Too much studying CAN hurt you...

After a lovely jog and some gym time, I stopped by school to pick up my textbook...it's about 3" thick and as I was taking it into my car, my knee hit my elbow, which hit my textbook, which busted my lip. Proof that studying can hurt....

I think I need to become more coordinated....

Debridement!

Today we learned how to clean and pack wounds using grapefruits, scalpels, dressings, and sterile personal protective equipment. It was fun getting to pretend that the grapefruit was a wound and we had to cut the rind off to the skin and not break into the juice or pulp. Here's a picture of two of my classmates!

Warm Weather

So this past week I actually got a study redness form sitting outside. I hear it's supposed to get chilly for a bit, but I am really hoping this weather stays. We just finished the last set of quizzes for the semester. Now just a big skills test on electrical therapy and it'll be time for Easter break. Today, after completely detoxing my apartment, I made banana gluten free muffins, with applesauce, homemade from scratch spinage and artichoke dip, and then amanda came over and made vanilla cupcakes with strawberry cream cheese icing and chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate raspberry icing, all gluten free, for a potluck. It was so nice to relax a bit AND then watch UNC squeeze by. Sorry I forgot to take pictures, but here's a funny UNC one.

Post-Spring Break Maddness

In the race to the Quiz 3 after spring break, I have yet to update my favorite blog followers on my travels. In the interest of time, here are some pictures!

1. DC with my girls. KKG unites for a night in DC...except it thunderstormed so it turned into a night of red wine and PJs

• UNC beat Duke....and all was right with the world. Rushing franklin st. is so much fun...especially when you have the hives

Then I completed my first golf game! (with my free clubs, $20 golf bag, $2 putter, and $4 goodwill skort)

Last but not least I spent some wonderful time shopping with my mother...no pictures but much needed.

Will update after quizzes!!!

LOVE You!

A week without tests....

So this week marks the first week without testing! We went from Quizzes one week, to midterms the next week, to skills checkouts last week! Phew...Now all this tired graduate student has to do is prep. for class, write a literature review, and get together her community wellness project to present, and then it's SPRING BREAK!

Okay, so we're all thinking of crazy kids at the beach drinking waaay too much beer and staying up with glowsticks at a rave. Let's remember, this isn't an undergraduate spring break, this is a graduate school spring break. My amazing and hopefully relaxing week will go as follows:

• Frolicking in Washington DC with two of my sorority sisters for a reunion
• Watching UNC beat Duke (hopefully)
• A girls night with my mom
• Time to play tennis
• Cable television
• Hopefully seeing some in-town friends

All of that blanketed with an electric stimulation worksheet due that's worth 20% of my grade, a final draft of a literature review, preparation for our community wellness project....So I guess there is no rest for the weary. Just a brief pause and a margarita...

Speaking of margaritas it was national margarita day last week....we decided to celebrate...

Happy Birthday Pops!

Happy Birthday to my Pops!
This blog post is dedicated to you! Thanks for teaching me the finer points of life, including but not limited to:

• Super-sized chocolate milkshakes and grilled cheese sandwiches
• The right time to flip a pancake
• Real women hike to Scrabble lake
• Pie is the key to happiness

And last (for now) but not least:

• Don't go to bed with your socks on!!!!

Valentine's Day

So in high school I hated this holiday. Every single girl with a "boo" or boyfriend paraded around school with a stuffed animal or balloons...well now it' s my turn. I think he did good, don't you? Yay for boyfriends who care about you and brightening up a rainy, study-filled, stressed out Valentines Day!