Good-"Bye"ochem
Man am I good at this “before and after” title thing. I think this is the second blog with a title fitting into that Wheel of Fortune category. Last I left you all, I was talking about some of my favorite study food and hinting about the last two finals I had left on the docket. Well, last Monday came around and I had to tackle Pathophysiology followed by Biochemistry (and the inspiration for this title) on Tuesday. I will just make a quick note about the Patho test: it was definitely challenging, but it was a mere 20% of our final grade, not to mention my favorite teacher of the year, Dr. Soltis, had his material on the exam. I have become pretty accustomed to his style of tests, but I still studied hard (as usual) and was able to pull out a solid grade.
Now to my good ol’ friend Biochem: a lot of the information presented involved genetics and exploiting it our pharmacological advantage. I won’t bore you with the details, but it was pretty cool stuff, or at least that of which I could comprehend. You see, that genetics business can be quite tricky, and I must admit that I was a little concerned about our final because a lot of it went right up and over my head. That was concerning, not to mention the fact our final accounted for a massive 50% of our final grade.
So, I put in quite a few hours the weekend prior (when I wasn’t studying Patho of course) and as soon as Monday’s Patho exam finished up, it was off to the library to study ‘til I couldn’t stand Biochem anymore and that is exactly what I did! Many hours and flashcards later, I was ready for to take it and get my summer started with.
And so it was at 9 AM on Tuesday I settled in and took my last test of my first year of pharmacy school. Was it bittersweet? Sort of. Bitter because I was going to miss a lot of my classmates, but it was also sweet because it would be nice to finally be all done with class and say “good bye” to Biochem so I could enjoy some summer fun!
Anyways, the test went well, and I was out of the door to enjoy summer break…kind of. Unfortunately for me, I still had to pack and clean out the apartment before the fun could begin. In a nutshell, I took care of what I had to do around the apartment, moved it on outta there, enjoyed a couple days of the beach in Hilton Head, and after a plane ride, here I sit back at my old home in Tucson, Arizona (quite a large nutshell indeed). I am pretty glad to be done with school for the summer, but am really amazed at how fast it flew by. Over the course of the summer, I will do my best to keep you up to date on my “adventures” and hopefully here in the next couple days I have a fun “semester wrap up” to bring everything to a close with a nice neat little bow on top. Take care!