I am officially a medical student!

Brittney and I awaiting our white coats

My friends From the left: Richard, Jessica, Lindsay, Dustin, Monica, Emily, Zarchi, Maria, Richard, John

After the white coat Ceremony. From the left: Lindsay, Maria, Kristi

Sunset at Black Sand Beach

I survived my first week of medical school, and I actually enjoyed it enough where I think I'll attend my second week. My first day of school my anatomy professor assigned 150 pages of reading material. Unfortunately, I made it halfway through my reading before I realized that the books are only used for reference as there isn't enough time to accomplish and learn everything. My course load consists of lab in the morning, whether it is looking a slides of cells (Histology), or sticking my hands in cadavers (Anatomy), or even discussing bioethical princles (Horrible). My afternoons are filled with lecture. Lecture is from 1p-5p, and generally I have one class from 1-3, and then another from 3-5. I then come home make some dinner, relax for a bit, and then begin studying that days material and the material from the previous day. It makes for a very long night. I am trying to get on a relatively regular schedule, in which I am asleep by midnight and up by 8a, so I can study in the morning before class. My days are like the movie Groundhog Day, as each day seems to repeat itself, with a few variations here and there. However, I'm loving it (albeit hard), and I am so happy to be here. Friday night, I made the trek off campus because I heard there was a Mexican food buffet. Although the Mexican food was not like home, I was stil so happy to have an attempt on what could appear to be Mexican food. On the way home, my friends and I got caught in a torrential downpour. We stood under an apartment complex hoping that it would stop as rain here is so transient, but it only got worse as we waited. So we decided to run home. By the time we made it 1/3 of the way back to campus we were completely soaked, so we decided to jump in the puddles and at least have a little fun on the way back. On Saturday, my friends and I decided to take a break from our studying, and go down to Black Sand Beach (it's a sandy beach that has guess what??? black sand), to go watch the sunset. The sunset was absolutely spectacular. Sunday was my white coat ceremony, in which (big surprise), they put my white coat on me. Kinda boring, but the free food after made it somewhat worthwhile.