Spring Break Part 1

One month ago, I lived out my LAST Spring Break...EVER!  And boy, did I do it right! In just 9 days of Spring Break, I went to Detroit to celebrate one of my med school BFFs bachelorette party, flew to LA/OC for a few days with the boyfriend, flew home for a day with my parents, and then drove up to Santa Cruz to celebrate of my high school BFF's bachelorette parties! Yes, it was as amazing as it sounds.

Part 1: Michelle's Bachelorette party

For Michelle's last fling before the ring, we headed to Detroit! We met up at our hotel room at Greek Town (this huge and amazing hotel/casino in the heart of downtown Detroit). Her maid of honor made adorable Disney-themed T-shirts for all of M's bridal party. We hung out in the room for a while, playing bachelorette party games, drinking yummy drinks and giving M bachelorette presents. After a bit, we head out for some pizza an drinks at M's favorite Detroit hotspot, the Old Shillelagh! Later, we ventured to a nightclub in the MGM hotel where Brody Jenner was DJ-ing. Lastly, we ended the night by going back on the town, eating some Fried Cheese at a little restaurant called Pegasus, and then headed back to our hotel room! It was such a fun night and I loved being able to celebrate my beautiful friend's last fling as a single lady! 

Photo we sent M's fiance (sadly, he
didn't fall for our joke)

Casino games

Night club: can you spot Brody Jenner?

Part 2: The OC

After our fabulous night in Detroit, I headed back to the OC to hang out with S for a few days. Since S dint have any days off, I had a lot of time to sit by the pool and read. It. was. perfect. In the 3 days that I was hanging around in Orange, I read 2.5 books (Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, and Bad Science). In addition to my many hours of laying by the pool and reading, S and I went out on the town by heading to Westwood (our old UCLA home) to eat at the restaurant of our first date, had ice cream at Diddy Reise and drive around our old neighborhood! It was so fun and made me miss Westwood like crazy! We also had time to go to Seal Beach and eat the world's best Mexican food.

Wine Tasting [Photo Blog]

A Week at Home

I'm officially back in Michigan and ready for 3rd year. I actually had my first day of orientation today (which I'll talk about later), but before I get to that...I need to blog about my fabulous week of "Summer Break"at home.

Since I took my boards after only 4.5 weeks, I was lucky to have 2 weeks of summer break. I know, I know - it sounds like nothing, but some of my classmates took boards a few days ago and only had 1 weekend of summer break. I would have gone crazy. The first week of my fabulous vacation I spent in Hawaii and Southern California, but the last week I headed up to NorCal to hang out with my friends and family in good ol' Elk Grove.

I got into the Sacramento airport late on Sunday night, but went straight to bed. It had been quite a long time since I have been home, so it felt great to sleep in my gigantic comfy bed.

The next day, my mom and I went to the SPCA. Both of my parents have been volunteering there for the last few months, so my mom wanted me to see where she was working. Well, I went... and I fell in love, with my new friend Carlos the guinea pig. He was just so sweet. After a few minutes, I knew that I wanted to adopt him. Sadly, my mom became my voice of reason and told me I needed to check 1) if I can take Carlos on the plane with me, and 2) if I can have guinea pigs in my new apartment. Unfortunately, Delta airlines have a strict policy and only allows you to "ship" a guinea pig. Clearly I was not going to ship a live creature, so I had to let Carlos go back into his cage at the SPCA :(

After leaving the SPCA, I got my hair done:

...and ate dinner at the most delicious restaurant in all of Elk Grove, Wasabi. It's a delicious Japanese steak house where they cook all the food right in front of you. Yum.

The next day, I went out to lunch with some of my very best friends. We went to this delicious Italian restaurant right next to Katie's workplace. After lunch, we decided to create our own "Take your friends to work day" and crash her day of work. This was the result:

The next day, my parents and I went out to the Sacramento/American Rivers to go boating for the day. Normally, Sam is the driver, while my mom and I sunbathe...but today, I got to drive the boat for the majority of the day! The boat maxes out at about 35-40 mph and I got it up to just about that high. I also did some donuts in the water to learn how to turn into waves. It was so fun. I am for sure getting a boat once I actually make a salary.

That night, the fam and I went to a Seafood buffet. We had to wait 1.5 hours, but it was so worth it. Crab legs, sushi, and many different types of shrimp. Delicious.

That weekend, S was able to rearrange his work schedule to get the whole weekend off! [Unfortunately, now he has to work for 14 days straight.] Since he was able to come up to Sacramento, we spent Saturday wine tasting with some of my very best friends. I had never been wine tasting, but it was something I have always wanted to do. I had such a great afternoon!

After we got done with wine tasting, Morgan and I had a double date with S and her boyfriend Nick at Chevys mexican restaurant! 

The waiter told us he took a "really good picture"
...this was it. Seriously? 

Sadly, my fabulous week at home eventually came to an end and I headed back to school. Thank goodness I have a whole week of orientation, because my brain is still on vacation.