September

Whew, it's been quite a week so far and I'm not even through Wednesday! In Anatomy Lab we have two groups, and typically each group will do a separate lab during their times. What does that mean? Yesterday during lab, we had to go over what the other group did on Monday as well as do our own dissection of the arm and forearm. 2 labs in one day was really, really tough. Plus we were introduced to the lovely difference between nerves and arteries. Yeah, not only do we need to know the muscles (telling the coracobrachialis and the brachialis apart, and then finding the musculocuaneous nerve!), but also the nerves that innervate them. It was rough, plus having 10+ muscles in the forearm to deal with was also interesting, to say the least. In sum: after 4.5 hours in the lab, we were all very ready to go home!

With our first online quizzes in CTS and Biochem things are starting to heat up around here (while the mornings have been getting pretty chilly), I cannot wait to be done with them on Friday! This weekend should be a blast - opening football game vs. William & Mary!

Each medical student is placed out in the community for "Social Issues in Medicine," which I start officially late today. I'll have more to say about that tomorrow.

Congrats to my sister and brother for both finding a house! Should be interesting to have all these families within about a half mile of my parents. I know they looked pretty much forever for places, so I'm sure they're excited. Well, back to work. Look for more tomorrow.