The first weekend has passed since orientation was finalized by the white coat ceremony held in the Herbert Wertheim Performing Arts Center. My parents, Michael and Dr. Herney Bolivar were all kind enough to witness what was perhaps one of the happiest days of my life. As I went on stage to get my white coat on, and even before while I was waiting in the stands, I felt my face having a grin from sides of my faces.... ecstatic and brilliantly excited.
Afterwards, Herney treated us all to dinner at this Cuban restaurant called Versailles; apparently if you live in Miami, this is the one place you have to go eat or else you have never really SEEN Miami. This is also a restaurant that most all potential Republican nominees for president go to connect with the Cuban population by talking trash about good ol' Fidel. The food was delicious, perhaps the most awesome dish was one ordered by Mami, which was this whole fried Cod - awesome. Herneyh suggested we ordered a shake of the fruit called Mamey - twas awesome. After the restaurant, we went our separate ways and our family went back to the apartment to rest.
The next day was filled with buying stuff at Home Depot, IKEA (to replace the legs of my table the broke and return some things that I didn't need) and a trip to the mall. Tropical Storm Emily (or the remnants of her) gave us a downpour that lasted for hours and prevented us from leaving the mall earlier than we had wanted to. Eventually, we came home and fixed the table as well as building another nightstand that papi was kind enough to buy for me.... I really feel lucky.... so lucky to have this family....
This morning, we fixed somethings around the house; papi was annoyed by all the things that were broken or under-maintained around the apartment - rightly so. Due to this, we took a trip to the home depot where he bought me a new shower head that worked properly. Around 1:30 pm we all went to Denny's for lunch, I like it when we do things like this. Another storm went over us... eventually they all left around 3 pm which was filled with bittersweet good-byes.... especially for papi, I know he misses me very much.... I hate to see him sad. This is why I must do my best while I am here, I have to make everything count. Next time, I'll write earlier so I can write with more emotion and detail rather than rushing to post everything so I can get some sleep.
- V
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