unfortunately, updating this website is becoming a short-term sacrifice for a very important long-term goal.

i have been working hard at balancing my life and work, my hobbies and studies and my family and friends. i have sacrificed studies for friends and friends for studies. i have neglected email for weeks on end, which really means neglecting friends and family when it’s my only lifeline to them. and i have scheduled time away from the books for long phone calls with my mom and lengthy updates here. i like to think i’m learning to achieve harmony and balance. that i am able to do the the things i want to as well as the things i need to.

but i really really really don’t want to be one of those people that gets my exam grade back and says “well, i didn’t do as great as i hoped, but it’s good enough.”

i have made a lot of sacrifices along this path so far. it would seem a shame to waste them on a “good enough” Step 1 score. there are doors and opportunities i want to open up. there are big exciting things i want to do for myself and my family. and yet, there are only so many hours in a day. one of my top priorities is about to take up a lot more of those hours and the very very top priority is sitting next to me at the kitchen table. jenniferhawke.com is a little further down that list.

March
9th – Block 3 Exam
14th – Clinical Skills Assessment Practical Exam
17th – Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis NBME Subject Exam
23rd – Pathology NBME Subject Exam

April
13th – NBME Comprehensive Subject Exam
15th – to Antigua
16th – to Toronto
17th – to Regina (Moose Jaw)
20th – to Denver

May
1st – to Regina (Moose Jaw)

June
15th or 30th? – USMLE Step 1

don’t worry, i won’t disappear until July. but posting is likely to be light and whiny and filled with woe-is-me-get-me-out-of-the-library blues. i have a few pre-written posts coming up this month about our last few exams.

i will be checking email and all things interweb once a day, probably right before i go to bed or right when i get up. if your email is warning me to jump out of a burning building or some other sort of helpful, pertinent and timely information, then i might respond. otherwise, thank you for your thoughts and kind words. your encouragement keeps me going on the rough days.

seeya soon. xoxo.

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photo: First Aid and First Aid Organ Systems dissected from their proper bindings and inserted into the biggest binder i own. my trusty Merck Manual is sitting on top.

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