Visuals

Dr. Ryan's cell phone: *ring ring ring*
Dr. Ryan: "Oops! That must be the President, wanting to know what to do with the Navy."


I'm supposed to be studying right now. *sheepish*

It's SO COLD out. I think it was 8 or something degrees out today, which makes me not want to go anywhere near the outside. I even get pissy walking to my car after class, because I just want to get out of the cold, OMG! Most of the river has frozen over as well. It looks pretty cool, all glossy and glass-looking. :) Jim-bo came down to tell me not to go out on it, because a guy fell through and died a few years ago. THANKS JIM-BUG.

Today in lab we did a warm-up exercise about what kind of learner we are. I'm apparently a visual learner, and this makes perfect sense now! I love to use highlighters, which I guess is a big sign. I even have a very orderly system to it:

• Yellow: only in class, during lectures, and only when the professor stresses something or it seems to be VERY important
• Orange: when I study through my notes for the first time to prepare for a test, highlighting topics and important facts
• Blue or Pink: a day or so before the test, covering anything and everything that I'm still having trouble remembering even after reading my notes several times

I always thought this made me crazy! But I'm a visual learner! I'm normal. :)

*rejoices*

My love is where you are

"Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great."
Comte de Bussy-Rabnutin



Just thought this was a nice quote, and so true

SNOW

Omg.

OMG

So, the inevitable finally happened today. I was forced to drive for the very first time in my whole life in the snow! I was petrified!! My car was slipping on the ice and every time it did that, my heart was thudding so hard I thought I might have some cardiovascular event right there in the car. Luckily I made it home fine, so you can all get off the edge of your seats. Hopefully I'll get better though, because I went about 20 mph under the speed limit on the country roads near my house. O_o

*stressed*

OOOH Thanksgiving!!

Yay Thanksgiving! :D **Peektures!**

So I got to visit home for Thanksgiving, and it was so great to just be able to drive myself home after school and then leave whenever I wanted on Sunday without having to worry about a ride. Life is just twice as great with my Lil' Prizm. :)

It was awesome to see my family again--we don't get many chances to all be together anymore! Mom made some delicious food, I got to josh around with Daddy-pants, and the siblings and I had some serious Mariokart throwdowns. I had some heartfelt chats with everyone, and lots of bellyrubs for the Colby-man (the cutest dog in the entire world, by far).

Thursday was Thanksgiving of course and it was very pleasant and full of delicious food and movie-watching. Friday Mike came to visit and we all went to Crossroads for opening night. We got to see the first tree lighting, opening night fireworks, and of course we got to ride the train. It was a great time, the only set-back being that it was about -20 degrees out. Brrr.

Saturday Mike's cousin got married down in Sterling Heights, so I got to go to a wedding! It was the most amazing wedding I had ever seen!! The decorations, the dresses, the music, and the ballroom OMG!!! I couldn't believe it. The food was really good too, and free.

Sunday Kristen and I tried to have some of the most delicious Chinese food in the whole world (including China!) at our fav. Chinese place in town, but that f-er didn't open until three!!! *crestfallen* SUCH A LETDOWN. So we had lunch at Subway, which was really nice, but just not the same. Shortly after that I said goodbye to the family and came back to Big Rapids, feeling sad and lonely as usual.

Of course, the Lakehouse was full of my textbooks and coursepacks, and I was reminded, not surprisingly, that school was still going on. POOP.

So that's what I'll be doing nonstop from now until December 13th at 10 am. :D

Get mad Benzi!!

This is my fishy Benzi. I named him after Mike's new high school, and he has anger problems. This is him getting pissed at my cellphone, one of many, many things he lashes out at irrationally.

But he's F-ing awesome. That is all.

Cyborg-ette

Shruti: JUST tawking to you is like...making me ooze with joy
I"M FREAKIN OOZING JOY!
OOOOZES
Me: *flattered*
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OMG! My life has stopped sucking for just a few days, and even though it will be a short siesta, I'm SO HAPPY!! I made it through my third "round" of exams, and now I get to go visit home for Thanksgiving!! Turkey day is always a fun time at my parents' house, because it's one of only two (possibly three?) times a year that all five members of my family get together and sleep under the same roof! Not to mention there will be many Mariokart throw-downs, in which my siblings will get their assess handed to them by yours truly, muah! AND, to make this year even better, I even get to see Mike over the holiday weekend! YAY!

Last week I had two exams and a presentation, which sucked A LOT, but not nearly as much as after Thanksgiving, when I'll have three exams in one week leading up to finals. And for the dense out there, finals week usually isn't "better." So like I said, a short siesta, and then my life will suck again for three more weeks. After that, FOUR GLORIOUS WEEKS OFF OMG.

*collects herself*

So I went to visit Mike this past Friday, and I had the best weekend I've had in a while! We watched movies, baked banana bread, made our famous Pasta Salad, and went Christmas shopping in Traverse City. We also saw the movie Beowulf, which was quite the interesting experience, but very good as well. :) The best part, by far, was that I didn't think about pharmacy school AT ALL, and I just enjoyed being with Mike. :D :D

There's something living in the ceiling of Mike's apartment, which we've come to call "Ceiling Creature." Because we're so damn creative.

He also got a second blue-tooth headset as a promotional deal from GeekSquad, and he gave it to me!! So now I can wear a nifty ear piece and look like a cyborg too! :D

*joyous*


Shruti: i can't wait to read your entry now
salivates


EDIT:
Shruti: i guess i should stop talking, JUST TO AVOID QUOTATION!

Not a fan of gravel

CARS PASSING BY!! *click here!*


Um, I'll make a real post next week, when I have a life again. Until then, I leave you with the B. Rose. ;)

Pharmacists

We do it over the counter. ;)

Someday will come

We've done this now for a year and a half, and we'll be doing it for another two and a half years. I guess you can say I'm used to it, and it normally doesn't bother me. Even still, every time we say goodbye, and I watch him drive away, part of me always wants to cry.

:'(

While studying

Beth: "I like the word 'shunt.' It rhymes with another word I like to call Dr. Boncher sometimes."

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Dr. Hult: "About ten or twelve of you will be diagnosed in your lifetime with clinical depression. *pause* In fact, pharmacy school might just cause clinical depression."

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Me: "You know, it really speaks highly of our friendship, though."
Beth: "What? That we can talk about my anus?"

:D

Mike, on finally getting internet back:

"It's good to have my intercrack back in my veins."

Welcome back to the cyberworld ;) <3

Druggie

Lately I've been pretty stressed because of all the bullcrap I have to get done for school before Thanksgiving. Right now the Mom is going to school as well, and sometimes we complain for hours to one another about how much our lives suck. One day while complaining, she said she's been taking this new herbal supplement her doctor recommended, Evening Primrose. She says that it helps her sleep better, and among other things, keeps her stress at a manageable level. This is important for she and I, because we stress out (seriously) way more than the average individual. It's probably not even healthy, and frequently it's over insignificant, trivial issues. In a nutshell, if this stuff worked for her, then it will probably have some kind of an effect on me as well.

After performing a nerdy amount of research to make sure it was "legit" and all that, I bought some and decided to give it a try. OMG. You know, it could just be the Placebo Effect. It could be totally in my head, which is fine, but since I've started it, I've noticed differences. I've slept significantly better, which helps me stay awake better in the evening when I study. I'm still stressed, but it just doesn't break me down like it used to. In other words, I don't feel like crying or lashing out irrationally at nearby loved ones by the end of a long day. The stress is below the surface, not absolutely smothering me. For the first time, I'm wondering if this is what normal people feel like! O_o

So, I guess in summary, I'm now controlling my life with drugs. This is probably where Shruti will intervene and tell me what a HORRIBLE IDEA THIS IS, like that time she went spastic when I took a Tums for indigestion. ;) WELL, BRING IT ON! I'M NOT AFRAID!! BWA HA!

BLAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

Oh yeah, like I have time to Blog these days... *dies*

I have a Med Chem exam tomorrow under the same professor who was responsible for my first two Biochem exams last year. For those of you who might not remember--I did, um, uncharacteristically bad on those exams. So bad in fact, that I refer to Biochem as if it were a period in history, like the Dark Ages. After taking those two exams, it took me an additional four with the second professor, getting no less than 90% on each one, to get a B in that f-ing class. I had this same professor again for an exam in Drug Action last year, and I don't remember what I got on it. This isn't a good sign either--sometimes I block out bad grades. O_O So, I'm pretty scared about that. And I'm going a little crazy, which is why I'm blogging right now instead of studying.

It's supposed to kind of snow tonight. Oh man, I'm a little terrified. I've never driven in snow before. EVER! Not even when I was learning because I'm such a wimp! But tomorrow I have an exam at 9 am and I have to be there. Today I drove the "other" way home from school, which has less hills and curves, so this will reduce my chances of being involved in a tragic accident (I hope).

We're having a "class picture" day this week. Like.... grade school? We can even buy copies or a composite of the whole class. I wonder if Mom and Dad would want one.... ??

My life sucks a little right now. I won't be around much until Thanksgiving--just to give everyone a heads up.