Week in review

One week down, a million more to go. I feel lulled into a sense of security because this week was kind easy. We're focusing on biochem and histology, classes I've had before. And thanks to Dr. Hillis's superb teaching, the histology is especially familiar. We've also had a class in military medicine, human context, and intro to clinical medicine. The military medicine class is like the last few weeks/months - the military is different from civilian world! Imagine that! Human context and clinical medicine are all about being nice, sensitive doctors. Great.

I have been studying every night. The first week is no time to slack off, or else you'll be behind all year. I even studied this weekend... I do not like biohcem at all, but I kind of enjoy studying histology.

In orienting myself to Bethesda news, the gate I had been using to get to the Commissary was closed last Sunday, so I wandered around until I found the main gate. Yay navigational skills!

My furniture came yesterday, and now my room smells like new furniture. Its so pretty! It's a little much for my little bedroom, but I don't care. It makes me a little sad though, that I'm still here alone, with no one to share with.

I need to study some more... Sadly.

A New Adventure

I thought I'd revive my old blog, since I am starting a brand new, super exciting adventure - medical school! As an added bonus, I've moved my very first real city, with a metro and a cutesy downtown and everything. Thankfully I know people from COT and Facebook, and we're exploring the city and surrounding area together.

We've just finished formal military inprocessing. I still need to finish up my medical readiness and assorted other things like our mail box. Next week is medical school orientation - safety briefings, tips on surviving, teaching us what everything means, and passing out books. Yay for free school.

Then we'll start class! I know we'll be busy, so I'm trying to get things done before then. I'm almost all moved in, I just need the store to deliver my furniture and my man to send me the drill, so I can have curtains up. I have most uniforms that I'll need, but I still need to buy the mess dress, which is uber-dressy and worn twice a year at most.

Like Ashley, I'm learning to navigate my new surroundings. Luckily, my apartment is pretty self-sufficient, laundry-wise, and there is a great gym downstairs. I've got the metro figured out pretty well, though I think I'm still going to drive to school since its faster. I've learned where the Commissary (not on the same base as where I go to school, helpfully enough), Target, and the mall are. The last two are down the street, the mall little more than a mile. There's also a little market across the street I can walk to for little things. I walk across the street to the metro and take it two stops down to get to downtown, where there are tons of restaurants to choose from. There are a few shops too, but I've mostly been down there for the food.

It's all pretty exciting. And I'm ready to work hard, but also to enjoy myself!