"thanks for the memories."

another retreat has come and gone. this was a very different experience. more people, different location, higher alertness and expectations for execution. it was a very good retreat...even if this was the craziest small group i've had (not to be confused with most troublesome or disruptive). it was a good getaway from the stresses of life and i feel like it was an opportunity to just be free and have a refocused and refreshed outlook on things and relationships in my life.

here's something graphically interesting. in spite of blink 182's enema of the state and numerous enema references in the media and such...i didn't know what an enema really was until today at the hospital. oh sure...i knew it had something to do with something going inside the rectum but now i know what it's all about. and yes...i learned by doing one on a patient. it helps with constipation and the release of bowel movement. at the same time i also learned how to perform a digital check (i'm not sure if that's the right term). i knew i was bound to probe someone's butt with my fingers some time so it's better now than later.

tomorrow...i'm going with my class to bodyworlds at the california science center. yeah...it sounds like a theme park shaped like the human body. rachel and pat made a humourous observation by thinking it was some gay event. it's obvious to see where they're coming from. that title is quite ambiguous i must say. the fact that it's actually called bodyworlds 3 makes it more gay. oh well...regardless of how it sounds and what it may seem like...it's going to be a cool experience.

the one opportunity i get to go to LA during the week and it's for educational purposes...and i have to go back asap for work. it seems like i haven't worked in ages. technically...i haven't been to work since two sundays ago but so much has happened already. i hope i'm not all awkward and what not...but i'm sure i'm hoping for too much.

i never thought this would happen but it did...seattle's best in the spectrum is closing down tomorrow. back in the day (which just so happened to be last year)...sbc used to be one of the places i'd go to whenever i needed to just chill or talk with friends. i've met countless friends there, had numerous green tea lattes and javanilla shakes, and way too many laughs and good times to remember. seriously...as much as it makes rachel cocky....she's right: if not for her, i wouldn't have really had anything to do with sbc. and so...tonight a whole lot of us were there for one last time. austin, martin, jp, nikki, achi, tiff, brother bear, dennis, katrina, nick, christian, pat, matt, steven, jen, jennie, jbear, rachel, mike dub, and myself were all in attendance to have one last drink (mine just so happened to be a javanilla shake that messed me up later on when i ate shabu-shabu). ah...things are changing yet again. it truly is spring...when the coldness melts upon the arrival of warmer and brighter things.

10 more days until medsurg finals...let the madness begin.

thanks for reading...peace out!