Non-schoolish things

Well a bunch of utter chaos has occured since I left school last Friday. Saturday was the lovely Kate's Bachelorette party which was a ton of fun, then Sunday was the Dent family Christmas party at Mike's parents' home in East Lansing. Monday was full of doctors appointments and running errands all day, and was concluded with a fantastic 21st birthday bash for Shruti! :D She had her first REAL pina colada, and I was so happy to be there with her to make sure the experience was great without getting out of hand. And she gave me a wicked pair of earrings for Christmas which I adore. :D

Yesterday I finished Christmas shopping, cleaned, and wrapped all the presents. Today there are more doctors appointments, then we have to scoot on over to East Lansing to pick up Mike's suit for the wedding. Then tomorrow morning is the wedding rehearsal, followed by the rehearsal dinner in the evening, and Friday is the wedding pretty much all day. Saturday is the Gibbard family Christmas in Grand Rapids, and I'm going back to the Mountain Saturday night to spend Christmas with my own family. *whew* So really, my week in Kalamazoo with Mike was really my week to get a bunch of crap done that keeps me just as busy as my schoolwork did. :( And even though I would really love it if this break would crawl by so I don't have to go back to school, I can't wait for the craziness to be over so I can just relax and enjoy the holidays with my family and with Mike. The older I get the most responsibilities I seem to have this time of year, and the less time I get to spend doing what I love with the people I love. It makes me sad, but I suppose we all have to grow up sometime.

Grades came back, and I did a lot better than I expected to considering my level of stressing out throughout this entire semester:

• Clinical Anatomy & Physiology: A
• Profession of Pharmacy: A-
• Medical Biochemistry: B
• Pharmaceutics: C+
• Integrated Lab: C

I passed everything by quite a wide margin and my GPA was exceptionally better than I had anticipated. Overall, I'm pleased with how well my first semester went, and I truly believe that I can do much better next semester as well. And now that I have half a year under my belt, I won't have quite so many ulcers worrying over whether I'll be able to continue in the program. I can hardly believe that only a year ago I was applying to Ferris for the first time, and now here I am, well on my way. :) I learned quite a bit about myself in the process, but that's a blog entry for another day.

*whew* I think that's everything. I need to eat a cinnamon roll now.

The sweet, sweet aftermath

I did it!! I survived my first (and rumored to be "hardest") semester of pharmacy school! :D I can still rememeber, and quite vividly, my first few days here at Ferris. I can recall looking at my calendar and saying, "I'm three days into pharmacy school! Now I'm four days in!" And here I am, with a semester already history. Yesterday when I left that lecture hall and stepped out into the air, I'd never felt more relieved in my whole life. It was a marathon, and towards the end I felt renewed energy propelling me through the final mile. I can't describe how hard I worked this semester, because I've just never done it before.

Finals week was rough, but I managed to pull through it with grace. I got my A in Clinical Anatomy and Physiology, I'm borderline A-B in Profession of Pharmacy, so whichever it will be will end up being a surprise to me when the grades come back. I got a 97% on my Biochem final exam!! Which brings my overall grade up to a B in the class. I'm really proud about that one--mostly because I had a D about halfway through the semester. Integrated Lab brought me a C (it was my sacraficial lamb, so to speak) and I'm anxiously awaiting results on Pharmaceutics. I'm hoping for a C, but it's just about the only class that I'm clueless on at this point. My days of getting all A's are over, and I realized it long ago. But I was raised to always give my best, and this time I gave even more than that, so I feel good about how I've done. Even better, I know I can improve next semester (now that I know how to study!!).

So for the next three weeks I don't have to crack open a book. :D :D After class yesterday my friend Beth and I signed a leasing contract with Jim, the man who owns the lakehouse we want to rent next year, and that was exciting. My living arrangements for the next year and a half are taken care of even before Christmas!! I came back home to clean my entire room and just relax with some of my friends here on the floor, and this afternoon Mike is coming to pick me up and take me back to the 'Zoo. I'm so excited.

I'm so excited to finally be in the sweet aftermath. :D

Where's a car for me to jump in front of?

Ok, I have to take a break from studying for a minute.

I was really sick earlier this week. Like, pukey-I-want-to-die sick. And my nose ran like a faucet, and when I say faucet, I mean as in I used an entire toilet paper role and a box of Kleenex in two days. And now the skin on my nose is really raw and kinda-peely so it looks like I have nose herpes or something gross like that. >_<

Every night I say up until about 2 am, then I get up by eight or nine and study until my exam. Then once it's over I come home and study again until 2 am. I'm not even tired anymore--it's as if I'm running on adrenaline. In a few hours I'll be done with the semester.

I can see the end of the tunnel, and I'm sprinting towards it! :D

No hablo espanol....

So tonight while I was studying I received a random IM from a guy in Venezuela. I have no idea how he got my screenname, but he started speaking to me in severely broken English and he seemed friendly enough. But when I asked him who he was, he replied:

"I am the body of ur love!"

What the hell does that mean??!

That '70s Show

So this morning I got up, feeling exceptionally groggy and hung-over-like because my NyQuil hadn't worn off yet, and a Pup Named Scooby Doo was on Cartoon Network. OMGOOOODNESS! I forgot how totally amazing that show was.

And instead of studying right now, I'm building the pop-out Geekmobile Mike gave me and watching That '70s Show. *hits*

On the edge

The truth is, I would neglect Mike if he were here with me. I'm so busy with school that I rarely find time to be sad or lonely. Even so... I would give anything for a hug right now. I'm tired, I'm sick, my brain is exhausted, and I'm only halfway done. The only place I want to be is in his arms.

EDIT: And I had to miss the Nip/Tuck season finale because I had to study nappy-ass Biochem. SONOFABITCH!!

Two more days.

I don't have a lot to say, mostly because I'm so overwhelmed and bogged down with school crap at the moment. But the excitement somehow is shining through. The excitement that in T-minus four days, I will have a life again.

:D

What do you think?

My neighbor with whom I share a wall (not my suitemate) either has sex a lot, or masturbates a lot. Now, whichever one it is I don't really care, and good for freakin' her, but seriously. I don't want to hear it. And I hear it every week, sometimes multiple times a week. I heard it this morning starting from 10 am and it just stopped and now she's getting dressed it sounds like. Up until this point I've just ignored it, but it's never woken me up before. Not to mention because next week is finals week, we're under 24-hour quiet hours now. So I feel like I have a good excuse to get mad.

I considered knocking, but I didn't think she would answer. Then I considered slipping a note under her door simply asking her to keep it down when she's "doing it," but I chickened out. So I thought I'd get your opinions. Am I just going overboard here, or is it not a common curtousey to at lease try to muffle it when you're in close enough proximity to neighbors that it might disturb them? I mean geez, turn on a TV or something if you absolutely have to moan at the top of your lungs.

Maybe I'm just a prude.

This about sums it up

Dr. Bates: So, how're you guys doing? You holding up?
Pharm class: ..............
Dr. Bates: I mean I know we're getting into finals right now and that sucks... but no one wants to jump in front of a bus.... right?
Pharm class: ..............
Dr. Bates: Ah yes, silent as usual.

Sometimes...

I hate it here.

The lake house, and indecent exposure

This morning Beth and I got up way too early to meet a man who was renting out two bedrooms of his home to either pharmacy or optometry students starting in the summer/fall of '07. He took us to this house about ten minutes away from campus that sits right on nice-sized lake, and gave us a little tour. Beth and I would be given the entire finished basement (two bedrooms, laundry room, living room, dining room, and bathroom) for $600 a month to split between us. We don't have to pay for heat, utilities, water, or laundry, just base rent and any high-speed internet or upgraded cable that we might want. The house was beautiful, barely ten years old, and the basement level leads on onto a backyard patio that extends the entire length of the house looking down on the water. He's even giving us all the furniture we need, including beds, a TV, couches, a kitchen table, and a refrigerator. And the best part is that he doesn't seem like a complete creep-o either, so there's an extremely strong possibility that this could be where I'll live next year. I'll know for sure by Friday. :)

Do you remember that guy who freaked out at me because I couldn't help him with his homework? If not, here's a refresher. So a guy down my hall, Brandon, brought me a paper today and showed me an article that talked about a man who "exposed" himself to an employee at the fitness center against her will. Apparently it was that guy! Something like that has got to be enough to get his weird-ass kicked the heck out of school. Honestly, I don't know how he functions in society.

New pic. That is all.

Ninja VANISH! *poof*

*COMPLAINS!*

Sooo let's start with my lack of sleep. I went to bed last night about 2 am, got up this morning around 6:30. I had a lab quiz at 8, followed immediately by a final exam at 11, which I believe I did not-my-hottest on (and I mean that in the strongest possible way). Then I had three hours to study for the always-gut-wrenching-and-horrible Biochem exam before three o'clock rolled around and I had to have my pale ass in front Kmart for an hour to ring the Salvation Army bell. It was snowing like crazy and I'm pretty sure the windchill was around -10000000, because I guess Mother Nature just hates my guts for killing so many plants. Despite the cold the Salvation Army thing was enjoyable and Beth and I made lots of fat cash for the needy. It was, however, quite possibly the longest hour of my entire life.

After that it was time to eat dinner, followed immediately by aforementioned gut-wrenching Biochem exam. Two hours of hunching over randomly colored paper all the while being completely unaware of my own physical discomfort. Until of course when the test is over at seven and I realize that my legs have been crossed for so long that I no longer have nerve function below my knees.

Then I went to Meijer and I don't really have any complaints about that. *thinks* Nope.

I came home to do some laundry and proceeded to trip down a flight of stairs. I guess it was a half flight, but it felt like I fell off a building a little. And on top of it all, all the washers were taken so I fell down the stairs and spewed my laundry across the snowy entry hall for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. *Baaaaaaaah humbug*

Have I mentioned it's been shitting out snow since last Friday?

On a brighter note, now that you're all saturated with my negative energy, I took a Pharmaceutics exam last week and earned a B, then an Anatomy exam on Friday and I got my second perfect score (ca-CHING!). I'm also feeling ok about Biochem today. I'm not sure if I did anything spectacular, but I don't have that impending feeling of doom.

Aaaaaaand the rest of the week is going to be SO MUCH BETTER!! :D :D Just because Monday is over with.


EDIT: AND I JUST SPILLED DIET COKE WITH LIME ALL OVER MY LEG!!!

Western, you pussy

I guess WMU canceled class today due to ice or something. PFFFFFFT. Ferris had more ice and snow by 8 am! That's ok, I'm only jealous because if class had been canceled here, I wouldn't have to worry about taking the exam that I'm not quite ready for yet. >_<

For some reason if I use the bathroom in the dark and then flush the toilet, it scares me. I'm not just talking about "ooh! That was a loud unexpected noise!" type of scare, but a "If I don't run out of the bathroom quick the monster is going to get me!!" type of scare. It seems so rational in the dark in the middle of the night, but right now it makes me feel more than slightly ridiculous.

I've had exams up the ass lately, and I've got one more today and two on Monday. Then I have four days worth of presentations, volunteering, and other crap before finals week. Pretty much my life sucks donkey balls right now, and I do nothing but study every moment that I'm not sleeping or taking a shower. I'm surprisingly calm about the whole thing though--sometimes I sit on the futon with my books all around me and I scream on the inside, but outwardly I still act like a normal, functioning human being. Which is a big step for me.

Ok I really need to put on some earrings now.