Friday, September 13, 2013

Lovin' It


First two weeks are over and I’m… well… exhausted! It was a lot of fun getting to know the campus and my classmates and generally just getting a taste of the real thing. I absolutely loved to meet the second year students. They are the light at the end of the tunnel. It means they survived first year and are not missing any limbs nor have gone crazy. They are actually very excited about starting second year and going on placements soon. We were all assigned a second year buddy during the summer and they together put an amazing welcome week for us including a BBQ on Friday night. They even prepared a little gift bag for us, which I thought was amazing! I got a bag that says “MIDWIVES help people out!”,  a nurse’s watch, a key chain and a bunch of post-exam candy.

Note on the picture that my post Life Sciences exam candy has already been partially consumed. Much appreciated after our first 3 -hour Life Science class. It's so much material covered in classes and not enough time to go over it all and organize my notes during the weekend. Each week is getting more challenging and procrastination is not an option. I’m not overwhelmed yet, just tired. Extremely tired! I think my body needs to get used to waking up early, sitting on uncomfortable chairs all day and then studying till bed-time. I already got sick on my second week of school. I don't know if I'm so tired because I got sick, or if I got sick because I'm so tired. So, with all that in mind I have a feeling that posts here aren’t going to come as often as I had planned (sorry!), but I will make an effort of writing at least once a month. If you don’t hear from me for a while, you know it’s because I’m swamped in school work. In spite of all the tiredness, I'm lovin' it!