I took the last of my finals Thursday and am officially DONE for the summer.... or what's left of it, right? I have my orientation this coming Wednesday so its finally starting to feel real that in less than a month I'm going to start my clinical rotations!!! I am beyond excited!!!
Everyone I've talked to(both at school and work) keeps giving me all these horror stories about how 1/2 the class flunks out after the first semester and that there were only 1 or 2 A's in the whole class(of 72 students). This has me worried... I survived Micro with my 4.0 unscathed and the fact that everyone is telling me to prepare to give that up is unsettling. Part of it is pride, I know... But at the same time I hate being told I can't accomplish something... what do they know, right? I've always found that I am my own worst critic... which is why when I ended up with a 99.96% in Micro part of me was too busy kicking myself (for being 0.04% away from a perfect grade) to realize, "You got a 99.96 in an insanely difficult 8 week (5 credit) class!!! BE HAPPY!"
So I guess I'll just have to work my hardest, hope for the best, but prepare myself to be humbled. That's my plan.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
I am a horrible person...
I can't stop giggling at this video:
But don't worry, he finally makes it!
Apparently this breed of dog (French bulldog) has a particularly hard time with this due to its bone structure and has to "learn" to roll over on its own. Its part of survival which is why the owner had to let the pup figure it out on its own... momma was in the background chillin.
But don't worry, he finally makes it!
Apparently this breed of dog (French bulldog) has a particularly hard time with this due to its bone structure and has to "learn" to roll over on its own. Its part of survival which is why the owner had to let the pup figure it out on its own... momma was in the background chillin.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Whoopsie!
(This pic is for you Kim!)A few things I learned today:
1) If you are allergic to cherries, DO NOT eat them.... no, not even "just one or two!"
2) If you're going to be a turd and eat them anyway, for the love, WASH your hands before doing something silly like oh.... rubbing your itchy eyes!
3) If you see what looks like a contact folded in half smack in the middle of your eyeball when you know for a fact that its NOT a contact because you are wearing glasses... well, for one thing, don't poke and prod it with the aforementioned unwashed, cherry-fied fingers!!!
*sigh* Where's my sign? ;)
SO... now for the story. Ben and I had dinner at his parents house tonight. Cherries were on the menu. I LOVE CHERRIES. I'm also allergic to them. They make my tongue and throat itchy. If I eat enough of them I end up with bubble lips. But I love them... loooooooooooooooooove them! So when I saw them, I knew what I was doing but promised myself that I'd stop at the first sign of an itch. It only took 2. I should have stopped there but I had 1 more and prepared myself. Sure enough my tongue started itching... then my gums... then the roof of my mouth, and then my throat. Crud! Oh well... I started gulping water and scratching my tongue with my teeth and figured that was that.
A little while later my left eye started itching. I rubbed it. It kept itching. I rubbed it some more. Then it started tearing and got all blurry. I tried to ignore it but eventually I couldn't see squat out of it and it felt like I had a major eyelash or something in there. I went to look in a mirror and my first thought was, "Why do I have a folded over contact in my eye?" Then my brain caught up and I realized... uh, that's no contact. I poked at the weird transparent folds and ripples on my eyeball and it finally dawned on me what I was touching. A very swollen cornea that was folding in on itself every time I blinked. Yikes!
I called my eye doctor/old boss to make sure this was nothing urgent. While it didn't hurt, it was very uncomfortable and felt like my eye was going to fall out with every blink... really nasty sensation. I ended up having to go get some eye drops, took some Benadryl, and got an icepack on it right away. Fortunately the swelling has gone down considerably, though I still can't see very well out of that eye. I should be good as new tomorrow, but if I'm not, it shouldn't be anything some steroid drops can't fix. Phew!
Lesson learned... No more cherries! Or... maybe I'll just wear gloves next time, heehee ;)
1) If you are allergic to cherries, DO NOT eat them.... no, not even "just one or two!"
2) If you're going to be a turd and eat them anyway, for the love, WASH your hands before doing something silly like oh.... rubbing your itchy eyes!
3) If you see what looks like a contact folded in half smack in the middle of your eyeball when you know for a fact that its NOT a contact because you are wearing glasses... well, for one thing, don't poke and prod it with the aforementioned unwashed, cherry-fied fingers!!!
*sigh* Where's my sign? ;)
SO... now for the story. Ben and I had dinner at his parents house tonight. Cherries were on the menu. I LOVE CHERRIES. I'm also allergic to them. They make my tongue and throat itchy. If I eat enough of them I end up with bubble lips. But I love them... loooooooooooooooooove them! So when I saw them, I knew what I was doing but promised myself that I'd stop at the first sign of an itch. It only took 2. I should have stopped there but I had 1 more and prepared myself. Sure enough my tongue started itching... then my gums... then the roof of my mouth, and then my throat. Crud! Oh well... I started gulping water and scratching my tongue with my teeth and figured that was that.
A little while later my left eye started itching. I rubbed it. It kept itching. I rubbed it some more. Then it started tearing and got all blurry. I tried to ignore it but eventually I couldn't see squat out of it and it felt like I had a major eyelash or something in there. I went to look in a mirror and my first thought was, "Why do I have a folded over contact in my eye?" Then my brain caught up and I realized... uh, that's no contact. I poked at the weird transparent folds and ripples on my eyeball and it finally dawned on me what I was touching. A very swollen cornea that was folding in on itself every time I blinked. Yikes!
I called my eye doctor/old boss to make sure this was nothing urgent. While it didn't hurt, it was very uncomfortable and felt like my eye was going to fall out with every blink... really nasty sensation. I ended up having to go get some eye drops, took some Benadryl, and got an icepack on it right away. Fortunately the swelling has gone down considerably, though I still can't see very well out of that eye. I should be good as new tomorrow, but if I'm not, it shouldn't be anything some steroid drops can't fix. Phew!
Lesson learned... No more cherries! Or... maybe I'll just wear gloves next time, heehee ;)
Monday, July 05, 2010
Full Circle
I can't believe we are coming up on the last (albeit split into 2) movie!!! I saw the latest trailer in all its IMAX glory this past week and I'm just itching for it to be November already! Its kind of annoying that we'll only get half of Deathly Hallows and then some more waiting, but at least it won't be all rushed and too condensed.
When the books were done I kept telling myself that at least I had years and years of movies left, but even that is drawing to a close now! I'm so sad that we are nearing the end of such a magical era...
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Mis Charruas
WHAT. A. GAME!!!!
I only caught the first 30 minutes or so before work and then left with the biggest ball of knots in my stomach.... Ben kept sending me texts with updates and it just killed me to have to keep it together and not lock myself in an empty room and turn to ESPN and let loose. NONE of my patients were even watching it so I couldn't take sneak peaks either... ARGH!!!
I normally love it when games go into PK's, that's always a treat for me, so when Ben texted me that this was happening, I knew it was going to be insane... and it was! I'm so sad Suarez got red-carded for the handball, but so grateful that he took one for the team in order for them to advance. I feel terrible for Ayew, who with the weight of a continent on his shoulders, missed that PK, but of course I am grateful to him as well for ensuring our win. Craziness, I tell you.... absolute MADNESS!!! Hands down one of the most nerve-wracking games I've seen in a looooooooooong time! (I ended up watching the rebroadcast after work at my BIL's house)
I only caught the first 30 minutes or so before work and then left with the biggest ball of knots in my stomach.... Ben kept sending me texts with updates and it just killed me to have to keep it together and not lock myself in an empty room and turn to ESPN and let loose. NONE of my patients were even watching it so I couldn't take sneak peaks either... ARGH!!!
I normally love it when games go into PK's, that's always a treat for me, so when Ben texted me that this was happening, I knew it was going to be insane... and it was! I'm so sad Suarez got red-carded for the handball, but so grateful that he took one for the team in order for them to advance. I feel terrible for Ayew, who with the weight of a continent on his shoulders, missed that PK, but of course I am grateful to him as well for ensuring our win. Craziness, I tell you.... absolute MADNESS!!! Hands down one of the most nerve-wracking games I've seen in a looooooooooong time! (I ended up watching the rebroadcast after work at my BIL's house)
VAMOS URUGUAY!!!! Arriba mis Charruas!!!!
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