Halfway there...

So maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I just realized that I am exactly half way through the fall term. I'm still hanging in there one stinkin' exam at a time. I might as well suck it up 'cause it only gets harder from here on out. Winter registration is next week and I have to get my mind set and ready for Antepartum, Postpartum and newborn care, and community assessment. The bad news is that this will probably be another difficult term. But I'm trying to keep my optimism up and focus on the good news-not only do I get my midwifery classes back but I've almost got my first year under my belt. (Yay!) Just gotta get through pharmacology, primary care, and health promotion. 6 weeks to go...I can make it!

Warning!

Being a graduate student should come with a warning label, like a bad drug or something- "Warning! Stressed grad student ahead! Approach with caution! Student is constantly exhausted and any distraction is met with hostility. Avoid stupid phrases like "You're studying again?" or "You're reading a book its not a big deal"and my personal favorite "I know you're busy but I need help". Why is it that the very people you rely on for support are the very people who give the least? I'm so exhausted that I can barely think straight and it doesn't help that I'm barely hanging on by a thread in my classes. Let me tell ya its a thin line between passing and failing and that line gets thinner the closer you get to an 80. I read something yesterday that pretty much stated that the people who help others are the ones who need help themselves but won't ask for it. If nothing else my journal for my health promotion class is showing me that I need to take time out for me. So I've decided to declare next month "NO"vember. For the entire month I am going to exercise my right to just say "no". It you're not dying its going to have to wait. Its sad that someone who lives for helping others has to go to such extremes to get my sanity back but I need to or cranky grad student will turn into something mimicking that little girl in the exorcist. :) And on that happy note-"Happy Halloween!"

Getting there...slowly

So its week 3 (I think-all the days are blurring together!). I have nothing profound to say...all my "profoundness" is being saved for these 2 huge papers/essays I'm currently working on. I'm still overwhelmed and that constant feeling of being behind makes me feel guilty when I take 5 minutes to surf facebook or check my email. The good news I guess is that I'm slowly starting to settle in. I guess I was under the impression that the classes would build towards these huge assignments like previous classes, instead of just throwing them at you the first few weeks in. It sucks. Plain and simple. But I'm trying to keep my head above water and remember that I'm now less than a year away from starting clinicals. So enough with my rambling...back to work I go!