Yeah...so.....school started and caught me off guard a bit. I weighed my options (of studying/prepping for the first week and going to San Francisco/Vegas) and picked the obvious choice. I don't know why I assumed they'd just teach it to me in class like they did in nursing school when I was naughty and didn't prep for things. Which happened frequently. Well....SURPRISE! I "showed up" to my first two hour lecture online and we blew through the materials and the teacher was like, "Okay then, great, anyone have any questions about anything???" and I was all, "........"
Bottom line: I got behind. Which apparently is a no no in grad school (or at least this program), so I have be working feverishly to catch up (hence my absence). Progress report? Well, I'm getting there. I have an exam in a week and a half, so I have no choice but to get there. Positive thinking! :D (We'll see if I'm still smiling a week from Thursday).
Blog-worthy things that have happened since I last saw you.....hmmmmm......okay. I know there are more than two, but I have to get back to studying sometime today.
(1) Cooking. I've been cooking more delicious from-scratch foods. This little baby is my answer to a serious spanakopita craving (minus the phyllo): spanakopita lasagna! It wasn't half bad (and fed us for a week and a half). Recipe found here (I subbed whole wheat pasta noodles)!
(2) The unlucky (yet fun) weekend. Christian is the president of the Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) and his club is really stepping it up and providing a ton of cool activities/opportunities for the students. First biggie of the semester was the EMIG-Palooza campout! They planned a really great trip to Fossil Creek and planned to have EM residents from Maricopa Medical Center join us to talk about EM residencies/EM in general. Cool right?! Ahem. Well, wouldn't you know (after a DEATH summer of 110 degree temperatures, NO rain, and dust storm after dust storm) that as we were headed up I-17 North, the rain started. And continued. It looked pretty ominous and we found out after a 10 mile trek down a dirt road (way to go, little Civic) the road was a little uncrossable (at least by our little Civ). [Camping photos are a combo of mine and Cori Breslauer's]
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| Beginning to look ominous.... |
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| And then comes the rain... |
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| And there went the road... |
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| A large group of medical students trying to figure out what to do. |
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| Poor little Civic. |
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| The boys were exploring while we waited for the tow truck. I told them to pose and apparently I got their album cover. |
Eventually, we made it to camp which was already under way. Everyone had a really nice time!
Next day: Since we were ripped off at Fossil Creek, we were on the hunt for water. So naturally, a 2 mile death hike was the activity of the day. Super steep but totally beautiful hike down and eventually we find water! Viesa was a champion hiker/climber. We decided that she's part mountain goat.
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| Basking her royal-self in the sun. |
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| It looks shallow because it WAS shallow. Sheesh. |
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| Christian, ignoring his paranoid wife. I salute you, sir. |
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| One of the residents, setting a good example. |
Then, as we were hiking towards some deeper water, we were walking over some loose rocks and I sprained my dang ankle. Like pop, oops, that didn't sound right. Again, blerg. I have very loose ligaments (my elbows and thumbs do abnormal things) and I've always been prone to a good ankle sprain. Haven't really had one since I was playing soccer in high school, but alas. Luckily, despite being 2 miles down an extremely steep canyon, I was hiking with (you guessed it) Emergency Department docs. Frankly, there is no better crowd to injure yourself around. I was assessed (Nothing broken! Yay!) and taped up in a jiffy. Horrified at the thought of some wilderness rescue folks having to hike down and take me out on a gurney, I decided to hike back up with Christian and Jeff. Slowly. We had someone else take Vies up and eventually we all made it out alive.
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| One of Vies' new hiking buddies who took her back up for us. |
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| All of us. :) |
Despite the numerous disasters, we actually had a really fantastic time. The company was great and I'm proud of Christian for having a hand in organizing such a cool event for his fellow students.
All of this past week has involved trying to catch up in school (which seems like a game I just can't win) and this:
Hopefully after the first exam I can catch my breath. The next two weeks I'll be in Tucson off and on to stay at my parents' house with my brother while they're on their 25th Anniversary cruise to Alaska! Christian and I have cruised Alaska with his family and it is SO MUCH FUN. I'm really excited for them; they totally deserve it. In said two weeks, I'll be studying my pants off, as well as attending the FIRST COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON! Yes, that deserved all caps. We. Love. College. Football. And we love that my parents have season tickets! Ahhh...it's that time of year again. :)
Also, a certain handsome husband has a birthday coming up in a few weeks, so stay tuned for those shenanigans as well.
I hope this finds all of you well and less stressed than I am. :)
Love and doggy kisses,
Ash & Vies
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