Playing Hookie

Although not entirely my fault, as I didn't receive alternate plans until after I left.  Full disclosure below:

I came in for morning clinic, only to see no one was there and only there nurses were out front.  So I asked them if we had clinic, in which they told me it has been cancelled.  I contacted Osama who told me that Endocrine clinic was taking the extra students, although no one told me this yesterday.  Also, there was mention of a page, although I never received it.

So maybe I should have done the right thing and gone, but in reality, no one told me to do it.  And by that point, I had mentally decided to go home.  I had gone too far.

I got to spend time at home this last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I also enjoyed going to Han's wedding, which almost killed us.  We took Hwy 41 to Yosemite from Fresno and got caught in a snow flurry at night.  We drove with almost no visibility and the car drifting around turns.  At one point, we hit an ice patch and I had no control over the car.  In other parts, the tires had no connection to the ground and the only thing slowing us down was the snow piling up in the front tires of the car.  And if we hadn't stopped for gas on the way, we might have run out on the way too.

In the end, we made it and the place was gorgeous.  I'm glad we survived to see it.

At home, we made it to a dinner thrown by the hospital for my father.  It was a great event and we all got a chance to see my father speak in front of the crowd.  Dancing after was appreciated.  We also made it home for Eid and spent time with both of our families. which was a nice send-off before heading back to Bako.

Two more weeks of clinic and then it's back to the wards.  Should be another mixed bag I think.

As a final comment, I finally popped the Jetta trunk open and found the reason why the trunk no longer opens.  Thanks to a broken plastic lever, I have to go to back and manually open it each time.  I scoured the internet for a new part, and then stumbled upon a much better fix.

Anyways, if any other Jetta owners need a more permanent fix, here you go:

http://jettatrunk.com/