Found a use for this blog after all...

This blog was originally inspired by Laurence Ross who always has the ability to share in life's... well I guess just life. Good and bad. We were both bitching about our lives, as per usual, and it was suggested to him that he go to a junkyard and throw glass bottles (see first of 3 entries- hah!). Sometimes I sign for things due to my obsessive compulsiveness and end up with things like a latent blog. But, it's back up because I have an excuse to write- on the plane ride to El Salvador, I was thinking I wanted to keep a blog of my month here. So, instead of creating a new one, I figured I'd awaken this bad boy up.

Before I started medical school, I randomly found myself in Costa Rica with Joe. Mike DeShields extended a casual invite to "come visit whenever". So, that's what we did. We bought plane tickets and flew down to Central America. No plans and not even an address. Just directions, in Spanish, to his place.

4 years later I find myself back in Central America. I took a shot in the dark and asked Jackie if her uncle, a surgeon, would mind Scott and I to come down for a month and complete an elective. Thanks to Jackie and her uncle, Mario, Scott and I are spending a month in El Salvador to end our final month as medical students.

Mario picked us up from San Salvador and when we got "home" we were greeted by the sweetest family - Mama Chave, Mario, Sr., and Nancy. Almuerzo was just what I needed and Jackie called to check in on us. Feeling at home already.

Stay tuned for pics...