Today in anatomy lab we were looking at the base of the neck so we had to remove the top ribs. So our faculty facilitator came over to help. He grabbed the bone clippers and proceeded to cut through. Then we hear *crack!* and the next thing we know, he is covered in bone marrow. This red gooey slime was splashed all over the right side of his face! Good thing he was wearing glasses and his mouth was closed! I couldn't help but giggle and bury my face in my lab manual. 

I finished my first block exams today!!

(anatomy was Monday and today was biochemistry)

They were without a doubt the hardest exams I've ever laid eyes on. And I'm not sure I effectively rose to the challenge... I really did my best on anatomy, but I didn't have enough time to study biochem. I'm not even sure more time would have helped. I'm comforted by the fact that everyone I talked to feels the same way. 

But hey, it's over and it's time to celebrate!

Tonight I will be experiencing my first "house party", sponsored by student government, making it somewhat less sketchy I guess. I always shy away from these things (as evidenced by the fact that I was a college varsity athlete without ever having gone to a party), but it's definitely time. 

Wish me luck! haha

Random Med School Fact: Knife wounds from "street fights" are as prevalent in test questions as they are in Detroit (I'm assuming). Random!

First, I just have to say...

I am loving my Macbook and iTouch!

Sooooo addicting! I finally got the touch to work on the school's wireless - this is dangerous!

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My first exam is in a week so I'm getting nervous. I feel like I know the information, but when I take practice tests I do badly, so I have to figure out how to change up my studying and, in the words of Tim Gunn, make it work! So it's a scary time right now. There's soooo many people at school at all hours of the day and night just studying and it's making me uneasy. I'm not an intense studier, so studying in a windowless room full of people all studying the same thing is too tense for me. I need a window I can look out of every so often... 

I don't know, maybe Drew was too easy or something, because I've never studied so much without a positive result. I hate feeling like I'm at the bottom of the class. Hopefully I'll learn to adapt before it's too late!

But my Madison friends came to visit Friday night! That made me happy :) It was a welcome break where I could talk to people from the real world. I cannot wait for Sept. 26th when I can get out of here and go to Beantown and have an awesome time with awesome people! Yayyy super-EMT baseball game!

This troubles me:

Today's biochem lecturer said that her notes were somewhat dense and had a lot of information, but that we should remember that it's a pass/fail course so not to worry.

I hate that there's an emphasis on passing and not excelling. Don't we want to make great doctors here?

And by the way, the seats in the lecture hall are the most uncomfortable I have ever encountered. 

That's a state school for you. You get what you pay for I guess :/