A First

It's 12:59am, December 23rd, 2007.

I don't have any particular reason for starting a blog, but it should be a nice and semi-permanent place to store some thoughts and memories.

Mainly today I wanted to jot down the fact that 12 months ago:

• I had never seen a baby being born - or seen a tiny heart beating on an ultrasound
  
• The thought of 5th year medical school exams ('the finals') scared the bejesus out of me
• I didn't own a sewing machine
  
• I'd never intentionally read anyone's blog
• My hospital name badge was black and white and matched all my shirts
• I'd never been burgled
• The idea of taking a 'gap year' seemed like an impossibility
• I hadn't sold half my wardrobe to replace it with new items
• My taste in books didn't include anything by Audrey Niffeneiger (sp)
  

Not that I'm entertaining taking a gap year anytime soon, but you have to understand that that sort of mind shift for me is beyond my comprehension. And also 'The Time Traveller's Wife' has been read about 6 times since i bought it four months ago.

Thankfully, a lot of things haven't changed. I'm still a procrastinating, stubborn, emotional medical student, although the pressure of exams has been replaced by the pressure to be a decent doctor. I am still Christian and proud of it, still living at home, still obsessed with to-die-for fabrics and craft ideas, all things fashion and hello kitty (hope the latter two don't contradict each other).

Just some reflections before the new year - after this will come the new year's resolutions :)