Passed The Basic Sciences

I passed my classes. I get to go back to America. My nerves were all in a jumble until I found out, and when I did, I couldn't process it. I get to go back to a wondrous (though greatly flawed) country. No more anxiety over whether I get to make it back. No more second-guessing every performance here.

Unfortunately, one of my good friends here failed a class, and it is being decided whether he will get to retake the class or be expelled from medical school, since he has failed a class before.

Pokemon Go came out, and I've been playing that. But of course, the island gives us no pokestops nearby where we have wifi. So we are going into town on Friday to see if we can find wifi near a pokestop.

I became CPR certified yesterday. Not too difficult.

I have an interview on Saturday to discuss where I'm doing my clinical rotations. We're supposed to come up with an elevator pitch.

I'm going scuba diving for the first time on Sunday.

And, of course, I'm studying for the COMP, the leave-the-island-forever exam. I'm pretty sure that I'll fail, but I'm obviously trying to avoid that.

I'm also, umm, actually seeing dating as a real possibility for the first time in my life. I mean, not that real, but more real than it's ever been before. But meow I've become this person that I think is the one I've been trying to be. I didn't want to date until the worst of school and my own issues were dealt with, but meow I think I may be closer to that point. It is strange.

Just A Wee Lil' Itsy Bitsy Bit Of An Update

Ah, a month since my previous post. Such is the way of the blog.

Yesterday was Independence Day. Unfortunately, I had poor internet, so I was unable to watch a patriotic movie. Shockingly (at least to me), patriotic movies can make me get misty-eyed. Like, I love God more, but I've never had to hold back tears when interacting with Him. Something about America...

The grade for the exam I was most worried about has been posted, and it is lovely. I've got a low B in the class I was more worried about, Pathology II, which means that I only have to make a 30 on the finals to pass. That's good because the final includes content from Pathology I, and I barely passed that class (Pharmacology took up the bulk of the time there). The grades for the other class, ICM (Introduction to Clinical Medicine I think), will hopefully be posted soon.

Lectures finished last week. We are left with required attendance in class from 8 AM to 4:40 PM (with an hour off for lunch) during which we quietly study by ourselves. Of course, my studying is done in a hammock in class, so sleep is also an important part of this time.

All that to say that I'm just about (not quite but mostly nearly) in the clear. I will soon need to think about life in America again. And honestly, having lived away for this long, I'm not looking forward to all of it. Racism, sexism, and xenophobia are still real in America, especially in the South; I would know.

Oh, I also participated in the talent show here again. I'm so much stronger and more flexible than I was when I first made the dance routine. I need to add more to it 'cause it's too easy.

Also, karaoke every Saturday until I leave the island.