that whenever you have an opportunity to go shopping (as i do today, thanks for the birthday present mom and dad), you automatically get excited because you can try to find "business casual" attire on sale for SCHOOL. long gone are the days where i procure things just for the joy of wearing them. now i have to scout out the "khaki pant" or the "button up shirt" or the "i can wear these shoes for 12 hours at least and my feet still feel wonderful".
so, in my attempt to not let boredom get the best of me, i went to the local art supply store and got some cupcake decorating stuff (yay!) and some drawing supplies. (i used to be quite the artist in high school.) last night i made my first sketch in a LONG time, and it was of a flower pot. i know, NOT very fancy. the drawing started out well enough, i was doing a line contour and it looked very good for someone who was rusty. then i decided to be brave and start shadowing in the dark and medium tones, and well, what do you know, it turned out kind of crappy. haha...i should have known! so for now, i've decided to just do line contours, and when it comes time to "3-D-ing" them, i'll just do some fun color patterns or something, so it's still abstract and if it looks like crap i can just say BUT THAT WAS MY VISION. i think if i attempt anything to look truly lifelike, it's just going to end up amateurish, and that is not what i want. if any turn out internet-worthy, i'll post some of them here. i'm hoping to draw out some cells too...i know i'm really weird. but blood cells are quite pretty! all the different stains...woo!
OH, and i also finished reading my first non-school related book since school got out: "the awakening" by kate chopin. it was quite short, but quite enjoyable. i can understand why it was so scandalous back in the day. too bad that doesn't seem so scandalous now. but also speaking of books, i recently bought the "first aid for step 1" review book so i can start freaking out a year in advance. go me.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
when you realize...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
yay!
yay! done with M1 year! i know all my grades except for ONE (neuro) and i am most definitely crossing fingers on that one...yeah...i know...i'm quite neurotic still. neurotic for neuro...hee hee.
to celebrate, i am about to start cooking a FEAST! beef red curry with tomatoes, green beans, and rice served with a nice pinot noir...i LOVE cooking and i cannot wait to get started! first i have to clean up the kitchen from my pizza making adventure earlier this week...i might even try to make some more CUPCAKES!
next week since i have NO SCHOOL i will try and make a few trips to the school morgue to hang out with the pathologists. i've been meaning to go for a while now...now is the time!
cooking time! woo! and then movie later...woo woo!
Monday, May 12, 2008
tb skin test...
i got my tb skin test today. (you have to get one yearly if you work in the health industry.) it looks kinda red, like a nickel of red around where they punctured my skin earlier. i hope it doesn't require antibiotics...that would really suck.
i also got a prescription for some asthma meds. i had childhood asthma pretty badly, then it went away, and now lately it's kind of come back. no worries...i have albuterol now and it makes life pretty good. maybe a good question to ask the fellow RTs on the interwebz...asthma can never be truly gone, right? it's always lurking somewhere in the shadows...lying dormant for YEARS and then to return with a vengeance?
last day of school is thursday...woo!
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
yay for cookouts
one of the nice things about being done with all our tests and strenuous learning adventures is that we can all get together and just have fun being around each other without stressing out. tonight a group of folks from my class got together and had a cookout. i specially bought a t-bone steak for the event, which was quite possibly the most amount of red meat that i've eaten in a VERY long time. i had it marinating in teriyaki sauce, balsamic vinegar, healthy doses of ginger and garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper, and a little bit of sugar. our grill master of the evening cooked it perfectly to medium rare, and man, it was delicious. it was really funny at the store when i was buying the meat, because i was buying all these ingredients for to make the vegan cupcakes. hahaha...soy milk anyone?
today i pre-registered for M2 year classes. i don't really believe yet that i'm going to be an M2 one day. call me weird...i guess my school journey has been not the norm, so i won't believe it until i'm there...!
our case presentation today was on renal issues. my group presented "red man syndrome", or hypersensitivity to the antibiotic vancomycin. interesting case...our "patient" ended up with acute interstitial nephritis and i got to google up some nice histology slide images of the "biopsy results". tomorrow is cardiology if i remember correctly...
i can't wait to start my summer job!!! i'll be doing research on some genetics projects of the doctor/boss of mine, and plus i'll be shadowing him in clinic. that, i think, will be the best part of it all.
Monday, May 05, 2008
i just finished my last tests of M1 year!!!
as you can infer from the title, i did indeed take my last 2 tests of this year today! neuro board + neurophysiology test. please keep your fingers crossed for me! i don't want any random evil bad-grade monsters lurking about...
tonight i have some dinner plans with friends to celebrate this momentous occasion, and then for the rest of this week it's just easy sailing. i got a vegan cupcake recipe book yesterday and i'm going to be practicing my baking skills. (note: i'm not vegan, but would like to learn how to make some vegan things...why not start with cupcakes!) also, i will be cleaning out my apartment...sorting, cleaning, rearranging...should be good times. also also, i'll be going the GYM AGAIN! yay! i feel like my muscles have been withering away these past few weeks.
the thing that i'm MOST excited about...I'M GETTING A TAN THIS SUMMER! now THAT'S a big deal...i'll be getting my first real summer tan in about 5 years! yay!
Monday, April 28, 2008
3 more weeks!
1 more "hard week"...
3 more total weeks left...
omg this is so cool!!! i just have to really focus hard on studying for neuro so i don't mess up at the last minute...then the last 2 weeks are 2-hr only days for a pass/fail course. easy!
may 15...come on may 15!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
so it's kind of hectic lately...
we've been taking tests and all that lately, and school's kind of stressful. our last day is either may 15 or 16 (depending on what rumor you want to believe), and i've got to BUCKLE DOWN for the next few weeks to get my neuro grade where i want it to be. i apologize for any lack of posts that will undoubtedly happen...
the weather has been quite nice lately, and that makes it harder to focus!
also, i sent in my job application for the summer gig today...MUST STUDY HARD so i can still work this summer!
so let's learn about some corticospinal fibers...eeeew...
