Puerto Rico

My parents and I left O'Hare yesterday afternoon and arrived in Puerto Rico a little after 7pm. Our flight to Dominica is at 12:35pm today. There's only one flight from Puerto Rico to Dominica per day, so we were pretty much forced into an overnight. In a way, I liked it. Since our hotel is literally in the airport, all we could do was relax in the hotel room for the evening and this morning.

We actually had a pretty decent and cheap dinner last night. We went to a sports bar&grill across the street from our hotel (though still on airport grounds). I had some ropa vieja with rice, beans, and ripe fried plaintains, all for $7.95! It was really good and possibly my last good meal until I return home again in December.

I just hope we arrive into Dominica with all our luggage and no problems. At this point, I can't wait to just get to my apartment and settle in. Hopefully, this all goes well.

Trying to get ready, get set, and go

Ever since I officially decided to go to Ross University School of Medicine, I've been meaning to start up a personal blog that would primarily be focused on my journey through medical school and moving to a rural island in the Caribbean. Tomorrow, I'm leaving Chicago for Dominica (with an overnight stop in Puerto Rico), and only now did I set up this blog.

Maybe one day, I'll eventually write about the blood, sweat, and tears I shed prior to the day I got accepted and how I thought I would never ever get in because of my mediocre grades and test scores. But for now, let's just say that I've been enjoying myself and relaxing as much as I possibly can ever since I got accepted into Ross. I enjoyed my last 6 months of freedom in New York, hanging out with all of my friends and eating out as much as my wallet could allow. And in the last 2 months, I've also rediscovered Chicago, my home.

Now I'm almost packed to move to the foreign territory of Dominica. (P.S. It is NOT the Dominican Republic) A city girl is now about to become a rural island girl. It's scary, and sometimes I think I'm not ready for this, but let's see how this all goes.