Update... It has been a while!

Well, I must say, after the toughest quarter of school in my life, I think I am slowly adjusting to this chaotic lifestyle. The more I try to stay ahead of the game, the more I feel I get behind. What happens now.... I RACE TO CATCH UP UNTIL THE END OF THE QUARTER AND THEN GASP... I won't let this happen again next quarter. Unfortunately, I am almost positive this WILL indeed happen again next quarter. I feel medical school is a never ending game of catch up. Eventually you just have to throw in the towel and call it, get rest, take your exams, and start studying for your next exam. I think it will be this way for the next few years. I tell you what though, I can't wait until third year when I get to roam the halls of hospitals and be even more clueless than I already am.

I am looking forward to residency opportunities day coming up on Tuesday though. I think this is a great opportunity for the first year medical students to start networking with different hospitals in the area and out of state. This will allow for us to get an idea of what programs are out there, what they are looking for, and if there would be any opportunities at these locations during the summer for a medical student. I am not quite sure what I am going to do this summer as of yet, but I have a few ideas. I don't think I am going to do the research route, I think I am going to push for my clinical skills. I am hoping that will help me stand out third year as I practice, tweak, and get better at those skills.

I don't even want to tell you how much time I have spent tying surgical knots to get better at them. I am using hemostats to tie my knots now so that I can eventually move on to fishing line to get master knot tying techniques.

It is now 3:10 AM, I have been stuyding anatomy (almost) all day. I think it's time to hit the sack, but I felt it was time to blog something and what was going on in the beginning of the hardest few weeks of first year of medical school. EEK!