Its been awhile since i've blogged, and this may be my first post ever on a weekday. I would be unwise to fail to mention before I get to the day at how fantastically awesome Thanksgiving and Christmas were! I got to go home and visit lots of family and friends and it was so much fun! I loved sitting around chatting, playing games and laughing with each other! I even got to spend alot of time with the girl i've been dating the last few months, Makenna Barton! I intend to post some pictures and describe the specifics of christmas then...so when my camera arrives in the mail and I have some time, i'll do that.
As per my family, and anyone else who is interested (I won't be offended if you're not), I'm going to try to post more frequent, short entries of my day to day activities here in Iowa and hopefully I don't get carried away and take away from my precious study time doing it. :) I woke up to snow and cold temperatures this morning and got to class at 8 am, which was a first for the new year. Lately i've been sleeping in and listening to the lectures on mp3 at double speed, hoping that would save time. It was good to wake up and get there on time especially since the Dean of the medical college was lecturing on thyroid cancer. Interesting fact from that lecture: the most common thyroid cancer, papillary cancer, has the best prognosis(90% survival) of the 5 or so cancers you can get. Next lecture taught by a funny German guy who I sometimes had a hard time understanding with his accent. He talked about the thyroid and parathyroid's role with Calcium. Interesting fact from his lecture: If the body is low on calcium, the Parathyroid releases the parathyroid hormone and it resorbs calcium from the bone to raise your blood calcium level. I used the next few hours to study for the ethics exam this afternoon, which turned out to be easy! I guess that means i'm an ethical person. ;) After owning almost every challenger in ping pong in the ritual after test tournament, I spent the rest of the day preparing for the upcoming endocrine exam on wednesday. I did take a few breaks to use the Wii (it helps with my future surgical skills;) ), and read the Scattered Suns, book 4 in the saga of the seven suns. Tomorrow I will be studying all day for the endocrine exam...don't be jealous of me...I know you are! But the most exciting news of the day: Brad and I worked out a way that i'll be flying to Milwaukee to spend the MLK Jr weekend with him! I'll keep you posted on how this turns out.
Lastly, the CES fireside with President Monson last night was fantastic!! If you didn't see it, get a copy of the transcript!
3 comments:
Thanks for sharing! I actually read it...I'm going to read more faithfully also. That studying sounds exciting. Also about the calcium & the parathyroid....how much calcium should you be taking since you don't drink milk, etc. How do you know if you're getting enough? Enjoy your day...I'm not jealous but think it's cool all that you're learning...Thanks again for sharing. How do you spell Makenna again...I was thinking Mackenna???? Love ya, MOM
I'm definitely interested! I need to keep updated on those lectures...I like your interesting facts that you shared. I also understand about the precious study time. I'm taking 20 credits this semester, excluding my online Human Anatomy class....so if I have questions I might bombard you.
Mom- Thanks for reading! The daily requirement for calcium is 1000mg per day. I started supplementing my calcium last year and take 1200 mg a day along with vitamin D and fish oil(getting my omega 3's). I also eat my fair share of string cheese, etc to make up for it. Makenna is spelled Makenna. :) I'm looking forward to your blog!
Chelsea- Its good to hear from you! 20 credits is alot of work! And with that online class you must not do anything but study! ;) I'll do my best to keep it updated! I'm glad you liked the interesting facts!
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