Spring break or reading week?

This week is what they call "spring break"... Why is it called like that? Have you ever been to Quebec in March? It is surely not spring!  I didn't had the heart to send the kids play outside yesterday, cause Siri told me it was -26 degrees Celcius. I figured they would be frozen within 15 minutes, so not worth the time of putting on their snow gear and then remove the whole thing. And I would risk hypothermia for both, and since I am babysitting my niece (her parents are in Vegas), I am not sure my brother would appreciate a call to come back because his daughter is in the hospital with a few toes missing!

So, what are you doing during spring break? Vacations in the sun? Apparently, we are suppose to take time for us, and go outside... Well, it's not how I did it, not for the whole week. Last Friday, as we were planning the week with my husband, I calculate that to do all I wanted to do, I would need approximately 80 hours. So, clearly, this was not going to be a walk in the park for the whole week! Have you ever been told that medical student have time for a life outside of studying? Well, it is true, but you have to take everything into account. My "outside" is my family. 

For this week, trying to cut stuff out, there is some that I have no choice, like doing my tutorial that is due for Monday morning. That alone is about 20 hours. Since I have 3 exams the same week in mid-April, I wanted to start reviewing, so I have a first review done. In this program, we have only 1 exam that counts for 100%. In April, we will have the 3 written exams, and a practical exam, on the same system as the Mini-Multiple Interview. That gives you 12 minutes to prove that you have mastered what you needed to learn during the phase. I am not that confident that I will perform there...

What am I doing during this spring break? Studying. Studying. And, let me think, yes! studying... I still want to try to keep a balance life, so we decided I would study during the week, and keep the weekends textbook free. Last weekend, we had some shopping done on Saturday (I don't remember when I went to the shopping mall before, probably for Christmas gifts) and then we went skiing the whole family on Sunday. That was fun! Princess was very happy to have me with them (she is going with my husband every other weekend). We haven't planned next weekend yet, probably some painting, maybe even our bedroom (that still have a lot of white patches from wall repair we've done but not painted yet!) I feel that having a real relaxing bedroom would help with sleep. What do you think?