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Name: Laura
Country: United States
State: Texas
Metro: Dallas
Interests: books, music, medicine, traveling, missions, the color blue, english literature, sleeping, kids, adoption, my cat Lucy, beaches, friends, the avoidance of studying, *Jesus Christ
Expertise: hmmm... i'm pretty darn good at books and movies trivia... but I don't know if I could say an expert... spelling is definately not one of my espertises, but i do try... i'm also pretty good at spending money, but not having any i don't get to put this particular expertise into practice all that often...
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
Message: message me
Member Since:
6/24/2005
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| So Abbie and I have a saying. Actually we have several, including
"are we dead yet?" which we all say. But one of my favorites, we
got from a movie -- "Just call me: dial hell, and I'll answer."
Yeah, so that's Galveston/Med School for us.  This
morning Abbie said to me, "so Laura, I called hell and you
answered." Thought I'd share that with you, Katie! We used
to joke about jumping off of the causeway and stuff like that all the
time, until Lauren went to talk to people in Student Wellness, and she
came back and said they told her we couldn't discuss that in front of
her anymore, so now we just whisper it behind her back. 
And yes, we are dead.
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| So I was writing and writing and writing on Katie's xanga in reply to
her last comment, and then realized I should just put a new entry on
mine! Since I was just talking about random stuff anyway... so I
cut and pasted: Tonight I am alone, since Abbie is in Houston
visiting Rick (despite the fact that he was here on Monday and Tuesday,
and she's going there tomorrow). No further comment.
Actually, I am enjoying my evening alone... although I haven't gotten
around to the studying. I watched an old episode of "House" that
I hadn't seen yet while I ate dinner and the cat slept on my lap, then
I washed my pots and pans, since every single one I own was dirty, and
put in a load of laundry and started the dishwasher. I was just
printing off the last of my scribes so I can do a few hours of
studying!! New ER on tonight... will probably record it and watch
it later w/no comercials. My way of justifying my TV viewing
habits, which have become quite extensive, I'm sorry to say.
Luckily I have two VCRs, for when there are two shows I like on at the
same time (like on Tuesdays with Gilmore and American Idol... and
Wednesdays with One Tree Hill and American Idol... ). Hey, I
don't have much of a life, what can I say! I ordered E and E
dresses and shoes for their Christmas Dolls from American Girl
Catalogue, and I'm excited to find out if they like them!! I had
them sent to the house to be there for V-day. Hey,
gotta celebrate for someone!! Lucy just wouldn't appreciate
it. Even though she is the best cat in the world! She made
me laugh out loud this morning... so usually while I take showers, she
likes to sit on the edge of the tub between the liner and the shower
curtain (the liner is clear) and watch the water drops, etc.
Occassionally she tries to lean over and lick up the water from the
bottom of the tub, but usually she's cautious about it, and waits till
I turn the water off before she jumps all the way in to lick the faucet
and stuff. But this morning, apparently she leaned a little too
far over, and fell right into the shower with me! She was totally
soaked!! I was still in the middle of everything, though, so I
couldn't get out to help dry her off. She scrambled out before I
could help her (shock of her life, I guess!) and I expected to find her
on my bed or some other such place, making everything wet! But
she was sitting right there on the bath mat, waiting for me. The
minute I turned off the water and opened the curtain, she glared at me
indignantly and started scolding me with her little annoyed meow.
She usually tells me that she doesn't appreciate having to be away from
me during my showers (every morning, the same old meow story!) but this
morning it was quite emphatic. I have the best cat in the
world! Except for the fact that she thinks she can type, and
frequently messes up my beautiful and flawless spelling. So just
remember that, Katie, next time that you decide to point out my
mistakes. They're not my mistakes, they're my slightly illiterate
cat, who has trouble typing. So there. Well, guess I'd
better go do some actual studying instead of just talking about it,
since it's about 8PM, and I have two tests next week!! Tomorrow
is our last day of PBL for this class, and our last lecture!!!
Whoopee!!
Thought I'd share my memory verse for the week (I was in charge of choosing a verse for our accountability group): Psalm 37:3-7 (Abbie pointed out to me that that's not just a verse... ahem...)...
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| Guess it's time for a new entry, huh?! I feel like this week has
been going on forever, and it's only Tuesday!!! School is a
little boring right now, as we have these things called "CDMx" where
five students get up at a time and present journal articles they have
researched, and we have to sit through about 10 hours of it! I
did mine on the first day, so I'm off the hook. Glad to
have that done!! I hate speaking in front of people, especially
100 of my classmates! Anyway, I need to get going studying for
boards... it's going to be here before I know it! I have two
tests next week, then a three day weekend and I am so excited. I
haven't been to Grapevine since the week after Christmas, and it feels
like forever! I am going to try my best to go see Deanna and Eric
and their kids... I haven't seen Maddie Grace since November!
She's probably huge! Abbie and I are having leftovers for dinner
tonight and then going to school for tutoring. And it's a Gilmore
Girls night, so we'll watch that when we get back -- SO
EXCITED!!!! Oh, to be a Gilmore Girl. Let's see... what
else... we have been having lectures on pregnancy and childbirth, and
I'm getting excited about Ob/Gyn... and less excited about Peds.
I still love kids, but I had Pedi Inpatient last week (which means I
rounded on sick kids in the hospital) and it was so sad to see the poor
sick little people in pain.  I don't know if I can do
that... but it seems weird for me to be changing my mind after wanting
to do Pediatrics for like 11 years! I think I'll know a lot more
once I spend a few months doing each of them. Lucy is here trying
to lay on the laptop. She likes the heat coming out.
I think she needs a friend, and have been searching for
kitties on the internet, but I think I'm going to have to wait till
after boards to get one, since I should have a little time to help them
get to know each other, and to bond with a new kitty.
Alex, I hope this week is going better than last week, and I hope you
are feeling well!! BTW, what's the name of that machine that you
got hooked up to and it told you all about yourself?! You were
telling me about it at Christmastime and I can't remember the
name. I wanted to look it up.
Tim, I haven't talked with you in forever! Call or email me sometime and tell me what's goin on!
Katie, I love you!! I hope today is better than yesterday.
I'm sorry things have been rough. Don't give up, things
will get better!
That's all for now.
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| So I think I am going to have to quit medical school... I showed my
taped interview in my small group today, and got raked over the
coals. I managed not to cry during the meeting, so that
was good. I know I didn't do the best of jobs, but our
facilitator was brutal! Oh well.
And then tonight I went to tutoring with our new tutor (our first tutor
quit - guess I scared her off with my ignorance), but met my friend
Nikki coming out of the student center, and she said they had just
finished. I was confused since I was sure I had checked the time,
but I left. So I got home and checked my email, and I was
right. Apparently she has two groups, and I was in the
second. Geez.
Now I really really don't feel like studying.
So all around, it's been a good day (please note the sarcasm)
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| Yes, Katie, I do know that I'm supposed to post on my own Xanga, but you're also supposed to post comments on other people's too!!! Sorry you wont' be able to make it this weekend, but it's very good to get organized. I did that last weekend rather than coming home, and it helps me not be so stressed. Of course, I still have more stuff to do, but I did get a lot done. Not so much studying, however... but... there's more to life than that, right?! Yeah, like cleaning. And paying bills. Fun!
So, life is really fun right about now. Studying Endocrinology and Reproduction is fascinating, but rather complex and my brain is on overload. OVERLOAD!!!!! (Are we dead yet?!) But tomorrow afternoon it will be over and I get a weekend off!!! San Antonio, here I come.
Alex, if you read this anytime soon, I am praying for you. I hope things are getting better, and that you update soon!
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