The end is near!

The purpose for my blog being delayed till today was that yesterday we held Friendsgiving here on the island. Since Thanksgiving is the 28th in the states and we have class and well thank is one week before our PD practical we thought it was best to do it early. For most of us it was the first time we had thanksgiving away from our family and friends. I have to say it was weird. However I think we did a pretty good job! We had two turkeys since the ones on the island are small! We had homemade stuffing, baked ziti (made all by myself mom!), mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, roasted veggies, garlic bread, wine, pumpkin pie, and apple crisp. It was perfect! We had such a nice meal surrounded by good friends, good food, and good conversation.  I think it really hit me that I am not going to be home for a lot of important events, such as thanksgiving. It is hard, but spending the day with friends helped!

I've been sick recently and not really sure what was up. I got really sick on Thursday night into Friday, but I think it was food poisoning (BLAH). Some other stuff has been going but after consulting with my friends both here and at home along with my mom I came to the conclusion that it won't get in my way. I came here for one reason, and I having been doing so well. I woke up one morning and nothing mattered anymore. I wasn't going to let anything get in the way of my successful semester. However I am excited to more next semester with Meg and have a bigger apartment so our friends can come hang out and study with us!

With only 26 days till I am home (yes home home!) the end is near. Block 3 exams are next week and finals are quickly approaching. Our classes are getting shorter (well Anatomy is) and lab is getting boring (not much to do). Our Professor Dr. Purcell did liven up class last Friday when he mentioned once again that he went to high school with Christopher Reeves and played in a band with Bruce Sprignsteen and knew Bob Dylan. How cool is he! We are also ending Medical Ethics tomorrow! I was able to pull of the A I wanted on the last quiz! Not sure how I managed it, but it felt good as redemption after this long semester. As we finish class tomorrow I will turn in my final assignment and say goodbye to a 1 credit course that I despised every week. Not because I did not like the material, but because it was structured weird and I felt the professor could have taught WAY better. As they say you will have the best and worst professor in your like, I guess this was just one of those times. 

As I mentioned I have 26 days till I go home. That means 26 more days till one of the best breaks of my life. I cannot wait to spend time with all of my families and the love of my life. I am so lucky to have such an amazing group of people back home that support me and have calmed me down over the past couple of weeks. I realized I will be gaining 2 more sisters. Two more sisters that I want to be a good role model too. I know my little sister Maria looks up to me, and it has killed me that I haven't been able to be there for her as much as I used to when I went to JC. I know I will be watching her basketball games online as much as I can this season. I realized that I will have two more little sisters to be role models for. I love that feeling. I want to be a role model for not only them but also other girls. I want to show them what determination, self respect, and hard work can do. I never let anyone tell me I couldn't, and I proved a lot of people wrong multiple times. I just hope I can continue being Maria's role model, and start being a role model for my two other sisters I will be gaining when I marry Nicholas. I cannot wait to spend time with everyone and de-stress from this semester. It will also be nice to actually have seasons for a change too. Yes I am going to freeze my little behind off, but a change in weather will be nice for a while and will make coming back in January all the more better. 

Meg and I went on a banana boat ride where I lost my sunglasses

Well I know I threw a lot at you guys but here are a couple more pictures that I haven't been able to put up! 

 Till next time 

The Future Doctor Emma  XOXO

Paradise

Meg and I at White Coat Ceremony! (Future Roommate)

Dean Camacho and I

Yes I live here

 

 

 

Sun fest!

SO much to talk about guys! Therefore I will start with Sun Fest! This day in the sun is a school sponsored beach day after block 2 exams. It came at just the right time I needed a day off to just relax! All of my friends and myself had a lot of fun. It was back at Reggae Beach , thankfully no tragedies this time, just lots of fun in the sun (well what there was of it, it went away early on in the day.) I had the bbq chicken again, which was delicious, and all of us sipped on homemade rum punch (WAY cheaper than buying drinks there!) 

Sunday was a pretty chill day Erica, Danny, Paul and I went to the grocery store because him and Danny (another friend of mine) are renting a car which is super helpful. I am still astonished at the price of groceries down here. It is seriously ridiculous. It is even worse getting beauty products or my favorite foods from home because they jack the price up (just like taxi drivers do too!) I guess I am getting more used to the prices, but I don't think I will fully understand why 4 rolls of toilet paper is almost 8-10 US.  Since the guys ran me around I also cooked dinner for everyone! It was nice o just hang out! 

Tuesday was another interesting day! I had PD lab (physical diagnosis) and Paul, one of my friends, asked if I wanted a ride to lab decided to rent a car. While we were on our way to school I saw a bunch of cars backed up. We thought it was an ID check (oh yea they have those here) and then we thought it was an accident. Funny thing though, Paul was going to get his Island license later that day, so needless to say he was having a heart attack, and so was I cause I didn't want to be late and I didn't want Paul to get arrested! Thankfully it all worked out! Then lab itself was interesting as was the rest of the week at school. I have been getting more stressed out as I put more pressure on myself to keep my grades where they are at. Even my professor/ advisor knew something was up with me! But I got to do some exciting things in lab this week, mainly I GOT TO HOLD A HUMAN BRAIN. We took the brain out of "Bob" and identify all his cranial nerves and structures of his brain and skull. Then we took a look at his eye and all the muscles that go into play to moving a human eyeball. It was so cool! Speaking of eye I got to watch a cataract surgery in class this week! My professor has his done and asked the doctors to film it, and he used it as a learning tool for us in histology. That was really cool, but kind of gross at the same time. 

But I have been very happy lately I am proud to say my boyfriend (soon to be fiance hehe) got accepted to medical school, specifically to Drexel and PCOM! Though we do not know if Drexel is where he will end up he has a spot reserved there. This would give me the opportunity to possibly transfer my 3rd year there (1 of the few schools that would let me) if making a core clinical connection doesn't work. I am beyond excited to be going home for 3 1/2 weeks with the love of my life and our families. I have missed being there for my sister and hanging out with mom, and having intellectual conversations with my dad. It is almost here though! I know the 3 weeks will go fast, but there isn't anything else I would rather be doing. I have to enjoy my time being home because I will be heading back to the big rock on January 8th. I then get to move into my new apartment with Meaghan Fox! Its official! We signed our lease today, and will be living in Silver Reef in apartment #3 in the Coral House! SO EXCITING! 

Tune in next week for my after early thanksgiving blog! Ps. Wish my luck on finding a turkey tomorrow! 

There is probably a bunch of stuff I could have said but oh well! 


Till next time, 

The Future Doctor Emma   XOXO