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ok- so a lot of stuff is going on and i've got a lot of stories to tell, but i can't really tell them at this moment- after Thursday my schedule will become much more open- until things heat up for november -----
(I just talked to Chun and he has my next month's rotation now and he says there's a lot of gross stuff [car accident victims, gun shot wounds, etc] and that we have to physically examine these people after they've been stabilized to determine what changes we need to make to their nutrition stuff... dang... i better go watch some gross movies...)

----->but until then i've got my big presentation (thursday) of the month, I'm designing a brochure and attending a "job fair" at a local inner-city middle school where i'll be representing the Pharmacy profession and talking to kids about stuff... (any pointers, Todd?)... and some other stuff... had to work the 8-4 shift Saturday, which turned into the 8-4:45 shift because people show up late to relive me... i'm just really not a fan of the whole "no lunch breaks" thing... I'll probably always take issue with that in this line of work- somebody tell me how i'm not more prone to making potentially dangerous errors when i'm exhausted and hungry... ? or maybe i should just invest in some more nutrigrain bars- those work well... aaaaanyways-

just talked to a friend who's been out and practicing for about 5 months now- he says he's still poor and lives with his parents for 2 reasons: as a single guy- he's missing about 38% to taxes and withholding and whatever else gets taken out of your check every month... and he has a lot of loans from pharmacy school (its not cheap)... i gotta say-. How much of a tax benefit is it to be married with a kid or two? Cause i mean... dang.... 38% to uncle sam every year? Now he's paying a crap-ton, percentage-wise, of his money to the loans so he can get them paid off in a couple years- but still.... depressing.... Mom and Dad- don't get any ideas- i love ya, but at this stage in the game I'm gonna need some space- so nobody be shocked and appauled if it takes me an extra year to get my loans paid off- (i'm just calling that ahead of time- because i'm gonna have some fun when i get out- thats just how its gonna go down).... i guess i should just try to live it up

also- the Job fair (of the--sign a contract with a company and walk out with a job and a sign on bonus check-- type.) is coming up in a few weeks- i've gotta say the idea of making probably one of the top 5 decisions of my life- where to live- where to work- in a very short period of time has me in a really pensive state of mind... right now my leanings are for the middle Tennessee area- but i think it'd be silly of me to go into this with my mind made up and possibly miss out on a better opportunity somewhere else-- i'm kinda scared, and i'm not exactly sure what to do- i DO take comfort in the fact that the question of "what to do?" is 100% in my hands- it just makes it a little bit more of a decision- like... if there were only pharmacy jobs in atlanta- well- that would be one less decision to make... you get me?

and last but not least- things with Abbie have been going really well- i hope as many of you that are interested can meet her sometime- i've talked you (all) up to her- so you better live up to the hype... OR ELSE... haha... but she's a really special girl- and about twice as smart/organized as i am... and thats good- because i need that! (did i mention she got a 33 on her ACT? thats just nuts.... do we even know anybody from MJ who got that?... I just say that because I feel confident I could win just about any "my girlfriend is smarter than yours" contest-)

there's a lot more stuff going on- and i'd be happy to comment on stuff- ok- holla