my hostel home

hey hey hey! this is my first post from my new home for the month. this is the sixth, yep, sixth place in six months! amazing, huh?

i'm now living in the old northside of indianapolis about 7 blocks north of downtown where i used to live. my place is sort of a hostel with students and professionals from all over. there's a big house where the owners live with the other renters. i'm staying in the 3-bedroom carriage house at the back. i currently share the house with two guys from india. they are consultants for a software firm and are temporarily assigned in indianapolis. i haven't met all the people who live in the big house except for one woman from australia. she's a real estate investor, here for 3 weeks looking to snap up foreclosed homes. the environment has an international feel and the owners are super welcoming. they promote a home away from home atmosphere. i think that i'm really going to enjoy this month.

yesterday, one of my roommates tagged along with me as i ventured into the
monon trail . i've lived here in indy for so long and i had never been on the trail. we don't live far from the beginning of the trail so this is a good time to begin. it's a 10.5 mile trail. my goal is to be able to run the trail this month. i bought running shoes the other day. but i really don't think that i have a runner's personality. yesterday, we just walked leisurely for a couple of miles or so and headed back. i'll probably run/walk again later tonight.

i haven't really talked much with the other roommate. he apparently works at night. but the roommate i hanged out with yesterday is pretty cool. he said that he does yoga most mornings so i told him to wake me up when he does. i start my radiology rotation tomorrow and i don't have to be at school till noon. oh yeah, he also cooks! he seems to be an all-around decent guy.

the australian woman is pretty friendly too. we're actually going to do pilates tomorrow at a nearby studio. it seems that a lot of people i meet now is into eating healthy and staying fit. i guess, they are really not bad company to keep :).

so yeah, life is fabulous. i just finished a great month of medicine. i start radiology tomorrow. i'm heading to washington d.c. this weekend to meet up with my college friends, glenda and edith. then of course the week after is the wedding in vegas.

so that's the update for now. i don't know if anybody is still reading this. how come, nobody leaves a comment? :)