Sigh* I swear there is not enough time for all the blog posts/product reviews/food recipes that I want to make out there. Whhhy is life so short?
I had a bad day today but since I've been doing a lot better lately, I thought I'd remind myself how good life is right now. Let's just say that H and I have caught our big break. He got a job. Yay!! And it pays really well! Super yay! Not to mention, he works at my hospital...super duper yay!! Everytime I think about it, I'm so elated because now I don't have to worry about how I'm going to feed my family when I am in medical school.
My life was in the dumps during the summer. I lived in a roach/mice infested rundown apartment with barely any running water and an apathetic landlord that would never fix anything. On top of that, my job was at stake and my car's ac was broken during the blistering summer. I was ready to leave H unless he got his sh** together and get a job (just any job).
When summer ended, he was interviewed at the hospital where I work at and now he landed a very sweet job as information systems analyst, which is exactly what he went to school for. It has almost been two months since he works there and I am really digging the commute. My previous 3 hrs daily commute using public transportation was cut down to 30-1 hr. It made waking up in the morning so much easier.
However, I still find it challenging to fit in studying throughout the week. At most, I get about 24 hrs of studying done so far, which is down 6 hrs from what I think would make a huge progress in my scores. I am behind in my schedule, but the last practice exam that I took wasn't so bad. It went up 4 points from the first exam, so I'm hopeful that it will keep going up after every practice test (notice the word hopeful).
On second note, I also found a study buddy! He was introduced to me by one of our grad students. He also works at my hospital, so we get together during all weekend to study. We make a great team because he's really good at the physicals sciences (which I love but reek in) but sucks in verbal reasoning (which I love), so we are using each other to evaluate our strengths and weaknesses. Studying has become so enjoyable because now I don't feel so alone and I have someone to force me to wake up early weekends and study.
This whole nontrad premed experience is becoming a lot more enjoyable, to say the least. I recently asked my bosses for some time off (last two weeks and some Wednesdays). First one is totally supportive. I assume boss #2 is too, but we will see.
My life is slowly falling into pieces. I think I've gained a lot of confidence throughout these experiences and I hope that it shines through on the test day. :)
