Reasoning Behind My Lazy Absence...

Sorry for the lack of post, since my internship began at Mayo I have seriously have had no time for anything else besides that. I have honestly been going to Mayo, come home study MCAT and haven't had time for much else besides that. One upside to working at Mayo is the dress code - unless you're in scrubs you are required to wear business casual outfits. What that means is that I can wear dresses and just dress up everyday. Orginally that was a lot of fun getting to wear all these businessy dresses that I've stashed away due to the blazing Arizona heat and lack of occasion. I will definitely be doing more Outfits of the Day post for sure since these dresses are so much fun to wear (...at least when I'm in the mood for it). 

My mentor is super nice and the work that she does is super amazing. For someone having to deal with me... she has a tremendous amount of patience which I have to give her props for. The reason I applied to the Mayo SURF Program was to see whether an M.D./Ph.D could possibly be in my future and honestly this program has turned out to be way more than that. I have gotten the opportunity to meet amazing like-minded individuals as well as fostering my love for science. Oh gosh, I'm starting to sound like a walking billboard for the program but that is truly how I feel. Prior to coming into the program and doing cancer immunology research, I have never truly been in a lab before. Right now you're probably wondering how I got into the Mayo SURF Program without any experience, but I have done over a year of Psychology research and has assisted with another clinical research project that Mayo had with Arizona State University. However, pipetting and counting cells and running PCRs and dealing with mice - I have never done any of those things. This program has helped me to understand what it means to possibly be a researcher in the future and I'm loving every minute so far. 

I will definitely make an effort to post more and keep the promises I made to myself :)! For now here's a picture of the beautiful Mayo Clinic campus I get to be at 5 days a week for the next couple of weeks.