galvatraz

sunday afternoon (nearly a week ago), i moved down to galvy. not into my apartment but into a dorm to save some money before august. location wise, it is totally awesome. but as far as amenities go... there aren't any. i woke up sick the first morning there, and we've decided it is due to a mold allergy. i'm pretty sure there are globs of mold festering in the walls and window-unit a/c. galvy is ridiculously humid, and i'm sure that doesn't help matters! not to mention, the shower is lukewarm & lacking in water pressure. the carpet has unidentifiable stains. the key to my room is messed up and takes me at least a minute to unlock. i'm afraid to touch the walls/carpet/dresser/etc. but other than that ;)

ANYWAY, room aside, the week got off to a decent start! as expected, i've had the world's hardest time getting re-motivated to study. completely miss my study mojo! it probably didn't help matters that i was in a lethargic trance the entire week. initially i decided to trade out coffee for diet pepsi. complete & utter fail. the coffee maker will be going back with me on monday!

the best thing about going to UTMB is having the beach 2 blocks away. one afternoon, i just needed to detox a little, so i wandered down and strolled along the beach.

this is a view of UTMB from the beach. yes, it is THAT close!

i went to walmart one day this week, and i thought it was so fun that this was the view leaving. i love driving down the seawall!

but the REAL highlight of the week was GROSS ANATOMY! there are 4 students/cadaver which means lots of chances to cut! i made the first incision in my group, and it was awesomeeeee. i know that makes me sound like a crazy person, but using a scalpel is really cool. especially since you can't kill your patient ;). but craziness aside, it is really interesting to finally get to see structures that you had previously only read about in textbooks. like nerves. for some reason, in my head, i imagined nerves to be invisible. yep, totally wrong. and the best part is, we get to wear SCRUBS! and we have to wear name badges 24/7. it's weird. but makes me feel official, so i'm okay with it.

anyway, it has been interesting seeing what next year is going to be like. weird to think that i'm a grad student now. or even worse, a MEDICAL STUDENT. bahhhhhh.

steal of the day!

i have been shopping around for sandals for quite some time. unfortunately, everything i liked was over-priced or sold out in my size. last night i stumbled upon a link to a coupon at old navy. apparently oprah/old navy held a makeover show, and old navy was offering 50% off one regularly-priced item this weekend for the audience at home. well, i'm not part of the audience at home, but i printed off multiple coupons :) -- i headed over to old navy (first time in at least a year), and i found the super cute sandals i had been looking for!


i snagged this pair, originally $23, for $12-something. AND i had a $25 giftcard one of my sweet friends got me for my birthday. so i actually didn't pay anything!

naturally, i made my dad go back with me after dinner so i could get 2 more pairs! each of these came out to about $10.


so thanks to my giftcard + coupons, i only spent $10.79 for 3 pairs of sandals!!! - mission accomplished.

in other news,

• this week was awesome! wednesday i was able to have brunch with my friend monica. yesterday i had lunch with my friend emilie (shout-out!). and tomorrow my friend kate from oklahoma is coming to town! -- this is crazy social for me considering my friends are rarely in town!


• i'm moving to galveston in 8 days -- i'm attending a 6-week med school prep program. it is basically an overview of the first year's courses. i decided it would probably be a good idea to reaquaint my brain with the idea of studying. i'm already dreading sitting through lecture. after a year and a half of NOT studying, this will be a major shocker! but better now than august!


• my dad, sister, and i are officially headed to TURKEY in july! i'm so pumped! i really wanted to go to turkey when i studied abroad, but we didn't make it. we are going to spend one week in istanbul & one week on an island off the coast! so excited.

i hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

miserable monday

everything felt off today. my breakfast was gross, my target trip was a fail, my brownies were a flop, my throat feels funny, i poured lemonade all over myself before walking into work, I GOT PEED ON at work, a kid i was supervising got hit in the eye with a wii remote, and i managed to pour lemonade on myself AGAIN on the way out of work. and those are ONLY THE HIGHLIGHTS.

so instead of complaining, i'm going to laugh at myself and share a picture of the pee-incident. i had this 9 month old sitting on my lap, and i thought she suddenly felt warm, but i shook it off since she was obviously wearing a diaper. 5 minutes later, her mom picks her up, revealing this nice pee-puddle on my leg.

here's to a happier tuesday!