So this week just hasn't been the best for me. Especially today. You would think it would turn out to be a good one, since I got the day off by coincidence. So I woke up, had my coffee, turned in my psych quiz. Thus started the bad day. Let me preface this by saying I had put more than 4 hours into this quiz. QUIZ. Not test. Which, according to the course director or supreme hancho or whatever he wants to call himself, will look a lot like the quizzes. GREEEEEAAAAAT. I'm definitely going to fail psych. Not only have I put that much time into the quiz just to turn up a big fat "you suck", but left me neglecting my other courses. So I've had to do some pharm and path and biostats and prev med. Let's just say that I have NO IDEA what my prev med test will look like, and biostats is nothing but glorified algebra for the med student. I'm hoping to do well on path and pharm, but we'll see. I just can't do the rest of my work because psych has just been piling up these quizzes. Not to mention this past one has been the worst yet. There's always the retake, right?
My friend actually went to Momma Medschool and vented about psych. They said that they've been getting complaints. She said that someone else was also in the office, and was going to email the Dean to see if they can't put a leash on psych. From what I heard, if enough people email complaints, they may be able to fix the ridiculousness that has become our psychiatry class. So I may go in monday and voice a concern about the upcoming test. Because if I spend 4-6 hours on a quiz, open book, and still can't make above an 80, I'm scared.
Another thing that has been causing me great anxiety is 3rd year schedules. Granted, I think I have been so lucky to end up in the class of 2011. The class above us is full of freaks and cuthroat gunners, while the class below us is full of overanxious, overachieving puppies. Our class isn't without its freaks, don't get me wrong. However, I feel like with the exception of a handful of people, I could work and pretty much professionally get along with almost everyone. Sure, there are the few that I'll dread getting on the same schedule, especially Officer Helga. I think she's the one person in the entire class that NO ONE wants to be on rotations with. Especially since she's already corrected a resident as a second year student. As much as I would love to personally be on rotations with her just to personally see her get verbally cornholed by a resident, I'd much rather just avoid the entire experience. Even though the first or the 300th time would be just as entertaining. I'm sure it won't get old and will be like some type of consolation prize for being stuck with her on rounds. I'll just have to see how it all plays out. I turned in my schedule and I just hope for the best. And even if I do end up with her, Momma Medschool has assured me that 1. you'll get the chance to work with others 2. a person's behavior will not affect your grade if you make sure you make a good impression and go out of your way to show them you're not associated with the bum partner and 3. there's always xanax. haha. no, I just added in #3. But it's still true. I just really hope I get in a good group, and I'm sure with such a great class overall I'm bound to have a good experience.
What does not kill us only makes us stronger.
Also, the korean/asian store didn't have Kimchee. I made a special trip out there JUST for kimchee. Supposedly there's going to be fresh kimchee tomorrow, so I'll just have to make another trip out. Also, I had a 2 liter of sprite explode in my car, now causing me to need a serious shampooing of my carpet in the back. At least it didn't stain, but that just didn't help with the disgruntledness I feel with everything that's just gone wrong.
So the rest of the weekend, i'll be catching up with biostats and pharm hopefully. I've successfully completed my laundry. I need to clean but that's iffy. I'm just hoping the crapfest that has been the past week or so will resolve and I'll take the test block going smoothly.
On a better note, I hope it rains tonight (after I get back from the gym!!!!) so I can sleep and watch movies in bed. I like stormy weather.
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The only solace for whoever gets paired up with her is that with every passing moment of rotations, she should only serve to make everyone else around her look that much better and brighter. And as for the Xanax, my preceptor told me, "You know it's a lot easier to get along with everyone and not go crazy yourself if you put everyone around you (family/friends/classmates/etc.) on a low-dose antidepressant. It works miracles for your own problems, even if you're drug-free!"
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