It's that point in the semester where I don't want to do anything. Ever. It's right before thanksgiving break and I'm just so worn out from the semester. I just finished making cupcakes for my friend Amber's birthday today, and am bringing them to class tomorrow. I love being Susie Homemaker. It's really fun. Minus the cleaning. My God, I hate cleaning with a fiery passion that transcends all time and space, but I love how things look when they are clean. Weird. Anyway... I am in the third week of OB rotation. I have learned a LOT, good and bad, about people in general.
I was talking to Shanna about this earlier: there is one preceptor, who shall remain nameless, who actually said that she hated having students because 'they don't know anything and they don't know what they are doing'. That just pisses me right off. Seriously? YOU were in our position at some point in time. It may have been over 100 years ago, but you have to still remember how we feel. We are still getting used to the whole hospital thing, and we aren't trying to be pains in your ass, so stop treating us like we ruin your day because we are trying to learn from you. AND, you shouldn't even be precepting in the first place. Some people baffle me. My clinical instructor is really awesome, and I've learned a lot from her. Life goes on, and Thanksgiving break is a week away. I can't freaking wait!!
Marathon training is going pretty well. My feet keep getting "piggy back" blisters, as I call them, meaning: I get a blister, and then a blister on top of that blister and so forth until I have a giant, ugly callus on my arch. HOW does that even HAPPEN?! The running is really good though, it clears my head. Other than that, nothing much is really happening in my life. I'm kind of seeing someone, but I guess you wouldn't really even call it that. I guess we are "talking". He's a really nice guy, and I guess we'll see where it goes.
... and that's the news from Lake Woe-Be-Gone. I hope your fall is going well, and Happy Thanksgiving!!
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November 17, 2009
October 26, 2009
well, well, well
I'm halfway through the semester. And this is the point where things start to lag. I am getting to the point of oh-my-god-i-have-no-motivation-whatsoever. It's pretty lame, let's be honest, because well... I still have half a semester to go!
Favorite class: Pathophysiology. It just makes so much sense, and I LOVE learning how the body works and what can go wrong with it.
Most Despised class: Foundations. The content is extremely easy, and somehow, I can't score on the tests! It's the NCLEX style of questions, and granted, my scores improve by like 2 percentage points every test, but gah!!
Favorite Teacher: Anita Winnigate aka Winnie. She is hilarious, and probably the most intelligent person I've ever met. No lie. I just love her class.
I don't really have a least favorite teacher, only a favorite. The staff is awesome, and they are all very common sense oriented which is sweeeeet compared to some of the other classes I've taken in my life. I don't know. I'm still adjusting I think, and some days I get homesick for Lawrence, and for the familiar, but I'm growing I guess, so I just have to nut up or shut up. I feel like this is a huge transitional stage for me. I'm just about finished, but not quite, I want to be out in the world, but I don't. It's a very strange mix.
Big news: I started Accutane about 4 weeks ago now. It's worked wonders for my skin. I don't even remember the last time my skin was this smooth, it's awesome. Though it makes my lips about as dry as the Gobi Desert, I keep a tube of chapstick with me at all times, otherwise my mouth starts yelling at me, and then I can't move my lips for fear of creating a fissure in them. Yikes.
Other big news: My wonderful roommate and I have decided to train for a marathon in the spring. I'm a bit apprehensive since the last time I tried running seriously, I had debilitating shin splints. I think I'm going to see a podiatrist, or at least someone who can analyze my gait and tell me what kind of shoes to buy so that I don't ruin my legs and feet trying to accomplish this. I'm pretty excited! After April, I will be able to say that I've run a freakin marathon, and that, my friends, is a feat.
Favorite class: Pathophysiology. It just makes so much sense, and I LOVE learning how the body works and what can go wrong with it.
Most Despised class: Foundations. The content is extremely easy, and somehow, I can't score on the tests! It's the NCLEX style of questions, and granted, my scores improve by like 2 percentage points every test, but gah!!
Favorite Teacher: Anita Winnigate aka Winnie. She is hilarious, and probably the most intelligent person I've ever met. No lie. I just love her class.
I don't really have a least favorite teacher, only a favorite. The staff is awesome, and they are all very common sense oriented which is sweeeeet compared to some of the other classes I've taken in my life. I don't know. I'm still adjusting I think, and some days I get homesick for Lawrence, and for the familiar, but I'm growing I guess, so I just have to nut up or shut up. I feel like this is a huge transitional stage for me. I'm just about finished, but not quite, I want to be out in the world, but I don't. It's a very strange mix.
Big news: I started Accutane about 4 weeks ago now. It's worked wonders for my skin. I don't even remember the last time my skin was this smooth, it's awesome. Though it makes my lips about as dry as the Gobi Desert, I keep a tube of chapstick with me at all times, otherwise my mouth starts yelling at me, and then I can't move my lips for fear of creating a fissure in them. Yikes.
Other big news: My wonderful roommate and I have decided to train for a marathon in the spring. I'm a bit apprehensive since the last time I tried running seriously, I had debilitating shin splints. I think I'm going to see a podiatrist, or at least someone who can analyze my gait and tell me what kind of shoes to buy so that I don't ruin my legs and feet trying to accomplish this. I'm pretty excited! After April, I will be able to say that I've run a freakin marathon, and that, my friends, is a feat.
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