my life in the mediterranean

Where were we? Ah, yes. Genitalia.

The day after last week's little trip through the nether regions, we split open the pelvis. Using a hacksaw. And a power saw. It was awesome and terrifying. One professor, who happens to be Egyptian and brilliant and very funny, was wielding his bonesaw like a machine gun, scowl and all. He also walked around with it held in the air, as if to say, "Bring me more spines! Arghh!"

Saturday was spent studying, which involved lots of reading, writing on a dry erase board, and eating Savannah's clementines. Seriously, she brought a dozen of them. There were still some in her backpack today so we could eat them at Bible study. Clementines up to our ears. But hey, we won't have scurvy (which is caused by a deficiency in Vitamin C, a key enzymatic cofactor in the hydroxylation of lysine and proline residues in collagen synthesis, synthesis of catecholamines, protection against free radical damage, and uptake of iron).

Speaking of Savannah and food, she brought lunch for both of us today (Bible study is at noon on Wednesdays and everyone brings their lunch). She got super excited about bringing food, so I said okay. Hummus was involved. Now, I have mentioned hummus before, but I don't think it came across how much I love the stuff. I eat it like it comes from a tap. It is for mealtime, snack-time, and in-between-time. I buy it at Fancy Kroger. We ate it at Aladdin's this weekend. I eat it with pita or Italian bread or, today, tortilla chips. Aside from the tortilla chips, I live the culinary life of a Mediterranean toddler. Vegetables? Pssh. Meat? Unnecessary. Fruit? Just clementines. Hummus and carbohydrates? YES.

I do occasionally eat other things, like the aforementioned vegetables, meat, and fruit. I even cook. For instance, I'm going to try my hand at making tabbouleh next week. They had really good tabbouleh at Aladdin's, and there's an awesome song about it here (same guy has a hummus song too; these were the theme songs of my apartment last year because one of my roommates had been to Lebanon and was a hummus junkie like me). But for the most part, I eat hummus.

Back to school. We had biochemistry and histology (written and practical) tests on Monday. They were hard and no fun at all. And again with the 8 to 5 testing? Come on, people. How am I supposed to get any therapeutic shopping done in five o'clock traffic?

I went to school at home yesterday. This is the best thing ever. I watched the podcasts of the lectures, but I could stop them to do a load of laundry or eat some more hummus. Apparently most M2s don't go to class but rather study this way. It has its appeal. The Nap Time portion of my school day was the best part. Surprisingly, they do not work that into the master schedule.

Today we had a few lectures, just like every day. We had an OB lecture scheduled, but the doctor was unavailable. Probably delivering a baby or something important like that. That just meant we could start our dissection early. Today was the gluteal region. Turns out, there is a lot of fat in that particular region. Not on me, of course, but I've heard other people call it a "problem area."

Oh, and speaking of fat! Zumba is way fun. I'm not as good at it as I thought, but I like the music and the dancing and the joy and laughter that it brings. Zumba is the sunshine and rainbows and unicorns of exercise. I will never try to force myself to run ever again. I can only DANCE!

I think that's all the exciting news for today. I'm going home (HOME!) this weekend, so I probably won't write again before next week. So until then, live life beautifully, because that's how God made it!