Hello long lost blog readers! It has been a while and I apologize for that! I have been busy with block 2 exams. I had 1 more exam this time so I was trying to keep up with all of the material. I stepped out of both parts of my anatomy exam (written and practical) and felt like oh my goodness that was horrible. But to my surprise it went well! I am proud to report I got 3A's and 1B (and if you want to count ethics I got a B in that)! I felt like I spread myself too thin over a lot of the material, but I am doing to the best I can. Those of you that know me well, know I NEED my sleep, and if I don't I am a very grumpy Emma (no one wants that). So needless to say I have been studying hard, but at the same time getting sleep. This time around I knew what to expect, but with the change in professors and change in question style type it was a lot different. I just wish I could show medical schools back home how well I am doing. I say to them, "Hey look, the girl you thought wouldn't be a good medical student due to her MCAT scores is KILLING medical school." However I know I cannot do that. I even looked into transferring for a short while to whatever school Nicholas gets into, or a school near him. However I would have to reapply because they do not take transfer students from the Caribbean even, and even if they would I would most likely have to retake a year (which I do not want to do.) So instead I will be staying here, living with Meaghan, and continuing my education so I can come back to my Nicholas and my family. I mean I am doing well so clearly this is where God wants me to be!!!
On the other hand I had a delicious Italian dinner with some great friends last night! So good that I ate more food that I have since I have been down here. In the words of Meaghan, "I have a food monster." Yes we stuffed our faces so much at the Italian buffet at the Marriott that we had food babies. I also even made room for dessert, lady fingers, hot fudge, ice cream, and cheeeeeseeecake! The only thing was I lost my bet to Nick. Once again he was right. We all thought since it was a buffet we would be quick, boy were we wrong...again! The guy gave us one check after it took him a half hour to give it to us, which then took another half hour to split the check 6 ways. However, that will not deter me from going back, the food was delicious (including penne in a marinara/vodka sauce, and shrimp in a white wine sauce, salad, and everything else!) I had a good night with good friends! I cannot wait for Saturday for Sunfest! A day sponsored by school to spend the whole day at the beach, with FREE lunch? Yea you better bet I will be there!
Thankfully I also have not had any major household mishaps lately! No burns to report, or smoke alarms, or even big bugs! I feel like I am barely in my room now a days with how busy I am, and when I am there I study and sleep. Oh well right, only a few more weeks of this!
Till the end of this week (look out prob on Sunday or so that way I can get back on schedule!)
Future Doctor Emma XOXO (can't wait till I can put a certain last name in there... hehehe)
St. Kitts
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Eat, Sleep, study, shower, repeat....
Week 7 and it feel like week 30. I have never been so busy in my entire life. I feel like my life is sleep, shower, school, study, and repeat. I have been going through the motions just to be able to sleep on the weekends and get my few minutes of skype with my boyfriend and family. This block has been harder than the first. I am not sure if it is because the amount of material or that the material itself it more complex. Either way I will be working my butt off this week.
On the lab front the good news is in, my group can finally cut again! For those of you that did not know my cadaver who we affectionately call "Bob" had massive blockage in his vessels which caused for his lower half to not really be embalmed... what a mess! So out lad tech re-embalmed out "Bob" for us so that we would not have to reorient to a new body! ALSO we did not have lab one day this week due to power outages and air conditioning being down. IF you have ever been in a cadaver lab, air conditioning is a MUST.
SO i tired our a new grocery store this week, and there were some pluses and minuses. I found some stuff I have been looking for, but on the other hand they didn't have some stuff I wanted. All in all it was a good experience and will definitely go back and forth!
Since this has been a stressful time I have relied on my friends, my time talking with my boyfriend and family, and sleep. I used stress relief lotion which calms me down with lavender and chamomile, I lit some candles, and watch en episode of something on netflix.
While I was trying to do that today something weird happened. I looked out my back door once the rained stopped and saw a bunch of people. There was a full on wedding going on. It was cramped and small and strange... But a wedding is a happy occasion so go them! (In my opinion there are much better places to get married down here, like the beach.
Oh well who am I to judge, I just cannot wait for my own wedding (hehe). So I guess I will have to wait till then!
I will post a small something at the end of the week before hell weekend.
Till then,
Future Dr. Emma XOXO
On the lab front the good news is in, my group can finally cut again! For those of you that did not know my cadaver who we affectionately call "Bob" had massive blockage in his vessels which caused for his lower half to not really be embalmed... what a mess! So out lad tech re-embalmed out "Bob" for us so that we would not have to reorient to a new body! ALSO we did not have lab one day this week due to power outages and air conditioning being down. IF you have ever been in a cadaver lab, air conditioning is a MUST.
SO i tired our a new grocery store this week, and there were some pluses and minuses. I found some stuff I have been looking for, but on the other hand they didn't have some stuff I wanted. All in all it was a good experience and will definitely go back and forth!
Since this has been a stressful time I have relied on my friends, my time talking with my boyfriend and family, and sleep. I used stress relief lotion which calms me down with lavender and chamomile, I lit some candles, and watch en episode of something on netflix.
While I was trying to do that today something weird happened. I looked out my back door once the rained stopped and saw a bunch of people. There was a full on wedding going on. It was cramped and small and strange... But a wedding is a happy occasion so go them! (In my opinion there are much better places to get married down here, like the beach.
Oh well who am I to judge, I just cannot wait for my own wedding (hehe). So I guess I will have to wait till then!
I will post a small something at the end of the week before hell weekend.
Till then,
Future Dr. Emma XOXO
Sunday, October 13, 2013
The week that never ended!
While reading medical ethics I was contemplating life, mainly because I was reading about what it means to be considered dead (both cardiovascularly and brain). This led me to have a conversation with Nick about how we need to figure all the health proxy stuff as soon as we get married! Crazy to think people could just be in a vegetative state, where they are just stuck in their bodies, paralyzed, unable to do anything except minimal reflexes, breathing, and heart function. It made me realize how precious life really is and how I want to be as specific as I can in my living will that way my family will not have to fight if God forbid something would ever happen to me.
I found myself looking back on the past couple weeks this week too. I was looking back on how I studied, and how I have to adapt this block for the new teacher. I was realizing that a simple change here or there can throw me off. I am going to take this weekend to really focus on work, and try to get a lot accomplished (I even had time for a glass of wine, shh!). And well I can say that I did take the weekend and really got a lot done. I now have to do a little bit of each subject every night and I should be okay! I mean it is not hard to forget stuff that is important when your professors repeat it 10 times until you get sick of hearing them say it!
This weekend was hard for me. It was my baby cousins 1st birthday and my Dad's 50th birthday and party! I knew all of my family was going to be in, including my little cousin Alana. I did get to skype with everyone though which was much needed! My baby cousin even was reaching for the camera (it was very cute!) I am thankful that I get to see instagram and Facebook pictures of my family and Nick's family, keeps me up to date. Though it is hard being here and not being able to be with the people that matter the most to me, but I know in the end this is where I need to be to get where I want to get in my life. Also I guess after all the pop up rain thunderstorms, unbeatable heat, and bugs this place isn't so bad after all (after all it is a tropical island that is gorgeous!)
This past week was full of adventures! I went into town with Kristy and Britt on Saturday (the last saturday) to celebrate Kristy's birthday and have an adventure. We went to the port and got a taste of the island, even had a little bit of time at the beach! I then went into a crazy week of school filled with thunderstorms, LOTS of reading, and not much down time. I was feeling overwhelmed but talking to my parents and nicholas helped a lot! I have 2 more weekends before our next set of blocks exams with not 4 exams but 5 this time. It is going to be a VERY long day for me, but at the end of the day I will get to talk to Nick since it will be our month-a-versary (I know we are too sappy, but when you're in a long distance relationship it is the little things that matter the most!)
At the end of the day I am learning a lot, experiencing life lessons, and couldn't be happier with how my life it turning out. I can only thank the big man above for that!
I miss you all, keep me in your prayers as I am keeping you in my prayers!
(Fingers crossed no hurricanes any time soon!)
Until next time!
The Future Doctor Emma XOXO
I found myself looking back on the past couple weeks this week too. I was looking back on how I studied, and how I have to adapt this block for the new teacher. I was realizing that a simple change here or there can throw me off. I am going to take this weekend to really focus on work, and try to get a lot accomplished (I even had time for a glass of wine, shh!). And well I can say that I did take the weekend and really got a lot done. I now have to do a little bit of each subject every night and I should be okay! I mean it is not hard to forget stuff that is important when your professors repeat it 10 times until you get sick of hearing them say it!
This weekend was hard for me. It was my baby cousins 1st birthday and my Dad's 50th birthday and party! I knew all of my family was going to be in, including my little cousin Alana. I did get to skype with everyone though which was much needed! My baby cousin even was reaching for the camera (it was very cute!) I am thankful that I get to see instagram and Facebook pictures of my family and Nick's family, keeps me up to date. Though it is hard being here and not being able to be with the people that matter the most to me, but I know in the end this is where I need to be to get where I want to get in my life. Also I guess after all the pop up rain thunderstorms, unbeatable heat, and bugs this place isn't so bad after all (after all it is a tropical island that is gorgeous!)
This past week was full of adventures! I went into town with Kristy and Britt on Saturday (the last saturday) to celebrate Kristy's birthday and have an adventure. We went to the port and got a taste of the island, even had a little bit of time at the beach! I then went into a crazy week of school filled with thunderstorms, LOTS of reading, and not much down time. I was feeling overwhelmed but talking to my parents and nicholas helped a lot! I have 2 more weekends before our next set of blocks exams with not 4 exams but 5 this time. It is going to be a VERY long day for me, but at the end of the day I will get to talk to Nick since it will be our month-a-versary (I know we are too sappy, but when you're in a long distance relationship it is the little things that matter the most!)
At the end of the day I am learning a lot, experiencing life lessons, and couldn't be happier with how my life it turning out. I can only thank the big man above for that!
I miss you all, keep me in your prayers as I am keeping you in my prayers!
(Fingers crossed no hurricanes any time soon!)
Until next time!
The Future Doctor Emma XOXO
Friday, October 4, 2013
Keeping My Eye on the Prize
As I mentioned in my post earlier this week I would let you all know how my exams went, and well, I can finally tell everyone cause the verdict is in, I got all A's! I am still surprised, especially on my anatomy exam. However, though I did really well on my exams it has made me that much more focused on the prize at the end which is a medical degree, being able to become a pediatrician, and get back to the love of my life, Nicholas. Though my brain was fried I had to keep plugging away this week, and this weekend will be spent having some fun but studying hard. I know whatever I am doing is working, but I am stepping it up a notch! That means 7am school mornings, staying late at school, meeting with professors to go over material, and crush my exams the rest of the semester.
I received a care package from my family yesterday and boy was I surprised! I only asked for a few things, but they put so much food and love into the package I was smiling from ear to ear. My mom knows all my favorite snacks like goldfish and swedish fish and even put in Halloween candy! I also got a new potholder and oven mitt so no more burning my hands (YAY!)
On another note, I got to meet with my advisor for the first time today. He is also the new Associate Anatomy Professor! We had a talk about clinicals and setting up a relationship with other hospitals back home that would allow me to do core rotations at hospitals near nick! This was AMAZING news. However this means I need to work 10X harder to make sure I keep my A's, ace my boards, and work hard and persistently to set up a relationship and show hospitals that they want to take me as a clinical student. This would allow nick and I to plan our future together, and would allow me to be closer to my family.
Back home it is my little sister's junior year homecoming! I am sad I cannot be there to see her all dressed up. Also my daddy's 50th birthday is coming up and I have to miss that too. Which makes me sad, but I am trying to look on the bright side that if I do this program and succeed I can go home and will be able to be near my family! I miss them more than anything. I hate not being able to go to lunch and dinner with them like I was used to at JC.
One last random thought and I will let you all go, but speaking of JC... I believe my undergrad prepared me for medical school. I got 100% on my cell bio and molecular biology exam and all I can think of is all of my bio professors who have drove that information into my head for the past couple of years. I truly believe that looking at my outcomes that I made the right decision to come here. It has challenged me in ways that I never thought imaginable. I have learned so much information in such a short amount of time and that reservoir of information is just going to get bigger as the days, weeks, months, and years progress! I have been blessed with this opportunity and cannot wait to see what the next few weeks hold!
Till next time!
Future Dr. Emma XOXO
I received a care package from my family yesterday and boy was I surprised! I only asked for a few things, but they put so much food and love into the package I was smiling from ear to ear. My mom knows all my favorite snacks like goldfish and swedish fish and even put in Halloween candy! I also got a new potholder and oven mitt so no more burning my hands (YAY!)
On another note, I got to meet with my advisor for the first time today. He is also the new Associate Anatomy Professor! We had a talk about clinicals and setting up a relationship with other hospitals back home that would allow me to do core rotations at hospitals near nick! This was AMAZING news. However this means I need to work 10X harder to make sure I keep my A's, ace my boards, and work hard and persistently to set up a relationship and show hospitals that they want to take me as a clinical student. This would allow nick and I to plan our future together, and would allow me to be closer to my family.
Back home it is my little sister's junior year homecoming! I am sad I cannot be there to see her all dressed up. Also my daddy's 50th birthday is coming up and I have to miss that too. Which makes me sad, but I am trying to look on the bright side that if I do this program and succeed I can go home and will be able to be near my family! I miss them more than anything. I hate not being able to go to lunch and dinner with them like I was used to at JC.
One last random thought and I will let you all go, but speaking of JC... I believe my undergrad prepared me for medical school. I got 100% on my cell bio and molecular biology exam and all I can think of is all of my bio professors who have drove that information into my head for the past couple of years. I truly believe that looking at my outcomes that I made the right decision to come here. It has challenged me in ways that I never thought imaginable. I have learned so much information in such a short amount of time and that reservoir of information is just going to get bigger as the days, weeks, months, and years progress! I have been blessed with this opportunity and cannot wait to see what the next few weeks hold!
Till next time!
Future Dr. Emma XOXO
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