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.
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| 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
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| Paradise |
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| Meg and I at White Coat Ceremony! (Future Roommate) |
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| Dean Camacho and I |
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| Yes I live here |
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| Sun fest! |
I am so proud of you! As I am reading through this, I realized we both have gone through so much over the past year, but we are both where we are supposed to be now! I am so glad you have found a group of friends to be able to create a sudo-family with! By the way, the pictures from Friendsgiving looked like the food was amazing!! Love you!
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