I'll get the boring housekeeping agenda out of the way first.
1)Cardio Renal Pulm/ Primary Care Skills/ CRIBS/ OMM: You'll be pleased (Heck, I AM PLEASED) to know I survived finals. By survived I mean I passed them. And yes, even this super extra medium mediocre barely-hanging-on-by-her-70s student got an A. One little wimpy A in a sea of C's and B's, but an A nonetheless. Proof that no matter how many nails you chew off with anxiety, how many gunnerisms you hear in class that make you want to punch your colleague, how many intimidation jedi-mind tricks are executed before an exam, or how simpleton you feel in contrast to those around you that seem to pump out 80s/90s like eggs from chickens on steroids...you, yes even you, most certainly you, can catch a break once in a while and look like you know what you're doing.
2)Anatomy Teaching Assistant: I'm doing it. Catch me on the 6th floor skinning people once in a while and pointing to nerves hoping they aren't arteries. Also if you have questions about the cadaver that lyeth before you (this is mainly a PSA for our incoming PA Students), don't hesitate to inquisition the crap out of me. I'll bestow what little and ironic wisdom I have.
3)Existential Crisis: I have nothing to do. I babysat my Professor's chickens and German shorthaired pointer for 3 days. I slept in. I MADE STEAK. Actually that's an outright lie, I ate the steak that someone else made for us. I picked berries from the garden like I was a gatherer of the Paleolithic era. I went to the gym without notes. I visited my first drive-through beer distributor. I WATCHED HULU JUST BECAUSE I COULD. Then I read Cosmo so that I could lose some brain cells and not even feel bad about it.
Then I realized (for real-real realized) I am out of school. With no agenda. (work sort of counts). But I don't have to use my brain beyond the scope of pointing and identifying for people learning Anatomy. I DON'T NEED MY BRAIN! I'M SO SO SO SO SO SO HAPPY!
This post predominately provides proof (alliteration-train!) that I am alive, not drowning any academic miseries in a sea of calories or the Delaware River (I do that regardless, usually celebratory. Lies-I do that daily. At breakfast. Dinner.)
It also sets an interesting precedent for summer "adventures" that may or may not be of interest to you. I've never not had anything to do before. I've never just lived of the land. So you'll have to excuse how potentially eccentric there posts could evolve into over the next couple months. Also, should you have questions about school, logistics, moving here, blah blah blah, don't hesitate to contact me. Obviously, I have markedly too much free time.
4)CANADA: Yea yea yea, it's not as exciting as Brazil or Honduras or Ecuador or whatever. But I couldn't venture too far from Anatomy TA business and I have a 3 day vacation with limited funds.
So I'll be heading to Toronto tomorrow! Don't ask me what I'm going to do because...I have no idea! I booked a hostel on a whim and I take a 10 hour bus-ride tomorrow overnight. This is part of my annual Veronica-Sabbatical, where I typically go rogue for a couple days (or weeks) and go stare off into space and intimidate another culture/country of sorts. It's also nice just to be away from Philadelphia for a minute, even if it's not as exotic as I'd like.
If I wake up in a bathtub immersed in ice cubes with some vital organs missing, you know what happened. Please alert the US Embassy. Although I can't imagine Canadians trying to steal and sell pieces of my body without at least being a little polite about it. "Do you want something to drink while I take our your kidneys, eh?" "Nice weather today, eh? Do you think it would be a problem if I were to maybe yank out yer' liver?"
5)So many pictures. I decided to be marginally social after our exam for our final PEP.
Mainly I just wanted to make a bunch of "I'm on a Boat" puns with related captions on facebook. Consider it a success. I've included them below as evidence that I see the light of day once in a while and that my friends are not imaginary.
Au revoir! See you in a few days with hopefully all of my intestines intact!
xoxo, V
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| Hung is dead. |
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| CRIBS Love Part I. |
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| CRIBS love part II. |
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| my best friends are awkward. we go well together. |
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| you can high-five Alec for putting us On a Boat. |
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| Never Let Go....Whoever you are. |
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| Pulmonics Love Part I. |
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| Pulmonics Love Part II. |
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| Mark becoming extra-creepy. |
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| The Dom Father. |
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| Half-smile Kyle. |
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| I just...I don't. |
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| This is my summer. Every day. All the time. |
