I'm finally done!

As you could probably guess, I'm in a great mood today. I just finished my last two final exams and now I am free from school for 3 weeks. I've never appreciated a break so much. So, I have 1 semester down and 7 more to go!

I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing the next three weeks. I can't remember what I used to like to do in my free time. I think the next three weeks are going to be full of reading, sleeping, and eating my mom's cooking! I'm sure that I'll get bored after about 2 days, but right now I am welcoming boredom. I say "Boredom, bring it on! Give me your best shot!"

On a different note, I saw something interesting today. Actually I've been seeing it more recently than I thought I would. What I saw as I was walking home was a guy wearing shorts. Shorts?! Here I was wearing my winter jacket, gloves, hat and scarf and this guy had on shorts and a sweatshirt. At first I thought maybe he just got done working out, but no he was going to class (or exams) like that. Okay, I know you're busy, but really, how much longer does it take to pull on a pair of pants? I can pull on the whole "winter ensemble" in about 90 secs. Yes, I timed myself out of curiosity. I guess this whole wearing shorts all year round is just something I don't understand. Partially because I don't enjoy being cold and partially because I rarely wear shorts. It has to be about 90 degrees for me to break out the shorts, and that is only if I'm going to be outside for an extended amount of time. Does anyone else do this? It's not just because I don't like my legs (which I don't really) but mostly it's just because shorts aren't really that comfortable. Plus, I don't get as hot as I used to. Right now, I would welcome some warm weather, but I know I have a long time until I get to enjoy that again. I guess now I'll just try to enjoy the cold weather and hope that if it's going to snow, it'll be here for Christmas.

Exams

Well, tomorrow I am beginning my first set of medical school finals. I can hardly wait! Actually, I really am anxious to get them over with so that this stress and constant studying can be done. The last two weeks I've felt like if I'm not studying, that I am somehow dooming myself to a life of begging for quarters on the street corner. I know this isn't true, but I do feel guilty when I take a break (like right now, although really I wouldn't be studying now anyway). Therefore, I will probably not be doing much of anything until my exams are over on Friday. Wish me luck!

Frantic

So these next two weeks are going to be crazy. I feel like I'm all over the place right now with no chance to slow down and take a break. I really have nothing interesting say except complain so instead I share a verse of a song that describes what I've been up to.

Wake up, ninety miles an hour
Take the world's fastest shower
Coffee black, microwave it
I'm at my best caffeinated
Out the door, pick up the pace
I'm here, I'm there, I'm everyplace

That's how it goes
A day in my life
I'm on my toes
From morning to night
Livin' like this
Some might say it's
So exhausting, frenzied, manic
Call me nuts but I like it frantic

--Jamie O'Neal

Okay, so this is almost accurate except for the whole like it part. Of course I chose this so I guess deep down I must like it. That's all I have for now.

Another use for bran muffins?

It's been a busy and stressful but good week (if that makes sense). The beginning of the week was a little rough as I was trying to get back into the whole class thing again after a week off. Luckily, I only had 1 day that I had to be at class by 8am. I guess because it's the end of the semester, they decided maybe being at class by 8am was asking a little too much.

I spent Wednesday morning with my preceptor (an Orthopedist). This time my visit was much better. The last time I saw him it was right after my "stressful" days, so I wasn't all there. He'd ask questions, and I'd say "I dunno." This time though, I was able to answer maybe half of his questions. I told him that I felt kind of stupid because I didn't know the answers. He said, "I didn't really expect that you would." How should I take that? Did he mean that he thought the I was especially ignorant? Or was he just saying that he was asking questions that no M1 would know how to answer? If that's the case, why would he do that? He's a young doctor. He should remember how stupid we feel most of the time. My roommate asked me the other day if I felt smarter. Honestly, I feel more and more stupid everyday. Maybe stupid isn't the right word. Ignorant, clueless, naive? There is just so much that I don't know that I feel like I should. People ask my for medical advice already. This is crazy. I don't know anything. Everytime someone does that, my first reaction is to do what I've always done when someone asks me a question I don't know the answer to, I make something up (I learned from the master storyteller and am trying to live up to some of his stories). In the past, this was never really a problem because sometimes I'd be right and if I wasn't they would never find out about it anyway. Now, though, I think it would be bad if made stuff up and people actually believed me.

I had my first final exam on Friday afternoon, so I spent most of the week studying for that. I got the results this evening and I passed! So, I have now officially passed 1 medical school class. Now, I just have 8 more to pass this semester...

Last night I went to see The Nutcracker. I really enjoyed it even though it was a local production. Most of the dancers were really talented. Some of the little kids didn't really know what they were doing, but it was cute so no one cared. We sat in the 4th row, so I got a close-up view of the characters and their costumes. One particular costume puzzled me. Actually, it wasn't the costume, it was the man in the costume. All of the men were wearing tights, which I expected. What was puzzling, though, is that one of the men had strange lumps under his tights. Okay, once you stop laughing, I'll tell you what I mean. He had these really bizarre lumps on his butt. Now, I'm in an Anatomy class and I have seen a lot of strange butts, but I have never seen anyone with lumps like this guy had. He was obviously very muscular, so I was thinking "Maybe it's just a strange muscle." Still, it bothered me because I couldn't think of what muscle he would have that would make his butt look lumpy like that. It looked like he had shoved two muffins down the back of his tights. I'm still puzzled.

Well, I really should get some studying done before I go to bed. Hopefully I won't have any nightmares involving the strange muffin butt.