My last surviving grand parent died fairly suddenly around 4:30am on 11/4/09.
I loved my grandma. Unfortunately I hadn't seen her in a couple years. She was living with my aunt in Colorado and I just hadn't had/made the time to go see her. I really regret that now.
She died from complications of a fall. All of my information is second and third hand as it has filtered down from my parents. Apparently she fell down a flight of stairs and fractured her C1 and C2 vertebrae on Tuesday, and the doctors basically said it was only a matter of time until she died.
I learned today that she was ready to die and had talked about it for a few months since she had her first TIA (mini stroke) in August. My dad said that things could not have worked out better for grandma because she wasn't in pain any more, and didn't have to live with her great fear of burdening anyone, or not being able to paint. She loved to paint and was really quite good at it. I was hoping she would paint me a special beach scene before she died so I would always have a personal piece of her art. Sadly I'm not going to get that chance.
Her death I can accept, her peace and happiness as she assuredly looks down on me and my family from heaven, I can celebrate, but the way her time ended here on Earth won't easily pass for me.
As my mom told me, I have the blessing of more medical knowledge than most people. I've grown up around the medical field and it is my chosen profession. Because of this, things that some people probably have no idea about, I think of as second nature and almost take for granted. Knowing the things I know and now hearing more specific aspects of my grandma's care, I can't help but think that this could have been avoided.
I can't help but think that if my grandma was living somewhere different than where she was, she could have lived a longer life. Painted more. Maybe even seen a few more great grand kids. Unfortunately I don't think she was getting the care she needed to make that happen.
I don't necessarily like the fact that I have resentment right now for my aunt and her husband and for the doctors my grandma was seeing, but I think that they did a poor job managing my grandma's health.
It is never an OK option for a doctor to say they have done all they can unless they are facing an incurable/terminal disease, or damage that is unrecoverable. This was not my grandma's case. Where were her doctors when my grandma's blood pressure was too high? Where were her doctors when she started having TIAs? Why weren't they looking into potential causes? I'm just a physical therapy student and I was able to come up with several causes that I don't think were ruled out!!! I think they saw an 88 year old woman and just decided FOR her that not too much needed to be done. That she had a good run, but it was time to call it quits. Bullshit!! That is not their decision to make!!
Which brings me to my aunt. Why wasn't she getting more involved? Why would you just accept it when you are told there is nothing else to do? Granted, she doesn't have any medical background, but we're talking about your mom and my grandma! Why wouldn't you fight for more options? See other doctors? Do something?!?!?
A may be a little off base with my thoughts here, and I know these feelings will eventually subside as I continue to process and accept this still very fresh wound, but right now, anger and resentment are a part of my grief. I don't like it, but it's just one more part of this I have to reluctantly accept.
If you are reading this, just know that there is almost always something more that can be done and if it's worth it, you need to fight for it!
I love you grandma. I'll miss you.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Seattle - Not that rainy...who knew?
Well my first trip to the Seattle area has been fun! Other than having to work all week and get up early at the clinic, I've gotten to do some pretty good stuff.
First weekend in town I got to watch my Rangers lose to the Mariners, yeahhhh....
I also went on my first sober camping trip and made s'mores for the first time. They are delicious!! I went with one of my classmates who is also in the area and 2 of her friends. Good times.
We explored a cave, and played beer pong. On the way home we cruised by Mt Rainier. It was cool, and I was shocked to be able to walk around in shorts and a T-shirt and there still be snow on the ground!!! That was ridiculous!!
I got to see the Blue Angels perform, they are absolutely amazing!! The things they do in those planes are awesome!
I went on a whale watching tour and got to see several killer whales in the middle of the water. They are really beautiful. Who knew? Also rode my first ferry to get to the island where we started our tour.
I also went on a little death tour. I visited the graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee, the Kurt Cobain Memorial park bench, and the Jimi Hendrix memorial. They were all pretty cool given the inhabitants and circumstances :)
Pictures of all this and more will be up soon. I've still got a few more days to capture some memories :)
Now, I couldn't really come to Seattle without talking about the weather now could I? So today is the first time it has rained since I've been here (almost 6 wks) and most days were actually really sunny and warm! As a matter of fact I was in town when Seattle hit the highest temp in it's entire history!! I believe it topped out at 103 degrees!! Sad and surprising thing to me was that only about 10-15% of the people here have air conditioning!! Coming from OK and TX that is a completely foreign concept to me. Luckily Erica and Jim (my friend I'm staying with) have AC so it wasn't bad here. Other people were miserable. Sleeping in basements or outside or with ice bags in their pillows!! I don't know how many times I heard people asking each other if they had AC and it never ceased to surprise me. I'm just not used to hearing that question!!
I've enjoyed my time here so far, but I'm ready to get back to LA and sleep in my place and be around all my things and spend some time on the beach before school starts. Just get back to a little more of my regular routine and work out schedule :)
I am excited that when I get home on Friday that Cher and 2 of my good friends from Dallas (Lee and Liz) will be in town and I'll get to hang out with all of them for a few days. Should be a fun time as long as Lee doesn't kill me!!!
School starts in 2 weeks so it's time to have some fun and stop this early morning bull shit I've had to deal with for the past 5+ wks!!!
First weekend in town I got to watch my Rangers lose to the Mariners, yeahhhh....
I also went on my first sober camping trip and made s'mores for the first time. They are delicious!! I went with one of my classmates who is also in the area and 2 of her friends. Good times.
We explored a cave, and played beer pong. On the way home we cruised by Mt Rainier. It was cool, and I was shocked to be able to walk around in shorts and a T-shirt and there still be snow on the ground!!! That was ridiculous!!
I got to see the Blue Angels perform, they are absolutely amazing!! The things they do in those planes are awesome!
I went on a whale watching tour and got to see several killer whales in the middle of the water. They are really beautiful. Who knew? Also rode my first ferry to get to the island where we started our tour.
I also went on a little death tour. I visited the graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee, the Kurt Cobain Memorial park bench, and the Jimi Hendrix memorial. They were all pretty cool given the inhabitants and circumstances :)
Pictures of all this and more will be up soon. I've still got a few more days to capture some memories :)
Now, I couldn't really come to Seattle without talking about the weather now could I? So today is the first time it has rained since I've been here (almost 6 wks) and most days were actually really sunny and warm! As a matter of fact I was in town when Seattle hit the highest temp in it's entire history!! I believe it topped out at 103 degrees!! Sad and surprising thing to me was that only about 10-15% of the people here have air conditioning!! Coming from OK and TX that is a completely foreign concept to me. Luckily Erica and Jim (my friend I'm staying with) have AC so it wasn't bad here. Other people were miserable. Sleeping in basements or outside or with ice bags in their pillows!! I don't know how many times I heard people asking each other if they had AC and it never ceased to surprise me. I'm just not used to hearing that question!!
I've enjoyed my time here so far, but I'm ready to get back to LA and sleep in my place and be around all my things and spend some time on the beach before school starts. Just get back to a little more of my regular routine and work out schedule :)
I am excited that when I get home on Friday that Cher and 2 of my good friends from Dallas (Lee and Liz) will be in town and I'll get to hang out with all of them for a few days. Should be a fun time as long as Lee doesn't kill me!!!
School starts in 2 weeks so it's time to have some fun and stop this early morning bull shit I've had to deal with for the past 5+ wks!!!
Summer Clinical
Otherwise known as "let's really point out how much I DON'T know!!"
This has been an interesting 6 weeks. My first 3 were in Everett WA at a PT and sports performance clinic. I learned a lot about functional exercises and got some interesting experiences with speed & agility camps, but it was overshadowed by the thick cloud of tension hanging over the clinic. It wasn't a great experience because of the way it was run. My clinical instructor (CI) actually left her job there and moved to Tennessee to get out from under the bad situation.
That left me being transferred to another clinic in Mukilteo WA which has been much better so far. My new CI is good, but I don't completely agree with his scheduling philosophy. I think he schedules too many patients at a time and occasionally they are left waiting before he can get to them. On the other hand though, it has allowed me to jump right in and continue working with patients and progressing their programs.
The clinic itself is a much better set up though. No tension and every one seems to actually like each other. My old CI was good, but wasn't really given the time needed to teach me. My new CI is very good and makes his own schedule so he can better handle having a student around, which as benefited me.
These 6 weeks have gone by fast, and I'm glad I finally feel like I'm learning some things and feel like I'm actually catching up to my classmates. It's been a good time, but it's also been a sobering reminder of how far I still have to go and how much I still have to learn!!
I finish up my stint here in WA on Friday, then back to LA to enjoy what's left of my summer before school starts on the 24th!
This has been an interesting 6 weeks. My first 3 were in Everett WA at a PT and sports performance clinic. I learned a lot about functional exercises and got some interesting experiences with speed & agility camps, but it was overshadowed by the thick cloud of tension hanging over the clinic. It wasn't a great experience because of the way it was run. My clinical instructor (CI) actually left her job there and moved to Tennessee to get out from under the bad situation.
That left me being transferred to another clinic in Mukilteo WA which has been much better so far. My new CI is good, but I don't completely agree with his scheduling philosophy. I think he schedules too many patients at a time and occasionally they are left waiting before he can get to them. On the other hand though, it has allowed me to jump right in and continue working with patients and progressing their programs.
The clinic itself is a much better set up though. No tension and every one seems to actually like each other. My old CI was good, but wasn't really given the time needed to teach me. My new CI is very good and makes his own schedule so he can better handle having a student around, which as benefited me.
These 6 weeks have gone by fast, and I'm glad I finally feel like I'm learning some things and feel like I'm actually catching up to my classmates. It's been a good time, but it's also been a sobering reminder of how far I still have to go and how much I still have to learn!!
I finish up my stint here in WA on Friday, then back to LA to enjoy what's left of my summer before school starts on the 24th!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The parents are coming, the parents are coming!!!
So my parents just left yesterday. They came out for a week to see me and see the California coast. It was fun and I really appreciated not having to pay for stuff!!!
They got to play around on the beach and dad even got in the water some and floated around. It's pretty damn cold still so that was an impressive feat!!
We went to the Price Is Right on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun, but a VERY long day. We got there at 6:10am to get our tickets. We were #s 196-198!!! We went and ate breakfast, then came back for the waiting game. After all the groups and everyone was accounted for we made the cut and got in. We ended up being contestants 296-298 of 315!! We barely got in!
Unfortunately we didn't get picked to be actual contestants though :(
It was a fun experience none the less though.
After that we went to Hollywood to show Mom & Dad the walk of fame, Mann's Chinese Theater and the Kodak Theater (where they do the Oscars) and the Hollywood sign. I've got pics up on my picassa site if you want to see them. A long and fun day!
Then Thursday we drove to San Diego to go to the zoo! I loved it!!! We spent 7 hours there! I heart zoos a lot as you can tell.
We saw all kinds of cool stuff, including the Pandas. Unfortunately the Lions were off exhibit but we saw EVERYTHING else. Again, pics are up on site. Great fun, I highly recommend it :)
It was nice to have my parents around since I don't get to see them much any more. It was a little odd being around them for a full week. I don't think I've done that since college!! Luckily they are fun enough to make it bearable :) Now if I can just hold off becoming my father....
They got to play around on the beach and dad even got in the water some and floated around. It's pretty damn cold still so that was an impressive feat!!
We went to the Price Is Right on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun, but a VERY long day. We got there at 6:10am to get our tickets. We were #s 196-198!!! We went and ate breakfast, then came back for the waiting game. After all the groups and everyone was accounted for we made the cut and got in. We ended up being contestants 296-298 of 315!! We barely got in!
Unfortunately we didn't get picked to be actual contestants though :(
It was a fun experience none the less though.
After that we went to Hollywood to show Mom & Dad the walk of fame, Mann's Chinese Theater and the Kodak Theater (where they do the Oscars) and the Hollywood sign. I've got pics up on my picassa site if you want to see them. A long and fun day!
Then Thursday we drove to San Diego to go to the zoo! I loved it!!! We spent 7 hours there! I heart zoos a lot as you can tell.
We saw all kinds of cool stuff, including the Pandas. Unfortunately the Lions were off exhibit but we saw EVERYTHING else. Again, pics are up on site. Great fun, I highly recommend it :)
It was nice to have my parents around since I don't get to see them much any more. It was a little odd being around them for a full week. I don't think I've done that since college!! Luckily they are fun enough to make it bearable :) Now if I can just hold off becoming my father....
GLOOM!!
No one told me about this shit!!
I moved here for the beautiful weather (and school I guess) and I have to put up with June gloom!!
I guess every year from mid to late May and until mid to late June they have this heavy Marine layer that basically makes it cloudy every morning. Sometimes it burns off around 1 or 2pm but I managed to be here for the worst one they've had in years!! I swear the sun didn't come out for almost 3 weeks!!!
of course now it's gone and it's been beautiful, sunny and in the 70s, perfect!!!!
But still, that shit needs to stop and NOW! Screw you El Nino!!!
I moved here for the beautiful weather (and school I guess) and I have to put up with June gloom!!
I guess every year from mid to late May and until mid to late June they have this heavy Marine layer that basically makes it cloudy every morning. Sometimes it burns off around 1 or 2pm but I managed to be here for the worst one they've had in years!! I swear the sun didn't come out for almost 3 weeks!!!
of course now it's gone and it's been beautiful, sunny and in the 70s, perfect!!!!
But still, that shit needs to stop and NOW! Screw you El Nino!!!
EARTHQUAKE!!!
So I survived my first TWO earthquakes!
The first one ended up being a 4.9 I believe. I was in the shower, shampoo in hair, soap on face when the shaking started. I live in an old building so I was more than a little concerned. It took about 5 seconds for me to realize what was going on and that no there was not a train going by shaking the house. It lasted about 12-15 seconds all of which I stood there in the shower with soap in my eyes, completely still trying to figure out if I needed to go running naked into the streets or lay down in the tub or go stand in a doorway, I didn't know what to do!!
Finally it stopped, but I stood there another 30 seconds or so before I decided it was safe to finish my shower and that my upstairs neighbor's tub wasn't going to fall on me!
About a week later a 2nd one hit. It was much shorter and weaker but counted none the less!
I guess that means I'm an offical Californian now! I think I like tornadoes better. You can at least kinda tell when they're coming and I know what to do when they do come!!!
The first one ended up being a 4.9 I believe. I was in the shower, shampoo in hair, soap on face when the shaking started. I live in an old building so I was more than a little concerned. It took about 5 seconds for me to realize what was going on and that no there was not a train going by shaking the house. It lasted about 12-15 seconds all of which I stood there in the shower with soap in my eyes, completely still trying to figure out if I needed to go running naked into the streets or lay down in the tub or go stand in a doorway, I didn't know what to do!!
Finally it stopped, but I stood there another 30 seconds or so before I decided it was safe to finish my shower and that my upstairs neighbor's tub wasn't going to fall on me!
About a week later a 2nd one hit. It was much shorter and weaker but counted none the less!
I guess that means I'm an offical Californian now! I think I like tornadoes better. You can at least kinda tell when they're coming and I know what to do when they do come!!!
Summer session
We only had 3 classes, but man it got tough!!!
1 class was a "busy work" type class. Our grade was based on our final project and paper. My group had to design and teach a 1 hour PE class for a local elementary school. We knocked it out of the park!! We played the pretzel game where you get all tangled up with your group then have to untangle yourselves without letting go of your hands, then we played a variation of paper rock scissors but ours was Trojans, Bruins, & Cowboys (yes I came up with the characters) and you had to act it out and then "capture" the losing characters from the other team. Next came capture the flag, it was fun. Those 4th graders are F'n fast!!!! Then we finished with a tricked up version of red light/green light with a bunch of other colors thrown in. It was fun, but I do NOT want to go into pediatrics :)
Biomechanics was a fun and interesting class, but geez we have to be really good at our craft! It is amazing that having a weak glutieus maximus (butt muscle) can cause knee, ankle, and foot pain! Just one little old weak muscle can mess up your whole leg!
Lastly was Modalities where we learned why we do the stuff we do (ice/heat packs, ultra sound, wound care, etc) The wound care stuff was pretty cool, but there was WAY too much info. It was confusing. The class as a whole was pretty cool but man the teacher wasn't too great at communicating so it made for some hairy moments on the tests! I also really enjoyed the lab where we played with the parrafin wax. I know this will surprise no one when I tell you that I made myself a wax glove of my hand and kept it all class long, slapping people with it, etc. Then I had to put it back in the wax bath :( That's right folks, I'm a man I'm 33!!!
I haven't seen my grades yet, but I think I passed all the summer classes. Keep your fingers crossed just in case!
1 class was a "busy work" type class. Our grade was based on our final project and paper. My group had to design and teach a 1 hour PE class for a local elementary school. We knocked it out of the park!! We played the pretzel game where you get all tangled up with your group then have to untangle yourselves without letting go of your hands, then we played a variation of paper rock scissors but ours was Trojans, Bruins, & Cowboys (yes I came up with the characters) and you had to act it out and then "capture" the losing characters from the other team. Next came capture the flag, it was fun. Those 4th graders are F'n fast!!!! Then we finished with a tricked up version of red light/green light with a bunch of other colors thrown in. It was fun, but I do NOT want to go into pediatrics :)
Biomechanics was a fun and interesting class, but geez we have to be really good at our craft! It is amazing that having a weak glutieus maximus (butt muscle) can cause knee, ankle, and foot pain! Just one little old weak muscle can mess up your whole leg!
Lastly was Modalities where we learned why we do the stuff we do (ice/heat packs, ultra sound, wound care, etc) The wound care stuff was pretty cool, but there was WAY too much info. It was confusing. The class as a whole was pretty cool but man the teacher wasn't too great at communicating so it made for some hairy moments on the tests! I also really enjoyed the lab where we played with the parrafin wax. I know this will surprise no one when I tell you that I made myself a wax glove of my hand and kept it all class long, slapping people with it, etc. Then I had to put it back in the wax bath :( That's right folks, I'm a man I'm 33!!!
I haven't seen my grades yet, but I think I passed all the summer classes. Keep your fingers crossed just in case!
FINALS!!!
Finals week was tough, but not nearly as bad as midterms. Midterms was 8 tests and 2 papers in a 5 day span, no breaks. Finals was 7 tests over a 7 school day span with 1 weekend in between. Not as taxing!! I rallied from my disappointing midterm performance and passed all my classes this spring. I think I got a mix of couple A's and few B's. I'm still awed by the amount of information I should know at this point. I don't feel like I know NEARLY as much as I should, just waiting for it all to "click"
I had a whopping 2 days off before the start of our short summer session, woohoo....
I had a whopping 2 days off before the start of our short summer session, woohoo....
Since we last talked....
Well I spent 3 weeks in Dallas and it was a lot of fun. I finished up midterms, and let me tell you, they beat me down so hard it was unbelievable!! I actually froze on a test for the first time in my life! Sure I've missed questions before, not known answers, things of that ilk, but man I actually froze! I think my confidence actually took a hit during that week and for the first time questioned whether or not I could hack it! Luckily my first 2 wk clinical was right after that. It was an easy tour with inpatient rehab at Baylor hospital in downtown Dallas, my old stomping grounds. It was a nice easy, relaxed time and helped me get some confidence back!! I enjoyed my time, but it got repetitive. I'm not sure inpatient rehab is for me! I also spent spring break back in big D and it was good to see all my friends there again and also get to drive up and see my parents. It was nice. All in all a good trip back and after that I was refreshed and ready to tackle the last half of the semester!
Updates, updates, updates!!!!
Well it's been a LONG time since I've updated this thing and there has been a LOT of stuff going on. Now don't get excited, most of it is probably HIGHLY uninteresting, but it's stuff none the less and what else have you go to do right now? Just read it and enjoy, let my experiences wash over you like a soothing bath, or just ignore them completely, that will probably be relaxing too :)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Focus!!
I have zero focus right now! I have a midterm tomorrow and I can't get motivated to study more! Partly because it is bright, sunny and warm here and I am about to head to the beach to "study" there. Summer school is a torture borne out of GitMo itself!!
By the way, sorry I've been so lazy lately. I have a LOT of stuff to update on here and hopefully I'll have a chance to take care of that in a week or 2 while I'm on break!
Thanks to those of you who still check this for updates and read my thoughts!
By the way, sorry I've been so lazy lately. I have a LOT of stuff to update on here and hopefully I'll have a chance to take care of that in a week or 2 while I'm on break!
Thanks to those of you who still check this for updates and read my thoughts!
Monday, February 16, 2009
The coming weeks...
Well this will probably be my last post until I leave for Dallas.
I will be buried in the books for the next 2 weeks! I start midterms a week from today and it is NOT going to be pretty!!
I have at least 1 test per day for the entire week! Luckily some of the classes overlap quite a bit so that will make things slightly easier but not much.
I hope you all have a great 2 weeks and I'll be back in a couple weeks to somewhat entertain you :)
Wish me luck and let's hope I survive!!!
I will be buried in the books for the next 2 weeks! I start midterms a week from today and it is NOT going to be pretty!!
I have at least 1 test per day for the entire week! Luckily some of the classes overlap quite a bit so that will make things slightly easier but not much.
I hope you all have a great 2 weeks and I'll be back in a couple weeks to somewhat entertain you :)
Wish me luck and let's hope I survive!!!
I'm coming home!
I found out last week that I'm definitely going to be spending my 2 week clincal rotation at the downtown Baylor campus! YEAH!!! That is a big relief and makes the entire trip MUCH easier!!
So I'll be spending 3 weeks in Dallas from 2/28 until around 3/21 or something like that. I'm too lazy to look up the exact dates right now. Get ready Dallas! Plus I'll be in town for the famed St. Patty's Day Parade down Greenville. Truly a site to behold!!
I'm also going to make a trek up to Moore to see the folks and wish my bro Happy Birthday. It will be a really good trip and more than likely my last trip to Dallas until Christmas :(
Hope to see everyone I can while I'm there.
Oh and as a side bonus, one of my favorite bands, RED will be playing in Dallas while I'm there. Those guys put on a great rock show!
See you all in 2 weeks!
So I'll be spending 3 weeks in Dallas from 2/28 until around 3/21 or something like that. I'm too lazy to look up the exact dates right now. Get ready Dallas! Plus I'll be in town for the famed St. Patty's Day Parade down Greenville. Truly a site to behold!!
I'm also going to make a trek up to Moore to see the folks and wish my bro Happy Birthday. It will be a really good trip and more than likely my last trip to Dallas until Christmas :(
Hope to see everyone I can while I'm there.
Oh and as a side bonus, one of my favorite bands, RED will be playing in Dallas while I'm there. Those guys put on a great rock show!
See you all in 2 weeks!
Great weekend!!!
Well the weekend started off early. Cher came into town and was at my place waiting on my when I got back from Vegas!! It was really good to see her. After a quick hello I changed clothes and Cher, my neighbor Kaci and I headed out to see one of my favorite comedians Daniel Tosh down the street at the Hermosa Comedy and Magic Club. It was fantastic!!! There were 4 other comics including Larry Miller (the dad from 10 Things I Hate About You) and all were funny but Tosh was the best. To top it off I had some REALLY good mac n' cheese to go with it!! Plus Tosh lives in the neighborhood so I'm sure we'll start hanging out :)
Friday I had to go to class for a bit but when I got home Cher and I just hung out, went to get some food and tried to go see a scary movie. Unfortunately we underestimated the the appeal of Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th!!! So we just called it quits.
We had a really nice and chill Hallmark Day Sat. We had brunch with her cousin, his wife and new son. We met them in Santa Monica and ate at a little beach side restaurant. It was good food and we got to see everyone's favorite actor/political enthusiast Sean Penn!! Definitely my biggest star sighting so far!! After brunch we walked over to the SM pier, hung out for a bit then went home to prepare dinner. We decided to cook and I'm not gonna lie, we are good at it!! We grilled a couple of pork loins, one stuffed with prosciutto, mozzarella, and oregano and the other stuffed with smoked gouda, apple slices and rosemary. DELICIOUS!!!
She left yesterday, but all in all a really nice visit. It was good to see her again :)
Oh and wait, there's more...
Friday I had to go to class for a bit but when I got home Cher and I just hung out, went to get some food and tried to go see a scary movie. Unfortunately we underestimated the the appeal of Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th!!! So we just called it quits.
We had a really nice and chill Hallmark Day Sat. We had brunch with her cousin, his wife and new son. We met them in Santa Monica and ate at a little beach side restaurant. It was good food and we got to see everyone's favorite actor/political enthusiast Sean Penn!! Definitely my biggest star sighting so far!! After brunch we walked over to the SM pier, hung out for a bit then went home to prepare dinner. We decided to cook and I'm not gonna lie, we are good at it!! We grilled a couple of pork loins, one stuffed with prosciutto, mozzarella, and oregano and the other stuffed with smoked gouda, apple slices and rosemary. DELICIOUS!!!
She left yesterday, but all in all a really nice visit. It was good to see her again :)
Oh and wait, there's more...
Is this really school?
Sorry to my 1 or 2 loyal readers, but I haven't posted in a while. It's been a boring couple weeks and a great last week since my last posting!
Nothing much to report from school the last few weeks. I'm still learning some pretty cool new stuff and still trying to stay awake during class :)
Last Friday we learned how to decrease swelling by 95% over a 48 hour span with just some simple light touch techniques. It was actually really cool!! It needed to be something cool like that to keep our attention because most of our class had been in Vegas all week.
Yep, the school bussed us to Sin City for our national PT conference. There were over 7000 people there to learn a few new things, reunite with friends and colleagues and well have a few drinks and gamble!
Since we are first year students we wouldn't normally have this opportunity. It is usually reserved for 2nd and 3rd year students. But since it was so close they decided we could go too. Besides, our classes were canceled for the week due to the fact that most of our faculty were attending and presenting at the conference!! This was one of the things that told me that while I pay a LOT for my tuition, I'm learning from a faculty where most of them are regarded as leaders in their fields, some are even considered world leaders! I can have a beer inside Coyote Ugly with a professor that had earlier that day commanded the attention of a couple thousand PTs there to hear him speak! How cool is that?
I won't bore you with the details of the conference but let's just say I didn't attend every session every day ;)
The first night we were there our class hook-up got us a section and bottle service at Prive' in Cesar's Palace. It was a cool place. We drank and danced up a storm, then went home to grab a few hours sleep before the next day began.
Night #2 brought us yet another club (Pure) and more sections and bottle service. But before that we went to a USC sponsored happy hour at Coyote Ugly to raise money for a nationwide PT fund raising campaign. It was fun on both accounts. Afterward I did some horrible gambling then more shut eye. Night #3 was decidedly more low key. We went to dinner at a Churrascaria (Brazilian steak house) and ate a ton of great food, then did a little more gambling. This was not a good betting trip for me. Between black jack and craps I couldn't sustain any winning momentum and ended up coming home down money :( Luckily my tax refund will be bigger than expected ;)
That pretty well sums up the M-Th afternoon of last week. Next comes the rest of the weekend...
Nothing much to report from school the last few weeks. I'm still learning some pretty cool new stuff and still trying to stay awake during class :)
Last Friday we learned how to decrease swelling by 95% over a 48 hour span with just some simple light touch techniques. It was actually really cool!! It needed to be something cool like that to keep our attention because most of our class had been in Vegas all week.
Yep, the school bussed us to Sin City for our national PT conference. There were over 7000 people there to learn a few new things, reunite with friends and colleagues and well have a few drinks and gamble!
Since we are first year students we wouldn't normally have this opportunity. It is usually reserved for 2nd and 3rd year students. But since it was so close they decided we could go too. Besides, our classes were canceled for the week due to the fact that most of our faculty were attending and presenting at the conference!! This was one of the things that told me that while I pay a LOT for my tuition, I'm learning from a faculty where most of them are regarded as leaders in their fields, some are even considered world leaders! I can have a beer inside Coyote Ugly with a professor that had earlier that day commanded the attention of a couple thousand PTs there to hear him speak! How cool is that?
I won't bore you with the details of the conference but let's just say I didn't attend every session every day ;)
The first night we were there our class hook-up got us a section and bottle service at Prive' in Cesar's Palace. It was a cool place. We drank and danced up a storm, then went home to grab a few hours sleep before the next day began.
Night #2 brought us yet another club (Pure) and more sections and bottle service. But before that we went to a USC sponsored happy hour at Coyote Ugly to raise money for a nationwide PT fund raising campaign. It was fun on both accounts. Afterward I did some horrible gambling then more shut eye. Night #3 was decidedly more low key. We went to dinner at a Churrascaria (Brazilian steak house) and ate a ton of great food, then did a little more gambling. This was not a good betting trip for me. Between black jack and craps I couldn't sustain any winning momentum and ended up coming home down money :( Luckily my tax refund will be bigger than expected ;)
That pretty well sums up the M-Th afternoon of last week. Next comes the rest of the weekend...
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Week 2 in Review
Another week down, another week closer to my next day off!!
This past week was short since we had MLK day off, plus we got some time out from class to watch the inauguration online Tuesday. I haven't gotten MLK day off since college so it was nice!
Well classes are going alright. For some reason all of my profs have become enamored with research articles. WOOOOOHOOOO!!!! As if I don't have enough trouble staying awake when I'm sitting still, now they throw in these insufferable and ridiculously boring research articles for me to muck my way through!!! The one I'm supposed to read for Tuesday is 17 pages long!! Oh and I'm sure we'll be quizzed over it too. That seems to be a commen theme. One class throws in very PT related questions like, "Where was George Washington's inauguration held?" and "What instrument was Yo-Yo Ma playing at Obama's inauguration?" Yep, real important stuff going on here...real important :( Oh and the answers are NYC and Cello respectively.
All that being said, the classes seem to be getting better when we actually do PT stuff. I mentioned how good Wed was, and Firday was really good too! My afternoon lecture was all about knee cartilage injuries and interventions. We talked about the surgery I had several years ago, and how good/bad the outcomes seem to be (not so good for me by the way!!) I also learned that some of the better surgical options that were not covered by insurance when I had my surgery are now. Maybe there's hope for me and my rickety old knees afterall!!!
We have progressed from the foot and ankle and are starting with the knee this week. I really like the way all the classes follow each other so just studying the body region we're focusing on will help with most of my classes at once! Makes my studying much more efficient, well at least when I actually study anyway... Everything is starting to come together and we have presentations coming up soon so that'll suck.
This past weekend was a classmates' birthday so a group of us hung out at her house, cooked out, had some drinks and played some games. It was a fun, low-key night. I posted some pictures online. The link is to the left. It's nice to get out of the house every now and then :) I made some delicious mashed potatoes with bacon and cheese in them. They were a big hit!
Guess that is about it for now. It was kind of a boring week. Be sure to let me know if you guys have questions or want to get my thoughts on anything specific.
Until next time, donde esta la biblioteca?!?!
This past week was short since we had MLK day off, plus we got some time out from class to watch the inauguration online Tuesday. I haven't gotten MLK day off since college so it was nice!
Well classes are going alright. For some reason all of my profs have become enamored with research articles. WOOOOOHOOOO!!!! As if I don't have enough trouble staying awake when I'm sitting still, now they throw in these insufferable and ridiculously boring research articles for me to muck my way through!!! The one I'm supposed to read for Tuesday is 17 pages long!! Oh and I'm sure we'll be quizzed over it too. That seems to be a commen theme. One class throws in very PT related questions like, "Where was George Washington's inauguration held?" and "What instrument was Yo-Yo Ma playing at Obama's inauguration?" Yep, real important stuff going on here...real important :( Oh and the answers are NYC and Cello respectively.
All that being said, the classes seem to be getting better when we actually do PT stuff. I mentioned how good Wed was, and Firday was really good too! My afternoon lecture was all about knee cartilage injuries and interventions. We talked about the surgery I had several years ago, and how good/bad the outcomes seem to be (not so good for me by the way!!) I also learned that some of the better surgical options that were not covered by insurance when I had my surgery are now. Maybe there's hope for me and my rickety old knees afterall!!!
We have progressed from the foot and ankle and are starting with the knee this week. I really like the way all the classes follow each other so just studying the body region we're focusing on will help with most of my classes at once! Makes my studying much more efficient, well at least when I actually study anyway... Everything is starting to come together and we have presentations coming up soon so that'll suck.
This past weekend was a classmates' birthday so a group of us hung out at her house, cooked out, had some drinks and played some games. It was a fun, low-key night. I posted some pictures online. The link is to the left. It's nice to get out of the house every now and then :) I made some delicious mashed potatoes with bacon and cheese in them. They were a big hit!
Guess that is about it for now. It was kind of a boring week. Be sure to let me know if you guys have questions or want to get my thoughts on anything specific.
Until next time, donde esta la biblioteca?!?!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Now the bad news, well not really BAD, but anyway
WHY WHY WHY can't my cowboys play defense?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I watched the mizzou game online tonight and seriously? I've seen better defense in pick-up games in the park! They have ZERO discipline and make WAY too many mistakes!
I really do think Ford will be a good coach and he's got a lot of talent coming in next year, but he has talent now and this was unacceptable! I know these guys aren't this bad, are they? Truly disappointing.
This program has high expectations and I want to be back to winning big again VERY soon! Hell we were in the final 4 5 years ago!
I'll keep watching and I'll keep cheering, but I'm not gonna be too thrilled with it until I start seeing some defensive improvement, or at least an increase in basketball IQ!!!
AHHHHHH!!! When does spring football start?
Go Pokes! please?
Oh and the streaming video on ESPN360 leaves A LOT to be desired! Not a good stream. It froze up in the last minute or so of a 1 point game!!! RIDICULOUS!!! I had to hunt the final score down on ESPN.com!
Oh and Hi Tiff! Thanks for the idea!
I watched the mizzou game online tonight and seriously? I've seen better defense in pick-up games in the park! They have ZERO discipline and make WAY too many mistakes!
I really do think Ford will be a good coach and he's got a lot of talent coming in next year, but he has talent now and this was unacceptable! I know these guys aren't this bad, are they? Truly disappointing.
This program has high expectations and I want to be back to winning big again VERY soon! Hell we were in the final 4 5 years ago!
I'll keep watching and I'll keep cheering, but I'm not gonna be too thrilled with it until I start seeing some defensive improvement, or at least an increase in basketball IQ!!!
AHHHHHH!!! When does spring football start?
Go Pokes! please?
Oh and the streaming video on ESPN360 leaves A LOT to be desired! Not a good stream. It froze up in the last minute or so of a 1 point game!!! RIDICULOUS!!! I had to hunt the final score down on ESPN.com!
Oh and Hi Tiff! Thanks for the idea!
Whoa! I actually had a good day!
I think Wednesdays might be my fav day of the week as far as class goes! I have Musculoskeletal Pathology in the morning and Theraputic Exercise in the afternoon. Yeah, it IS as exciting as it sounds!!! I also have a 1.5 hour lunch break!
But seriously, today was a good day in class! We were discussing pathologies and maladies of the ankle and foot and I actually learned a few things. Weird, I know!
First off, I learned that prolonged steroid use (medicinal also) can lead to tendon break down, especially in the Achilles Tendon. So that is why doctors shouldn't give too many cortisone shots for pain relief and why transplant patients are susceptible to problems. It inhibits tissue repair in the tendon and makes it more susceptible to tearing. Isn't that interesting? Well I thought it was.
Now Morgan, if you're reading this you may want to stop now. The other thing I learned was information everyone can use. The antibiotic Levaquin is in a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. These drugs can increase the incidence of tendon damage or tear, especially in the Achilles! It is a really good drug, but you need to lay off vigorous exercise during and after taking it. You should discuss it with your doctor!
The next class was Ther Ex. The lecture was pretty good, but in lab afterwards I was talking to 2 of my TAs. They are twins. Anyway, one of them, Matt, is doing his doctoral work on endurance exercise vs. strength training, especially in a multisport (triathlon) setting, and his brother Mike is currently training for an IronMan. This was cool because Matt's research is of course very interesting to me since I would like to start training seriously again when I have time, and since Mike is currently training it would give me someone to train with! So for the next 2 years I may have the opportunity to work with Matt in his research and follow his findings!
I also like these classes because I think the information in them has the potential to be really interesting and I'll start learning treatments for the problems we've been learning about :) It's all starting to come together! Slowly, but it's coming together.
That's all, gotta go study now. Night!
But seriously, today was a good day in class! We were discussing pathologies and maladies of the ankle and foot and I actually learned a few things. Weird, I know!
First off, I learned that prolonged steroid use (medicinal also) can lead to tendon break down, especially in the Achilles Tendon. So that is why doctors shouldn't give too many cortisone shots for pain relief and why transplant patients are susceptible to problems. It inhibits tissue repair in the tendon and makes it more susceptible to tearing. Isn't that interesting? Well I thought it was.
Now Morgan, if you're reading this you may want to stop now. The other thing I learned was information everyone can use. The antibiotic Levaquin is in a class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. These drugs can increase the incidence of tendon damage or tear, especially in the Achilles! It is a really good drug, but you need to lay off vigorous exercise during and after taking it. You should discuss it with your doctor!
The next class was Ther Ex. The lecture was pretty good, but in lab afterwards I was talking to 2 of my TAs. They are twins. Anyway, one of them, Matt, is doing his doctoral work on endurance exercise vs. strength training, especially in a multisport (triathlon) setting, and his brother Mike is currently training for an IronMan. This was cool because Matt's research is of course very interesting to me since I would like to start training seriously again when I have time, and since Mike is currently training it would give me someone to train with! So for the next 2 years I may have the opportunity to work with Matt in his research and follow his findings!
I also like these classes because I think the information in them has the potential to be really interesting and I'll start learning treatments for the problems we've been learning about :) It's all starting to come together! Slowly, but it's coming together.
That's all, gotta go study now. Night!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Something more fun - BREAKS!!!
Now that week 1 is over I have my multiple syllabi (?) for my classes and now know my schedule for the semester and my breaks from now until next Fall!
February - No Class Monday afternoon 2/9 - Thursday 2/12 for our conference in Las Vegas; No class Monday 2/16 for President's Day (thanks government!!!)
March - 3/2-3/13 we have our clinical affiliations. I'll be doing mine in Dallas. Spring break is 3/14-3/22 and I'm going to stay in Dallas for that as well.
April - NO BREAKS!!! What kind of horse shit is that?!?!?!
May - ahhh May, bringer of the living hell that will be finals week!! Tests end 5/13 and summer classes start 5/18 so I will have a wonderful 4 days off from 5/14-5/17.
June - Wasn't expecting this but we get a nice break here. Summer classes end 6/19 and we don't have to report to our summer clinical affiliations until 7/6!!! So we have a nice 2 week break here I wasn't expecting from 6/20-7/5. I don't know if I'll be here in Hermosa for 4th of July or if I'll head up to Seattle early for my clinical
July - No breaks, I'll be in Seattle (hopefully)
August - Clincal ends 8/14 and classes don't start until 8/24 so we have 8/15-8/23 to recharge.
Now the bad parts, we have all of our midterms the week before we leave for clinicals in March. So I'll be pretty well a ghost the week after we get back from Vegas and during finals. Also for about a month from mid April to mid May will be "Bye Bye Matty" time as i become a shut in who only knows studying and books. I will have to say "NO" to any visitors during those times. I just won't have time to spend with anyone other than my classmates and teachers :)
I really hope you can all come out and see me at some point, and hopefully there is enough of a variance of time that something will work for you!!
Until next time,
Matty
February - No Class Monday afternoon 2/9 - Thursday 2/12 for our conference in Las Vegas; No class Monday 2/16 for President's Day (thanks government!!!)
March - 3/2-3/13 we have our clinical affiliations. I'll be doing mine in Dallas. Spring break is 3/14-3/22 and I'm going to stay in Dallas for that as well.
April - NO BREAKS!!! What kind of horse shit is that?!?!?!
May - ahhh May, bringer of the living hell that will be finals week!! Tests end 5/13 and summer classes start 5/18 so I will have a wonderful 4 days off from 5/14-5/17.
June - Wasn't expecting this but we get a nice break here. Summer classes end 6/19 and we don't have to report to our summer clinical affiliations until 7/6!!! So we have a nice 2 week break here I wasn't expecting from 6/20-7/5. I don't know if I'll be here in Hermosa for 4th of July or if I'll head up to Seattle early for my clinical
July - No breaks, I'll be in Seattle (hopefully)
August - Clincal ends 8/14 and classes don't start until 8/24 so we have 8/15-8/23 to recharge.
Now the bad parts, we have all of our midterms the week before we leave for clinicals in March. So I'll be pretty well a ghost the week after we get back from Vegas and during finals. Also for about a month from mid April to mid May will be "Bye Bye Matty" time as i become a shut in who only knows studying and books. I will have to say "NO" to any visitors during those times. I just won't have time to spend with anyone other than my classmates and teachers :)
I really hope you can all come out and see me at some point, and hopefully there is enough of a variance of time that something will work for you!!
Until next time,
Matty
WOW! No rest for the weary!
Well week 1 has come and gone and all I can say is, HOLY HELL this semester is going to SUCK!!!!
I have 7 different classes, only 1 of which is a "throw away". That class is a pass/no pass class discussing our clinical affiliations for spring and summer. No homework, no tests. A nice break! The rest is a murderer's row of scholastic sadism!!!
I start Monday mornings with Pathology of Disease. This is a "stimulating" 3 hour lecture class about, well, the pathology of different diseases and their processes. The professor is good, but the information will be a bitch. Plus I can't sit in one place for 3 hours and concentrate or stay awake!!!!
After lunch I move on to Analytical Anatomy. As hard as this class will be, I think I'm going to enjoy this one. It is 4HOURS LONG!!!! but I will get to move through several different areas. We spend time in lecture, anatomy lab, imaging (where they teach us how to read X-rays, MRIs, & CTs), topography (where we learn the landmarks and locations of anatomy on living bodies-us), & literature review (I'm sure you all know this is my least favorite part!) There will be a LOT of work to do in this class, but hopefully the variety will make it more interesting. Plus we get to perform a surgery! Unfortunately my group has the cervical spine (neck) so we will probably get to do a fusion or something on the cadavers.
Tuesdays start with 5 hours of Orthopaedic lecture & lab. This class last semester taught us all the diagnostic tests we will use, now we will start learning what to do for interventions when we do find something wrong. I think this class will be interesting and probably fun, but the amount of information is again going to be staggering! I already feel behind here, I need to go back and review some information from last semester!
Tuesday afternoons bring Evidence Based Practice for PT. Yeah, it's as interesting as it sounds. I think this class will consist of a lot of busy work on how to look up articles and apply them to your practice. A lot of it seems to be common sense type stuff. BORING!!!! Maybe it'll be a little bit of a break though. No tests or anything, just homework.
Wednesday mornings is Musculoskeletal Pathology where we learn about problems/diseases of the muscles, cartilage, bones, etc... Should be pretty interesting stuff. I actually asked the prof if she needed help with her research. She does a lot of work with the knee so of course I'm interested in that. The assistant prof for this class heads up PT for USC athletics so that would be really interesting too!
Wed afternoons brings Therapeutic Exercise. This class has a lab where we will be performing and using different exercises and interventions. First class I got volunteered to perform a 4 min step test for fitness levels. It showed me just how out of shape I've gotten since I got here!!! At least it will get me up and moving! Bad part is that second half of the semester times switch and I will be in there from 3-5pm so yet another long day!!!
Thursday and Friday are repeat days. We have Ortho on Thursdays and Analytical Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Pathology on Fridays.
All in all this will be a really interesting semester and the classes will all blend together but I don't think I'll have ever worked harder in my life then I'll have to this semester. Even the first week we didn't get out of a single class early and most of them actually went LONGER b/c we didn't have labs last week. So much for a break-in period! At least we got today off for MLK :)
I'll try to get one of these out every week to keep you all updated on what's going on both in and out of school. Feel free to leave comments/criticism or anything else you want to say. Hope you enjoy!
I have 7 different classes, only 1 of which is a "throw away". That class is a pass/no pass class discussing our clinical affiliations for spring and summer. No homework, no tests. A nice break! The rest is a murderer's row of scholastic sadism!!!
I start Monday mornings with Pathology of Disease. This is a "stimulating" 3 hour lecture class about, well, the pathology of different diseases and their processes. The professor is good, but the information will be a bitch. Plus I can't sit in one place for 3 hours and concentrate or stay awake!!!!
After lunch I move on to Analytical Anatomy. As hard as this class will be, I think I'm going to enjoy this one. It is 4HOURS LONG!!!! but I will get to move through several different areas. We spend time in lecture, anatomy lab, imaging (where they teach us how to read X-rays, MRIs, & CTs), topography (where we learn the landmarks and locations of anatomy on living bodies-us), & literature review (I'm sure you all know this is my least favorite part!) There will be a LOT of work to do in this class, but hopefully the variety will make it more interesting. Plus we get to perform a surgery! Unfortunately my group has the cervical spine (neck) so we will probably get to do a fusion or something on the cadavers.
Tuesdays start with 5 hours of Orthopaedic lecture & lab. This class last semester taught us all the diagnostic tests we will use, now we will start learning what to do for interventions when we do find something wrong. I think this class will be interesting and probably fun, but the amount of information is again going to be staggering! I already feel behind here, I need to go back and review some information from last semester!
Tuesday afternoons bring Evidence Based Practice for PT. Yeah, it's as interesting as it sounds. I think this class will consist of a lot of busy work on how to look up articles and apply them to your practice. A lot of it seems to be common sense type stuff. BORING!!!! Maybe it'll be a little bit of a break though. No tests or anything, just homework.
Wednesday mornings is Musculoskeletal Pathology where we learn about problems/diseases of the muscles, cartilage, bones, etc... Should be pretty interesting stuff. I actually asked the prof if she needed help with her research. She does a lot of work with the knee so of course I'm interested in that. The assistant prof for this class heads up PT for USC athletics so that would be really interesting too!
Wed afternoons brings Therapeutic Exercise. This class has a lab where we will be performing and using different exercises and interventions. First class I got volunteered to perform a 4 min step test for fitness levels. It showed me just how out of shape I've gotten since I got here!!! At least it will get me up and moving! Bad part is that second half of the semester times switch and I will be in there from 3-5pm so yet another long day!!!
Thursday and Friday are repeat days. We have Ortho on Thursdays and Analytical Anatomy & Musculoskeletal Pathology on Fridays.
All in all this will be a really interesting semester and the classes will all blend together but I don't think I'll have ever worked harder in my life then I'll have to this semester. Even the first week we didn't get out of a single class early and most of them actually went LONGER b/c we didn't have labs last week. So much for a break-in period! At least we got today off for MLK :)
I'll try to get one of these out every week to keep you all updated on what's going on both in and out of school. Feel free to leave comments/criticism or anything else you want to say. Hope you enjoy!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
FOLLOW ME TO FREEEEEDOM!!
So the blog site suggested I write a post reminding all of you to join my blog and become one of my followers. Yes, you read that correctly, you should follow me. I will try to be the leader you all expect of me. I promise longer recesses, no homework, and more chocolate milk at lunch!!
Oh, I'm not running for student council? Well follow me anyway, you might get a chuckle or two every now and then, and at the very least it will distract you from working for a few minutes.
Just click on the link to the left below my pic, and "follow this blog" as long as you can stand it. Oh and don't forget to add your pic in too. That way I can see your smiling faces!
More later!
Oh, I'm not running for student council? Well follow me anyway, you might get a chuckle or two every now and then, and at the very least it will distract you from working for a few minutes.
Just click on the link to the left below my pic, and "follow this blog" as long as you can stand it. Oh and don't forget to add your pic in too. That way I can see your smiling faces!
More later!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
It Begins Again!!
Well, It all begins again on Monday. Another semester of the hardest shit I've ever had to learn. It really does feel overwhelming when I stop and think about it. The sheer volume of information I'm expected to know over the next 2.5 years is staggering! Sometimes I really don't know how I'm going to do it. Sure everyone else says, "oh, you'll be fine" or "I know you'll do great, you're so smart" well truth is sometimes I don't quite feel that way. Being around so many really smart people can make you feel pretty damn stupid at times, but the good part is that I think I'm actually learning a few things here and there. Now I just hope and pray for a little review to start things off, before we dive head-long into even more detailed information.
On a side note, whoever named all the muscles, bones, vessels, nerves etc in the human body is an f'ing moron!! I think they must have just sat around and made up words! Then after they ran out of words to make up, they just changed a letter here or there and recycled it on a totally unrelated part of the body! It's bullshit! I think it's high time we consider a change here. For everyone's sake! (especially and most importantly mine)
Don't get the wrong idea though. While I wonder about my ability to make it through this process on a daily basis, I am having fun out here. The weather is awesome (gonna be 80 and sunny tomorrow) and I live 200 yards from the beach! My classmates are great (for the most part), my teachers are phenomenal (for the most part) and I really truly believe this is what I'm supposed to do with my life. I just had no idea it was going to be this hard! I'm lazy!!!!
So bear with me as I start another semester of hell in paradise. Hopefully I'll be able to entertain you as I keep you updated on the life and times of a 30 something college kid.
Until next time, via con queso!!
On a side note, whoever named all the muscles, bones, vessels, nerves etc in the human body is an f'ing moron!! I think they must have just sat around and made up words! Then after they ran out of words to make up, they just changed a letter here or there and recycled it on a totally unrelated part of the body! It's bullshit! I think it's high time we consider a change here. For everyone's sake! (especially and most importantly mine)
Don't get the wrong idea though. While I wonder about my ability to make it through this process on a daily basis, I am having fun out here. The weather is awesome (gonna be 80 and sunny tomorrow) and I live 200 yards from the beach! My classmates are great (for the most part), my teachers are phenomenal (for the most part) and I really truly believe this is what I'm supposed to do with my life. I just had no idea it was going to be this hard! I'm lazy!!!!
So bear with me as I start another semester of hell in paradise. Hopefully I'll be able to entertain you as I keep you updated on the life and times of a 30 something college kid.
Until next time, via con queso!!
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