Mariam Q = 3 siblings in one!

As Mariam and I got to spend so much time together during our internal medicine rotation, I am starting to realize that she is a bizarre combination of all three of my siblings. Since I am desperately missing my family these days, stuck in Bellevue taking medical histories from deaf octogenarians, these similarities are highlighted even more. My siblings all have different personalities and traits, but Mariam, this pampered only child with NO siblings, manages to act a bit like all of them. Here are some examples:

1) SUESIE = the oldest of my siblings, she has a husband and one adorable son

They share a love for chain restaurants like the Cheesecake Factory and Red Lobster. They are both completely willing to drive an hour and a half to fancy malls, and yell at people on the phone to demand refunds.  They also both can't get enough of adorable babies, and both tend to mother me.

2) CYRUS = the hardworking lawyer that trained me in sarcasm

A shared love for certain restaurants is one thing, but this is where it starts to get weird. They both like to EAT gum. That's right, not just chew, SWALLOW. It's a bezoar just waiting to happen. They enjoy the exact same kinds of gum too - Big league Chew (grape flavor), Bubble Jug, and these little Japanese fruit flavored gums only available in home country and Asian grocery stores. They also both enjoy pot pies and party pizzas.

3) SAMIRA = the recent graduate who is about to attend graduate school in international business

They both both tend to like mainstream things, but are reluctant to admit it (One Republic, Gilmore Girls).  They both act exactly the same when they have a migraine.  They also both think I should act more like a girl when I listen to their stories (i.e. OMG, SHUT UP, he did not say that? and then what happened? lol, grl u r too much.)

BONUS SIBLING! JEFF = my brother-in-law the orthopedic surgery resident

They both liked the movie Superbad.  There aren't as many similarities here, unless of course Mariam takes up bodybuilding.  

It's amazing how being homesick can bring out all these qualities in one spunky Pakistani girl.  Sadly there is hardly any time left to chill with this sibling substitute with yet another AHEC dragging me to rural Ohio.  What I really need is some time home, I'm about to send another cake to the University of Colorado Med school admissions office (not really, unless you have some info that I don't about cake bribery leading to easy transfers).

--By Farrah, who voted this weekend.  As Diddy would say, rock the vote!