What a difference five days make

This morning (at 12:30am), I kissed Brooke goodbye at the airport.  A few hours later I took an anatomy test and will collapse into bed as soon as I finish writing this.  The last five days have been some of the happiest of my life.

Brooke got here on Wednesday and we spent the next five days touring Beirut, studying, and enjoying each other's company.  I feel like I'm a battery which has just been recharged.  The morning was tear-filled as we said good-bye, but this afternoon I noticed something I hadn't felt in months - happiness!  The test was impossible and the assignments are stacking up, but I didn't care - I'm in medical school in a beautiful place and I have a beautiful, supportive girlfriend.  How much better could life get?

If four years from now I have an MD, it will be because of the confidence she instills in me.