Well it has been 9 days since my last post, but a lot has been accomplished. Hey! I said more regular, not scheduled regularly.

In Life these past 9 days:

• The St. Louis Cardinals won the National League Championship Series and are currently 1-0 in the World Series against the Texas Rangers.
• Julie & Mike McCourt had a beautiful baby boy named Riley Francsis McCourt. (I know...I liked Wilson Francis McCourt better too!) Both baby and Julie are doing well, hopefully out and about soon...keep them in your prayers.
• I survived the 10 midterms/finals/quizzes/practicums/papers that I had over the past two weeks (11 days actually). Yes, it was insane. I'm hopefully catching up on sleep this next week.
• Bryce and Eileen Fortner were married on Saturday, Oct. 15 and had a beautiful Billiken wedding.
• Steve Jobs, the inventor and creator of Apple, Inc., passed away from respiratory arrest due to his long battle with pancreatic cancer.
• I successfully passed two practicums which proved that my "Critical Skills" and "Medical Administration" skills are satisfactorily up to par.
• My Philosophy teacher is still just as delusional.
• No one close or relatively close to me or my family has passed away or suffered from severe illnes. #ItIsAboutTime

As Fall Break approaches, and I break my yearly tradition of visitng ISU over their homecoming weekend, life has finally slowed down. At this moment in time, I have no tests coming up. No papers to write. No things to plan or do. I have work today and tomorrow, and a clinical orientation tomorrow morning. I have a couple weekend desk shifts to attend, and one night I am on call. The highlight of my weekend is volunteering in the Medical Tent of the St. Louis Rock & Roll Marathon and Half Marathon. So that is where I will be, probably all day on Sunday. Look for me there, as I'm on the sweep team! We'll see how it goes, I get a free T-shirt!

Best,
Wilson

Long Time Gone

It has been a while since my last blog. In fact, it has been months since my last update, but it hasn't been for lack of desire or finess to write, it has been lack of commitment and "something worthy to write about." I struggle with writing something that I won't be judged for or writing something that means something to someone. But, truth be told, you can't please everyone. While this blog started off as a way to communicate with the homeland while studying abroad in Australia (or so I said, as I actually had started it beforehand as a "True Life: Blogger" movement I tried to pull off).
Overtime, having left Australia and no chance of returning for a long while, continuing my education here at Saint Louis University, pouring my brains out in the Pius XII Memorial Library night after night, have been a tough endeavor. This blog post in fact is now in part two, as the first time I wrote it and attempted to come back to it, it disappeared on me. All of my writing genius gone to waste. However, here I am...writing again. I, like a few others I know (you know who you are), turn to writing for comfort, an escape, to show off your talent(s), and/or the pure love of using words and creativity to make something great. Currently, I'm pretending to take notes in my Philosophy 105 class. The professor is semi-delusional and talks about Meat, Alcohol, Naked Greek men wrestling each other, and other "philosophical" topics. Long story short, I'm not a fan of this class, but I get other stuff done when I don't pay attention. Hence...this blog.
I hope this blog becomes a semi-regular experience. While many other things that I enjoy in life have dissipated due to my extensive school/work/other load, I hope that writing is still able to be a part of it, regardless of how or what the topic is.

So here is my official re-Kick Off to my blog. I'm no longer in Australia, but my life is still just as interesting. Well, at least I like to think so. Jordan, you tried to get me to do this a while ago and I claimed I would. If you are reading this...here I am! Julie--Even though your baby is coming and you might not even know that much about my blog...I'm writing again.

Best to you all.

Until Then,

Wilson