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!!!
Monday, February 16, 2009
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!
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