Lansing's Own Beerfest

In October 2008, I had the adventure of a lifetime and got to go to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany! It was one of the craziest and funnest days of my life.  So, when my friends approached me about going to another Oktoberfest that was a little more local, how could I turn it down? So, this past October... thats right folks...I got to go to the one, the only, Lansing Beerfest! *crowds cheer*

Ok ok...this Oktoberfest was definitely much smaller than the one in Germany. It had less beer options and less German entertainment. However, it was close, it was cheep, and it had enough beer and german food to make my heart and stomach happy!

We arrived about the hour after the event started. One of my friends found this great deal on groupon...so instead of paying for 4 tickets, we only had to pay for 2! When we entered, we were given enough tickets for 1 drink and our drinking mug that we would take from beer station to beer station. All together, I think we stayed for about 4-5 hours. I had a lot of fun and it was such a great break from the struggles that were my life on my surgery rotation!

Michelle's dog Kuma wanted to come...he even had a costume!

Justin Timberlake Concert

Hello readers! Like I mentioned a while ago, I have been so crazy busy the last 6 months that I have SUCKED at blogging...so now that I am on Christmas break (woo!!), its finally time to catch up.

So, here we go...

Way back in October, my musical hero (Justin Timberlake) came to Detroit to do a concert with Jay-Z. I unfortunately had to work, so despite how much I wanted to go to the concert, I knew that it was a no go. Three days before the concert, I decided that I would request a switch in my schedule. Administration made it incredibly clear that we were not, under any circumstances allowed to change our call days, but for some reason, I thought I would just ask. At this point, we were 6 weeks into my 8 week Internal Medicine clerkship, so I knew the clerkship director pretty well. So, I decided to be honest...

Me: "Julie...If I needed to switch one of my call days this week, would I be able to"
Julie: "Under no circumstance are you allowed to switch your call schedule" .... *looks around and whispers *"Come ask me in my office in 10 minutes"

10 minutes later...I walk to her office....

Julie: "Ok. So, why do you need to switch your call day?"
Me: "I don't have a good excuse. There is a Justin Timberlake concert I want to go to in Detroit."
Julie: "Hrmmm...Ok I will switch it for you, just don't tell anyone"

So, by some miracle I got the day off, snagged last minute tickets and got to attend one of the best concerts of my life!

Pre-drinks at Hockey Town across from the stadium!

Excited that we have TICKETS!! 

My souvenir. 

*Sigh* I love JT. I will marry him one day, just you guys wait!