Friday, April 08, 2005
No time to blog. . .
but I will anyway.
Fell asleep in the atrium of the basic science building today. Best nap I've had in weeks. I think I'm going to come in here after hours one night and steal one of the couches. . .they're ugly, but firm with just the right amount of give. Must be thr high-quality foam in the cushions. No pressure points!
Yes, my brain is mush.
How I feel after this week:
Last's week's Clinical Pathology Quiz: Yay! Finally did well on one of those. We have them every other week, and for some reason I ususally make stupid mistakes on them.
Open house: Tiring, but fun. There are some frickin adorable kids out there! Ralph, the 6-ft dog, grabbed my thigh. I don't know why--maybe it was hot in that costume and he just needed to rest his paw. I learned how to paint pretty horsie faces in under two minutes!
Pharmacology exam: Ugh. That was the general consensus.
Virology Exam: Pretty good, but still annoyed that I got a lousy grade on that quiz three weeks ago and our group lab project. For some reson, I do really well on the exams but just so-so on the little assignments.
Summer stuff: Getting ready to present last summer's research at a few parasitology confererences, attending a meeting Tuesday to request funding for travel expenses for this.
Talked to Dr. Langan from Brookfield Zoo to put together a research project for this summer. She'll have more details for me Monday.
Got an email from the USDA folks about the
Cornell/Plum Island training trip. It's confirmed--I have to disrobe in a "group setting" during de-contamination. I never was much of an exhibitionist, but maybe I'll find it's not so bad.
And the upcoming week:
Tomorrow I get a study break to attend a four-hour awards ceremony and get stuffed with hors d'oeuvres. I think I'll bring my class notes with me just in case. . .and this means I have to wear nice clothes and wash my face. Oh well.
Endocrinology exam Monday: Hmmmmm. Seems like straightforward stuff, but if I recall a conversation I had with Dr. Graves this time last year, he said his exam "pissed off" many students. I think he thinks, or knows, his exams are hard. We'll see.
Special Pathology exam Tuesday night: I'm just not sure where to make room in my brain for the morpholigic diagnoses,
etiologies and pathophysiologies for the 300 diseases that could possibly be on this exam. Exams like this are the reason I constantly forget where I've left my keys, my phone, my mug and my pants--no room for such trivial information in my brain! I can always get new pants!
Another Clinical Pathology quiz Thursday: I think I'll be okay. Just got to put the time into studying.
The pants outlook: Although I appreciate my acquisition of a "juicier" bottom, I am once again annoyed with the pinching of the fat belly by my pants when I sit down. I don't want to buy new spring pants, and I don't want to bother losing the weight, either. So I'm pulling my stockpile of
muu-muu's out of storage.
