One of My Inspirations

One of my inspirations for what I do and what I want to be has been my cardiologist.  Not only is he a great doctor, named one of America's Top Cardiologist a few years ago, but he's been such a great person, a great friend, and a great support system throughout my whole life.
And today, I saw him for the last time as his patient.
He'd been hinting at retirement for the last few years now, and today he told me that he'll be retiring as of January 1.
I didn't think it'd come up so soon, he just told us that he'd be leaving the practice and giving all his patients to his other 3 partners, none of whom I actually know.
I've gotten so comfortable with this particular doctor, mostly because he's the only cardiologist that I know and remember.  I don't remember my first cardiologist, or the surgeon who did my surgery.  I only remember him.  And now, I have to start seeing someone new.  I mean, I knew it would happen sooner or later, I just didn't expect it to be this soon.  I also knew I would eventually have to leave the "Pediatric Cardiology," but I have been told it wouldn't actually be any time soon, the main reason being that my cardiologist is the one who knows my case and condition best.
So, as of 2011, my doctor will be handing off my chart to another doctor, who, no matter what, will not know me as well as he did.  That's okay, all good things come to an end, and I have been so fortunate to have him as my cardiologist, and I will never forget how much he's done for me.
Another chapter has ended.  Time to turn the page and keep writing.

Happy Thanksgiving

Well another Thanksgiving, and I feel like every year I have more and more to be thankful for.  Which is how it should be.

So, this time around, what am I thankful for?
I'm most thankful for having a much stronger relationship with my religion.  I guess I never truly understood His powers and His love for all of us, but I think I get it now. I used to never bless myself before exams, I'd rarely say even a quick prayer before bed, and today I found myself thanking Him for the food in front of me, without even a thought.  And I feel better, more confident, and truly believe that He really is helping me, and guiding me through all my hardships.

My parents of course, I can't do without.  With all the support they've given me, all the encouragement to do nothing but my best, has pulled me through, and made me feel so confident about the future I want for myself.

The rest of my family, the ones here in NY, the ones spread all over the States, the ones all the way out in Europe, and all those back home in PI.  A warm welcome every time we see each other, an even warmer hug, and a home away from home, no matter how long it's been since I've seen them.  I know that if I ever just showed up at their front step, without hesitation I'd be welcome inside.  My family is who I am, and I don't know what I'd do without them.

My friends.  What can I say about them. ILOVETHEMWITHALLMYHEARTANDNOTHINGWILLEVERCHANGETHATPERIOD.

There's gotta be like 10,000 more things that I'm thankful for, but those papers and the physics homework's calling my name.
<3 Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

Finally the Downhill Slope

The semester is almost over.
I'm convinced that I'm at the point in the semester where it will all go downhill from here. 
My last Anatomy lecture exam was on Friday, and all I really have left is another Physics test and a lab exam for Anatomy.
Other than that, I have a few research papers to write, which I'm hoping to get one of them done today, and then finals week.

Finally, that light at the end of the tunnel.  I can't wait.

Overall, this semester has been good.  The classes not too bad, except for whatever minor heart attacks my anatomy teacher's been giving me.  I think I enjoyed most of my classes, which I don't think I've been able to say for a while. 

SI has actually been one of the highlights of my semester, this was an incredible experience, and I didn't imagine how rewarding it would be to have several of my students come up to me and thank me for helping them and helping them get the grades that they wanted/needed.  Some thanked me for helping them achieve higher than their goal.

I can wish, right?

Exhaustion is finally kicking in

I think I've hit that point in the semester where coffee doesn't even keep me awake anymore.  It has been putting me to sleep the last few days. It's NOT okay.
There are 5 weeks left in the semester.  The end of the semester cannot come any sooner.  All the work, homeworks, due dates, exams are now being crammed in last minute. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


There. I let it out.  I just finished my anatomy lab exam today, I have an anatomy lecture exam next week, and just a whole bunch of other frustrations, research papers up to wazoo, all of which I have piles of papers and research articles for the topics, but they have yet to be stapled, much more read, highlighted and made sense.

As far as medical school goes.
I FINALLY spoke to my Pre-Med advisor this week.  She suggested that I take the MCATs sooner than I was planning on taking them (a good 2 months sooner.  And yes, that 2 months is crucial and might actually make some kind of a difference.)
She gave me a list of schools that would accept my GPA, based on my practice MCAT grade without studying.  I have a safety school already.  That last-resort school, which basically guarantees that I have a shining chance of going to medical school here in the states.  I am NOT settling for a safety school.  I will ace those MCATs, and my GPA will NOT go down. *humph* and NOTHING. Do you hear me world? NOTHING is getting in my way.

Officially Pwnaging Physics

Dear Physics,
Although you have done nothing this semester but give me high blood pressure, an incredible amount of stress, and well more work than what seems necessary, because well, because of you I have done NO work for my  BIOLOGY classes. BTW, I'm a Biology major, not a Physics major.  Stop giving me so much work.

Anyway, to get to the point of this letter. HAH I PWN YOU >:)