Lucky Duck

I am feeling like one lucky duck these days.

I have been soo very happy with life in general (in between tests mainly haha) and today is just another reminder of how entirely blessed i am! I didn't have any lectures to attend this morning! Instead I was able to hear a genetics panel, in which people with genetic conditions or their relatives come to the COM to talk about their experiences. This was our second panel and while the stories are really touching each time, I always walk away feeling inspired, I remember this is why I am putting myself through the pain of medical school! haha. And also, just coming to be exposed to numerous diseases and conditions in lectures, I think it's a miracle that I am healthy at all!

For lunch, my roomies and another med school friend hit up McAllister's for lunch, where I had a yummy veggie pita <3 Then back at home, my roomies and I each took turns listening to each other's bowel sounds haha only medical students! But it's just so fun to hang out with them and all of my friends, I feel so very blessed to have them all in my life!

So now, I am getting ready to study for the rest of the afternoon but I'm really happy!
And I'm wearing my pretty new autumn red skirt today, because while it IS Novemeber 6th, it's a warm 75 degrees F outside! I don't know if I'm defying fall or it's defying me. I'm even going over to my friends house, where they're going to be grilling! in November!



OH & another nearly daily reminder of how loved i am (and how blessed i feel!), my Ba and Aunt send me mail!! I love getting their letters and packages in the mail because they are both just so thoughtful. Sometimes it's a cute halloween card just saying hi and other times it's a package full of Hersey's Hugs and Kisses haha



but I sooo appreciate the idea that they thought about me & they're soo supportive of me in my journey way out here! I am probably one of the most blessed personas in the whole wide world.
...sometimes I am just so happy, I could quack!

Snickerdoodles

Today, I took off an afternoon, something I haven't done in a looong time.
I went to a wonderful Women in Medicine potluck dinner. There were tons of yummy dishes & four amazing female physicians who shared their stories with us...it was so fun! I am always so inspired when I meet women physicians, it's prove that it can be done!! And whatever way my future works out, it will definetely be an adventure!

After getting lost on the other side of town, I returned back to the casa and had an absolute ball getting messing in making snickerdoodles! But really, I just love saying the name too!



What i love most about making these cookies is that they are super messy! I can feel sugar grains under my nails and how sticky the dough is as i shape it into balls!!



and i get these guys after rolling the dough in some cinnamon and sugar...


...which turns into these!



And after four batches, I had a mountain of snickerdoodles!


...and this to clean up haha

Everything's starting to make sense

So it's October 6th! It's amazing to me how quickly time flies by when you're in medical school! I guess since I am so busy all of the time, I didn't even notice all those days go by...10 weeks so far!

Up to this point, I have LOVED finally getting to learn all about interesting medical topics like Anatomy! But it wasn't until this week that I really started to appreciate my clinical skills class. It's been one of the most important topics (since this is the stuff I'll actually be doing one day) but I think it always scarred me before. Just the thought of me fumbling my way through every detail...but I was talking to an M2 friend today who mentioned that he did orthopedic surgery research over the summer, something he was going to get TWO published papers out of, which seemed waay impressive to me. Not because it's ortho or anything but just that he was on the ball and getting things accomplished. It made me want to accomplish something, and something practical too. Also, the M2s have had a year of practice at this stuff so most they are pretty confident in their clinical skills too....so it really made me want to commit to focusing on my Spanish this next summer.

I plan to hold myself accountable. I have always wanted to become more fluent, so what better time than now? (and perhaps the only time since I will be studying for Step next year!) ...so suddenly, I am embracing my clinical skills studies( which couldn't have come at a better time considering I have a test in it tomorrow!) and I am making a promise to myself to better my Spanish this summer. I would love love to go abroad to do that too, so I will try my best to make that happen!

In other news, I am very grateful for being busy all of the time. It keeps me interested and out of trouble. Things are starting to make sense in my world although I never know what each week will hold!

I love it!