Hi everyone---happy Friday. I'm sure that you're all equally as thrilled with the onset of the weekend as I am. Aren't Fridays just fantastic? I actually prefer Saturdays, but I guess you need one to get to the other. Safe to say that they're much better than Tuesdays...worst day of the week, and that's a fact.

Alright guys, so I'll try to quickly give an update of what's been going on in my world. You're all vaguely familiar with my tendency to babble, right?---but being that I have a lot of reading to do I'll try, for all of our sakes, to keep it in check.

It's been a busy busy week, but in a really good way. I know this will sound kind of cheesy, but I am completely enjoying the readings that are being assigned. It's funny- before classes started I thought I had a pretty good idea of what being a social worker meant, and along with that came an inflated sense of my own abilities...an "I can do that...easily" kind of mindset. I was pretty off. Wait--scratch that. I was pitifully nieve. There's SO much that I don't know, even more that I need to learn, but here's the reassuring part of this very humbling realization: it fits, it all makes sense to me...I really am interested in it. The bottom line of it all: I'm in a good place, AND staying on top of my assignments!!

Moving right along....

Who knew that Wednesday evenings could be so fun? For the last two weeks I've gone with some new friends of mine from class to a hip hop aerobics/dance class here at the University gym. It's a good, cheap work-out, AND provides all the comic relief that I can even handle in a one hour time period. More often than not time I'm laughing at myself and my inability to do this crazy booty-bustin' move that the teacher calls "Fabulous" (so NOT fabulous when I'm doing it), but when I look around the room I feel something that can only be described as camaraderie...a certain oneness as a bunch of women (and the occasional man) allow themselves to be silly, sweaty, and completely unabashed. Good, good times.

Alright, I really do intend to tell you guys more about my field work placement. Sit tight though. I've got to run now, but the next time you hear from me I'll tell you all about the oncology/gynecological surgery ward at Sinai Hospital where I'm working. I might also include a little ditty about the trials and tribulations of getting MD tags/registration. The word nightmare falls so short of what it's been for me.....

Enjoy the weekend, everyone. More soon.