Things are back in gear, more or less. I am currently having a PMS moment, but at least I know what it is! :rotfl: Oh, how I remember the days of being introduced as his spouse at work-related parties and having his coworkers smile indulgently and so "oh how nice for you!" when they were told I was a SAHM.

My, how things have changed...

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I am without my boundless positive attitude today. Childcare is the biggest headache in my life and I would give so much just to have it taken off my plate. I can't believe that what was a simple matter last semester has turned into the biggest glitch in our lives now.

The boys started at the Montessori school yesterday. After my husband picked them up, they told him that they had trouble understanding the computer teacher's accent (Indian, they haven't been around it much yet) and that he would get annoyed with them and grab them by the shoulder's to physically move them where he wanted them to be. My husband was very upset by this and told the program director this wasn't acceptable to us. (Since we've never had the kids complain about a teacher before, we took them seriously.)

So today when I went to pick them up one of the boys tells me that they weren't allowed in the computer room today. I asked if they got in trouble or why they couldn't go in. They said he wouldn't tell them why, but that he told the other teacher he "didn't want those two in his classroom." I was appalled.

I went back in the school and asked to speak to the director. The boys told her what happened. I told her I felt this was retaliation for what happened yesterday. (the director assured me she had told him he much not touch the students like that.)

Anyway, the man lied when he told his side of the story to the director. I know with almost 99.9% surety that my kids didn't make this story up. I'm furious and now my husband has taken them out of the program.

Now I have no childcare after school again.

I'm beggining to feel a bit thwarted. :p

Husband out of town, MIL out of town, eldest child sick with flu, fever 102.

*shakes fist at sky* What have I done to deserve this??? :rotfl:

Honestly, it seems I can't catch a break for anything.

On the positive side, I had a very productive day catching up with school work.

On the down side, I'll be lucky to be back in class by Thursday.

Exams begin in 10 days.

How's that saying go? some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you? :p

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The bear got my husband on friday. :p My son came down with the virus and hubby stayed home with him. Thank you, hubby. :)Fortunately, he's able to work well from home.

I'm preparing for exams in Head & Neck anatomy :laughing:

Since my last post, we have had a kid at home with fever everyday! Turned out we had what was probably the flu AND strep throat making it's way through the kiddos, one by one. At long last this morning, no fevers.

I made it through my first 2 finals yesterday. I passed the Pharm test, I believe. Did better on the Pathology exam. I wanted to start making higher grades this block, but life just didn't make room for me this time. But I hung in there and I'm proud of that.

Next week is finals in Head & Neck Anatomy, a notoriously difficult course, and Immunology. I've read an entire textbook for Immuno and we have 300 pages of notes for that course. :rotfl: Okay, so maybe that won't keep them well, but I sure need life to return to normal so I can focus for these 2 tests.

Regardless, I'll get it all done.

I'm done with Anatomy!!! :hyper:

Yes indeed, my dreaded anatomy lab is no more. I have finished.

One more exam, Immunology, on Thursday and I can take a breather from exams for a few weeks. Phew. I hope the next Block will go a little easier on me and all the kids will stay well.

My classmates and I will be going to the Chocolate Bar for ridiculous amounts of chocolate on Thursday after the last exam.

Oh, and I've lost 2 lbs with working out and eating right.

all in all, it's a mighty fine day. :cloud9:

This is not a mighty fine day. It is a PMS day.

New Block, new courses. Neuro and Infectious Disease are going to do me in. I've never been great at this memorizing vast quantities of info. I'd better get much better at it right now.

I give in. Med school is memorization. It's not much fun these days. It feels miles away from being a doctor. I'm tired, and yes, cranky.

I think I'll go pout in a corner. :p

At least I have the Psych course and Ethics to look forward to. How many random memorization can there be in ethics???

At least writing here reminds me to keep a sense of humor.

I'm not sure what I'm writing today. But I have been doing a lot of reflecting on what it means to be successful in medical school. There are so many things in my life that are important to me, each of my children, my husband, my parents, my brothers and my nieces, my progress as a medical student... What is success to a woman with a demanding career and a family, anyway? :scratchchin:

Do I want to be a psychiatrist? The subject matter has always fascinated me. I worry, though, that the actual practice won't hold the same rewards as caring for general medicine patients will. The ability to actually heal some one. I perceive psychiatrists as prescribing meds and having the psychologists handle the counseling. But I'm aware that this may be a very incorrect bias. I'm going to look into it.

My husband built an enormous doghouse for our new doggie. She won't go near it. :laughing:

I'm writing today because the sun is shining and I'm in a good mood. It's 70 degrees outside and the sky is gorgeous. I am ever-so-grateful for days like these.

My son, again, is home with strep throat. This time, however, they put him on clindamycin (sp). What a difference! It is, by the way, THE most hideous tasting medicine it has been my misfortune to cross. Honestly, it smells like old catbox. but my son, the "rational" child that he is, says " I know I have to take it to get better." Love that boy.

So anyway, in less than 24 hours he's fever-free and eating everything in site! He's hasn't responded this quickly to antibiotics since the rash of strep infections started in Nov. I suspect we've never actually gotten rid of it.

In other news, I got a High Pass in one of my classes! :rotfl: One day at a time, for sure. Med school is no time for crash dieting or putting too much pressure on myself. If it takes me a year, so be it. At least I know the weight won't pile back on if I do this the right way.

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