"What's important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning..."

"What's important is that we never stop believing we can have a new beginning, but it's also important to remember amid all the crap are a few things really worth holding on to."

So, it's a new year. Practically February, and I'm just finding myself with the time (albeit in total procrastination) to update. It's really hard to blog this year.. primarily because I started this blog to be an insight into the parts of medical training that I may forget someday, and the little events that actually make things worth it. As we get closer and closer to May, wards are feeling farther and farther away. On the flip side, it feels like the fourletterword is coming up like a high-speed train. We've got exams starting again next week. It never ends. Some days are a drag just to get through. I am SO TIRED of the classroom. I'm tired of studying too much, sleeping too little, and feeling like it's never going to end. /endrant

In the midst of all my grumbling and complaining, I remind myself daily how blessed I am to be here, how much a difference my medschool friends have made in my life, and that we are truly only four full months away from being actual student doctors. Which leads me to the interesting topic of the week:

Monday we had something affectionately known as the "Male GU Demo". Now for those of you who are not in medical school or the medical professions, this is a time when we can all gather and learn what the male.... nether regions... are supposed to look like, as well as learn how to do the dreaded DRE (digital = finger, rectal = butt, exam = ...you get the picture). I really don't want to say much more about this, I just had to get it down so that one day I'll look back on it and laugh ;)

M's fiance finally came home from deployment, so I've managed to fit some fun hang out time in with them... other than that, it's just the usual school boredom. 3 more months in the classroom, then thefourletterword.

Come onnnnnnnnnnnn summer/Disney/June/wards/July/baby/therestofmylife...