friend’s house to sit on the couch and watch the Olympics. Finally, I ended the evening at a classmate’s house playing Rockband.

Sunday: I woke up early to head to the Scott’s Antique Market–a great market that takes place once a month a little south of the city– and then I went to lunch at Carol Street Cafe in Cabbagetown. Somewhat exhausted, I went home and watched some more Olympics while cleaning my apartment (the week of an exam the ol’ apartment tends to decline in cleanliness quite a bit). Later that afternoon I went to Park Tavern (it’s a restaurant/bar on Piedmont Park), sat outside and listened to the live music while hanging out with good friends, and then I went to a BBQ at another good friend’s house. Sunday ended with some of the folks at the BBQ trying to teach me to play Halo, which didn’t work out that well, but was rather fun.

Now it’s Tuesday and I am studying Hematology, but…tonight I am going to the Braves game, last night I went to a fun dinner at P.F Chang’s, tomorrow night I am going to watch 3 hours of Project Runway, and Thursday night I am going to a play. After that, it will be Friday again!

Ah, medical school is so fun…