Perches in the Soul

Because Last week wasn’t bad enough…

Published by Amy under Friends,Medical School,TRAVEL on September 23, 2007

Ok let’s review what I have to accomplish this week….

MONDAY

-Catch up on the 4 lectures I am behind from last week

-Memorize a boat load of Cardiac drugs 

- Have lunch with my Mom and give the appearance of a sane, well groomed 2nd yr medical student who is juggling it all while at the same time making my Mom feel needed during her time of pre-empty nesting. 

- Turn in an abstract that makes my crappy, crazy international health project appear like an ethical, important study that is going to make a profound contribution to the knowledge of HIV/AIDS treatment in Eastern Europe. 

-Attend 6 lectures, listen, pay attention for 6 freaking hours, outline, memorize, etc

Tuesday:

-Attend a lab and a case study

-Memorize 6 lectures from Monday

-Get my hair cut and my nails done because I am a freaking wedding

-Attend weekly social event (watch House with friends) so I actually speak to a human being this week that is not a patient or a classmate.

Wedesday

-Patient Stimulation Lab  for gosh knows how long

-Turn in poster template for crappy research project that makes it look like its going to save the world 

-Attend 2 lectures

-Teach 10 squrimy 3, 4, 5 yr olds about Jesus, finger paint and that sharing. 

-Memorize Labs, lectures…etc

-PACK FOR TEXAS

-Iron my no less than 4 outfits for all the various events that require my attendance

Thursday:

-CATCH UP…memorize as much as I can.  

-Attend Bed-side teaching for 5 hours…

-Examine, take a history and present a patient. 

-Write it all up before midnight.

-Drive to Friend’s house in Charlotte

-Sleep?

Friday

-4AM-Drive to aiport

-6AM get on an airplane

-8AM-get on another airplane

-10AM-arrive in Houston

-10:30-SEE RACHEL BAXLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUG HER NECK!

-Noon-Arrive in Galveston, TX, see the blushing bride, handsome groom, amazing minister and various people who I probably won’t know.   

-5-Attend rehearsal dinner appearing like a sane, well-balanced, well groomed 2nd yr medical student, friend of the bride, have cute stories and toasts to share.  

-8PM-attend college friend party and try to stay awake long enough to see people and tell more cute stories…toasts.

Saturday

-8 to 10-Try to cram the 5 hours of lecture I am missing in my head.

-11-Bridal Luncheon…appear like a polite Southern young lady in a pastel sort of outfit with impeccable manners and ready with POLITE cute stories and about the bride .

-1 to 4-Visiting, Primping, general girl-ness

-5-Actual Cermony where I must appear sane, well groomed with a nice reading voice and I must not fall on my face, on any member of the wedding party or the altar…. 

-7-Reception where I will dance and then most likely collaspe

Sunday

-9AM-on a plane on the way back to NC

-4PM-reach NC

-6PM-right where I am now…studying in the Wake Forest Library for my Cardiac exam…

 Seriously…um this week might kill me..I’m excited about Texas but good grief…too much to do. 

  1. BE Said,

    ::screams into pillow::

    you know, tis times like these i really wish you were next door again. just to take a tea-and-chips break with for a few minutes. or, eat an entire bag of sour gummy worms. remember wendy’s and stats during senior spring???

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