crash

It's officially midway through the first quarter tomorrow, and I feel like I'm about to collapse. My once stellar sleep routine is now non-existent, and I come home every day feeling like I just put my brain through the mental olympics. Granted, if I had actually gotten enough sleep, I wouldn't be so mentally drained. I've taken to having naps in the afternoon, but the problem with that is when I wake up I'm not really motivated to do the work I need to do for school. I did just get a new sleep aid, so perhaps I'll be able to go to sleep early tonight.

I just ran into a sr RT student today in the hall, and they looked like they had been awake for 46 hrs. Apparently, my diagnosis was correct because the guy had just come back from 2 12 hr clinical days. I said to him, "so, this is going to be me next year at this time, huh" in a very sarcastic kind of way, and the poor guy just hung his head down, and said, "good luck". Sigh. At least all I have to worry about this quarter is learning pharmacology drugs.

Well, I've had my afternoon coffee, and it's now time to concentrate on some flash cards. I've been taking tests like crazy in Pharmacology, and so far haven't made below a 96 on those tests. However in A&P the last two test's I've gotten 90's. It seems like that's the threshold for me on those tests. I need to do STELLAR on the next one if I want to maintain an A in A&P.

K. later gators

just so you know...

Don't ever drink orange juice before drinking a cup of coffee. When you burp, and you will, it is the least pleasant taste that you will ever encounter.

new milestone

I popped my carpal tunnel cherry tonight, kids. I just wrote out about a million note cards for all the drugs on the pharmacology list. It was horrendous, but at least it's done. I have a feeling this isn't the last time I'll have a sore wrist. Oh get your mind out of the gutter.

yep

Just so everyone knows, I'm not normally a mean person. I like to think of myself as a very chipper (yes I do use this word to describe myself), energetic, sometimes airheaded, happy-go-lucky person. I give everyone a fair chance to be my friend, but there are occasionally people I just don't like for one reason or another. It's really ok, because in my neck of the woods people generally view me as the anti christ when I tell them I 1. Don't believe in god(s) 2. Am a democrat and 3. A very liberal democrat. I guess it's just a trade off; not everyone is going to like me, and I won't like some of the people I come into contact with. I have for the most part just ignored, or avoided people that I didn't like in the past, but now it's just harder to do. Esp when I'm around them so much now. I just have to figure out a way to deal with them that will not offend anyone. Sigh, again.


I got back my first test grade in Cardiopulmonary a&p, and I'm a bit disappointed in it. I think most of the class got b's, and a few people got c's and failed. I guess I shouldn't be whining for getting a 90. I just need to stay on top of studying for the next test because it's over 4 chapters.

I just got the drug list for pharmacology that we have to learn. It kind of makes me want to hurl myself off of a building. I'll be able to do it, but I just need to break it up in to itty bitty pieces and study it every single freaking day.

This past weekend was pretty amazing. A good friend of boyfriend's was in town, and he brought his new girlfriend that's in med school. The weekend was just booked up with fun festivals and running around downtown slightly intoxicated looking for an irish pub to continue drinking at. It really was a good weekend. I'm not too fond of med school student girlfriend anymore though, she kind of ruined my good opinion of her by causing a HUGE scene with her boyfriend while out on Saturday night. Completely uncalled for, and it showed how much of a stuck up ninny penny she is. I have definitely gotten pissed off at boyfriend while out with friends, but I never ever made a huge scene and ruined everyone's party vibe. Don't mess with my party vibe, and you can be my friend forever.

More coffee, more study. Later gators

taking a break

Been studying now for the better part of 5 hrs. Of course I've been taking mini breaks, but still. My mind is crammed full of information right now and it's only 3 weeks in. More good news though, I made a 100 on the last pharmacology test. It wasn't necessarily hard information to learn, just the differences bt nebulizers/mdi/dpi etc etc. So it was a lot of memorization. The study groups/notecards really help with that.

I'm still highly annoyed at Zebra, and Barbie. I just can't handle any of the words that come out of their mouths because it is either, 1. ridiculously stupid or 2. insanely boring small talk. Anyway. No one said I had to be particularly nice to anyone while in the program...

Atlanta has been kicking ass recently. Fortunately I do not suffer from insane pollen counts, so I've been noodling around in peidmont park and walking around midtown a lot. However, I am NOT ok with freaknik coming back into town this weekend. From the news reports I've been hearing that about 300k out of towners will be descending upon the city from friday to sunday. I might as well just plan on not driving. I think I'm running a 5k for Sweetwater 4.20 fest on Saturday, but I have no idea how I'll get to Candler Park, perhaps Marta?

Pool is finally open, and the club room has been a good place to study. I'm very lucky, so I just need to continue to study and do well on the tests.

procrastinating a bit

I'm really supposed to be studying. I had yesterday off, and I didn't study an ounce. I have two tests next week. Seriously.

Good news though, I made a 96 on my first test. I screwed up on two questions, which normally I wouldn't be upset about, but Cynthia and Sarah made a 100 so I fell left out of the club :( It's ok. I'll kick ass and take some names on this next test.

Boyfriend and I had a very lovely evening last night. We went to dinner at The Grape, and went to see Date Night. The movie was hilarious. Of course it was totally predictable, but I love Tina Fey and Steve Carrell, so it was nice to actually just laugh at silly stuff. I'm going to need nights like that in the coming months. And strong drinks. And a month long vacation in France and Spain.

I'm still not a fan of 50% of the people in my class. It's really hard to like people when they say such stupid things. I tried really hard to not talk badly of others this past week, but it's really pointless. Zebra is honestly the worst, there's no way in hell that guy is going to make it through the program.

week two

Almost done with week 2. I thought my brain might explode earlier this morning, but thankfully I got to take a nap this afternoon. It's bad when you dream about SVNs.

So you might be wondering how my classes are going? Well, the material isn't necessarily super hard, but try telling that to my brain at 8am. I'm sure it's going to get even more interesting as time goes by, but I'm learning to adapt and roll with it. I was thinking about it today, and I have absolutely no excuses for not doing well in these classes. I have no kids, and have no job to speak of. Going to school is my job now. I definitely think I'm starting to grow up, and gain some more responsibility.

I still don't know if I'm going to get my 1st choice for clinical site. I hope I do, but it's kind of up to my grades. I want really bad, so as long as I just work towards that goal I should be fine. Anyway.

I really want to tell all of you guys about how annoying some people in my class are, but, "if you can't say nothin nice, don't say nothin at all." I'm never going to be a saint, but I do need to improve on this front, and not let other people bring me into talking shit about people.

Ok, well it's back to working on the study guide. I'll update on how the first test goes tomorrow.