Last night in the Bay...

So tomorrow I embark on a new part of my life. For the last eight years I have lived up in the Bay Area of California--San Francisco and Oakland mostly. My entire adult life has been spent up here, all my adult friends are up here. My grandmother is going to turn 90 this year and my grandfather is 88. I figure once I start medical school, my time with them will be limited, so I should enj0y their company now. I am glad to be returning to my childhood home, but at the same time I am a little bit nervous. I have no social network save for a few childhood friends, no clubs, no groups. I guess I get to recreate myself, if you will, starting tomorrow. I told my friends up here not to do anything dramatic--like throw me a going away party, because unfortunately I have to retake the MCAT in a few weeks and don't want to dwell on the fact that I am leaving. In fact, I didn't even tell some people I was leaving.

So goodbye Oakland Hills, goodbye Lake Merritt, goodbye downtown San Francisco, goodbye my good old college, and goodbye Golden Gate Bridge. I hope to see you again in a year...