Thanks everyone. NYC is very stressful! It's easy to feel trapped here...though I'm trying to make the most of my experience, I must say I'm comforted by the fact that I will be moving back west once my program ends this summer.

Good news on the ebola front: because the Dr. didn't abide by the 'voluntary quarantine' guidelines, NY and NJ have just instituted a mandatory 21-day quarantine for health workers returning from west africa. This relieved a lot of anxiety for me (though I still haven't worked up enough courage to get on the subway again!). Has anyone seen the film 'Melancholia' - well, that's the sort o impending doom feeling I was starting to get...

I can't imagine what it must be like for all of those people in w. africa. It truly looks like hell on earth.