World Cup words of inspiration

When I get overwhelmed about the mountain I have to climb to get accepted to medical school (my undergrad grades are shite), I find articles like this inspiring. This is the Italian soccer coach talking about playing Germany, addressing the fact that everyone has pegged Germany to win.

When the Coach was reminded that Germany are younger, unbeaten in 15, score more goals, had two further days to rest and are the tournament favourites, he joked with the journalist asking the question.

“So we should just go home now, then? No, it just means that playing this game will be even more intriguing than it already would be."

“At this moment we are very relaxed and want to put into practice everything we’ve done so far. I think difficulties make challenges more fascinating.”

"Prandelli revealed he had taken a nap before the England game, showing how calm he was going into that quarter-final."

“I must confess I had a bit of a half-hour today, though I’m a little ashamed to admit it. When I close my eyes and dream, I dream fantastic things. I hope to dream of a magical and marvellous night."

The last month in a nutshell

I bet you're wondering about what's been going on in my life the last month or so. Well, a lot.

Here's a bullet-point list of my goings on since then.

• May 19 Morning - Took my MCAT.
• May 19 Afternoon - Hit up a baby shower and moped.
• May 19 Evening - Moped some more while getting my butt kicked at nerdy board games.
• May 20 - Tried to pick up the pieces after a disastrous MCAT experience.
• May 21 - Met with my boss to get a letter of recommendation, got a haircut, and got a professional-looking portrait done for applications.
• May 22 Ass-Crack of Dawn - Began a series of flights to Guam.
• May 23 Evening - Boarded the USNS Mercy at U.S. Navy base in Guam.
• May 24 - June 18 - Hung out aboard the USNS Mercy.
• June 3 - 9 - Camped out in an Indonesian village of <1000 inhabitants providing basic medical care as part of a humanitarian mission with the U.S. Navy.
• June 19 Morning - Boarded first of many planes to get home from a tiny town in the Philippines.
• June 19 Evening - Took an unexpected visit to a small island due to a very serious medical emergency aboard our flight.
• June 19 Morning - Found out my MCAT score at the Honolulu airport. Massive sense of relief followed.
• June 19 Evening - Finally arrived home after visits to way too many airports for my liking.
• June 19 - Present - I've done absolutely nothing during this time.

The problem with that last point is that I need to get my medical school application submitted ASAP, but I'm having trouble finding the motivation to do it by some imaginary deadline. I'm a major procrastinator and have found that rolling deadlines are my Achilles' heel. Well, one of my Achilles' heels, at least.

I will go into much more detail about the happenings of the last month in the coming weeks, but for now I wanted to provide a quick summary as another way of putting off working on my personal statement.