I was talking to my Uncle Mike yesterday when I called my parents. Uncle Mike and his wife LaVerne were visiting on their way home from Chicago. I told Mike that I had looked at the countdown I have has my homepage, and it said I had 8 days, 8 hours, and 8 minutes. Given the importance that the news media put on the date 08/08/08 a few days ago, I thought it would be worth noting. Mike told me that I was a single digit midget. I think his term is HIGHLY superior. Thanks Uncle Mike!
It's Olympics time. The Olympics are interesting to watch here, because the coverage has been so bizarre. A local Caribbean channel was covering it, then for several days they had a notice up that they weren't a licensed rebroadcaster, so they took the channel down. Then, we noticed it was up again a few days ago--as AFN. The Armed Forces Network is broadcasting the Olympics here. I can't help but wonder if this is authorized, or one of those piracy things. I'm not complaining because they show the Americans instead of the Caribbeans in the Olympics. It is interesting to comment on, though. Becky is especially amused by the commercials aimed at servicemembers. They seem to be selling the military to people who are already in the military.
When Becky brought this up to me, I had to remind her that being in the military isn't all tea and crumpets. Recruiters do lie to get people in the military, and the commands people are under in the military aren't always nice to their soldiers. So, it makes sense to me that the military has a strong sense of needing to resell itself to its own people. I guess I never thought about how it might seem strange to people outside.
And, while the Olympics have been going on, I've been in my own heptathlon of exams. So far, I've got 5 down, and another coming today. It's going. That's about all I can say. 4 of the exams are from the National Board of Medical Examiners. Being from an external group, we aren't really sure what to expect on the exams. On one hand, it's nice having exams with really well thought-out and well-worded questions. On the other hand, they are VERY comprehensive, and it exposes a lot of holes in our knowledge. The good thing is that they are standardized across the US, and our grade is reflective of our percentile rank instead of on raw score. This makes it very easy to score in the B-C range, and very hard to score in the F range. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to score in the A range. It could be worse, though.
Our new puppy Kubuli is growing like a weed, too. We got him almost 3 weeks ago, and he's gone from about 4 pounds to 6 or 7. He's almost outgrown the travel carrier I'll be using with him in one week. I hope that doesn't happen. The last thing I'd like is to be stuck in San Juan because someone at American Airlines thinks my dog is too big for the carrier because he grew in the month we've had him.
Becky and I are also packing all of our things and getting our food eaten down in the refrigerator. I forgot how frustrating those things are because I sort of missed that experience when I came here. Being gone a month before Becky had its privileges, but now I get all of the experiences again. We've given away, sold, and packed almost everything but the notes I'm studying from, and our clothes. We have 2 55 gallon barrels full, 1 almost full, and a full suitcase. Everything else will be packed the day I leave here, or the next. I assure you, the feeling of anticipation is almost overwhelming my urge to study.
Almost. I'm still studying, don't get me wrong. I have to, because we have two REALLY terrible pathology professors who are writing questions for my last exam on Thursday. One of them writes questions that pretty much require a person to either be able to read his mind, or see the future because normal testing strategies simply do not work. So much so that being absolutely conversant in the material still requires you to know what he's thinking because there are answers that you still can't rule out based on his questions. It's super frustrating, and hopefully things will go modestly well. I'm not in the running for an A in the class, but it would terribly disappoint me if unfair questions caused me to have to repeat 4th.
Other than that, the only thing I have to say is I hope everyone I'm visiting has a comfy study chair. My experience with the shelves has told me that I really need to bone up for the Comp the first week of 5th Semester. I promise I'll be social, but I'll have to both study and be social in moderation. I'm thinking no one will have a problem with that--everyone will be fawning over Kubby. He really is that cute. Honestly. He's super cute. You'll see.
Save some AC and dry air for us, because we'll be back soon.
-j
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