First Meet-Up

Last-night at the Toronto Island, one of my future classmates organized a first get-together for those of us Queen’s Meds 2012 who are close enough to Toronto to make it. She had a great BBQ for us at the fire/ambulance station on the island (she’s a paramedic!), and we even got a ride back to the docks in the ambulance!

Anyway, it was an immense pleasure to meet some of the incredible people that I will be studying with. And I know it will be a relief to recognize a few faces when I walk into class on that first day! We’re a diverse bunch: many master’s students, some who have been working, and others fresh out of university like me.

It was neat to observe how although we all come from different backgrounds, somehow we are already uniting in common purpose. Right now that purpose consists of finding housing in Kingston, getting bank loans, furnishing apartments, and taking advantage of our last moments of freedom.

I did learn a couple more things about our program…
- We will learn anatomy in 4 months. All of it. Gulp!
- I should be able to do a full physical by December. Now that’s a little surreal!