I held a BRAIN and I liked it...

So yea. We did the brain today in lab. O_o

INSANE. It was SO cool!! The brain is a lot denser (well, a cadaver brain) and a lot heavier than I would have imagined. But yes, I held it in my hands and I was amazed. haha, I actually was thinking about the HP & OotP, when they go to the Department of mysteries and Ron gets attacked by the weird brain thing. Anyways, Looking up the cranial nerves and arteries is kind of a pain because there are sooo many and a lot of them are TINY. I'm about to go listen to the two brain lectures we had yesterday because I slept through both of them... They were in the morning and I had overslept and I didn't have my daily caffeine-intake so I crashed during lecture. Now I know that I can't function without caffeine in the morning and that makes me a little sad, but ehh whatever, its just something to get me through the morning. I'm fine in the afternoon.

LOL There are two desi professors (i'm assuming professors bc they're old) here in the library and they're talking in Urdu about where they to eat lunch. Hehe... OH. Speaking of professors, I saw my dad's friend randomly one day as I was coming out of the staircase and he was going into the elevator. (Staircase door faces elevator). Yea. Random. We rarely ever see faculty like that.

Mmk, I'm going back to the apartment now, even though I don't have internet there STILL (supposed to be fixed by the 1st.. *rolls eyes*). That network I mooched off of disappeared :(. Agh, its too cold here in the library. I'm wearing shoes and socks and a hoodie and everything and my fingers, toes, and nose are all numb.

Until the next one then.

Dance Dance Dance Dance... Woohoo--Look at That

I kicked butt on my first med school exam!!!

.... But so did everybody else. Class average was a 88. I did a little better than the class average.

*Rolls eyes*

I forgot everyone in my class is smart too lol.

Anyways, I have a long day tomorrow--8 to 5 and I have to dress up tomrrow too. BOO. Well, i have nice brown pants that I'm going to wear so yay, but its cold inside and outside and I want to wear something that is thicker. Tomorrow's lecture is over the face and scalp and its going to be terrible. I saw the notes for it, and it goes on for like 8 pages... Usually, the notes are only 4-6 pages. Bah, and today the lecture was no fun either. And I have a paper about what the white coat ceremony meant to me due on Friday. I really think they should do away with this confounded paper and just have us write 2 case studies. I think I'm going to have to focus on the paper for the next 2 days, and then catch up on lecture material this weekend (meaning thursday afternoon). But ughhhhhhhhhh I don't feel like studying right now... I am so tired for no good reason...

I still don't have internet at home... I called AT&T and they said the phone line has been damaged, and they're working on it. As of right now, I'm still mooching from "default 2" who had disappeared over the weekend, and they just reappeared like an hour ago. I wonder if they know somehow that people are mooching off of them. But, hopefully, I won't have to do this for long... They said it should be fixed between now and Nov 1st. Taking my laptop to campus everyday is kind of a pain. You know what really sucks? The buildings (including the library) are all open until 5. Some university policy for cleaning up and repairing the damaged buildings. I guess they don't want faculty, staff, and students exposed to whatever they do. I just wish they would figure out a way to make the temperature of the lecture hall and small group rooms a livable temperature. Its been so freakin cold EVERYWHERE. I don't get warm until I come home.

Ok I have to shower and eat dinner.

Until the next one then.

Mooching Internet from someone

Not sure who I'm mooching from, but my computer is working at a certain angle on my desk, and i'm not going to move it even if its uncomfortable to work with. STUPID AT&T was supposed to come today, but they never showed up... Or called. Bastards. I would be yelling on the phone at them right now, but alas, my exam is much more important, and I have internet access by mooching. My landline died, and so I'm not sure if I have a dial-tone or not. I need to either get a new landline phone or replace the batteries in my old one. All this just HAD to happen the week I have an exam. Yea. Not happy about that. >.<

Things still left to study:
Finish GI and major blood vessles
Retroperitoneum
GI Embryology
Radiology CD
Cross sec Anatomy case studies
Practice exam
PBL Material
...I think that's everything...

Omgggggggg so much to do and there's just not enough TIME!!! And i've actually already studied MOST of the lecture material from before the hurricane.. Agh.

I have stuff to tell yall about my first day back, but that will come later. I'm gonna eat dinner and then continue studying.

Until the next one then.

--//--Edit--//--

So I did the practice exam without memorizing the lumbar plexus or reviewing half of the material in the list I made and I managed to get an 86... I dunno why but it seems like the practice exam was way too easy... I hope the real thing is just like it. Lets see if I can manage something above a 90. I have 2 more long days of studying left. But for now, sleepy time.

Until the next one then.

Ugh >.< Ugh

My brain hurts.

I have so much studying/reviewing to do this week. I've gone through 7 of 12 lectures that we had and I have 4 more that we haven't had yet.

I need to figure out what all I need to take with me back to medschoolville.. Its going to take soo long digging everything I need from boxes and bags. I figured I'll need my clothes, books, my chair for studying, printer, and bathroom supplies, but I really think that's all I will need.

"My" new apartment is pretty nice... Its actually this one third year's place. She has two bedrooms so I said yes to her because of that. This way, when she comes back in January, I won't have to move out and find yet another place to live until March. I'll just move into the smaller bedroom/study room that she has. Its much much much smaller than the main bedroom, but I'm not complaining because its still bigger than the room I had in Austin haha. But, I don't need to worry about that until January.

And that's all going on in my life right now. I'm going to be super-busy when I get back to Galveston because I have my first exam that Friday... Ack!!

Until the next one then.

Not going to be Homeless!

I'm not homeless anymore! Wahoo! It seems like after so much trouble and frustration, everything became easier all of a sudden. Now, there are 4 possible places that I can live at until January at least. The apts are all third years' apartments and since they're all going to be gone until January-ish, they said I can stay. This is great because I think it'll be easier to find another place by the time December rolls around. There are just not enough places as of right now in medschoolville. There is this one girl who has a 2-2 condo and she lives by herself. Ideally, I think she would be the best person to live with if I can convince her to let me stay after she comes back for another month or two until my condo is ready. I dunno though. I'll ask her whenever she calls again. Who knows, the school might not even be ready to take on students again until much later. At this point, I'm just going with the flow. I'm just happy I have a few options right now. The best part is that all of their places are "furnished" because none of them left with all their furniture. So, I don't have to worry about any of that stuff at all :) Things are finally looking up.

Hopefully, my condo will be done by March... and, um, I might need some help moving back in since I don't have spring break, and I'm definitely going to need help. So how about it, everyone? I will remind yall later, don't worry.

I've turned into an insomniac... AGAIN. This is so terrible. I was totally fine when school was going on, but now that I've had a MONTH (yes, it has officially been one month since the hurricane) at home, I have completely lost the ability to focus and to study. I've been reading stupid books, but I'm done with that one shameful series. It was better than I expected as a storyline, but the author's writing style is terribe and the characters were way too flat and one-dimensional and the ending was SUCH a disappointment. I was expecting so much more out of the last book.

One bad thing that happened because of all of this hurricane business: the nicest building on campus got damaged. You guys don't know what it is... Well, its the oldest building on campus and it was part of the original med school campus wayy back when. I mean, its literally an old, red (beautiful) building. Anyways, I mention it because that's where our anatomy lab is located on the third floor. Apparently, this building had such significant damage that they're going to be shutting down the building until they deem it fit for use again. THIS MEANS NO MORE ANATOMY LAB DISSECTIONS!!!! I dunno whether to be happy or sad... I think I'm more sad that I won't be getting the "normal" medical school education cirriculum and that I'm hoping that we're not at a disadvantage later on because our anatomy class was interrupted. Ugh. We'll just see what happens. Here's a pic:

Pretty right? I'm going to be sad not going in there everyday for lab/lecture/WAC. Hm, you guys don't know what WAC is either... lol... Its literally a gameshow thing we have every Friday to review all the material we've covered that week. I LOVE FRIDAYS and WAC IS SO MUCH FUN!!! But I don't know where we're going to do all that now. I just have to trust the administration and the course directors that know what they're doing.

If you can't tell, I love my med school, and I miss it, but I'm scared to go back since I've slacked off so severely....

Until the next one then.

Eid Mubarak!

Well this Eid was sad and lonely... My parents told me not to complain because they say it could have been worse, which I understand, but it was my first Eid without any of the family friends crew there. Not much happened... I didn't take that many pictures as a result. I didn't really see a lot of people at namaaz probably because it was a Wednesday. I didn't see my "special" friends at all hahaha. Anyhoo, can't wait for Saturday! All in all, EID MUBARAK!!!

So, I'm watching the VP debate right now, and I don't like Palin... She talks about what she's done in Alaska way too much and not enough about what she's going to do if she's VP.

Classes are starting again Oct 20th and I cannot wait. I miss doing stuff. Right now it just seems like I'm wasting time like no other... I just can't seem to concentrate on studying or anything. The only thing I've been doing is reading a book series that I'm ashamed to mention and sleeping most of the day; I've been totally useless and I really should be studying instead.

Well, that's all for now... Until the next one then.