UPDATES!!!!!

Wow! 

It has been a while and TONS has happened. I finished 3rd semester, went home to CA (hit up Santa Barbara for Alumni weekend @ UCSB, visited Christina in Livermore and looked at wedding locations, saw Libby in San Francisco and hung out with Mom!). I came back to the Bahamas a bit early and soaked up the sun with Colby and relaxed before the start of a VERY hectic 4th semester. 

So that brings us to now .. FOURTH SEMESTER!

I am the SGA President and in my last semester of "basic sciences." I am taking the same classes as last semester for the most part (Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology and Introduction to Clinical Medicine). I am going to the local clinics and hospitals interviewing and examining patients, learning how to interpret labs and EKGs and starting to feel more and more knowledgeable about the whole thing :) I am still pretty sure I have my heart set on OB.GYN and was actually told this morning by one of my professors (who is an OB.GYN) that I would be a fantastic OB.GYN - which made my day. 

Applications for 5th semester are at the end of the month and I am still trying to head to Saginaw, Michigan. I would be there from early Sept thru early December and then take time off to study for my USMLE Step 1 (click for details). My goal is to take that exam at the end of March 2010, but only time will tell when I will feel ready. Basically, this is THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT EXAM I will take. It will play a HUGE role in where I land a residency. So, obviously, taking as much time as I can/that is needed is the smartest thing to do. 

After I take the exam, I will have to a wait a month or so for my results and then off to rotations. Where that will be? WHO KNOWS! Ross is getting more hospital affiliations all the time and I really don't know where we will be - but that is part of the joy of being at a Caribbean Med School (please sense slight sarcasm). 

Colby and I are getting pumped for our return to America. He is leaving early to get organized, try and find a job and all that jazz. We talked last night and are thinking last week in June or first week in July.. which is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! I will be heading to Spokane July 22nd for his 10 year high school reunion (WOW!) and then coming back to Grand Bahama to finish my last 3 weeks of exams! I fly back to LAX on August 21st and will spend a few days at home playing with my soon-to-be-here nephew (Kim's bun in the oven, KADEN!!!) and shop/pack/etc. 

That is all I can write for now, MINI 1 is MONDAY! Sorry it has been so long, I think I have been bit by the blog bug - so hopefully I will keep this up :)

by Marissa ♥