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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EXAMS!

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Very very uncool!

Saturday morning, 10am and they'll all be over! Until then... well it's one of the worst weeks of my life I think! Stressful to the extreme.

Speaking of which I need to STOP procrastinating and actually learn some Public Health!

Gargh.

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*yawn*

I've been here for a month so far, and it's gone so quickly! I can't even recount all of the random nights out I've had. This probably explains why I am so tired! Currently limping around due to a massive bruise on my knee from where I fell over during Seven-Legged last night. Our team found it a little hard to cooperate, mostly due to the fact that our heights ranged from around 6 ft to 5 ft 2!

We were dressed as the Seven Deadly Sins :) Phil lived up to his Wrath name :P Tom wanted to order pizza so I guess thats gluttony (although he didn't actually eat tea). Rebecca went home fairly early so maybe that shows sloth... Millie was a little bit jealous of the people staying at home for her envy! As far as I'm aware, Chris didn't show any greed though, Chris wasn't that vain, and I didn't feel any Lust. But it was funny. There was plenty of banter material too :P

There's a lot less set work than I expected. Therefore, none of us (me and my friends -- they're great :)) have actually got around to doing some work. I'm considering doing some now actually. I was going to have a snooze but then I won't be able to get to sleep tonight.

GP visit tomorrow!! Exciting stuff.

Right. Possible sleep then MBM. Woo.

I might write another random post somewhen!

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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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