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It's been a longgg time.

Just wanted to jot down some thoughts on what I want to accomplish in my final year of medical school. Now that I will actually have some truly free time on my hands

1. Learn Spanish for my ecuador trip in April
2. Sell some stuffs I've amassed (hoarded)
3. Read for fun
4. Learn how to cook some delicious Vietnamese dishes
5. Run a full marathon
6. Watch the top 200 movies of all time
7. Keep up with current events

just for starters.....

this was a pretty boring, picture-less post huh

Sorry & Thanks

 I haven't been the easiest person to be around lately. SORRREEY It's a stressful time for everyone, with finals (CUMULATIVE  -_- ) coming up and STEP. Gah step .... but anyhoo I'm so super grateful to everyone that has put up with me. My unreasonable mood swings, my bitching and moaning, and my lack of response or contact. :/ Every week I wonder how I'm gonna get through it, while still keeping my sanity intact and I realized it's all because of YOU! The people that mean the most to mee and my parents of course. I love how my mom sends me the most random pictures all the time and she does it even though I don't respond all the time (worst daughter evar :( , but she puts up with me) and I almost cried when my dad text me about charlie. I know I don't call nearly as much as I should, but every time I do, it reminds me of why I'm doing all this. NOT that med school was for my parents alone, but it feels good to make them proud. ALSO I got this sweet postcard in the mail and I hung it on the wall near my desk, loved it! My cousins are the best, Jeanne especially always supports me no matter what. whoops not trying to give special shoutouts or anything because everyone means so much to me. I don't know what I would do without my group of friends in SA, prob curled on the floor in the fetal position crying in misery.... hehe maybe I'm a bit dramatic. 


Took some good advice and made a game plan for tackling step for the month of May aka HELL MONTH. So sorry again when I disappear. I will be back! June 6th

THANK YEWS <3 br="">

Some People

UGH my upstairs neighbor is such a FREAKKKK, why are you up at 3:30 AM stomping around and taking bubble baths. I hear it alllll the time. The sound of a tub full of water being drained followed by excessive stomping all over the place. YOU SUCKKKKK!!! I finally ran into him this morning too, he even looks creepy. why is my apartment surrounded by weirdos? yeah, lady that feeds the strays, and neighbor that chains the baby seat to the stairway! 

Now I'm wide awake... this is the latest I've stayed up in a long time. I was plannnningg to wake up at 7 am to study but that seems unlikely now..................... *annoyed

Done

This was supposed to be a long post but I just ran 10 miles and nothing seems to be working right now. This morning I woke up and literally jumped out of bed because I had so much energy. Maybe it was because I got 7 hours of sleep but mainly it was because I got my 3rd year schedule the night before! 

BOOM! I'm super excited. Although I wanted medicine before surgery I don't think it really matters in the long run. I'm partly motivated by fear though, because that actually means I need to know what I'm talking about when they pimp me. 

I feel like I had more to say but I need to zone out now. 

Baiz

Hurr

 This post is dedicated entirely to my hair haha. I went through a perm phase last semester when I thought I really wanted a digital perm but I decided I didn't want to put my hair through all that damage. Then I had an ombre phase... but I finally did it. So it came out more blond then intended but the whole process took so long that I didn't ask her to leave it in longer. She kept saying "you have so much hair!!" She bleached my hair for 2 hoursss and then dyed it "toffee" and then trimmed an inch off and layered the front. The same haircut I've been rocking since 10th grade. Anywayyy I still luv it and she said I could come back another day to darken the middle so its more of a gradient. I like how the ends look in the light, makes me feel happier haha, maybe blonds do have more fun. But also my mom is going to kill me haha 

I just needed a change, girls tend to do that I guess. As if chopping off 6 inches of hair or coloring it makes you a different person. Sometimes you just need to start over :) Also I would definitely not be able to do this next year, it may be too crazy for rotations....

My hair doesn't seem damaged or dry yet. At least I can always cut off the ends if I don't like it.

 

The color really depends on the lighting, these pics on my DSLR made it look more copper/orange. But at least me and charlie have the same color hair now!

Trying to take image shots with chawly :P

 Interesting fact: guys seriously do not notice a girl's hair

 

Weirdo

So yesterday while eating with some friends at the Cove I received a phone call from a 281 number. I picked up cause I didn't have the number saved and it was a Houston area code. The following conversation ensued....

BBD: Hello?
me: hello...?
BBD: Who is this?
me: uhh I don't know, who is this?! 
BBD: I got a text from this number
me: uh I didn't text you.. What did the text say?
BBD: It said.. ....*mumble muble*
me: wait it said whatttt?
BBD: IT SAID that you were PREGNANT
me: WHAT THE! NO definitely not NOO (I'm sure all the color drained from my face at this point) 
me: uhh uhhhhhhhhh no no no I think you have the wrong number 
BBD: well you texted me ............... 

Anyway I think I was so flustered I just hung up on him and he called me back right after, but I was so confused I just ignored it. So I feel bad for this guy, who might now be a baby daddy or maybe the girl that is pregnant text the wrong dude..... if that is the case, it explains a lot. Also, BBD stands for big black dude... not tryna be racist but he sounded like it.....  My friends could obviously see that I was taken aback and when I told them we all had a good laugh... hahah 

Yesterday I went to the anberlin concert at backstage live. Pretty cool place for SA, but the crowd was mostly high school kids, although I prob fit right in cause at the door they asked how old I was and the bouncer dude thought I was under 21 forsure. My favorite songs from them are Art of War and Impossible, which they played neither. I loveee going to concerts though and I managed to weasel my way to the front of the crowd haha. Then afterwards I went to a bday partayy for a friend :) and we sang the night away. 

peeks 

  

 Happy Buttday!!

Wore this to do my first female pelvic exam... was a bit traumatized afterwards and took the rest of the day off

charlie loves to dress up too :)

Life

Picked rotations today for 3rd year, after an hour my head was spinning. Even though the 2 paths lead to the same outcome I agonized over the survey wayy longer than I needed to. I ended up choosing:

Internal Med

Surgery 

• Surgical Oncology
• Transplant
• Anesthesiology 

Elective (er researchhh?!?!)

3 week vaycayyyy with the fam!

Fam Med
Peds
OB/GYN
Psych 

This is all assuming I pass my step and don't fail any classes this year *crosses fingers* hahhh..................................

Just thought this was a life topic I should document.

This is gettin too REAL!

There we go... this post really needed a picture of charlie sleeping from another angle to lighten the mood. :)