Thursday, April 2, 2009

Moving on

holy.cow.

hematology exam this morning was sooo hard, but aside from a few stupid questions, I think I did really well!! Dr williams told Jayme and I that we were probably overstudying, but I didn't feel that way at all. this was one of the most challenging, but the most rewarding exams Ive taken. This isn't something I"m going to forget in a week. This stuff is trapped in my head. I was trying to explain some of the questions to mom and then i realized she was only listening to be polite, and that everything i was saying was way over her head, and that was after i had been trying to simplify...

This morning Jayme and I were studying in the computer lab before the exam (we were the only two in there) and my parasit/mycology prof came in and said to us "the two top students shouldn't be studying together.. you guys should spread the knowledge around" then she looked at me and said "you should study with some of your friends in mycology" i said "why, what did i get on the exam yesterday?" she said "oh, i dont know, 100% or something like that"

eeeeeeeee!

have i mentioned i'm going to TA the microbiology lab with that professor over the summer? I volunteered- because I like micro, it'll be a good refresher, i wont' be TAing anatomy lab anymore (THANK GOODNESS!!) and for a side bonus- it'll look good for my internship inteviews in july. So that's good. I'm glad I'm proving myself to her. I told her I was worried about the mycology lab practical exam because everything that i'm supposed to see isn't what i'm seeing. so she said if i had problems monday to make sure i ask her to make sure im seeing the right things.


Oy. I started studying the next section of hematology- which is white blood cell disorders/cancers. Gross! I miss my red blood cells!!! it doesn't helped that i was completely zoned on one of the WBC lectures because it was the morning after the immunology exam and i was so stressed about hematologly and mycology that i couldnt' focus, then tuesday, i went to work that morning instead of lecture. so i got the notes from Jayme today during anatomy lab (luckily they had an exam there so we didnt have to do anything). So yeah, studying the new stuff was so foreign to me. But we have until april 23rd for our exam on this stuff, so i think i'll be fine by then.


my head is mush!

but! i get to dissect tomorrow! I get to dissect 2 sets of ribcages! those are my favorites. :)

and... i get to workout tomorrow... for the first time in NINE DAYS. (FREAKING OUT!)

3 comments:

MalMusing said...

Congrats on all the great grades. You are one of the most hard working people I've ever known. White bloods cells will grow on you, they are so elegant in their function. Plus it is really cool how they can determine what the disorder is by using flow cytometry to mark each of the cell types.

ambivalence said...

wow. 100%! i want those vibes sent my way when i take my latin final in a few weeks.

Andi said...

Aw thanks.

I hope WBCs grow on me... so far I'm missing my erythrocytes. :(


Good luck on latin, Lexi!