Halfway through first year!

Okay, so I know for sure now that I am AWFUL at keeping a blog. It has been five months since I last posted. I didn't even have a post for the start of medical school and now I'm already almost half-way through my first year. I have been very busy though (I know that's not an excuse).

Quick recap of the last five months:

-Started medical school. Orientation week was way too long and the "White Coat Ceremony" seemed to strangely resemble a graduation ceremony - I felt I was being congratulated for not doing anything yet!

-First quarter: lots of studying done, wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, probably because I had just reviewed most of these subjects in the post-bac program and during the summer prep course. My school is weird and doesn't do anatomy the first year. All we did was basic science (immunology, biochemistry, etc.). Found myself falling mostly in the middle of the curve except for immunology where I surprised myself by getting 100% on one of the midterms. Wow. I'd be amazed if that ever happened again. We also did some pharm and some "how to be a good doctor" classes

-Started to solidify a good group of friends at school, not much of a study group but mostly people that I enjoy hanging out with

-Most importantly: got engaged and then married within three months. Never expected to be a married woman before the end of my first year in medical school. My husband is crazy for taking on the responsibility of being a doctor's spouse. But I'm happy and I hope that he will not get tired of me being so busy all the time. Right now, I'm trying my best to spend as much time with him as possible since I can control more of my schedule compared to the schedules we have in rotation years.

-Started the second quarter of classes. Mostly physiology and more pharm. Still learning "how to be a good doctor" by learning interviewing skills. I feel bad for the students who don't have good people skills.

Anyway, that's just a quick recap. So far, I'm enjoying medical school as much as I can. I've actually never been a big fan of school and studying in general so it's good that I'm still positive about the experience. I've recently found that I have no motivation to go to lectures because they start at 8am (I'm not a morning person), but I'm not alone because the few times that I have gone to lecture I've only seen about 20% of the class there. Sometimes it's just better to go through things on your own at home.

Sorry about the choppiness of this post. I just wanted to get something down because I saw how pathetic my blog looked...like it had been abandoned or something.