San Francisco-Day 1

After taking finally taking that dreadful exam that had been a parasite sucking on my life over the past month or so, I exhaled, drove back home to MD to be with my family for a few hours, and then made my way to S.F.

The day had an interesting start. I didn't get much sleep since I got so caught up with my family and even while I was sleeping, random board studying recall was occurring ( I swear, the degree of torture....). So, after my 2 1/2 hour nap, I headed out to make my 6am flight. Some things that happened.
1) I wasn't at the right terminal so I had to wait and take a shuttle to the correct one as time was running short.
2) I got stuck in an extra slow security line for 30 minutes since the employee was just learning.
3) Left my credit card in the ticketing machine somehow.
4) Was told to return to the ticketing booth and that I would have to redo security....at 5:45am....only to get there and find out that it was sent to the gate with an m.i.a supervisor. Seeing that I wasn't going to make the flight, she ended up transferring me to another flight going through Milwalkee. This actually worked out better, since it was shorter.

Anyway, after finally getting to San Francisco, I chatted it up with a black couple from Miami and a man on an interview from South Carolina. All of us griped about the transition to the cold upper 50s weather. Somehow the conversation turned into one about my being in medical school and a career in medicine (Ahhhh! I can't escape lol).

We pulled up to the place that I'm staying at called USA Hostels. Yes. I'm staying in a HOStel. And I'm by myself. And I'm black. Apparently, I'm not supposed to do any of the above because black people stay in hotels, and travel with people (other black people) and don't stay in rooms with a bunch of strangers. I guess i'm different. *shrug*

Since I'm running short on time, I'll quickly summarize everything else.

-Staying in a quad: its me, a girl from Scotland, a girl from Peru, and a girl from Australia. Me and the girl from Australia, Annie, spent the day walking around and getting to know the surrounding areas. Got lunch at a Thai place (drunken noodles), and dinner at a burger place. Both were good. Briefly went to Union Street where all the expensive stores are and also saw the Asian museum ( or something like that.) Not too much.

Room is cool. Hostel is cool. Roommates are cool. I've seen 2 black men, for those who were wondering if there are any other black people staying here. Ummm.....It's supposed to be warmer today (71) and really warm the rest of the weekend (80s). San Francisco's weather is unpredictable, and the forecast constantly changes.

This morning I woke up extra early, as my body hasn't adjusted. I made some pancakes with the all you can make pancake batter. And now i'm about to really start exploring.