It's Gonna Be a Rough Week

What does this week entail?
Exam 4 Neuroanatomy
Standardized Patient History Interview
Rural Medicine Position Interview
Health Fair Thursday Friday Sunday and Monday
Cardiac Physiology 2 Quizzes for fun
and
Everything else a usual week entails.
But I am thankful, because I have a great study buddy.

Study Breaking

Back to Business

Now off to bed.

While studying the Dural Venous Sinuses

Quick story about the autopsy I participated in a few days ago.

The autopsy was for a male.

Dr. K:  Look inside here Jon and you can see the uterus (Joke).
(Referring to the bladder, which was full)
Dr. K takes a needle and syringe to collect some urine for toxicology.
Jon: Is there a reason why the urine is that color?
Dr. K: Have you ever  peed before?
Me:  He sits down to pee so he never actually sees it.

The real reason I came to take a break from the dural venous sinuses was to laugh at myself. I see a picture someone posts and jealous that I haven't been to the spot of the picture and then feel crappy about being tied down to school.

Then I remember my trips I have been, South Dakota, Outer Banks, Pictured Rocks, Boston, Rainbow Acres, Hawaii, Alaska for 17 weeks, North Dakota hunting, Costa Rica, England, France, Canada, Mexico, San Diego, Canada  I shouldn't feel so bad.

Am I crazy?

Back to Frank Netter's Altas of of AHHHHHH.

Who Called

I shouldn't be writing this because I should be sleeping or studying or trying to keep my anxiety levels low enough I don't have a melt down again.

These last few months have been hard and my wife has kept me going, God put her here on earth not to serve me but to hold me up and let me cry on her shoulder when I stare into the gaping maw of failure, which has yet to come, but it's always dripping down the back of my neck.

Why am I doing this?

God has called me to do this and he doesn't call us to do things we can't, but he does call us to do things we can not do by ourselves, I know who he sent to help me.  He sent whoever reads this, you can pray, but you probably don't want me breaking down on you. My wife takes care of that.

Back to who called.

I told one of my fellow students after class that God had called us to this, and that we will get through, and she agreed.  The professor nearby asked what I meant.  I told him that I wouldn't want any part of what I am doing if I knew God had not called me. I told him that I didn't feel like my country had called me to this and that I did not feel like I was doing this for my country.

We had just finished a lecture on feeding behaviour and obesity.  He asked me if I was sure my country hadn't called me and after little thought I knew he was right.

I'm on my way to serve my neighbors and those who live in this country.

My father served in Vietnam, and I will serve here at home.

I know it is not the same, but I have always looked up to him for the time he spent in the Marines.

The Sweet Smell of Success

I recently tried to replicate making ginger ale.  My first attempt was literally under the supervision of a doctor, because the person who showed me how to make it is a doctor.  I am proud to say that it turned out to be spectacular.

Even my friend who makes real beer liked it.

However, my wife told me I have to limit my ginger ale intake next time I make it because after I sat on the pot she complained of a distinct ginger aroma seeping from the bathroom.

7,000,000,001

That's right seven billion and one.

The wife and I are officially contributing to the overpopulation of this fine planet. We of course plan on raising this rat to be just like us and just like our parents. Most people say they will never do what their parents do, but we both get along great with our parents.  They are actually some of the best friends we have.  I think this is a result of taking responsibility for our lives and not blaming our parents for doing anything but trying to raise us the best they could.

I also know that even if we decided to send our kid to montessori school it still counts as overpopulation, but hey everybody is doing it.

We found out that we were going to be parents after the first week in Kodiak this summer, but we didn't want to tell our parents over the phone. So we had to wait eight weeks before returning to the motherland before telling our parents.  We lined our parents up under the premise that we wanted pictures for our blog, which was true. While I took the picture the wife counted down 3-2-1-I'm pregnant!!!

First up were my parents:

OOOOhhh!

Then the wife's parents.

Ahhhhh!

Notice that of both sets the female is most excited.  This is because they are thinking about all the clothes they can dress the little doll in. 

Just a few days later we received pictures of this UFO inside my wife.  

Your Name Here

Don't ask me is we know what it is because we don't know. We'll tell you after the wife passes it.  Who would want to ruin the surprise anyway?

Kodiak Blues

The time has come to leave.  

It's bittersweet.

This year was awesome because of the counselors, the leadership and the campers.  The weather was much nicer this summer too.  I remember leaving last summer and feeling like I did not do nearly as much as I wish I had.  This summer the wife and I climbed several mountains, went backpacking and skiff camping on two different island.  We also did a lot of other things, but we both still feel like there is so much more we could have done. 

I guess part of growing up is realizing you can't do it all.

We have been touched by so many people this summer and I was finally able to see why Sonya always raved about living in the Foreman Jones Society. 

I will make this promise Kodiak, I will be back someday and I won't be alone. 

More Fun

My wife invited me to go walking at fort Abercrombie.

While we were walking I started grumbling about the speed at which she was going.

I told her that we were walking not hiking.  Then she told me that she had invited me hiking, when she really invited me to go walking.

Who was right is debatable, that doesnt' matter.

My complaint was that I was trying to take the day easy.

She said she didn't know why it was such a big deal because we didn't do anything yesterday except for climb a mountain.

Yeah, I guess she was right we didn't do anything.....except climb a mountain.