Fourth semester starts today. I have my whole schedule for classes and exams in my hand that will last me through mid-August. But, the most exciting thing for me is that I have my ticket to leave Dominica! Yay!
Here is the countdown timer til my plane takes off.
The last week and a half, Becky and I have been spending more time at the beach, because we don't know how crazy fourth semester will be, but with more emphasis on clinical medicine instead of basic science foundations, I think I'll like this semester more. The unfortunate part about that is that I think Becky will see more of the back of my head than the front of it. Jared will probably study, study, study.
I've also been working on getting myself clinical rotations for when I am finished with fifth semester. There are now three that I'm working on that are outside of Ross University. Hopefully that will ingratiate me with the clinical department enough that I can get some extra help getting most of my required rotations done in Greeley, CO. That's been Becky and my hope for a while. It's somewhere that we think we can be for at least a year, and hopefully being somewhere more than a year will help her secure a job that's a little better paying than temp work.
I did one other interesting thing that most students don't do in Dominica. I did some construction last week. Our friend, Victor, that drove my family, and Becky's family around while they visited is building himself a rental house close to campus. Victor's been doing the dirtwork and has a pre-fab house bought and paid for, but the foundation needs to be finished. So, I recently volunteered my assistance to Victor, and he took me up on it. I came over and he tossed me a shovel. We mixed about 3 yards of concrete on the ground with a shovel and poured it into forms with five-gallon buckets. It really felt good to do some hard labor. The thing that shocked me, though, was that Victor didn't think that I could hang with Dominicans on physical labor. He was impressed that I came before the other workers, worked as hard, and stayed til the job was done. It wasn't even that long--with four people, we got done in three hours. The only thing I would have changed was bringing some gloves. My hands aren't as calloused as they used to be.
Not much else is going on right now. My lectures should be up on the web soon, and I'm waiting for that time so I can watch them.
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