Week 3

**this picture is from my trip to Boston with Staci in Fall of 2006**
Hello Everyone, it's week three and its starting to set in that I am finally in medical school. Whoa. I am enjoying learning all sorts of new and interesting things. For example, most of you might not know how intricate and delicate our epithelium is...I would be thrilled to tell all of you when I come home in December. And connective tissue, now that's some interesting stuff. DNA and RNA...genes, mutations, abnormalities, etc. Last but certainly not least, my anatomy lab group dissected the suboccipital triangle today. Remarkably it took us three and a half hours to dissect an area of the neck that is only about one inch by one inch...reason being, we had to cut through several layers of muscle first (trapezius, splenius capitus, semispinalis and then finally the triangle which is made up of obliquus capitus inferior, obliquus capitus superior and rectus capitus posterior major...oh and the greater occipital nerve, suboccipital nerve and vertebral artery were hanging out there too). Okay, that's all from memory so if I'm wrong, tell me because the first practical is in two and half weeks.

It's after midnight now and I really need to get some rest. So hello to everyone! I miss you all and love sharing my experiences with you.

Oh and that picture of me with a wonderfully tasty Guiness in hand...well...let's just say that I can barely remember what good beer (or any kind of beer) tastes like. I miss a good beer, ice cream, vegi burgers, bread, stinky cheeses, a good cabernet or malbec and risotto. I miss running on flat surfaces (non-mountainous climbs). I miss restaurants where you can actually sit down and order something. I miss living in a bug-free house. I miss driving in a car and having RiteAid on the corner. BUT WHO THE HELL CARES...I AM FINALLY IN MEDICAL SCHOOL! There will be plenty of time for the rest of everything else in seven years! Whoohoo...I'm still excited.