My birthday was spent attempting to study all morning (wasn't all that successful...it was my b-day after all!), and then I went out to dinner with a few of my friends from class. I got all dolled up for the occasion since all I seem to wear now are scrubs and athletic clothes. Here's a picture of us at BJ's for dinner...I'm waaay down at the end.
Thanks for all the birthday calls and wishes!
More tests and quizzes the next week. My mom came down here for the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend. We went out to lunch and went shopping together. It was nice to catch up and spend time not studying. :) Oh yes, that was the weekend of the attack of the bees. I'm not sure how they were getting in...through cracks in the walls, around the edges of windows/doors, the gap around the AC unit...who knows! All I know is that 36 bees managed to make their way into the apartment (mostly the living room and my bathroom) in one day...with the windows and doors shut all day. I found the source...a hole in the wall outside between the two levels...and alerted the office as to the issue, and the next day only 6 got in. They seem to be a thing of the past now, but I have yet to open my bathroom window again since their "hive" was right below it.
What else...it's been hot. Really hot. We finally started using the AC because we were literally getting sick from the heat. It would be more tolerable if it actually cooled off at night, but when it's 11 pm and still 82ยบ outside, you're not really going to need blankets!
Classes are going well, I suppose. There's a lack of communication between our Anatomy lecture and lab instructors, resulting in major confusion and no connection whatsoever between the lecture and lab and clinical skills. It's actually quite frustrating. It's making this term a lot harder than I feel it should be, because now instead of being all connected, you have 3x the amount of information to learn. And my grades are not as high as they were last term as a result, which is also frustrating. I'm just trying to make do and pass and try to learn everything as best as I can, which is all I can really ask of myself in this situation.
Modalities is going well...I got a 98% on the practical! :) We just learned about traction in lab...look at how long we made my neck! (Do not try this at home!)
We also did lumbar (low back) traction, which while you can't really breathe while you're hooked up, it produces glorious results. I am now a believer in traction...with the correct symptoms and qualifications, of course. :) We found out that our research project (the effectiveness of a relaxation video on sleep) will be in full swing starting July 1st, an will be finished 5 weeks after that. It's going to come up quick and be over fast too, which will stink while we're doing it, but will be wonderful when it's finished. Basically we'll have all our research finished in 5 weeks, and have until we graduate to write the paper...pretty sweet if you ask me!
This Thursday we're having the DPT Annual Sports Day, where we will compete against the other classes in "physical therapy" sports. (Crutch races, 3-legged races with gait belts, exercise/technique obstacle courses, etc.) I hope it cools off by then so that it will truly be a nice break from class.
I hope everyone is surviving the heat wave (those of you in So Cal)! Hope to see some of you soon, and enjoy Memorial Day (I think everyone gets it off)!
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