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Visiting Toronto: My Hometown

Back From Toronto and Back into School

It’s amazing just how fast a week flies by when you are having fun.

It’s Monday and my first day back at school after reading week. My reading week was pretty damn good. My parents had gotten me plane tickets to come visit them as a christmas gift. So I flew down on Porter Airlines.

Porter is awesome! I have been spoiled by flying with Porter, free snacks, free coffee, free wireless internet, free newspapers and I am pretty sure if I asked I would have received a free manicure from someone.

Once I landed in Toronto, it was non-stop visitation time. Every day I was meeting with at least three different people, on friday alone there was 5 people i had to meet up with. Next time I am heading to Toronto, I won’t e making any announcement about it. That way I can sped quality time with people. Some may not see me but I’ll get them on the next visit.

I am currently posting a video on youtube with some of the pics i took while in Toronto and will put the video up on here as well. School has started off as though there was no time off.

I am knee deep in readings, but they aren’t boring. We are required to read a few article on Roswell for the Philosophy class. I also have to pick a subject for my essay in that class Well i think that is all I really have to say right I am going to post that video now.

What made my week #8

One word: PASSING!

The exam was written on December 21st, and today (February 19th) I finally got my marks back. This time period waiting for the grades has been painful, as that exam was so incredibly intense. For weeks we had all been collectively freaking about these results, and with the associate dean telling us last week that large chunk of students had failed, very few of us had any confidence left.

Today I certainly breathed a huge sigh of relief (and then promptly continued reading two more chapters of a textbook). There’s one that’s certain, these four years will develop my mind, my skills and most importantly the “thickness” of my skin.

(Woo! I passed!)

I have an owy

I woke up this morning with a headache, and this seemingly innocent symptom has really shown me how my life, since med school, has completely changed (and will most likely not return to the way it was).

See before medical school, when waking up with a headache, I would have went through this sort of process: “ugh I have a headache. Need painkillers. I hate waking up with headaches, it’s stupid”.

Now this morning, this is the kind of internal monologue I had going: “ugh I have a headache. Why did I wake up with a  headache? There are a number of pathological reasons why one would have a waking headache, do I fit any of criteria? Ok, Renee, you’re mental, no you don’t have a subdural hemorrhage, it’s just a headache… But… if i do go through this list it’ll be good study…” <10 minutes goes by, and now sitting in front of my computer with school stuff in front of me> “shit I forgot to take something for my headache!”.

Just thought I would share that little gem with you guys

4 Days

So it’s Monday, the weekend was good and relaxing. I picked up a plastic model of the 1968 Ford Mustang from Bullitt. I am hoping to finish it before March.

It’s officially 4 day until i step on a plane and head to Toronto. I am getting more excited by the hour.

School today was interesting, I have organized a coffee social for mature students, it will take place every Tuesday at 6pm. I am also very excited to see how its going to go.

Sunday was the 7 month mark until “W” day! Not that I am counting. While Renee and I were out sunday morning i picked out some decorations for the big day. I think they look really good.

I don’t really have much more to say, but i am doing my best to keep them blogs rolling.

So until Next time.

What made my week #7

This week we were once again visited by the puppies!! Now 6-7 weeks old, they were much more energetic and pretty darned cute!! To see some pictures (and I think there might be a video in there too) click here.

Besides the puppies, my friend Beth and I practiced out IV and venipuncture skills.. yup, on each other. Not only do we look like a pair of heroin addicts, we are now getting (well, I think) pretty darned good at starting IVs. Our next victims are Keith and Beth’s fiance Ben. We’ve bribed them to be poked 10 time for $60 of comic book store “stuff”. It should be fun!

A Funny Little Film

Train Ride @Discoverynorthbay

Sunday Boring Sunday

The majority of the day I have spent my time with my face shoved into a text book, preparing for a microeconomics midterm on Monday. Basically we have 7 chapter to cover in 30 questions.

During my time of studying, I can honestly say that I am still not looking forward to this midterm. The subjects on this one are Monopolies (no not the game, if it was the game i might feel better), Oligopolies , Monopolist Competition, The Markets for the Factors of Production, Earnings and Discrimination, Income Inequality and Poverty. I question how these subject will be of any benefit to me in an accounting related career.

Renee and Beth went ice skating today, I decided to pass, but it sounds like they had fun.

I am taking a little break to post an update here, it’s kinda my way of making sure I at least post something here one and a while.

I am going to post an old video on here that I did when i was working at Discoverynorthbay. It’s a little video of a train ride, nothing super special about it other than it’s a model train and it goes through a tunnel!!!

Right, so I guess I should be getting back to doing things and studying.

11 days until I am in Toronto.

Cheers