Sparsely Critical

So I’m officially tired of writing care plans for therapeutics case conference.  Case conference is basically like the tv show “House”, where we are given a patient chart and have to identify what is wrong with them and the best way to treat their problems.  It may sound like fun, but the write-up afterwards is a huge pain that takes hours.  Basically I’ve submitted four so far and received a Pass for each one.  To get an A, I need to get 3 High Passes.  Lucky for me, 3 of my Passes will be counted as a High Pass, assuming I get at least one High Pass.  For a one credit-hour course, I’ve put a ton of effort into it, and hope to get a High Pass soon.

This brings me to today, when I began writing my 5th care plan and decided that I’m taking this week off.  We do not need to submit a care plan each week, and I have thus far not missed a week.  However, I think I could use the break to lift weights, take a walk, hopefully take a few pictures, and they go to outdoor mass tonight.  The weather is wonderful and I plan on enjoying it.

Ever since I stopped swimming for Butler, mid-season my sophomore year, I’ve missed it like crazy. I knew I couldn’t do it anymore because it took too much time out of everyday and too much energy out of little me. This was best demonstrated by falling asleep in organic chemistry and anatomy. It could have been the subject matter, but I knew I had to quit so I did.

I am not a quitter. It bothered me that I had quit swimming. When the athletic director announced that men’s swimming was being cut, it really got to me. Lucky for me, because the team was cut, they guys on the team last year decided to get a club team started. To make a long story short, our first practice was yesterday and the second practice was this evening. Although challenging, swimming in a group is incomparable to swimming alone. It’s a lot more fun, and it encourages me to push myself a lot more. I’m super excited to be swimming on a team again!

In lab today we made suppositories. Without further explanation necessary, they were indeed the butt of many jokes. The best part of lab was when my lab partner had to consult me on proper use of a suppository.

Yesterday morning, shortly after I awoke, I checked my email. I was greeted by a message with the subject, “Start a new life with beautiful large and firm breasts!”. WOW, indeed that would be quite the start of a new life for me, but not one that I’m interested in! It made me chuckle and put me in a very cheerful mood. Thank goodness for the broken campus spam filter or I would not have had the pleasure of that email gracing my inbox.

Although in the very middle of cluster exams with three remaining to be taken, I was oddly calm. Perhaps these were only delusions of adequacy, but putting Walter Kerr aside, I was feeling great!

Flash forward to the present, my exam this morning was surprisingly straight forward. Also, I’m still very relaxed and cannot help to remain positive. I’ve become content with the new challenges and opportunities this semester presents and I couldn’t ask for better friends.