Praising God for small miracles..

I genuinely was afraid I'd failed my biochem test yesterday, but ended up doing very well :) Genetics is still up in the air, I'm sure he's trying to figure out how many points to curve (30...40...50... there were def some ppl in our class who didn't study at all).

After that, we did hand dissection. It was our first shot at skinning which was a nightmare. We started at three and left at 530, just as frustrated as ever. Not the idea for today. We're supposed to start at one but our 11 oclock lecture was cancelled, so I'm forgoing small group bible study in order to get that dissection started. I'd ideally like to get home early, but even "on time" would be okay. I was exhausted after the test yesterday and didn't get much if any studying done last night.

God, hold me. Give me strength when I have none - to finish this dissection and begin to hammer all the gross concepts into my head. It's going to be a long few days.

This is what everyone warns you about - being chronically exhausted. Blah. All I want to do is sleep - the one thing I CAN'T do. :(

Just a few more days and three more tests to go until I can breathe again.

A month has passed... really?

We've been in school a month now. Hard to believe. Somedays it feels like it drags, then I look behind me and realize how much we've already gone through. The rundown so far:

Gross - I still like it. I'm not crazy about lab time (or spending time in the lab when I don't have to), but it's alright. Learning the stuff is fascinating. There's a lot of it - but it's all so clinically relevant that I don't mind.

Biochem - I still hate it. This block's first lecturer was better, but then we got another accent... Will I ever get used to the accents?? Downfall of going to a tiny undergrad/grad school I suppose..

Histology - haven't had any this block, we start back next week.

Genetics - I really like Genetics, it's just hard to force yourself to study for something at A) is worth 1% of your grade and B) the professor tells you you can't fail.. He has the weirdest, most hilarious dry sense of humor too. Sometimes I find myself going "I can't believe you just said that..."

Developmental - Pretty sure I'm the only person in the class... that I know of at least... that likes developmental. The self-study is great for me, and I think the material is way interesting.. but that's the babydoc in me I guess.


Tuesday block test: genetics and biochem. Guess what I'll be spending MY weekend doing. Le Sigh. You suck biochem.

Happy Birthday to Me!

So, nothing says you're an M1 like spending your birthday in the gross anatomy lab...

PIG was so much fun yesterday. Dr. C. is awesome. K and I are both gonna be M1 reps for this year and I'm excited about that. Sounds like a lot of baking and playing with kids - both of which I love :)

Genetics is a treat in and of itself. These powerpoints are insanely long, and its so depressing/non-motivating that the class counts like 1.4% of our final grade.

My family is coming into town tonight! So excited!

Hope everyone has a great weekend...