bored...

i've had this so-called blog for a couple weeks now, yet i have done nothing with it. so here goes, i suppose...
yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the days to follow have been and will all be cenetered around the countdown until my return to school. i have been home for something like nine days, and i cannot wait to go back to omaha. the official countdown: 13 days until my flight leaves. thirteen days...wow. that's a lot of hours stuck in my black hole of boredome and nothingness that i do not want to think about.
nevertheless, a few bright spots remain on the horizon. i plan to go snowboarding at least a few more times before i leave and i have already gone three times. on thursday, i am privileged to have the opportunity to spend the day with an orthopedic surgeon, dr. reister, who is a friend of my aunt. i will meet him at 7am at swedish hospital, observe three surgerys (two knee and one shoulder), eat lunch with him, and then spend some time with him at clinic. that should be interesting and should hopefully give me some sort of idea as to if i will continue with the goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. on saturday, brian returns from his trip to england. i'll get to talk to him finally after not having been able to since saturday night. so despite having more time left in denver than i would wish, perhaps my time will go faster than i think.
for now, i am off to attempt to endure my parents and oldest brother who will be returning soon from work. there's nothing like enjoying the day in an empty house with no one around reading books i want to read. i love solitude. i abhor crowds, even the crowd of the three other people that inhabit my house. perhaps i will remain in my room, the sanctuary of my basement. or perhaps i will go to my brother, brian's house where a slightly smaller crowd of people i can stand much more awaits me.
enough for now.