After enjoying the Davenport, we went down to River Park Square and picked up a few last minute things. They still had up the tree, so it it is:
On Monday, I had a few million errands to run. Luckily, Mom and Dad were with me, so it wasn't so bad. We even had time to stop for a nice lunch at the Mustard Seed. Tuesday, got to spend part of my afternoon at Sacred Heart Children's Hospital seeing some of the doctors that inspired me to move a world away to train so that I one day can also be an inspiring physician. It was so nice to talk to people who know exactly what it feels like to be so overwhelming tired and extremely stressed. One of the best parts of the day was seeing a little one that was on studies while I was a clinical researcher. He was less than a year when he was diagnosed and after his bone marrow transplant, I helped him walk down the hall. Now, he must be three or four and if I hadn't seen him as a baby and known he had leukemia, I never would have guessed it by looking at him now. It makes me excited to become a physician--to make a real difference in people's lives.On Thursday night, Mom, Dad and I went to clinks for my last dinner at home. It was so great! Here are some pictures:
Leaving on Friday was much harder than I thought it would be. I thought after being gone for so long that I wouldn't have as hard of a time saying goodbye, but I think it was worse than last year. After leaving Spokane, I flew to Seattle and had about a 15 minute layover before boarding for what I thought was a direct flight to Fort Lauderdale, but instead we stopped quickly in Nashville. Finally, I arrived in Fort Lauderdale! Farley and his uncle picked me up and then we went down to Miami and saw Farley's paternal grandparents. We left for Barbados Saturday morning at 10:00 and arrived in Barbados at 3:00 local time. The Barbadian airport is probably the jewel of the Caribbean airports: there were shops, and restaurants and even a quick moving customs. Amazing!
The closest hotel to the airport, was a beautiful little gem on the beach. The hotel had great architecture and the beach was one of the most breath-taking that I've seen. It was a very windy location and there were tons of wind surfers and kite surfers. Farley and I had enough time to take a stroll on the beach and read novels on beach chairs near the pool and overlooking the sea. We had dinner on a deck that overlooks the sea. It was a full moon and the sea was so beautiful as the waves were dancing in the moonlight.
Below: my messy hair on the windy, beach.
Below: Look at all the wind and kite surfers!
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