this week's sign of the apocalypse:

i'm giving up facebook for lent.... and it's actually a sacrifice.

seriously, i am. and even though lent doesn't officially start until wednesday, i already deactivated. it's been less than twenty-four hours and i've already had to stop myself several times from typing in that oh-so-familiar web address. ridiculous. i embarass myself.

there is a method to my madness, however. if you look below, one of my new year's resolutions is to be better about keeping in touch with people. facebook seems like a cop-out to me. seriously? if i want to check in with someone that badly, i can just as easily call them, or at least do them the courtesy of an email. technology is great, but let's show people we care, shall we?

so, wish me luck. and don't try to write on my wall. it's not there. i've depleted the facebook world of one more rapkowicz.... we're down to just three now, i think.....

there's no place like home.

so last week i went on a whirlwind adventure tour of the south. here's how it went:

chattanooga to knoxville to chattanooga to rome to chattanooga to atlanta to chattanooga to bristol to boone to bristol to chattanooga. 

oh, and i was the driver on all these trips. whew. it was fun, but tiring.

first, we went to rome to hear THE cory tucker play at the peach palace. interesting place. apparently the dance party with dj slick rick happening upstairs wasn't ready for our dance moves. oh, and also i had forgotten my crazy slutty tank top at home. darn. so i just hung out downstairs with cory and the PT crew and BIRD, yay! and, i got an incredible cinnamon pretzel at schroeder's deli. highly recommended.

back to chatt-town and then to atlanta (to see bird, AGAIN, how am i so lucky?) for the Bodies exhibit. it was a required "field trip" --- wasn't sure those were still allowed in graduate school. buthey, randy walker does what he wants. it was incredibly interesting, however, and reminded me of the many many things that i have already forgotten from anatomy. fabulous.

cory conveniently parked at the outlets in calhoun, so naturally the girls did a little shopping on the way back. hey, everything was on sale.... and it's for clinic! (the new excuse to buy clothes...)

back to class for a few days, and then we were on the CSM break. the whole point in going to bristol/NC was for skiing purposes. however, seeing

as how i had never skiied a day in my life, and didn't really want to break anything that particular day, i hung out and studied in the lodge-place until IZZY got out of class!! it was great to finally see where she lived and get to hang out with her for a few hours. gotta love my moneyball :)

i love road trips, and had a blast going all of these places. you would be amazed at the randomness that can happen on a simple overnight trip. they are great memories. but i don't know if i am getting older, or what, but for some reason, when i got back on friday, it felt good to just be home. even though it's not really home, it's a place with my stuff in it: my bed, my food, my clothes that are not in a suitcase. it's weird. i used to have the travel bug like crazy. and even though i still want to see so much more of the world, for now i'm kind of content to be where i am. weird, huh?

ding dong, the MRSA's gone.....

NO. MORE. MRSA.

i'm pretty pumped. this is me being excited. 

thanks to everyone who sent prayers and positive thoughts and mashed potatoes my way. :)