Stateside

I am supposed to be on a plane to Lebanon right now - I'm not. I know I haven't posted for a while, so here's the background.

I got accepted into the University of Oklahoma medical school - I also got into the American University of Beirut (AUB) medical school. My father went to the AUB - so did all four of my grandparents - three earned medical degrees and one a nursing degree. In fact, my paternal grandmother was among the first Lebanese women to earn an MD from the AUB. It is a phenomenal medical school with USMLE passing rates as high as the elite medical institutions in the states - much higher than those of OU. It is in Beirut where I have always wanted to live and it provides a holistic approach to medicine no longer taught in the states. I was supposed to tour the university this week and, barring a major surprise, tell OU 'no thanks' when I came back.

I'm not there right now - I'm here reading Aljazeera every ten minutes waiting for a miracle to happen so I can visit the school as soon as possible and continue with my plans to begin there in August.

That's what I'm up to.