Teddy gets hit by a car...

Early this morning when my mom was going out for a walk with Teddy (our mixed breed dog) without a leash, Teddy was hit by a car. He had jumped out into on coming traffic. He eventually limped his way back home bloodied and injured. We waited a little while and took him to the local vet. Good thing that his leg wasn't broken. He just had to get a few stitches in 3 of his legs. He came home this afternoon from the vet in low spirits. It might just be the drugs they gave him. He's expressionless and all he does is lay around. I hope he's going to get better soon...

It was a hectic morning dealing with all that. I spoke with Jodi (my premed advisor) about the activities that I would like to sell to the admissions committees all across the country. She also contacted Pitt to see if I am not too late to link... I probably am too late, plus I dont even make the GPA cut off. We'll see what happens. I really need to get caught up with all the school readings. Wednesday was the Bio midterm. Last of the semester. I am very happy about that. There are only two more midterms coming up. One a week from monday and another wednesday after thanskgiving... Finals won't be fun either. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel for this semester. I look forward to lots of studying during the winter break and next semester... We'll see how I do.

picking up again

It's been 7 months since my last post and lots have happened. My big road trip happened in May and started school in June. The 2 months of chemistry was doable and I did very well. August was uneventful and I started back at school full time in September. Physics, Organic Chemistry and Biology all with labs. It's been tough but very manageable. More than half way through the semester and I'm acing most of my classes (via grace of God). I am studying for the bio exam right now. It's on wednesday but I am having a hard time getting motivated for it. I really want to keep up with this. I think it's great to keep track of my thoughts like this. Even if the post is short, it is definitely worth while. Reading back on even the three entries brought back alot of memories. And I dont think I am very good at keeping track of my thoughts and memories... This will help alot. I think espcially since I started shadowing a doctor at the City of Hope cancer center. I am supposed to keep a log of the patients that I see and what I learned. This is definitely something that could help out with that.

I realize I am not very good at keeping these blogs or journal... so let's just hope that I keep up.

april fools!

Today was a pretty uneventful day. I spent my morning at the cardiac cath lab and came home made myself some lunch and watched "My Life without Me." It was a touching movie. Made me cry a little. Then I started sorting through my stuff again. At this rate, it's going to take me the whole month to sort through everything. I hope I really buckle down. I haven't studied in a while too. This is getting bad. I know I have to start focusing soon... I hope panic doesn't set in. I realized today that I only have about month left in the city. I feel so unprepared to move. I don't even have a car yet and all my stuff is a clutter of mess. I hope everything falls in order... Well, back to doing nothing.

Tired

So I spent most of my day at the hospital today. From noon to four in the afternoon, I was shadowing at the pediatrics emergency department. There were so many cute children today. One memorable one was a little four year old blonde girl who shoved a little bead up her nose that got stuck. She was so calm and cooperative--something that is rare in the peds ed. The attending finally got the suction and pulled the little bead out of her nose. It was quick and painless. Most of the other cases involved either colds/flu, ear infections or migrains. Typical cases in the peds ed that I go to. Then I went up to the Upper West Side to eat at a Peruvian-Chinese restaurant. Weird combination, but it works. It was tasty and was good to see some old friends. Then afterwards I went down to the Adult ED to volunteer for two hours. It didn't seem very busy but I seemed to have been busy during the whole two hours. Now Im so very tired... Maybe I'll sleep early tonight. We'll see... Good night!

First

I sit in front of my computer under my loft bed. A quiet anxiety has taken over me today. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe it's my cleaning up that's bothering me. I'm finally sorting through my things thinking about moving back to California. It's been six years since I've left my parents' nest and I will return in a little more than a month. Nostalgia is setting in. I was looking through my old pictures from elementary school and I wonder if my time in New York will once be a fond memory. I title this blog "Silent Chaos" primary due to my current feelings, but I hope it may fit with my overall theme. I just want to write down what my thoughts are when they happen. I write for myself, and not for others to read. However, I welcome anyone who is interested to read on and follow me. I have always had the feeling that my life is too uninteresting for others to care about. This maybe true. Read at your own risk.