NAPLEX: June 10th at 8 AM
MPJE: June 14th at 8 AM
Too late to be scared. There's no turning back now.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
BUG HATE
It's really warm. Ugh.
Apparently the enormous flying ants are swarming right now, and somehow there are dozens loose in my room. I'm not exaggerating. I'm scared to sleep with my mouth open.
Speaking of nasty bugs, Mom and Dad get these caterpillars which build silk nests in the bushes by the driveway and consequently kill them (the bushes). I mistakenly thought they were harmless, adorable little caterpillars which build cocoons and transform into butterflies, and ended up rescuing two and transporting them to a nearby tree. Afterward I discovered that they are the bush-killing culprits! OMG. I was so ashamed. Mom and I killed them with fire (kidding kidding, it was bleach water) and that did the trick. Fuckers.
I spent a few hectic days with Mike in Ionia, going to his final two lacrosse games of the season and wrapping up some wedding plans. Things are a little crazy! I will be so happy when we're on the cruise and don't have to think about anything else but each other for a change. This weekend he's going with his boys to Boston and I'm taking my favorite ladies up north for Bachelorette weekend! I'm very excited, but even more so for the wedding to finally get here so we can all party down together. :)
Today I received permission from the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to schedule my NAPLEX and MPJE board exams. I was worried this would come too late and postpone my test-taking until after the wedding, but it seems like my prayers have been answered. Now it's more of a "be careful what you wish for" kind of feeling, because I'm so scared and don't feel ready at all. But I'm going to schedule it approximately two weeks out from the wedding and go for it. I'm ready to close this chapter and be free.
Apparently the enormous flying ants are swarming right now, and somehow there are dozens loose in my room. I'm not exaggerating. I'm scared to sleep with my mouth open.
Speaking of nasty bugs, Mom and Dad get these caterpillars which build silk nests in the bushes by the driveway and consequently kill them (the bushes). I mistakenly thought they were harmless, adorable little caterpillars which build cocoons and transform into butterflies, and ended up rescuing two and transporting them to a nearby tree. Afterward I discovered that they are the bush-killing culprits! OMG. I was so ashamed. Mom and I killed them with fire (kidding kidding, it was bleach water) and that did the trick. Fuckers.
I spent a few hectic days with Mike in Ionia, going to his final two lacrosse games of the season and wrapping up some wedding plans. Things are a little crazy! I will be so happy when we're on the cruise and don't have to think about anything else but each other for a change. This weekend he's going with his boys to Boston and I'm taking my favorite ladies up north for Bachelorette weekend! I'm very excited, but even more so for the wedding to finally get here so we can all party down together. :)
Today I received permission from the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to schedule my NAPLEX and MPJE board exams. I was worried this would come too late and postpone my test-taking until after the wedding, but it seems like my prayers have been answered. Now it's more of a "be careful what you wish for" kind of feeling, because I'm so scared and don't feel ready at all. But I'm going to schedule it approximately two weeks out from the wedding and go for it. I'm ready to close this chapter and be free.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Shruti-pie
Shruti: pfft, I know. I've SEEN IT. You know -- in my sexy dirty dreams about you.
Me: Only you could say that to me. ;)
Shruti: *jizz*
_ _ _ _
Me: OMG YOU HAVE SHINGLES?
Shruti: Yeah.
Me: THAT IS SO COOL! (sorry)
Shruti: I KNOW RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT! I kept looking at it and touching it.
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What would I do without this girl? I hardly know.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
The 2 AM Conspiracy
A conversation with Mike prompted the following random, completely pointless thought....
... Sometimes in the middle of the night, usually around a time when I'm a little more stressed or worried (aka an exam, the first day of a new rotation, etc etc) I wake up unexpectedly. I never, EVER wake up in the middle of the night without looking at the clock, so quite naturally this is the first thing I do. Only on these specific occasions, the clock might say, oh, 2:30 AM for example, and I have just no idea what that means. Is 2:30 AM good or bad? I don't know. I stare and stare, usually squinting because I'm a fraction away from being completely blind, and try to make sense out of it. Eventually I start to become paranoid, like time is some kind of conspiracy created by the government to give me seizures. Or I imagine that I've missed something hugely important and now I must panic. Eventually I realize that 2:30 AM is not a bad thing--in fact, usually it's a good thing because 2:30 AM means I still don't have to get up for several hours--and I obsessive compulsively check my alarm half a dozen times to make sure it's set properly before going back to sleep (usually feeling ashamed and embarrassed). I thought that maybe I was the only one who experienced this (layers of my sanity have been slowly peeling away for years now), but I was delighted to discover today that this happens to Mike too! And.... and maybe other people!
.................
Anyway, not being in school has been super-fantastic. I don't have to drive at least an hour to go somewhere and work for less than free and then come home and attempt to squeeze eight hours worth of studying/working out/being social/wedding planning into a three hour block of time. I can visit people whenever I want instead of just on Saturday and Sunday. If I want to see my fiance, I can just go and see him. OMG.
The downside of being out of school is that now the majority of my days are filled almost exclusively with studying for the board exams. THIS IS AWFUL FOR ME. The NAPLEX covers everything that I learned in school, aside from law which is covered separately. How does one go about studying everything??? I read my entire NAPLEX review guide (900 pages) but somehow feel dumber than I did when I started. So much work left to do and so little time that I just feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I just have to not think about it so that my blood pressure can return to normal.
I also realized that I'm getting married in four weeks. Seriously, OMG. Trying to squeeze in wedding details around studying and visiting loved ones has been a little hairy. I can't believe Mike and I have reached this point. I'm so excited. Much like graduation, I doubt it will feel real until comes up and bites me in the armpit.
I got to visit my sister Kristen this weekend, which I very much wanted to do before the wedding. I was able to meet some of her crew members (which was quirky and fun ;) ), eat cake and ice cream, play hours and hours of Zelda, and see her new car!! Ok, she has cup holders with color changing lights!!. I don't even have cup holders. That's pretty badass. I had a blast and of course was sad to leave. I was also able to visit my Grandma while downstate. I love visiting Grandma--talking to her is good for my soul. :) And she gave me Christmas cookies. *squeal*
This week I'm going to study my lady balls off and then visit Mike from Wednesday on. Bizzy bizzy bizzy.
... Sometimes in the middle of the night, usually around a time when I'm a little more stressed or worried (aka an exam, the first day of a new rotation, etc etc) I wake up unexpectedly. I never, EVER wake up in the middle of the night without looking at the clock, so quite naturally this is the first thing I do. Only on these specific occasions, the clock might say, oh, 2:30 AM for example, and I have just no idea what that means. Is 2:30 AM good or bad? I don't know. I stare and stare, usually squinting because I'm a fraction away from being completely blind, and try to make sense out of it. Eventually I start to become paranoid, like time is some kind of conspiracy created by the government to give me seizures. Or I imagine that I've missed something hugely important and now I must panic. Eventually I realize that 2:30 AM is not a bad thing--in fact, usually it's a good thing because 2:30 AM means I still don't have to get up for several hours--and I obsessive compulsively check my alarm half a dozen times to make sure it's set properly before going back to sleep (usually feeling ashamed and embarrassed). I thought that maybe I was the only one who experienced this (layers of my sanity have been slowly peeling away for years now), but I was delighted to discover today that this happens to Mike too! And.... and maybe other people!
.................
Anyway, not being in school has been super-fantastic. I don't have to drive at least an hour to go somewhere and work for less than free and then come home and attempt to squeeze eight hours worth of studying/working out/being social/wedding planning into a three hour block of time. I can visit people whenever I want instead of just on Saturday and Sunday. If I want to see my fiance, I can just go and see him. OMG.
The downside of being out of school is that now the majority of my days are filled almost exclusively with studying for the board exams. THIS IS AWFUL FOR ME. The NAPLEX covers everything that I learned in school, aside from law which is covered separately. How does one go about studying everything??? I read my entire NAPLEX review guide (900 pages) but somehow feel dumber than I did when I started. So much work left to do and so little time that I just feel overwhelmed. Sometimes I just have to not think about it so that my blood pressure can return to normal.
I also realized that I'm getting married in four weeks. Seriously, OMG. Trying to squeeze in wedding details around studying and visiting loved ones has been a little hairy. I can't believe Mike and I have reached this point. I'm so excited. Much like graduation, I doubt it will feel real until comes up and bites me in the armpit.
I got to visit my sister Kristen this weekend, which I very much wanted to do before the wedding. I was able to meet some of her crew members (which was quirky and fun ;) ), eat cake and ice cream, play hours and hours of Zelda, and see her new car!! Ok, she has cup holders with color changing lights!!. I don't even have cup holders. That's pretty badass. I had a blast and of course was sad to leave. I was also able to visit my Grandma while downstate. I love visiting Grandma--talking to her is good for my soul. :) And she gave me Christmas cookies. *squeal*
This week I'm going to study my lady balls off and then visit Mike from Wednesday on. Bizzy bizzy bizzy.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
From #195
My 195 moment came on a beautiful Monday in June of 2006. Four years later I walked the stage, after being introduced as "Dr. Amanda Jobin," and completed at last my higher education. After seven long years of hard work, stress and tears, I reached what I had been striving for my entire life. I day-dreamed about what the moment would feel like, the moment when I would transition from student to professional. It was amazing--just as I imagined it to be. Now I'm a pharmacist.
This is my masterpiece.
Thank you friends and family for believing in me, for being proud, and for listening to my pharmacy journey stories. Thank you Mike for lifting me up, picking up the phone every night, for talking me out of giving up, and for loving me so much. The hug you gave me at the end was
worth every minute.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Dr. Me
"At last the ladder,
which had been built slowly, slowly, one hope at a time,
reached up to the clouds....
and the dreamer began to climb."
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