Friday, May 28, 2004

 

10 Things I Plan On Doing This Summer... the Friday Edition


1. Pass the COMLEX Part I Board Exams June 8-9. I refuse to take 16 hours of testing & 800 questions over again. Well, until Part 2 Boards next year.
2. Move back home for a while
3. Go to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH
4. Girl Cousins field trip somewhere...
5. Buy a Palm, PocketPC, or some kind of PDA
6. Learn how to use said PDA
7. Earn some money to pay for said PDA
8. Not think so hard, at least for a week or two
9. Get ready to start clinical rotations - my 3rd year of medical school!
10. Move to Bettendorf, IA for at least 8 months

Claud 8:44 PM 

Sunday, May 16, 2004

 

Ten on Tuesday... the Sunday Edition...


I'm posting this because I actually thought of 10 songs... There are many others that make me happy, but here's 10 I thought of, in no particular order...

1. Daydream Believer - Monkees
2. Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
3. If I Had A Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies
4. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
5. Jump Around - House of Pain
6. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
7. Oh What A Night - The Four Seasons
8. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
9. These Are the Days - 10,000 Maniacs
10. Paradise City - Guns'N'Roses

Claud 6:43 PM 

 

Crunch Time...


The Board Exams are June 8th and 9th... I'm trying not to stress, but it's not easy. In addition to the Boards stress, there's other sources of stress in my life. It's just life in general, I suppose. As "together" as I may seem to those around me, I'm a bit torn up inside. There's a lot of change going on in my life, and I fear change. I'm having to make a bunch of decisions in the next few weeks that impact my life immediately as well as in the long run. Which insurance plan to choose? Where to study tomorrow? What to study? What to eat? Where to do my rotations? What to throw away, sell, or keep? Which PDA to purchase? Can I afford the PDA?

Oy.

By the way, any med students out there (or residents), any PDA recommendations? I'm looking for affordable, easy to use, with enough memory for Epocrates, etc. ...

I'm gonna go do some test prep questions. Because that will make me feel soo much better... riiiight...

Sweetie, can you come back to Des Moines and take care of me till Boards are over?

Claud 4:41 PM 

Sunday, May 09, 2004

 

Happy Mother's Day, Mommy... I miss you...


I did my best to get through today without thinking about it, but when Lifetime TV has nothing but Mom-based movies running, it's hard not to. Jenn was sweet enough to bring me to Starbucks to study today, so that took care of a few hours this morning. And I watched the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy marathon while I studied this afternoon, so that kept my mind off things. But the thought is never far from my mind. This whole week, there's been little reminders everywhere. I got a card for Dan's mom, and buying it was a little rough, just having to look at all the cards that referred to "My Mother"... but I just put on the tunnel vision to get a card for his mom. Some people out here don't know that my mother died, and they'll ask about what I got her, or if I remembered to get a card... it's just sucky sometimes.

My mommy always amazed me. She went through more pain and suffering in over a year than some people see in a lifetime, and thensome. And if she complained, it was never out of self-pity. It was just because the food sucked. =) But seriously, she barely ever complained, even when the pain became so bad that she couldn't move.

And she always, always thought of others. Lying in her hospital bed, she would tell her visitors to sit or ask if they had eaten yet. Even when she passed away, she wanted to have her funeral on a Saturday, so that everyone who wanted to attend could. She told my daddy and Fatima what she wanted for her funeral plans, down to where the luncheon after the funeral should be, so that none of us would have to make those decisions.

My mommy's never really far from my mind. Stuff will just remind me of her. I remind me of her. My freezer is full, despite the fact that I am moving in less than 2 months. I feed people all the time. I can kinda see myself becoming like her in some ways... a few years ago, that would have freaked me out. But now, I don't mind it. Because she was the strongest, bravest, most amazing woman I have ever known. And if I can be even a fraction of the woman, mother, wife, sister, and friend that she was, then I'll have done something good with my life.

Claud 7:14 PM 

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

 

Ten Things You Probably Don't Know About Me...


1. I have really dry eyes (actually, the sisterfriends and the cousinfriends probably know this)
2. Why? One optometrist says my eyes don't completely shut when I close them. Another said some glands in my eyelids are blocked. I'm going for a third opinion with an ophthalmologist next month.
3. I am addicted to "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"
4. I get incredibly nauseous before tests.
5. I have no idea how to set up my blog.
6. I'm an impulse shopper.
7. I almost failed a class last year.
8. I can carry Dan piggy-back for a few yards.
9. I don't like my food to touch if I can help it.
10. I have yet to get through the movie "Armageddon" without crying.

Claud 9:19 PM