The Getty Center

This is one of my new favorite places to study. Today sunny and I went to the getty center to study. It was sunny and about 78 degrees. It overlooks the Santa Monica area and since today was clear enough, we could even see the ocean. And than when we needed a break, we walked around the gardens and checked out van gogh and monet and all sorts of other paintings, sculptures, ect.

Copying Sarah Jones

So as to copy sarah jones....
One year ago...
I was living in Seattle. I had just finished my travel assignment as a nurse and was trying to decide where to live, seattle or slc, and where to work. I had just interviewed at the university of washington medical center and found my huge apartment (all 502 square feet!) that was in sarah's apartment building. The idea of school had not even crossed my mind yet (that didn't happen for another month). Crazy how fast everything changes, and how fast time goes by! It doesn't feel like a whole year ago.
One week ago...
I had an anatomy test this past week, so I was studying like crazy. The days kind of blur together so I can't really remember exactly which day it was, but it doesn't matter. Oh ya, now I remember, I studied the brachial plexus. (just a bunch of nerves in the neck/shoulder). And I went to costco.
Yesterday...
During the day I studied fire safety in the OR (did you know that people's breathing tubes really do catch on fire!) and pre-anesthestic assessments. very exciting, but I have to say, the fire thing freaks me out! Than to celebrate being half way done with this semester, we decided to go out to a club and experience real LA. Let me start by saying it was fun and I am glad I went. One of my friends knows a guy who owns (works?) at a club called sugar (which is actually the bar that was built for the movie knocked up) and got our name on a list. We got free glasses of champagne and got in for free so that was cool. I have never seen so many beautiful people. everyone looked the same though. All the girls probably weigh 100-110 lbs, wearing little bitty dresses that barely covered their ass and I have never seen so many fake boobs. they even had a go go dancer. oh ya and since it is LA there was some tv crew, I think for next season of real world. We left at 1230, and I have a feeling that the party was just getting started, but it was way past my usual bedtime of 930-10 pm. What can I say, I am a wild and crazy girl!

my poor wrist

So I was walking along today at school and wearing my favorite shoes that the heel is very worn down. If I don't pay attention to the way I walk, they can be very slippery. To make it worse, they had just hosed down the sidewalk, and needless to say I fell! All of my weight went on my wrist, and I don't know if you can tell, but there is a huge bruise! At first I was worried that I had broken some vasculature because I could see venous blood popping up under my skin. But don't worry it stopped and just left a huge black and blue bruise! Luckily no one was around...

Its official

It is official, jack loves me!

The best mother ever!

Yep, the best mother ever award goes to my mother martha. She came into LA for the weekend and took me shopping, out to dinner, and we even went and saw the broadway show Wicked. I have never seen Wicked before, and it was great! We decided to go last minute and somehow got 8th row tickets in the middle of the theater. It might even be my new favorite! All in all, a nice break and a fun weekend!

pure luck

I am not sure how I could have possibly done this, and I really don't want to brag, but I am absolutely shocked at my test scores. For my pharmacology test I decided I would be satisfied with a C, and happy with a B, so imagine my complete shock when it came back with a 96%. I am pretty sure my jaw dropped. I checked my name twice, and almost gave it back to make sure it had been graded correctly. Somehow, I got the high. I am thanking my lucky stars because it is never going to happen again! Than later today I got my physiology test back today, and somehow scored a 92%. umm, can I say pure luck?!

P.S. I would love to post other exciting subjects, but unfortunately I have nothing but anesthesiology to talk about... so sorry team!

The end to a hard week

Finally, an end to a long and hard week! I had my first two graduate school tests, got a nasty cold and lost my voice, and broke it off with Jon. Good times! The first test was on physiology and the second in pharmacology. I have never studied so much on a continous basis. My day starts at 530 am so I can beat traffic and study, go to class, come home, and of course study. When I am not studying, I think about how I should be studying, and unfortunately it only gets worse from here! But at least this week is done and over with and now I have a whole weekend to study!