Well, it is my birthday today. I would like to be writing about how I am going out with all of my friends and living up what has been a pretty good year, but instead I am at home, alone, trying to get enough motivation to study. Yup, I am spending my birthday ALONE, STUDYING BIOCHEMISTRY AND EVIL HISTOLOGY! I have had plenty of well-wishes from my sister, my parents (at 7:30 am!), Derik Rieckens, a few odd people in the lab (Sara, Deepali, Brenda), and some other random medical students who were in need of espresso as much as I was at 2:30 today. Tonight I am ordering in take out (I might splurge for some indian food, yummy!), and studying my ass off. This week has turned out to be one of my worst in medical school yet because I have been too tired, too busy, or too tired AND too busy to anything productive done. I guess it my lesson NOT to donate blood while trying to perform an insulin sensitivity trial and study for three exams.....!
I am heading back to ND on December 15th. I am spending a night in Fargo, and then it is off to Jamestown for wedding planning. I am looking forward to having some time to do nothing.....as I haven't had that kind of time in the longest I can remember. I am also looking forward to catching up on sleep, my old tv shows, and finding out what my neglected friends and family are up to.
I need to get going here. Otherwise it is just going to another unproductive late night.