I'm in a coat!

This is exactly what med school is like.




And the original.

And the list keeps on growin'....

Now I can add deer to my list of wildlife sightings around school. I saw two crossing the road not even half a mile south of here. Yay for nature!

My Summer In Pictures (so far)

Dad and I were causin' a ruckus...

...at the Lane County Museum.

Off to the Newport tide pools with Dad...

And the Oregon Coast Aquarium...

And of course a stop at Rogue Brewery for a taste of Sig's Northwestern...

Off to Bend for Jenn and Casey's wedding....

The Portland Classical Chinese Garden with Mom...

The Waffle Window and Saturday Market with Athena...

Fourth of July Parade in Lake Bluff and fireworks over Kenosha Harbor with Alyssa and Derek...

A Yacht Rock themed party with Monica...

And off to Cleveland for a conference with Alyssa...

We'll see what the next week and a half brings before school starts up again!

Pepe Le Pew

Oh Pepe, you handsome devil!
No copyright infringement intended, obviously.

For the past couple of nights I have seen a skunk feeding in the grassy area behind my apartment building. I had the windows open last night and heard a strange scratchy noise, like one of those plastic grocery bags blowing in the wind. So I looked outside, and saw some white moving around on the ground. I assumed I was correct in thinking it was a plastic bag (the dumpsters are also on the back side of the building and it is not uncommon for the wind to blow up some lighter pieces of trash if the dumpsters get too full), until my eyes started to adjust and I could see the black form encompassing the white stripes. A little skunky! And he (or she) was back tonight. I'll have to keep a look out and see if my little Pepe keeps coming back.

Coding

So in addition to learning all this medicine stuff, at some point I have to learn all the coding. Awesome.

Check out Happy's post for a glimpse into the medical coding system and RVUs (relative value units).

Facebook

How cute is it that my dad updated his Facebook status to say he was excited I am coming home soon?! That is just too precious!

And I am now an M2! Our grades were finally posted, and I'm pretty happy with the results. Time to enjoy my last summer!

Wildlife

I think I just saw a fox in the parking lot while walking back from the library. It was definitely not a dog. I don't know - are foxes typically found around here?

Finals Week

This is me, but with my Biochem binder.



Wish me luck. I'm gonna need it.

Same &^%$, Different Day

My life, as well as a Lyrics Born album.

Anyway, so yeah, it's just been more of the same for the last few months. Get up, go to class, go study in the library. Pretty boring, but I guess it's good to get into that rhythm. Even though I only have one more week of classes. And not even a full week - only 4 days! I can't believe this first year is almost over. I'm still in shock at even being here, let alone being almost done with my first year.

Okay, back to the books so I don't flunk out and have to retake anything over the summer. My summer plans consist of hanging out, sleeping in, working out, reading for fun, and exploring Chicagoland. Bring on the summer!

PS...Happy Mother's Day Mom! Only 19 more days!

Oda a la urea

Another reason to brush up on my Spanish.

Laughter is the best medicine

My neighbors must think I am crazy because all they could hear this morning was my hysterical laughing as I read this story.

http://www.drunkrepublic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97%3Awhen-your-credit-card-signature-fun-backfires&catid=34%3Ahumor&Itemid=60

I don't know how I survived today

First I had my Biochemistry midterm. I realized this morning at 5:30am that there were a few pages of practice problems I had forgotten to do. Oops. Worked on those for a couple of hours before the exam. I got a B though, so everything worked out okay.

Then our Physiology professor, in his lecture about the male sexual response, proceeded to tell us how penile rings work. Mind you, this man is probably near 75 years old. And this was his lecture. On a sex toy. Innnnteresting.

Then, in the afternoon, this same professor lectured us on various things that can go wrong developmentally, like girls who turn out to be boys and boys who later turn out to be girls, complete with pictures. Of course being the perpetual 12 year old that I am, I couldn't stop humming Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady". Thank goodness I sit near the back, so our professor couldn't see the tears streaming down my face as I tried to stop laughing and pull myself together. I think I was just punchy from lack of sleep and extreme stress. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

Heat Wave

It's supposed to get up to 47 degrees on Saturday! I am so excited! A day with temperatures above freezing! Yay! Exclamation points!!!!!

EDIT: It actually got up to 51 degrees today, and in celebration I kept my windows open all day. It was fabulous! Bring on Spring!

Feel your doctor doesn't listen to you?

It's probably for your own good.

Check out this post over at The Happy Hospitalist. Happy has a lot to say about the dwindling trust in doctors as well as the dwindling paychecks for primary care physicians. I definitely recommend checking out his site whenever you can if you want to find out what I will be up against in a few more short years.

Wow.

Just wow.