Mar

31

7 months down, 13 to go…

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[6 months… 5 months… 4 months… 3 months… 2 months… 1 month]

dear Nevis,
in just 18 days, i will finally be preparing to go home for the first time. i’ll only be gone two weeks, but i have a sneaking suspicion i’ll miss you just a little bit. in honor of our imminent separation, […]

Mar

31

MED 2 Block 4 [re-cap]

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[block 1 re-cap] [block 2 re-cap] [block 3 re-cap]
physiology
physio is driving me a bit crazy because i feel like i *should* be enjoying the way anatomy and histology fit together, but i’m sorta not. it probably is a combination of the sheer amount of overwhelming material and professors that i find less-than-engaging. that […]

Mar

29

Block weekend

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“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
back with the usual re-cap update either Monday or Tuesday.
as a few people have noticed, there have been errors here-and-there with photos showing up. please let me know if (even after refreshing your browser) you come […]

Mar

27

White knuckle warp speed

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so many things happening all at once. i feel like i’m holding on for dear life.
and having SO much fun.
kinda like a rollercoaster…. i might get sick if it doesn’t slow down soon, but i don’t want to get off just yet. i freaking love my life. i […]

Mar

24

Good things come in threes

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“You know what’s the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? It’s when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with and you realize that is how little they’re thinking of you. You know? You’d like to think you’re both in all this pain, but they’re just like […]

Mar

23

Happy Easter

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may your Sunday be filled with family and ham and hidden eggs and furtive bunny ears and chocolate and church and friends and loved ones and church plays and basketball and naps and spring sunshine and daffodils and tulips and long-distance calls to the loved ones that are too far to share all of […]

Mar

22

Moms. They know things.

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“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.”
~ Oscar Wilde
in continuation of a previous post, the care package from my mom arrived yesterday. just in time for Easter non-long weekend.
i have no idea how she knew that i am rationing my last stick of […]

Mar

22

March Madness

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even though i have never been anywhere near Kansas, i was sort of born into a name that a lot of people think automatically makes me a Jayhawks fan. somehow i’ve been sucked into following American college basketball. how weird is that??
i hope they beat UNLV today.
Rock! Chalk! Jayhawk!

Mar

19

Busy. In hiding.

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sheesh. you take one night off in 8 months and everything just falls apart!
okay, not really. it was more like a laid-back weekend, followed by 12 hours of socializing. and i do feel like i’m playing a bit of catch-up. it’s all manageable as long as i ignore frivolous […]

Mar

16

My brain cells sent me a memo today

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… and somehow they managed to channel the wise words of W. H. Auden:
“You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at.”

riding the wave of procrastination is all fine and dandy. but it’s time to suck it up and buckle down. 32 days is only 32 days. […]

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