Anatomy, how do I love/hate thee

WELL

I got my MCAT score

and I decided not to tell anyone...except like 3 people. But it was the national average of accepted people. so if you really want, and you assume I got my info from the same place you're looking, you could figure it out.

It's not bad (it being the average) I would have appreciated it a little higher (seeing how I'm trying to get into med school here) but it's ok. My mom suggested taking it again...I'm not sure how I feel about that just yet. Another "we'll see".

I am currently taking a break (and by break, I mean, I'm finished for the night and for some reason not going to bed yet) from studying for my anatomy lab practical.

this class is the best and worst ever

best because ...well, it's anatomy, and in a sort of masochistic way I LOVE being forced to learn anatomy. and worst because that includes memorizing the origin, insertion, and actions of thirty something muscles in oh...2 days. names i've known for years...never bothered with the attachments or actions. bad idea Danielle!!

So I'm sitting in my apartment living room surrounded by my skeleton (hello there, Donatello, it's nice to see you with your skull cap on today! That is a rare occurance! I see your patellae have fallen down again...don't worry, I'll fix them again...eventually)

and my Netter's flashcards and my anatomy coloring book and this AMAZING website getbodysmart.com and my anatomy coloring book and my lab manual...driivng myself crazy copying and recopying lists of muscles

and I love it.

just...not the fact that I have to be tested on it TOMORROW.

And I found out today that if you get the national guard to pay for your medical school you only have to do 2 weeks/year and 1 weekend/month for 1.5x as many years as they pay for you, I think.

which is much nicer than a solid 5 years...so i'm going to look into that, because...well...the idea of $200,000 of debt is just not that appealing to me, ya know?

Hi Emmy!

oh yes!

Africa!

So I emailed some more...got in contact with some people...told them what I wanted to do, they said there might not be enough for me to do for 6 months, maybe try three? I was not a fan of that Idea, so I told her I'd really like to do 6 months...then I got an email a couple days later saying that she had realized/found/something more stuff for me to do so 6 months is not a problem

WAHOO!

so I will (as I understand it to be now) go to the middle of nowhere-ville, a Muslim area with no electricity or running water and a hole-in-the-ground potty for 2 months, then 2 other places in Nairobi, a slum and a not-slum? for 2 months each.

You can see how well-informed I am.

I'm working on that.

One thing I've learned in this whole process is that missionaries are slow emailers. I don't know if And it's not because of bad internet connections. because even the ones that are stateside are slow. I've been waiting 6 months for one of them to email me back. :-P

ok. it's really late...that's enough of that.

maybe when this is all over I can sit down and actually learn the muscle attachments for fun!