What Did You Just Say!?

It's only Tuesday, and this week has already been full of epic fail.

So I started this block off not going to class unless it's mandatory. And of course I miss an epic elitist comment from none other than Officer Helga at the healthcare discussion lunch. The lunch was lead by the dean of the medical school, and was to discuss the whole right vs. priviledge attitude toward healthcare. Well, naturally, Officer Helga couldn't keep her mouth shut and her opinions to herself and proceeded to inform not only the dean, but everyone at the luncheon, that a CEO of a company deserves better healthcare than a waitress because the waitress doesn't work hard. Yes, you heard me correctly. Waitresses don't work hard, and therefore don't deserve the same coverage as the CEO of some large company. Granted, this is all secondhand information since I personally wasn't present at said luncheon. But OH! I wish I had been there! Needless to say, the story continues with quite the uprising and rucus of the entire appauled student body. So, she has branded herself an outspoken, socially inept elitist. Must be nice to have that type of reputation following you into third year rotations. And the BEST part of it all: she doesn't see it as a problem! In fact, it's all of US who are wrong. Lucky for her, she'll be entering a military residency program, so her dean's letter won't mean much in terms of her future career. Why, oh why do I miss out on the good stuff?

I went to pharmacology today, because we were supposed to be getting some assignment. I thought it would be some little online quiz or something to complete before small groups or something like that. But noooooooooooo. They had to give us ANOTHER group assignment on top of the assignment that has been posted at the beginning of the year. And, they assign the group and I get stuck with the biggest group of supreme type A's in the class. This is due sometime in November, and we have to read a case report, then as a group come up with 2 USMLE style questions. Then, we have to give reasoning as to why the right answer is right, and all the others are wrong. It's supposed to "help" us in preparing for the Step. Well, I think it's f*$#!ing b@!&*s%$#! and I personally think that the best way to prepare for the step is for you to f%#@ing stop giving me busy work and let me f%$@!ing study!!!! I seriously have a problem with these people and their stupid projects. I'm not a graduate student. I most likely will never make tests, and if I did, they won't be ridiculous. I'm not a member of the USMLE Step 1 board of question writers. I am a MEDICAL STUDENT who is studying to be a DOCTOR and I don't see how ANY of this is preparing me to take the Step and become a GOOD DOCTOR! If anything, this is just unnecessarily increasing my stress levels. Epic, EPIC fail.

If that wasn't enough, there was a food crisis today for the pathology interest group. The lady that told me last time that she had no problem ordering the food for us, decided today that she wasn't going to order the food after all. And left it up to the VP to do it. Which, she's on medicine and doesn't get a break until around 1 or 2 pm. So I was running around trying to make sure there will actually be food at the meeting tomorrow. Luckily, the lady decided that she'll order the food after all. And from what she told me today she'll go ahead and order food from now on for simplicity. But for some odd reason, I don't believe it. But by that point in the day, I was near breaking. I still had to go to WalMart and get cokes and cups because the path department refuses to spend money on drinks. Ugh.

So, the good thing about today is that I got a haircut. It's happy. I'm excited about it. I'm going to go help out a friend because I flaked on her last night. instead of helping her on her grant like I said I would, I got drunk with a bunch of friends instead. It was completely out of character for me, and I typically don't go back on my word. I really feel bad about the entire situation, and intend on getting it done and making it up to her.

So, that has been the epic fail of the past two whole days. I hope it's not a theme for the rest of the week. I've actually been kinda down on myself lately. Getting into a funk and I'm not too happy about it.

Let's hope everyone makes it to Friday. Peace out.
K