DURING JOSH'S ORIENTATION WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE BUFFALO BISONS BASEBALL GAME. IT WAS REALLY FUN TO GO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WE NORMALLY DO. BUT WHENEVER THEY SAID BISONS THEY SAID IT LIKE THE S's WERE Z's. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!
THE LAST DAY OF ORIENTATION WEEK WAS FAMILY DAY. WE WENT TO A WHITE COAT CEREMONY, WHERE THEY HAD SPEAKERS THAT TOLD THE FAMILY'S WHAT A TOUGH 4 YEARS THIS IS GOING TO BE, AND THAT WE NEED TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND PATIENT. THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO HAS EVER ACCEPTED. THEY ACCEPTED 90 STUDENTS THIS YEAR, THEY USUALLY ONLY ACCEPT 85. DENTAL SCHOOL IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMPETITIVE EVERY YEAR. UB RECEIVED 2001 APPLICATIONS INTERVIEWED 205 AND ACCEPTED 90. I THINK THAT IT'S AWESOME THAT JOSH IS PART OF SUCH A HIGHLY QUALIFIED GROUP OF STUDENTS. WAY TO GO BABE! AFTER THE TALKS THEY GAVE THE STUDENTS THEIR WHITE COATS. THEN WE WENT TO A NICE CATERED LUNCH, AND LATER AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL.
~P.S. I GOT A TICKET ON OUR WAY TO THE WHITE COAT CEREMONY FOR TURNING RIGHT AT A RED LIGHT. APPARENTLY THERE ARE CERTIAN INTERSECTIONS IN BUFFALO WHERE YOU CAN'T DO THAT. BUT THE SIGN STATING THIS IS POSTED 50 FEET BEFORE THE LIGHT NOT ON THE POLE NEXT TO THE LIGHT. THE FINE FELL UNDER THE SAME CATEGORY AS RUNNING A RED LIGHT. YEAH THAT'S CORRECT I WAS FINED $125 FOR TURNING AT THE INAPPROPRIATE TIME, WHEN I COULD HAVE BEEN SPEEDING AND CAUSING REAL DANGER TO PEOPLE AND ONLY BEEN FINED $75!
WE LIVE ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE SCHOOL, SO ALMOST EVERYDAY JOSH HAS BEEN RIDING HIS BIKE . ON MONDAY AUGUST 13TH JOSH CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT HE WAS DONE AT SCHOOL AND HE WAS HEADED HOME. A COUPLE MINUETS LATER MY PHONE RANG AGAIN, WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS HIM I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE TOLD ME HE CRASHED ON HIS BIKE AND I NEEDED TO COME GET HIM. HE WAS SCRAPED AND BRUISED ALL DOWN HIS LEFT SIDE. HIS HIP ENDED UP GETTING A BRUISE THE SIZE OF TWO FISTS. FROM HIS KNEE TO HIS ANKLE WAS MAJORLY SCRAPED AND CUT. HIS HAND HAD 2 HUGE CHIPS OF SKIN TAKEN OFF AND HIS ELBOW AND ARM WAS SCRAPED AND BRUISED. HE LIMPED FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND STILL CAN'T LAY ON HIS LEFT SIDE. I JUST HAPPENED TO BE HOME FROM WORK THAT DAY-THANK GOODNESS! HE WOULDN'T LET ME TAKE A PICTURE SO YOU'LL HAVE TO IMAGINE JUST HOW BAD IT WAS.
THANKS TO THE SOUTHWEST DING SPECIALS, YESTERDAY MY PARENTS BOOKED A FLIGHT TO COME SEE US IN OCTOBER. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED! OTHER THAN THESE EVENTFUL THINGS WE HAVE BEEN CRAZY BUSY WITH SCHOOL, AND WORK AND ERRANDS, AND LAUNDRY, AND MEALS AND THEN DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
