Time is sooooo slow...

Here I am waiting for tomorrow at noon so I can head off to the airport! Wow, I can't wait!!! Time is just sluggin' by. I am trying to study but I did this weeks' stuff for the past day or two and just can't work on anything now. I will have plenty of time on the planes and layovers - I'm quite sure of that. I decided that I am just going to go to lab and leave, no more of this go to the gym stuff. Too much stress. I am just looking forward to lab, getting some food then getting the heck of out this country!

I hope time at home slugs by like it is right now. I am honestly pacing the apartment - even TV isn't interesting me. Ah well. I am just glad I am all packed, ready and did everything I needed to on campus and with the health foundation so I am worry-free during my short stay at home.

Well, I outty for a few days here - so I will write sometime later!!! Catch me if you can Ttown! If you don't catch me this week/weekend, I'll be back around mid-April!

Bye!!!!

Jess

5 days till I leave for Michigan!!!

Yet another Thursday. I think Thursdays are my favorite days. So close to the weekend, I get to see my medical shows which I am still so addicted to after all this time. You would think after spending half the day learning this stuff I wouldn't want to think about it the rest of the day. But it is really fun to hear things on ER and I actually know what they are talking about, haha.

Today is a pretty darn good day. I am just in class cramming in more knowledge. Have neuro to study today - I have my exam tomorrow afternoon but I am not too worried about it yet. After class I will probably head home to study, we'll see. But after tomorrow we have a LONG weekend done till Tuesday - the day I leave! I wish I could leave early like everyone else but the darn dissection I have to do is keeping me from it. Oh well, I should be grateful I am coming home at all. I found out once I get to New York at 1am I have to take a cab to the OTHER airport to get home - sigh... ah well, at least time will fly! I'm so excited. But yeah this weekend I will be studying this weeks stuff and trying to read ahead for next week since I will miss pretty much all lectures.

Oooooh I nearly forgot - Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit is now a NEW affiliation of Ross University! I am SOOOOO happy about it I almost cried! For those that don't know, when I have to do my rotations you have "core" and "elective" rotations. Cores are usually done in 3rd year and electives are usually in 4th. Core electives must be done in Ross' affiliated hospitals (which they have a list of) - if not, you have to set them up yourself which is honestly alot of work and never a guarauntee unless you have 'hook-ups'. Well, what this means is that now - I shouldn't have ANY problem not only staying in Michigan my last 2 years of school but CLOSE TO HOME! In Detroit! I was so excited when I saw this!

Hmm, well I better get going - just wanted to fill you guys in on stuff. 5 days till I leave for home and can't even wait!

See you all soon!!!

Love,
Jessica

Oh yea!!! Happy Valentines day - have I told you I love you lately? *wink*

I forgot to say Happy Valentine's Day!!! Hope your day is filled with loooove!

Wow, today was wow.... just amazing! I had my meeting and was sooooo nervous that no one would turn up, that I'd have pizza no one would eat and no one to sign up to be a part of the foundation (RFDH for short). But to my BIG surprise - 54 people signed up!!!! It feels officially like a club! I was so happy with everyone on the e-board and everyone who helped I was nearly overwhelmed. We raised $480EC so about $200US in about 30 minutes from membership dues. That was just so unbelievable! The 'speech' part of it went well even though I shake like no other when I talk in front of people. Although, most everyone said I did so well and seemed so relaxed and comfortable talking! Pshhh yeah right!

So that was just great - I must have thanked people a million times! After that I had more classes and went to the gym. Woohoo! I beat my 5-mile time again! Today I did it in 46:33! Yikes! But I am starting to feel it now. Was barely below 6.5mph the whole time. Ouch. Well, I am just mediaciting some stuff now and studying a bit. Going to get to neuro later on tonight because I have my exam Friday afternoon. Plenty of time. Still no result from the exam. People are freaking out. I saw someone crying today from my class and I felt awful. Not just because I was worried myself but I know how devestating it is to get a bad grade. But even now we are all trying to just get out of second semester so we can go onto third and our 2nd year! It can really be so overwhelming. Our grievance rep said that out of 134 questions on our exam only 3 were given back to us (like because they were bad questions/argued) so I hope that works out in my advantage but we'll see.

I'm starting to look up a few questions which I need to stop doing. I'm trying to figure out the answers I put for a few cholesterol answers and I am all mixed up and can't remember - that alone makes me nervous to get those wrong... Hmm... Okay, I'm gonna stop doing that lol.

But I am gonna get back to work! I'll talk to you soon! Stay warm Michiganders ;)

Love, Jess

Morning! Wow, today is going to be so busy! Just about to head out to pick up the 20 pizzas for my meeting!!! I hope alot of people come. I heard there were so I 'upped' my pizza amount... I have class till 4pm today and then neuro lab review 4-8pm. Sigh, then gotta go to the gym, do yesterday stuff, study for my exam for Friday - YIKES. But time is flying and I know this weekend will too - then I am on my way back home!

I hear it is snowing like crazy! I hope I don't get snowed in on the way back to school... Well, I kinda hope I do but you know what I mean. I just want to finish first year! Still waiting on my scores from my test - alot of people are nervous about it but I still feel alright - so I hope I am right.

Hmm, well I guess I should take off just wanted to say hi... So, hi!!!

Talk to you soon
Jess

Feelin' goooooood!

Yay, one exam is done!!! I am not even going to guess how I did but I am hoping it went well. Boy was I tired after that though. Luckily, I had enough energy to get me through the gym and back home. I relaxed at home a little while and - oh my- actually went out!!! We went to a couple places, well I did. We went to Tomatoes for a few drinkies and saw alot of people there. It is kinda like the "fancy" restaurant of the island haha. Very small but we all managed to squeeze in. After that we went to a place called Coconuts. Very pretty place. It was dark by then but we were all just dancing the night away (thanks for being my dance partner Sana ;) ).

But after all that, it all just caught up with me and I got SO tired. So I told Sana I was going to head home and split a cab with 4 first semester girls. We were all singing Celine Dion WAY loud in the taxi - it was so funny (you know the song "The One Who Loves You More"? Yea, that one - hahaha). Anyway, I got home and was so happy lol. I got something to eat and went to bed.

So I got up today but thought to myself - "Wow I could have slept all night instead of going out" Kinda felt I missed out on sleep. So, I let myself go back to bed. Pretty much slept till 4! On and off that is. So I feel great now and ready to stay up tonight to make up for the day.

So overall, a great 24 hours - and EVEN BETTER because I am THAT much closer to coming home!!!

Yay! Well I better go but I will talk to ya'll soon! I have my general meeting for my club tomorrow - I hope that people show up!!! Can't let 10 pizzas I ordered go to waste!!!

Love,
Jess

Mini tomorrow morning - here we go again!

Here I am the night before the first mini of semester two. Just about as ready as I could possibly be! It's about 10:30pm right now and I'll probably head to bed in a couple hours. I am so happy this semester our exams are at 8am instead of 1pm. I just want it over with! After the exam I am really gonna start looking forward to coming home! This week will be a good one: short, having my general meeting for my club, yada yada...

I can't really talk long but I will definitely write again tomorrow - gonna relax and probably go out - which I NEVER do here! Things are light this week though - so why not. I have a neuroanatomy lab exam Friday but I am pretty much set studying for that. So once the exam is over, I'm gonna get all my frustrations out at the gym and then pick up a little somethin' somethin' and RELAX at home :)

I will talk to you all tomorrow - say some prayers for me please and wish me luck!

Tons o' love,
Jessica

Weekend before Mini 1...

Good morning all! Well just a couple days out from my first exam. Not feeling completely bad about it but I definitely have alot of work to do this weekend. This exam is worth so much and doing well on it would really make me set - let alone get me feeling relieved and more excited about coming home. Finishing up my physio clinical coorlelates this morning and then heading to the gym in a bit. After that, I just have to study study study all weekend - so hopefully it goes really well.

Just a week from Tuesday I get out of here - I CAN'T WAIT! This place is getting to me a little bit. I just need a break and hopefully a Wednesday to Sunday break will help me get through the last few weeks of classes as well as all the exams to follow them in April (classes end at the end of March and April is ALL exams...). But this semester is really flying by.

So, time to get crackin' to the books - I hope this exam goes well...

Love you all,
Jess

YAWWWWNNNNN again...

Wow, well today went from being a HORRIBLE day to a pretty productive one! I honestly pretty much broke down to Jackie today - our lectures were awful, I didn't understand much of anything, the stress was just building and I didn't know what to do. After a while I just turned it into being productive. It's about 11:30pm right now and I am still on campus but heading home in a few minutes. I really think I got alot done especially considering I have to be up at 5:30am to take that ventilator to the hospial in the morning. LONG LONG story short after tons of emails and visits to offices, I finally have a ride to the hospital with the ventilator - with... the Dean. Just me and her, alone, in her car all the way to Roseau... I just hope I don't make a 'butt' of myself.

Her as well as Dr. Grell (who is going in place of Dr. Burnett - this was all so confusing) is giving me a ride back after they both meet with the Prime Minister... That made me laugh when I heard it. "Oh right THAT meeting!" Haha. Anyway I have to meet Dean Coleman outside of the gate at 6:45am sharp. So I better get my butt home soon so I can get a little rest. I'll be back on campus around hopefully 11am or so. After that I think I might nap or workout.

Anyway, I'm going to try to make it a productive day again tomorrow - at this rate if I can keep this going all week I will be so ready for the exam Monday. I can only hope so!

Well goodnight all and wish me luck tomorrow. Even though it is just a little 'hand-over' thing I just am a little 'butterflyish' for going with the Dean of the medical school. Hopefully we take some good pics lol.

XOXO, Jessica

YAWWWNNNN.............

Good evening all. Things are good, I just am sitting here reading up some physiology. My professor is the cutest, sweetest thing but I cannot learn by the way she teaches. I am just lost because of how she skips around. We'll see a hormone on page 5 then see another function it has on page 17, yada yada. It is just SO scattered. But I decided to read the book and then after I get that I will go back and review her lectures. Boy, did that work. I just finished reading and just listened to about 5 mins of her last lecture and I understood it cold. But I am going to read it one more time first before I go over it all.

I am SO excited to come home this is going to be so great! Sana is going home too! So that will be good for her - we will both have a great time in the USA ;). Not much going on really. I went to the gym today, went to class, had dissection today of the posterior body wall and then I came back home to take a little nap and then started my reading. Ah the life of a medical student. I am slowly starting to feel more confident about our exam next week... I think it should go fine. But still TONS of work I want to do. Still not even sure what else I feel up to tonight. I didn't think I'd finish reading physio this fast so I am kinda confused haha.

Hmm, not sure what else to write about right now but I think I am going to get back to more studying - YAY something NEW and DIFFERENT :-P! I'll talk to you all soon :)!

Love, ME :D

Where's Jess? Here I am! :)

Haha, well looks like almost another whole week passed before I wrote again... Notice a difference from last semester? :) Wow, what another week. I'm loving how busy I am but this exam is nearly a week away and I have alot of work to do...

I don't know what to tell that is interesting here really. Slammed with work from studying, my clubs, running my new club, working out and resting lol. Hmm, what news can I tell you... Well, how about this - I'M COMING HOME ON THE 20TH!!!!!

Oooooh yes! I just bought my ticket today! I am so excited! I am taking off from here on a Tuesday, getting home Wednesday, and staying till Sunday afternoon!!! It is the perfect week to come back too! It's only a 3 day week, it is right after my first mini and my main professor for the week just reads off the slides - which I can do pretty much on my own. I was going to get back Thursday but all the seats were gone! But - yay - an extra day at home!

As for today, I had my classes, did some studying and went to the gym. Oooh and I also went to the meeting to collect my money from the university for my club! They gave me $1500EC :)... That's about $600 US I think but I am happy with that. Anyway, I am heading to my OLAS meeting in a few. We are going to learn an 8-minute HPI (history of present illness) which is basically a patient interview but in spanish. So that will be nice. Then I think Sana and I might run to the store then back to campus so we can go to a TA session...

After that, back to the apartment to get some food and start up the books. Going to spend the night finishing up reviewing a few subjects but tomorrow starts my 4" binder again - going over the whole thing again this weekend and hopefully going to be able to read some texts too if I can find the time. I love the weekends. Home the whole time, snacking the whole time, studying and no gym ;).

Alright well I better get back to it. Love you all and I will definitely see you really soon :D!!!

Love, Jess