deep breath, everybody

Okay. So. Here's what's been happening:

1. Lots of tests. Lots of studying. More tests. More studying.
2. Last test. Gross lab. Home.
3. Cookie dough. Memoirs of a Geisha. Lots of deep breathing.
4. Shopping.
5. No studying.
6. Panic because I haven't been studying and don't know anything about anything.
7. Furious studying for about a day.
8. Mental shutdown. Hummus. Cookie dough.
9. Thanksgiving!!

After a few weeks of what seemed like interminable studying/test cycles, we finally got a break. I have thus far used this break to restore my mental capacity, panic about school, and lose mental capacity all over again. Now I have reached that dangerous place where all I can think about is going home for Thanksgiving and taking lots of naps.

Lately we've been studying hematology in our physiology class, which I find incredibly interesting. First of all, physiology is just awesome. It's biological engineering in practice! I see graphs and equations and it makes me happy (and hearing the panicked whimpers of my biochemistry-major classmates makes me giggle a little). But secondly, hematology (the study of blood) is quite fascinating. I guess this is a good sign, because if I do an oncology fellowship in the future (many, many years in the future), it will most likely be a combined hematology/oncology fellowship. Plus, the new professor is a BE grad from State, so of course he is the best around. That's just how we roll.

Tomorrow I'm going home for Thanksgiving. Here's what I predict will happen: studying gross, studying biochem, reading Vogue, eating turkey and other deliciousness, taking naps, playing with a skull, hanging with the family, and more naps. Except for the studying, which will probably be minimal anyway, it's going to be a good week.