So last week I just figured it was because it was the first week of a new semester and our brains were used to being on break. But now we are into the 2nd week which means we are WELL into new material (something like 700pgs worth) and i'm still waiting for that motivation to find me... turns out i think it's going to feel like pulling teeth at every turn this semester. The novelty of med school has fully worn off, so now it just feels like a lot of work. And unlike the last few semesters it's not really even interesting work because everything we learn in lecture requires a ton of self-learning on our own before we can start to even learn the lecture stuff, and that self-learning is impeded by the million small groups they require us to attend. So basically it feels like the worst part of being in school (the studying) combined with the worst part of working (the hoop jumping and completely worthless small groups which can largely be equated with meetings) without the good part of school (control over what you do with your time) or the good part of work (8-5 and you're done). Well, i don't have much to say because i'd just end up being very blah, so I may as well be blah over some cardiology notes. suffice it to say i'm not a big fan of med school at this point. mostly i'm just burned out and sick of it, so hopefully that changes sometime soon bc otherwise it will be a LOOOOOONG semester!
On the up side the boyfriend came to town last weekend, bc of work he could only be here for about a 24hr period, but nonetheless it was nice to see him and have him around. Me being here and him being there is probably another reason i'm just done with this year. Not having the weekly tests should make it easier for me to make more trips to dsm this semester, though, so that'd be nice. We didn't do anything too exciting - went on a double date Saturday night with one of my friends & her bf, so that was fun! Had sushi for dinner, which was great; however, then we went to the movie, Book of Eli, which was probably the worst movie i've seen in a LONG time. Longest most boring movie of all time. Next time the girls are picking the movie! (at least the boys also thoguht it was horrible, so we all suffered together)
Ok, like i said, nothing too exciting to say!! I gotta go learn some stuff about the heart. woohoo. Hope everyone else is having more fun in life right now than I am!! :) besos, andrea
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When reading about the heart I thought of the Friends episode where Joey uses the "the-saurus" to write Chandler and Monica's adoption letter...."preposessing homosapiens with full sized aortic pumps...Signed Baby Kangaroo Tribiani!" LOL!
Sorry to hear that your life back at school is dragging away with too much info and not enough valuable time...I'm fairly convinced the 2009-2010 school year will be dragging out until July at the rate we're going!
On a final uplifting note I will remind you of the flying baby card you gave me many years ago before I went to Nationals for debate: "Half of doing anything is believing that you can." (Yep, that's right--I memorized the line inside a card you gave me--it meant THAT much!! See how long our love of cards has gone on?!)
Hope that life turns around, or at least that you make it through tomorrow to get a weekend!! Thinking of ya, sis!
- Mal
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