CFM week has come to an end

This week was the last of our two week CFM block. The first two days of the week were jam packed but the rest of the week was glorious. I slept in every day (I'm so spoiled now), had some time to catch up on TV, and just generally got to relax. I got some new jeans and almost got some boots, but they were very expensive, so I didn't try them on in fear of liking them! I also gave a mini tour of Ann Arbor with my friend Juan as part of my Admissions Ambassador duties on Thursday night, and afterwards I went upstairs to decorate some cupcakes like Minions from Despicable Me (although I havent actually seen the movie). Yesterday was our school wide Halloween party and I went as Rainbow Brite! I was so excited because I loved that cartoon, but no one knew who it was and that made me feel old. People thought I was just dressing up as a rainbow. The party was fun until my foot got stepped on my someone in a stiletto, and then I left because it hurt really bad. My friend and I went to get pizza, which was amazingly delicious, and then we went home. Today I slept in and I'll probably go out shopping with my friend sometime soon. Thats all folks!

Minion cupcakes!

Here's a bonus picture of the Chocolate Chip Banana Break Upsidedown Cake I made a few weeks ago. It was amazing!

5 Year Weekend

This past weekend was my five year reunion at Stanford. I can't believe it has already been five years! Being back on campus with all of my friends felt like we had never left, which was so bizarre. There was a food truck party, a class tailgate, the football game, and general hanging out fun. I missed the class party to go back to the easy bay to hang out with my family, but considering I was totally passed out by midnight and so so tired much earlier. I went to both the Stanford and Cal games on Saturday, which made for a lot of football. The Stanford game was great, but the Cal game was really sad. The team really doesn't look too great this year. I spent Sunday hanging out with my parents, hitting up the farmer's market and REI and downtown WC. Good times. Took the red eye back to Michigan and arrived this morning quite early. I slept from about 8am to 1pm and was worried that I wouldn't be tired enough tonight but I fell asleep during final jeopardy so I'm guessing all will be just fine.

Stanford's Main Quad 

Beating UCLA

With Poppy and Debbie at the game

Onto CFM

This weekend was full of a lot of studying for my Renal final and the Renal Pathology exam, followed by taking said exams. They were actually quite hard and I had to calm myself down in the middle of the main final because I started to get scared of what would happen if I failed. I did not even come close to failing though so that was great! Now we have two weeks of CFM which means open book exam and no crazy studying. I do have to do a full history and physical in the morning which is slightly terrifying because we havent done that in forever. I tried to look over everything tonight but I really wish I had a few more days. At least I will look like I'm greatly improved next week when we do it again (look for the positives, right?). After tomorrow my schedule is glorious for the next two weeks and I can't! This weekend features a trip back to California for my 5-year reunion at Stanford, some great football games, and I get to see my family and my puppies! Can't wait!

New Phone!

My new phone came today and I am so excited! I got a nice new Vera Bradley case and updated everything. Some things are just so weirdly fun and exciting. Besides that I got a lot done today. I sold both of our Michigan v. Indiana football tickets for when I go to California next week (yay!), I cancelled two mail accounts I've been meaning to cancel for a while, and the work on our condo is pretty much done minus a little paint. Good times!

Nothing too exciting

This weekend was quite nice, but the weather sucked and it poured. I had nothing to do so I got some sleep in days, went shopping (but didn't buy anything), had brunch with a friend, and watched some football. Michigan, Stanford, the Niners, and the Raiders all won, and as of tonight the A's are up and one game away from clinching the ALDS. Good times for my sports teams (sorry Cal). This week is our last of Renal and then two weeks of CFM with a glorious schedule which features many mornings off. I will gladly take extra sleep in days, thank you very much! Thats all really :)

A Few Days of Chaos and No Sleep

This week has been pretty crazy and most of my free time has been spent in urgent care and the ER. My sister got cellulitis in her foot/ankle and it got pretty bad so after a trip to urgent care and the follow up visit she was sent to the ER for 24 hours of IV antibiotics. The poor girl also had to suffer through FIVE attempts at IV placement before it was all set up for treatment. Crazy. This pseudo-admission (she just stayed in the ED since it was going to likely be less than 24 hours) also meant that I played chauffeur and food getter in between trying to sleep and get to class. I was happy to do it, but now that it is all over, BOY, am I exhausted! I can't wait for this weekend that is free of quiz and there will be plenty of time for relaxing and sleeping in and doing a whole lot of NOTHING (plus shopping). My sister is now fine and the IV antibiotics definitely helped a lot. Lets hope the new oral meds continue to get rid of the nasty bug. I only wish they had cultured it because I really want to know exactly what it is! Now it time to watch a tiny bit of TV and hit the hay for a hopefully long nights rest. Whew!