Last week was our white coat ceremony. It was lovely and my parents came and we hung out with my boyfriends parents so the whole weekend was one big family fest. It was awesome seeing my parents and I was super sad when they left. What didn't happen was studying. Now, I did probably get in about 4 hours or so of studying over the entire weekend, which any medical student will tell you is peanuts. The sad truth is I've spent most of this week catching up (as have most of my classmates). Super unfun times for us all. However, the silver lining is this weekend is a holiday weekend which means we have an extra day. Now most people's minds go like this: "yay! I have a day off!!" for me the thought process is more like this, "Ha ha ha (continue maniacal laugh) they can't make me learn any thing if we don't have to be at school!!!!." So, while it's not really a day off, it is a day where they can't shove hours and hours of more material down our throats. Which makes me envision those geese that get force fed so they develop delicious fatty livers. That's how I feel most of the time. Like a tortured, force fed goose. At least my school makes a special effort to make sure we have natural light in our study spaces.
I would like to close with a conversation between my friend (F) and I (Me) at the end of the day Friday.
M: What are you up to this weekend
F: Flying to california to see my girlfriend.
M: What are you doing in cali?
F: Studying mostly but we might actually get in a whole 22 minutes of tv too. You know, on the internet so there are no commercials. What are you doing this weekend?
M: Studying mostly, but also moving. My boyfriend wanted me to come into the city tonight for drinks but I think it's a bit much with trying to catch up from last weekend and also moving
F: Yeah, going all the way to the city for drinks sounds pretty awful.
M: Totally, way too much time and effort. That's what I told my boyfriend, but he's not in med school so it's difficult explaining these things some times.
F: Yeah, he'll learn to just not even ask. Asking just makes you sad.
M: Totally.
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