No Finals?

Omg you guys, I didn't have finals this semester!! I had my final exam for AmCare which I totally destroyed, and that was it. Sweet, sweet bliss. This was also the first Thanksgiving in seven years which I haven't spent doing homework. I got an A in AmCare, which means my GPA will be high enough for me to graduate with honors and walk with honor cords. OMG YES. I start my last semester after the New Year, and until then I'm basically doing SO MUCH WEDDING STUFF, visiting people as much as possible, Christmas shopping, and working not so diligently on my clinical seminar, which I pretty much have to complete by the time break is over. Ugh.

Thanksgiving went pretty well here at the Jobin house. It was fun having the sibs home for the holidays, but man the house sure is different when filled with people! We played lots of Mariokart (during which I had my most embarrassing loss ever), watched old family videos, saw fireworks at Crossroads Village for opening night, and of course chowed down on some serious Turkey Day eateries. I even started reading an actual book for fun! Kristen and I went out for a girl's day and ended up picking the bridesmaid dress for the wedding! I'm so happy she found one she liked and it is very beautiful. I can't wait to see how my other girls like it!

I'm going to visit Kristen over the next few days, then I'm back to Ionia to (hopefully) finish the Save the Dates and put together the registry so all you peeps can buy me awesome things. It's going to be a VERY busy Christmas break with the list of things I need to accomplish... but I know I'll feel good as I slowly check them off. :)

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!

One Semester

Four months ago I started my fourth and final year of pharmacy school. My first rotation was Internal Medicine, which I still to this very moment count as the most terrible two months of my entire life. I can remember countless times when either Mom or Dad approached me out of concern, be it for lack of sleep or the sheer amount of time I spent hunched over my notes. They wanted to do something to help me. They wanted me to tell them it was okay.

I told them instead: "If I can make it to Thanksgiving nothing can stop me."

Guess what?

I made it.

Clinic Days

Dr. Eugene: I'd rather be stupid than old.
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Dr. Eugene: You know that guy Flava Flav? He looks like a burnt raisin.
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Me: Today Susan had a 19 year old patient who had already had more than 60 sexual partners.
Mike: So, is she hot?

Drug Free America

Because there's no humor like pharmacy humor

Monkey-ing Around

James: I'm sorry Dr. Covyeou but I don't have my Drug of the Day ready for today. But! What I do have is a great story about Wellbutrin and monkeys!
Dr. Covyeou: I'm so glad you used the time I was absent wisely.
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I am happy to say that I aced my midterm exam in AmCare and I have only a huge presentation to give tomorrow (in front of 30+ doctors/pharmacists) and the final exam left before it's over! Two weeks to be exact, before I am not only on Christmas vacation until after New Years, but also a mere semester away from graduating pharmacy school!!

*SQUEE*

Not that I'm counting or anything. ;)

On Target

I called Target back to accept their offer yesterday. (!!!!!!!!! I have a job as a pharmacist!!!!) I wanted to take 48 hours to think it over, because I was just so excited after they called me Wednesday that I wanted to be sure that my decision was practical, and not just based on emotion. But even after discussing it with my parents, Mike and Mike's parents, my preceptor on AmCare, and the two other students I'm on AmCare with, I felt just as good about it on Friday. My preceptor helped me compile a list of quesitons to ask first, but even after getting the answers I still felt great about it.

I'll be given a "home store" as close to Ionia (where Mike is) as possible, and for the first few months to a year I'll be floating around that home store to nearby locations which need me, until I'm assigned a permanent location. I'd be compensated for gas and wear-and-tear on my car, so I don't really mind the traveling aspect. I already commute an hour to get to school everyday, so I'm sort of used to it. Besides, Target is the only community pharmacy which DOESN'T have a drive-thru AND closes for lunch so that the pharmacist can actually have a chance to eat (which is every community pharmacist's wet dream). The offer was sweet and the benefits package was darn good enough, so I couldn't think of a single reason to say no.

I feel so happy (and fortunate) to have this job already. Once Christmas gets here, I'll be so busy with wedding plans, preparing for graduating/taking the board exams, and getting ready to present my Clinical Seminar that it will be so nice to already have a job lined up. I am just so excited.

Mike seems thrilled, and as usual has been the image of spousal support. He took me out for a nice dinner last night to celebrate! I can't believe how close we are to the end of my time in graduate school, and how wonderful it feels to finally reap the rewards of our hard work. This is as much his victory as mine. :)

OMG look!

Target extended me a job offer today--a pretty damn good one. I can't really believe it. I interviewed for a real pharmacist's position and they want me. It's so.... it's so beyond pharmacy school. It's so real.

I told them I'd like until Friday to decide, but I'm no fool. It'll mean a little bit of a move and a lot of driving for a while, but I think I'm going to be taking it. :D

Omg, I'll let you know for sure.