I was wrong... As the second week of medical school came to a close I realized a lot of things about school, why I want to be a doctor, and how living on your own is not as easy as it seems. I started the week off great knowing the material, but then as the week progressed I started to get behind (or at least in my mind I did.) This really stressed me out, which in turn made me homesick. My first official bout of homesickness. I had a hard time dealing with being away from everyone with the stress of school. I used to go to my boyfriend, my mom or dad, and my friends if I was having trouble with school. However, down here, though I have my friends it's not the same. I miss getting hugs from nick especially when he knew I was freaking out even though I wouldn't necessarily tell him (he has gotten really good at figuring that out!) from them and being able to go home and spend the night with my parents. However, I took a deep breath and realized why I was down here. I am here to become a doctor, to be able to get good grades go back to the states and show every school what they were missing. I am here to make myself proud along with all of my family including Nick's family proud of me. Since I have been here I have learned more information than I used to learn in 2 months at Juniata (not kidding). I have been adapting my study habits to fit my needs here, which has been hard. I am constantly tired, have been drinking coffee more than I ever have in my life, and I am lucky to get 6 hours of sleep a night (those of you that know me, know I like to sleep, and no more naps for emma.) My cadaver has more fat than I ever thought was humanly possible. He is leaky embalming fluid which has soaked my lab partner twice this week. Other than that I am trying to learn the material.
Living on my own has been okay till this week. First off I forgot to buy measuring cups, so making rice was interesting. I used a solo cup to measure... my rice turned out okay, a little mushy and sticky like sushi rice, but yummy. I also made my favorite chicken stirfry! Though I am missing my sauce I used to make! Well tomorrow is my first experience with doing laundry down here, this should be interesting.
Till next time,
Future Doctor Emma
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