It honestly feels like everything is my 'last' these days: I've already had my last summer break during med school, and this past week was my last spring break. From here on out, I will have winter break (4 weeks) and a week here and there. It's hard to keep calm (from both panic and excitement) when I think about the next 3 months and the transitions that will come quickly!
Luckily, there exists Nature, a vast, uncontainable span of creation and beauty that reminds me that my problems and I are not so big after all.
Plus, there's nothing like a 9-mile hike that makes you appreciate living more! The reward was a tidefall, a waterfall that flows directly into the ocean. It's apparently a rare feat of nature.
The last four miles back were pretty funny in retrospect. Three heads down, single file, plowing ahead, trying not to think about our growling stomachs (they were growling before we even got to the nature reserve hours and miles ago....we weren't able to grab breakfast as planned due to some weird roads!) in total silence until we finally made it back to the car.
We celebrated hungrily by scarfing down some BLTs at a (overpriced) beachside cafe, and then I had a milkshake too. Worth it.
This break was spent mostly in the quiet moments. In coffee shops and libraries, in my Step 1 books and in bed. Even though my "lasts" are almost up, I haven't felt my usual urgency to visit as many friends as possible like I used to. The first few breaks I ever came home, I managed to see around 40 friends. It was go go go, this place and that. That number has dwindled down over the months and years, as expected, but I'm thankful for steadfast friends in my life, even if I don't carve out a designated visiting time.
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