Well, if I havn't, I'm absolutely terrible at updating blogs, as you can see. I was just lurking about the interwebs when I realized, hey, I have a blog, and I don't think I've posted in it for a while. Sure enough, as per usual, I don't even remember which e-mail address I use for the login. Sure enough, as per usual, I check when I last updated, only to realize its been approximately 2 months since I updated.
Okay, last I posted, I was at the point in the semester where I was trying to balance off show rehearsals, and school. So the show turned out to be absolutely amazing, one of the best experiences I've had at Molloy, and to the entire casts' surprise, we had a great turnout. All my amazing friends and family came out to see which made it even more special for me <3. And thus, most likely ends my theatrical career.
Once the show was over, it was crunch time. Between that huge seminar paper, pointless Forensics assignments, and a whole ton of other things that I don't even remember now because it seems like the last month of college was forever ago, I worked, I ate, I spent a lot of time on campus, and I spent a lot of time with friends.
Finals week, because of the massive amount of take home finals/presentations that were considered to be our final, was pretty much a breeze.
After that, Gala. Probably the most amazing weekend anyone could ask for to close their college career. We got dressed up, took lots of pictures, we danced, we slept in a tent, and had croissants and brie for breakfast. The night was a good night. The following day/night was pretty awesome as well.
Between Gala and Graduation was a mix of family things, hang outs, Graduation parties, catching up with old friends, getting to know new ones.
Graduation itself was a pretty bittersweet event. As excited as I was to finally graduate, it was a little sad to realize that I'll probably never walk into our common room/cafeteria and see all the familiar faces that I'm used to seeing on a daily basis.
^ Okay so I think I typed this up around July, it seems.
And again, I must apologize for my lack of posts. Things are a whole lot crazier than I thought they would be since I started up school.
So, basically, I spent my summer exploring Singapore, seeing friends, relaxing, catching up on sleep before life would get sucked out of me once school started.
And boy, med school has really lived up to expectations, and then some.
We basically started the second week of August, with 2 days of orientation (Friday, and the following Monday) and then classes started right away that Tuesday. It has been absolutely non-stop since we started. Well, it should not have been, but it was.
Started off med school with an Introduction class, which was basically a crash course in the not-so-basic sciences. Boy was that quite the clusterfuck that I was warned about by second years. But, thankfully, we finished that in the first week of October. Then, we immediately (nope, no break at all between the two blocks) moved into Musculoskeletal. And boy, did I love MSK. Really, I did. To the point where I started even considering Orthopedics. Mostly because of the Ortho professor that we had (I absolutely LOVED him), but because that stuff just made sense to me. Who knows, maybe I will end up being a carpenter for bones. I'm going to have to hit up the gym more often if that's the case though. We'll see.
So this is where the "it should not have been" so non-stop but it was part comes in. In the middle of MSK, we had that oh so lovely hurricane Sandy that blew out an entire week of school, setting back our exam schedule to an even more of a clusterfuck than Intro was. So basically, they pushed back our trifectas (OMM practical, Anatomy practical and final exam) to AFTER Thanksgiving break, but all the while we were still starting Integ right on time. So, we were learning about skin stuff, while still trying to find time to study MSK, and then after MSK was finally over, we had about a week to cram for the Integ exam that was coming soon after. The stress level was incredible, but thankfully, I made it out of MSK with a Pass, and as of now, I'm still passing Integ.
So right now, I'm on Christmas break, which, really isn't a break because well, we have our last Integ exam coming up soon after we return.
No rest for the weary.
Anyway, must head back to studying, just wanted to take a few minutes to update on life, or lack-there-of.
I'll post again soon with more about what it's like to be where I am :)
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