Nothing much

So today will be bland because I have been studying for and then taking my first exam.  Yesterday I spent the morning studying and then my brother and almost husband came up around 1pm to help me.  They took turns playing flash cards and helping me do the practice test.  Umm.... this isn't very interesting today so you definitely don't have to read it.  Anyway, I pretty much studied all day until we all went to a concert at 8pm.  So to put things in a little perspective, most people were at school studying until the wee hours of the morning.  So last night was not exactly the recommended time for hanging out.  However, I love Jamie Lidell and I HAD to go see him since he was playing 5 minutes from my house. 

So we got to the concert and I didn't bring an ID because I didn't want to drink and I figured they would just put a big X on my hand and be done with it.  Nope.  They had to have an ID so we had to go back to my apartment to get it and then go back to the concert.  That turned out really well though because I got to have some cupcakes which were delicious since the store was next to the concert venue and we were walking by anyway.  I had one smore and one snickerdoodle.  I liked the snickedoodle better because the smore was almost too sweet.  So then we were walking to the car and these two drunk guys started talking to me about my cupcakes so I offered them one and the one told me, "God bless you, but I am just drunk.  Eat up!"  Then the other told my almost husband that he liked his "Ninja Please" shirt.  They were really nice for two drunk guys on Colfax after dark. 

Okay, so then we finally got back to the concert and got in and there were maybe 20 people there.  So I was all excited because I thought there would be a better chance of meeting the singer after the concert.  So after the intro band finished they made us wait 45 minutes for the headliners to come on so they could sell more tickets at the box office.  By the time the concert started the place was pretty full.  Then Jamie Lidell came on and it was the most amazing 90 mintues of my life.  HE IS THE BEST EVER!  I would write about how cool it was, but you had to be there.  It was just awesome.  Take my word for it.  I felt that failing out of medical school would be worth just that one concert.  That is how great it was.  So then after the concert I wanted to tell him that he is awesome, but he didn't come out and the bouncer made us leave.  I blame all the drunk people who came in late just to see whoever was playing for keeping me from getting to meet him.  And then we went back home.

So at home I started to have a total freak out about failing.  At one point I was sitting on the floor with my hands full of notecards almost weeping openly about how I didn't know anything about the human body and that the medical school secretly knew all along and was just keeping me there until I fail the first test so they could rub it in and say, "You thought YOU could be a doctor?  You can't hold a candle to the real medical students we have.  We just accepted you to show you how insignificant you really are."  Then I pictured them becoming just partially transparent heads as they circled my head laughing at me.  It was really quite the delusion.  So I went to bed all upset, but I am a great sleeper so I passed out hard and woke up around 8am to find my ninja making breakfast. 

It was a really nice morning and I was still convinced I would fail, but I didn't care as much because I am just crazy like that.  It's like how I am terrified of needles from a distance, but once they get close enough to stab me I become fascinated and couldn't care less.  That's how I am with tests I guess.  Once they are here to be failed I get all complacent and carefree.  So I went over a few more things and my brother and ninja left and I studied a little more and prayed a lot more and then went to school.

When I got the test I was amazed at how well I knew what was on it and I finished quite early.  Then I waited for the dreaded lab practical exam.  I think I probably got around a 50% on that.  Good thing the test is weighted so the written portion is worth almost 4 times as much.  I would do better on the lab section, but I don't like to go to lab and study.  In fact, I would prefer to only be in lab when it is required.  So then I went home and refused to go pub crawling on Colfax because I think any kind of crawling on Colfax is a bad idea personally.  Even if you are in a large group of students.

I figured I wanted to celebrate by not being home alone all night so I went to see my cousin Ashley and her family.  We had Chinese food which for the first time since I can remember did not make me violently ill.  This should make everyone on the planet happy since I am the person who always derailed the Let's-go-get-Chinese train.  I don't think that is a real train, but I lost my ticket for so many years I felt that it was a not just a train, but the best train in the world.  And now I can ride it!!  I am pretty happy.

So after dinner I played with my little cousins.  I played run around the house giggling, let's see how many things we can put in our mouth before getting yelled at by mom, scream for no reason at all, and a weird version of Simon says where I think Simon is mute so you just do whatever he is doing because he can't say anything.  So overall I had an absolute blast.  And I got to watch Phineas and Ferb which is the best Disney cartoon on television.

And now I am home again.  I would have had an interesting entry, but my brain is hiding from me.  It does not want to be treated like a stomach anymore and would appreciate a permanent science fast.  Unfortunately I am going to have to coax the little guy out with ice cream so I can trap him in my skull again because lecture starts tomorrow morning at 10am.