Checking off my Michigan bucket list

Apologies for the long delay in blogging. However, I hope that the title of this post says it all. I've been spending the last two months really trying to take advantage of all that Ann Arbor and Michigan has to offer before I head off to Dayton, Ohio for my psychiatry residency. Having a Hospice/Palliative Care elective last month really made me appreciate whatever amount of time I am given in life and at Michigan in particular. In fact, trolling Dayton craigslist and mapping out potential apartment locations on a custom Google Map has been a bittersweet reminder that I'll be moving soon. In the meantime, though, I'm really grateful for all the fun things that have happened since my last post:
  1. Ann Arbor Restaurant Week: eating at the Melting Pot and Jolly Pumpkin for the first time
  2. Detroit auto show with Phi Rho peeps
  3. Skiing at Crystal Mountain with Steph, Eunice, Paul, and Joe
  4. Performing with Auscultations at the Biorhythms Winter Show 2012
  5. Having a lead role in the 94th Annual Galens Smoker: Thrombin Hood and His Merry Meds! (Corollary: performing in the objectively best Stud Dance of all time)
  6. Galens Banquet
    • Taking part in the first annual M4 Matchelor Party (paintball followed by suits and dinner in Detroit)

    [#3: dinner at the Crystal Mountain lodge. From left to right: Paul, me, Eunice, Steph, Joe]

    [#4: Auscultations debuting two new songs, Mariah Carey's "You'll Always Be My Baby" and OneRepublic's "Secrets." Kudos to Jess Bloom and Peter Park for outstanding solos!]

    [#5: the 2012 Galens Smoker! Photos and Stud Dance video by request only ;-)]

    [#6: Wojcik, me, and Kimball at Galens Banquet]

    [#7a: Matchelor Party 2012 - paintball...]

    [#7b: ...followed by suits and dinner at Fishbone's at Greektown Casino in Detroit. Dang, we clean up well.]

    So much time has gone by, and so much fun has been had, it's hard to believe that graduation is only two months away! There's still plenty to look forward to also:
    • Match Day 2012 is coming this Friday! Although I already know where I will be going next year, it will still be exciting to share this day with my other med school friends. Plus, Match Day party that night!
    • The first ever Auscultations concert this Sunday!
    • The Michigan Pops Orchestra presents: Pops in Peril!
    • Season 2 of Game of Thrones!
    • My birthday!
    • Annual Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan! And a potential second tattoo idea taking shape!
    Stay thirsty, my friends...