Big Hearts

Well, this isn't about dilated cardiomyopathy or ventricular hypertrophy, sorry if you got excited, hah.

I draw a lot of comparisons to Dr. Wilson from House, MD, by a lot of my friends and people who know me.  It's not because we look alike, but we both go to great lengths to make people happy and make sure they're doing alright, and constantly caring for people.  The comparisons between him and I are scary, downright to the things we say in arguments, and the way we talk, sometimes, hah.

I just care a lot, I guess, maybe too much sometimes.  I wrote thank-you notes to everyone who interviewed me for medical school, and thanked the people who wrote my rec letters and doctors who let me shadow them.  I thank the servers at restaurants a lot, even when I was dating girls I'd thank them for getting me a glass of water or something when we'd have dinner together.  I tip my servers, my cab drivers, I thank people on the phone for whatever it is they've helped me with, I also thank my co-workers for the stuff they do too.

There's an undergrad in my lab who helps make lysogeny broth and autoclaves it, and I never say "Hey I need some LB, can you make some?"  I say "Hey if you're going to be making LB today and have time, could you make x mL?"  when I need it for my experiments.  I just don't feel like he should be ordered around even though he's an undergrad, he deserves respect just like everyone else.

People might read the above and think I'm pretty passive or something, but I'm not in actuality.  I'm really confident and well-spoken, and I think it comes off as more just being polite and nice.  Maybe you'll meet me someday and think for yourself though, hah.

Anyway, I'm moving fairly soon for med school and I couldn't be happier about it as I've stated before.  I can't wait to actually start my dream career, the one thing I've worked so hard for over so many years.  Thanks for reading, you guys.