Well, school keeps going, yet I seem to be in the same spot that I started at. Its quite frustrating. I keep studying and studying and yet feel like I havent even scratched the surface of what I need to master for this first test, which is in 8 days!!!! AHHHH!! I hate this, and dont know what to do to fix it. Thats the worst part. I'm doing the same things I did last semester, but there is just so much more info this semester. Ugh.
In other news, Bela and I had people show up to our tutoring session and they thought we were great -well at least one did :-) . The tutor that I was going to go to today had absolutely NO SPOTS left in the room, so at least its not just me who thinks that second semester is hard.
I went to the market and bought some new things- "cherries" and "plums". They are fruit, but not cherries or plums... at least not like any kind I have seen in the states. But whatever the "plums" were, they were good. I also bought a watermelon, which I proceeded to drop back at my apartment and it split into 2 pieces and the ants are having a field day.
Other than that, my life is hard and sucky and August can not come soon enough.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA DICK!!!! (tomorrow)
<3 and miss everyone,
Kristen
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
So much to master in so little time
Well, its been one hell of first 2 weeks.... I've been studying all the time, and yet know nothing, which totally sucks. And then to add insult to injury, I have managed to catch a cold... awesome. So my plan of catching up and being a super studier this weekend were shattered. Instead of having a great productive day yesterday, my body revolted and I left the annex at 7 and was sleeping at 9pm. and then got up at 8. Now I have a tutoring session from 10-noon, and then a couple of my friends and I are going to the the anatomy lab to learn. And then later I will try to catch up with class related things. Ugh
Other than that, 2nd semester is living up to its reputation of being hard as hell. I can only hope that I can study enough before the first test, which is in 2 weeks.
Other than that, 2nd semester is living up to its reputation of being hard as hell. I can only hope that I can study enough before the first test, which is in 2 weeks.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
This is going to suck...
3 days in to a new semester... and well, like my title says, its going to suck. Another class added to the 5 others we are already taking, and unfortunately, I have never had neuroanatomy before, so it is a brand new thing that I need to learn. super. I havent been as motivated as I should be these last few days, but I was sick in there so I feel a bit better now, which is good. I still havent figured out what made my stomach revolt, but I have narrowed it down to either coleslaw I made, or guavas... I have a bad feeling that its the coleslaw, which is sad, because I would have to throw it all out.
I will not be writing very much on here though... I have already decided that much. Only when I have time or something super interesting happened. I will try to keep a once a week update though.... maybe on Sunday or something. I dont know (I do like to take mental breaks though and this is perfect for one of those.)
Class so far is shitty. A bunch of memorization, which is basically my least favorite part. Right now I'm in the Annex studying and the police are here practicing for the Whitecoat ceremony. Its cool, but I would like quiet :-P.
I'm trying to get a schedule down that I can stick to too. Since we have that extra class, we now have more class-- so some days we have 8 hours of class.... booo. The tutor schedule aso isnt ready yet either. Hopefully the ones I went to last semester want to tutor again so I wont have to test drive any new tutors. Also- I get to be a tutor for 1st semester. It should be good, so long as the 2 hours out of m week doesnt drive me crazy.
Well, I need to get back to being studious. Far too much stuff already and I need to stay caught up, because falling behind in this semester is not an option because you wouldnt be able to come back from it.
Much love-
Kristen
I will not be writing very much on here though... I have already decided that much. Only when I have time or something super interesting happened. I will try to keep a once a week update though.... maybe on Sunday or something. I dont know (I do like to take mental breaks though and this is perfect for one of those.)
Class so far is shitty. A bunch of memorization, which is basically my least favorite part. Right now I'm in the Annex studying and the police are here practicing for the Whitecoat ceremony. Its cool, but I would like quiet :-P.
I'm trying to get a schedule down that I can stick to too. Since we have that extra class, we now have more class-- so some days we have 8 hours of class.... booo. The tutor schedule aso isnt ready yet either. Hopefully the ones I went to last semester want to tutor again so I wont have to test drive any new tutors. Also- I get to be a tutor for 1st semester. It should be good, so long as the 2 hours out of m week doesnt drive me crazy.
Well, I need to get back to being studious. Far too much stuff already and I need to stay caught up, because falling behind in this semester is not an option because you wouldnt be able to come back from it.
Much love-
Kristen
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mothers Day!!!
Happy Mothers Day momma and grandmas! I hope it was a lovely day. I used my last day off to sleep in till 9, then watch some TV, check in (so they know I'm on the island), and then I went snorkeling. I went out in front of campus by the old pier, and it was really neat. Too bad it was cloudy :-(, BUT the fish were still there. And I saw some really awesome sea urchins. They had spines that were about 8 inches long.
Otherwise, my week was full of nothing... and it was lovely. I watched lots of Starz. Last night, Game Plan and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian were on, so I popped my last bag of popcorn, made some crystal lite and watched away. And BTW (by the way), it bothered me that the characters in the Narnia movie all had different accents... I mean, whats that about! A Latino prince, British children, a Scottish dwarf, and others that were just weird.
See, like I said pretty boring right... but that will certainly change after tomorrow. Now, dont get me wrong... my life will most likely still be boring and filled with studying, but at least I will have a purpose again. Its good to have a purpose.
Thats all I've got to tell you right now.
LOVE YOU!!!
<3 Kristen
Otherwise, my week was full of nothing... and it was lovely. I watched lots of Starz. Last night, Game Plan and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian were on, so I popped my last bag of popcorn, made some crystal lite and watched away. And BTW (by the way), it bothered me that the characters in the Narnia movie all had different accents... I mean, whats that about! A Latino prince, British children, a Scottish dwarf, and others that were just weird.
See, like I said pretty boring right... but that will certainly change after tomorrow. Now, dont get me wrong... my life will most likely still be boring and filled with studying, but at least I will have a purpose again. Its good to have a purpose.
Thats all I've got to tell you right now.
LOVE YOU!!!
<3 Kristen
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Vacation is almost over
Hola All!
My parents left today... sad. But it was definitely fun to have them here. We got to go site seeing and see a bunch of cool stuff. But the best story of the week is by far this one.... So I've mentioned this before, but they filmed the parts of the 2nd and 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movies here. The parts that have to do with Tia Dalma on the river, we're filmed VERY NEAR campus. They actually built little houses for the directors and cast that I saw as we were walking on the beach on Monday (i had never noticed them before). Anyways, the river they used was the Indian River, and you can pay to have someone row you up it, because motors are not allowed in the national park, so I called a company to arrange diner in the national park and to have someone row us up there. So we drive and park by the river, and our rower crosses the street and I say "Are you from Cobra?" (cobra is the company I called earlier) and he says, "yes, they told me you were coming." So we all go and hop in his rowboat and start the tour up the river. We are about half way up the river when my phone starts ringing... total mod killer there... ha. But whats even better is that I answer and the woman on the other end asks me- are you still coming? the boat driver is waiting for you. hmmm.... if the rower from their company is waiting for us... they WHO THE HELL IS ROWING US RIGHT NOW!?!?! I say we are already halfway up the river with a rower who said he was with Cobra and that was the end of that phone call. She calls me back a little later, and now we're sure that me and my parents are in a boat with not the correct driver... awesome. We finally get to the bar in the national park and this is where the boat driver's plan gets messed up. I had already arranged to have dinner prepared for us, so now he has to wait, if I hadnt, he would have just taken us back I would have payed him and his scam would have worked, but now he is stuck. We are now waiting for our meal, and the cooks phone rings, and the woman wants to talk to me. She wanted us not to worry, and even if our boat driver leaves us, they will send another to pick us up. Great. Also note, that we are now watching our rower that hijacked us, proceed to take some marijuana out of his pocket and roll up a joint and smoke it.... so now we have to go back with a high pirate captain... hahaha. We finished dinner and desert, got rowed back to the main road in the rain and then I had to pay at the Cobra office... they are who I arranged it with, and they accepted my debit card. We told our high rower to talk to them, because he lied to us. If he worked for Cobra then me paying the company should not be a problem at all. It was definitely a memorable outing. And my dad and I got eaten alive by mosquitoes... literally we each had about 100 bites each. Terrible. But they arent itchy anymore.
Well that was my interesting story about our outings in Dominica. Lets see what else happened... I PASSED 1st Semester!!! I did pretty damn well too. 4 A's and a B is not too shabby at all. And my parents gave me a new iPod nano as a celebration gift. Its lime green and pretty awesome, but I need to buy a big one so all my music can be safe.
While my parents were here, we decided to rent a car so we could go wherever we wanted and not worry so much about time, but what we did not realize is how crazy it is to drive anywhere on this island. Until this week I had always just been a happy passenger... let someone else worry about cliffs and rain gullies that are 2 feet deep, and roads that are not wide enough for two cars to pass on. Holy shit! I'm honestly surprised that my parents got in the car with me the next day. It is crazy stuff driving on this island for sure. No more of that for me.
I successfully moved over one apartment, and the difference is amazing! Probably a good 10 degrees cooler easy. Its got 2 more windows then the other apartment did and great airflow. I'm glad that I moved. Very glad. Now I just need to unpack all my stuff again.
<3 Kristen
My parents left today... sad. But it was definitely fun to have them here. We got to go site seeing and see a bunch of cool stuff. But the best story of the week is by far this one.... So I've mentioned this before, but they filmed the parts of the 2nd and 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movies here. The parts that have to do with Tia Dalma on the river, we're filmed VERY NEAR campus. They actually built little houses for the directors and cast that I saw as we were walking on the beach on Monday (i had never noticed them before). Anyways, the river they used was the Indian River, and you can pay to have someone row you up it, because motors are not allowed in the national park, so I called a company to arrange diner in the national park and to have someone row us up there. So we drive and park by the river, and our rower crosses the street and I say "Are you from Cobra?" (cobra is the company I called earlier) and he says, "yes, they told me you were coming." So we all go and hop in his rowboat and start the tour up the river. We are about half way up the river when my phone starts ringing... total mod killer there... ha. But whats even better is that I answer and the woman on the other end asks me- are you still coming? the boat driver is waiting for you. hmmm.... if the rower from their company is waiting for us... they WHO THE HELL IS ROWING US RIGHT NOW!?!?! I say we are already halfway up the river with a rower who said he was with Cobra and that was the end of that phone call. She calls me back a little later, and now we're sure that me and my parents are in a boat with not the correct driver... awesome. We finally get to the bar in the national park and this is where the boat driver's plan gets messed up. I had already arranged to have dinner prepared for us, so now he has to wait, if I hadnt, he would have just taken us back I would have payed him and his scam would have worked, but now he is stuck. We are now waiting for our meal, and the cooks phone rings, and the woman wants to talk to me. She wanted us not to worry, and even if our boat driver leaves us, they will send another to pick us up. Great. Also note, that we are now watching our rower that hijacked us, proceed to take some marijuana out of his pocket and roll up a joint and smoke it.... so now we have to go back with a high pirate captain... hahaha. We finished dinner and desert, got rowed back to the main road in the rain and then I had to pay at the Cobra office... they are who I arranged it with, and they accepted my debit card. We told our high rower to talk to them, because he lied to us. If he worked for Cobra then me paying the company should not be a problem at all. It was definitely a memorable outing. And my dad and I got eaten alive by mosquitoes... literally we each had about 100 bites each. Terrible. But they arent itchy anymore.
Well that was my interesting story about our outings in Dominica. Lets see what else happened... I PASSED 1st Semester!!! I did pretty damn well too. 4 A's and a B is not too shabby at all. And my parents gave me a new iPod nano as a celebration gift. Its lime green and pretty awesome, but I need to buy a big one so all my music can be safe.
While my parents were here, we decided to rent a car so we could go wherever we wanted and not worry so much about time, but what we did not realize is how crazy it is to drive anywhere on this island. Until this week I had always just been a happy passenger... let someone else worry about cliffs and rain gullies that are 2 feet deep, and roads that are not wide enough for two cars to pass on. Holy shit! I'm honestly surprised that my parents got in the car with me the next day. It is crazy stuff driving on this island for sure. No more of that for me.
I successfully moved over one apartment, and the difference is amazing! Probably a good 10 degrees cooler easy. Its got 2 more windows then the other apartment did and great airflow. I'm glad that I moved. Very glad. Now I just need to unpack all my stuff again.
<3 Kristen
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