Hellooooo summer!

SO I didn't really use this blog in my first year at medical school. Too busy trying pushing the cliche "Work hard, play hard" to its limits!

Results came through today, and I'm on a first overall, which makes up for the horrendous amounts of stress I tend to get during exam time. Apparently I'm also rather good at the slightly useless subjects, ie, Communication Skills and Public Health. Still, it seems I was also good at the coursework, which I'm hoping gives a positive prediction for dissertation writing! Anatomy was my worst of this round, and HDT my worst overall.

So my summer is now stretching out in front of me, revision free! I currently have very few plans, other than somehow get a job, and go to Reading Festival at the end of August.

My life has changed so much during this year. In the first blog post, I talk about the dreaded long distance relationship. Unfortunately, my (now ex-) boyfriend decided it was too much of a strain. We were together for over 3 years. Of course, finding out he cheated on you puts a different shine on the past, but ... well yes. Let's not go there here :) Seeing him tomorrow.

I also was dreading the blood tests necessary during the first week. I was right too; it took a good hour for me to finally let them stick that needle in my arm. Now, I feel somewhat like a blood test pro, as I've had A LOT of blood tests this past year. There are upsides to suffering from glandular fever and iron-deficient anaemia: my needle phobia is almost completely banished. This means I'm not dreading learning how to take blood in a few years time quite so much.

The friends I have made are amazing, and I'm going to miss them so much over the next few months!!!

I am looking forward to catching up with my Basingstoke friends though. Going to a bar with some of them tonight, good times.

Currently both my Nans are ill, one of them having just suffered a M.I. when on holiday in Switzerland (frustrating as we can't visit her), and the other one just getting to the point where her body is giving up I think. Visited her today, and it was a bit depressing :(

My current obsession is with McDreamy from Grey's Anatomy. I love that program. I also love understanding bits of it; there was a guy with Marfan's, and me and my best friend pretty much predicted his aorta problems, and got a bit too excited about it :P

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Sooo... Moving to Nottingham and turning 19 tomorrow...!!!

This feels seriously weird. Tomorrow I'll be travelling to Nottingham, to move into Cripps Hall, and begin my life as a medical student. Not only that, I turn 19.

I can't sleep, I feel nauseous and I'm really rather emotional.

Technically, I should be feeling excited -- meeting new people isn't a massive issue for me, on the contrary, I rather enjoy it. It's the saying goodbye I'm dreading. Having a long-distance relationship is going to be difficult.

I'm excited about my course. But nervous about the various injections / tests I have to undergo during my first year or even week! Hopefully I'll be OK. I can do blood tests.

Tomorrow is going to be pretty stressful; I'm barely packed at the moment. So I had better try and get some sleep.

I wonder if I'll actually use this blog...

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