moving along

'Speak to me, when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through'

i like that new song by the all american rejects: "move along"... its got a good beat and a good message... check it out- (the CD version you can DL from ares is much better than the radio version)...

things are going well... i've been studying as much as i ever have for a therapeutics test (i guess this is officially my 1,2,3,4,5,6,7th! therapeutics test so far..!)... today is day 13 that i've been cramming for this thing... its over HIV/AIDS, antivirals, fungal infections, febrile neutropenia (so like when you have a fever and your White Blood Cell count- a marker of your immune function- is low), STDs, Biological/Chemical Warfare treatment, tuberculosis (TB is so much easier to write)... thats about it... so after this test we'll be done with everything that is infectious- which is great... this has been the hardest class i've had to take so far--i guess ever?... i think i'm gonna pull this last test out and do ok... i for one am glad that we only really need to know about 20% of what we're responsible for on the test when it comes to actual community practice... but its nice to know that stuff in case anyone ever did actually hand me a presciption pad and a diagnosis and ask me to treat someone-- but i dont see that happening too soon.
but yeah... this is the toughest time of the semester... this is the time of the year when i have to lock myself in my room and study until i wish i could be doing anything but that... but yeah, i know one day i'll look back and say "man... that was really a pretty good time"... but i think that could be said about a lot of things-- might as well try to enjoy it all just so you don't have those kinds of regrets, right? i'm looking forward to the summer-- i've secured a job at a rite aid down here (that i've never actually BEEN to... i should probably check that out!)... their P-3 pay is pretty compeditive and i hear they are pretty flexible-- i wish this was like bryan tells me law school is where his summer jobs are basically paying him like 75% of what he'll actually make when he gets out--- i think i'd much prefer that, not that i'm saying i'd really deserve it... i think it'll be nice here in memphis-- i'll have the house basically to myself all summer, with a couple of exceptions... i'm planning on going on a couple of DCI shows --(josh and jesse, you guys really need to come to MTSU this year, it was a blast last year and it will be just as good this year)... that and a church trip and a family trip to the mountains should keep me pretty busy-- ok thats all i got right now... getting kinda tired... i took another 20 seconds off my 3 mile time... so thats good-- i'm actually in the ballpark of how fast i used to run... i'm still making progress and that makes me happy, but much to my dismay the scale still tells me i weigh the same, and i guess thats fine because i've been maxing out the pushups and situps and i know i've gained some muscle... so i guess i'm losing fat if it says i weigh the same... sure is frustrating... i've got several friends here ("P-1s") who only know the fat version of me... i've told them that i'm not really like that, even backed it up with pictures, but i still think they probably think of the current version of me as "normal" which is funny for me to think about... i think i'll be back to semi-normal by august... so that'll show'em..... i just never would have thought "normal" would require so much work... oh well!- there has been definite progress made and i'm not one to quit when the getting gets tough... so here i go..

i recently decided i liked this girl in pharmacy school- and it didnt really work out so well, but thats ok, i'm cool- no big deal... i kinda wish she didnt feel the need to dodge me now (isnt that my job?), but it doesnt matter... i'm like Magellin i'm SOOOO gellin- ha!

-- also here is a picutre i just took of me trying to look either scary or scared... or angry? perhaps happy? i cant tell-- you be the judge... i really need to shave... (yeah i know i do)