Tabula Rasa

As I've mentioned before, I am starting medical school this fall. Word on the street is that it can be mentally challenging and very demanding. Medical schools try to explain the work load as comparable to taking 35-40 graduate credit hours per semester. Or to put it bluntly, "it's like drinking out of a fire hose." With this adventure starting very soon, I've decided to dedicate the month of July to mindless activities. I'm going to channel Locke and let my brain become a blank slate, so it can absorb all this new information like a sponge. So here's what I have lined up for July (I'm refraining from making a schedule or plan because there won't be one - class schedules, study schedules, workout plans, etc will resume in August)

TV Shows:
1. NYC Prep - a reality version of Gossip Girl? Don't mind if I do.
2. The Real Housewives of New Jersey - as soon as Dina said, "I don't know if she wants to be me or skin me and wear me like last year's Versace" I was hooked. And lets be serious, I'll watch reruns of NYC (team Jill), OC, and Atlanta even though I've already seen them all...

3. Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood - She'll always be Donna Martin to me. See below -I will be reading her 2nd book this summer

4. Jon and Kate + 8 - I know, I know....I don't want them to exploit their children and make more money either, but who doesn't love watching a train wreck?

Literature:
1. Us Weekly, People, InStyle, Glamour, etc....the adult picture book

2. One Fifth Avenue - I know it came out last summer, but I've been saving it for now!

3. Mating Rituals of the North American Wasp - medical school is for more than just becoming a doctor...

4. Social Climbers - seems to be on everyone's list this summer

5. Twenties Girl - same author as the Shopaholic Series, which I loved, so I have high hopes for this one!

6. Mommywood - an automatic best seller



Activities:
1. Laying out - with one of the above mentioned books and discussing one of the above mentioned shows with L

2. Wining and Dining - because lets be serious, I won't have the time or money next year

3. Shopping - for myself and for my home

4. Spending time with friends and family - I want everyone to remember me while I disappear for the next 4 years!