Three Weeks
It is down to that, 21 days and I will be sitting in the first day of classes for school. I am going to do a dry run for the metro sometime next week and see how that goes. I am concerned about living so far away. But, I am going to try to use the time to study and not just veg. I also decided that I want to study late 2 nights a week. I am going to try to come to my side of town and then go to the library which remains open later. I am not sure that I want to change from the train to the bus downtown at night alone. It is funny how the Metro lines really only cater to a couple of areas and the rest are left to fend for themselves. Or make weird transfers in bad neighborhoods. I will just have to walk a couple of blocks downtown to make the exchange.
I have been reading some of the books that I ordered. The material appears to be manageable, that is until I realize that I am taking something other than the one class that the book is about. Everyone is being really supportive and wants me to succeed, so I think that we will be able to work out a working plan. I also have bought a bag to take to school since the last post. It was too expensive, but I think it will last me a while. It rolls and has a shoulder strap and while I wanted a backpack, it think that this will be a good medium with the distance that I need to cover each day. I won't be able to just run home at any time. I am trying to decide what to load into it, the essentials without weighing myself down too much. I am going to have to work on that since I like to have a lot of stuff available. It is the pack rat in my genetic makeup coming forward.
I also said farewell to my study buddy for the MCAT. He is headed to the American University in Beirut for medical school. He has a lot more guts than I do, travelling around the world to follow his dream. He inspires me in that he wants to do the medicine that would make me too uncomfortable - poor countries, war torn villages, situations of despair. I find that very noble, but something that I would not want to pursue. I just find the challenges to big and the situation too heart rending. I also have a feeling that I won't have to go very far to find people in desperate situations in my own city and eventually in my own practice. I find that it is a unique reflection of the individuals who are selected for medical school and how there is a adequate distribution of students entering each specialty because of the desires of the student to practice a certain kind of medicine.
I have also been watching the HOPKINS series on TV this summer. Quite interesting yet the producer of the program had the ability to cut and fast forward and alter based on what he wanted in a 1 hour show. I am intrigued by the bias that might have been shown and also what was left on the cutting room floor. I wish that the Houston Medical series would have been picked up for a longer run 5 years ago. I enjoyed that series, too.
My daughter has learned how to spell the word "doctor" and likes to write Doctor Mommy on things. I really like that and I know that she is proud of me. She also has taken to drawing a brain with spinal cord that is really cute. It looks like a rose and stem with no leaves. I am more amazed by my kids abilities each and every day. They make me happy and truly make me feel loved. Any problems that I am having melt away in one of their hugs. I will have to remember that after a long hard day of studying.
I have been reading some of the books that I ordered. The material appears to be manageable, that is until I realize that I am taking something other than the one class that the book is about. Everyone is being really supportive and wants me to succeed, so I think that we will be able to work out a working plan. I also have bought a bag to take to school since the last post. It was too expensive, but I think it will last me a while. It rolls and has a shoulder strap and while I wanted a backpack, it think that this will be a good medium with the distance that I need to cover each day. I won't be able to just run home at any time. I am trying to decide what to load into it, the essentials without weighing myself down too much. I am going to have to work on that since I like to have a lot of stuff available. It is the pack rat in my genetic makeup coming forward.
I also said farewell to my study buddy for the MCAT. He is headed to the American University in Beirut for medical school. He has a lot more guts than I do, travelling around the world to follow his dream. He inspires me in that he wants to do the medicine that would make me too uncomfortable - poor countries, war torn villages, situations of despair. I find that very noble, but something that I would not want to pursue. I just find the challenges to big and the situation too heart rending. I also have a feeling that I won't have to go very far to find people in desperate situations in my own city and eventually in my own practice. I find that it is a unique reflection of the individuals who are selected for medical school and how there is a adequate distribution of students entering each specialty because of the desires of the student to practice a certain kind of medicine.
I have also been watching the HOPKINS series on TV this summer. Quite interesting yet the producer of the program had the ability to cut and fast forward and alter based on what he wanted in a 1 hour show. I am intrigued by the bias that might have been shown and also what was left on the cutting room floor. I wish that the Houston Medical series would have been picked up for a longer run 5 years ago. I enjoyed that series, too.
My daughter has learned how to spell the word "doctor" and likes to write Doctor Mommy on things. I really like that and I know that she is proud of me. She also has taken to drawing a brain with spinal cord that is really cute. It looks like a rose and stem with no leaves. I am more amazed by my kids abilities each and every day. They make me happy and truly make me feel loved. Any problems that I am having melt away in one of their hugs. I will have to remember that after a long hard day of studying.
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