23 May, 2010

Art project?

So I'm up to my eyeballs in board studying, having now entered "it's 29 days until COMLEX" territory. I'm to the point where I'm now studying for 8-12 hours a day except (generally) on one weekend day. I am actually starting to think that I'll pull this whole thing off somehow, which is am amazing feeling. I've got a crapload of work to do, sure, but something about gradually studying since oh, January, seems to have helped. I "forgot" a lot, but it's coming back, which is nice.

Anyway, I mention this because part of my studying strategy is to pick a section in First Aid and sit with it and another book and go through and annotate EVERY ENTRY. THIS TAKES FOREVER, but it means I get to use pretty, colored pens. I've also been taking notes on pretty, colored paper, which keeps me happy. Anyway, I've become fascinated with the difference in how students utilize First Aid. Some students draw all over it (me), some students have elaborate color coding systems (not me) and others do absolutely no marking. This fascinates me. So I thought what would be a cool art project is to pick a page in First Aid and ask as many medical students as I can to take a picture of it. I could then compile it and see the different ways in which people use the book.

This is the kind of crap that keeps me up at night.

21 May, 2010

ugh

24 hour-ish stomach/gi bug is a hell of a way to lose five pounds. Also a good way to miss the super awesome end of year party at M and L's house and to get a day behind in studying for the boards.

Dammit.

13 May, 2010

"Swimming"

So I'm in Florida for a conference until Sunday early in the morning. I'm at Disney World, to be exact. A few of my classmates are here; we're all presenting posters at some point. The strange bit is that, although my classmates are super nice, I don't know them that well and so I'm effectively in Disney World by myself. It's very weird. Husband was going to come, but it was financially too much for us. Of course, now I wish he'd come, because I'm essentially in the happiest place on earth by myself.

It's kind of depressing.

I woke up early (I don't really need to be at the conference until noon today) to go running outside while it was still "cool." Now, if you've never been to Florida, you'll have no way of knowing this, but there is no "cool." There's hot, more hot, and "oh my god I'm melting" hot. Why is this? Humidity. It was 72 degrees out when I was running, a reasonable temperature if you're wearing a tank top (I was) and shorts (ditto). It was also like 85% humidity. It wasn't so much a run as it was a swim.

08 May, 2010

Overheard in a dressing room

Today, my husband and I ventured out into the world to acquire some professional attire. I'm going to present a poster at a conference next week and I needed polo shirts that weren't transparent. Anyway, we wound up at Target (I'm cheap, ok? I liked the shirts at The Gap better, but they just weren't worth $25-50. Similarly, Macy's was too confusing and costly). I grabbed a few and went into the dressing room and overheard the following:

Gal 1: I mean, I don't know if I really need it, y'know?
Gal 2: Why?
Gal 1: Well, I just don't have the money.
Gal 2: Neither do I. I'm getting these pants instead of food this week. I'm not nursing; it's not child abuse.

There. Are. No. Words.
And with that, I'm going to go re-learn all of the pharmacology I've theoretically learned this year.