What life has become...

Wow its been a while! Last time I posted was just before block 1 exams and all I want to recall about those two days is that I am done and I made it through.

After blocks we went out for dinner and swimming and just enjoyed not having 200 new slides to study from that day. Right as exams finished we also had our first Caribbean rainy season downpour and I don't think I have ever seen anything like it! It lasted about 10 minutes and then it was gone and we continued to enjoy the evening.

The next day we were right back to the grind and having finished lower limb we started on the upper limb, which thankfully, has many similarities to lower limb. Next up intrinsic muscles of the back and thorax.

My life here has become very routine and usually looks something like this:

6:45 Wake up
7:30 Leave for Class

Post Block Relaxation

8:00-10:00 Histology Starts
10:15-12:15 Gross Anatomy

12:15-1:00 Lunch

1:00 to 3:00 (OR 3:15 to 5:15*) Anatomy Lab
*depending on the week

Also on thursdays we have DPR (doctor patient relationship) for two hour in the alternate time to lab, the class is split in half for lab and DPR so we alternate times.

Then when I get home I usually try to get some studying in before making dinner. Then obviously more studying. Try to get to bed before 11:30 pm and get a decent nights sleep (apparently the key to survival here).

Contrary to popular belief there is time for fun in between trying to balance cramming the daily masses of information we are given and sleeping ... Mostly what you hear about when you are talking to someone in medical school is the hard work and how many hours they put into studying. Lots of times we will make dinner with each other (like homemade turkey lasagna YUM!) or spend time studying and drinking lots of Chai (Thanks R & A for this great addition! They make fabulous Chai from scratch and are teaching us the ways). Its important to take the time to get to know your peers and enjoy the people around you.

Time passes so strangely here because as of tomorrow I have officially been here one month but it feels like I have known the people here for so much longer.

Crabby Visitor

Hanging out at Scouts

Homemade lasagna with the boys