I did it!

Wandering if I would be able to get through it in one piece? Apparently, I did... I am amazed how resilient we all are. I am a quarter of an MD, but I feel less competent than before I started. It feels weird to think that I have 8 weeks of vacation ahead... "Surreal, but nice" (from Notting Hill).

I had my OSCE yesterday morning. That was the end of my first year as a medical student. Then, I went shopping for Princess's birthday (which was yesterday). As I was waiting in line to pay, it felt bizarre not to be in a hurry to get to study. I had time to run my errands... I felt everything was attuned to my good mood. Listening to the radio, they played a song from my High School years and it reminded me very good memories. 

One of my colleague is a cancer survivor. She has learned the hard way the meaning and value of life. She talks about the importance of the little "moments of happiness" that are there in our lives and we don't always recognize. It is so much easier since yesterday to see these moments. 

Starting tomorrow, I am going to plan for our trip to New York next week with my sister's family. Another "moment of happiness". 

My plan this summer? Live fully every minute of it, to be ready to start next year on better foundations (i.e. relaxed and rested).

Here we go again...

My next round of exams start this Friday. Only a few days until then, and I am certainly not ready as I was last time (in April). There is a combination of factors for it, but the most important one is procrastination... which is probably related to being very tired of studying. At some point, your brain just stop working (or it may be just mine, but judging by the general vibe in school right now, I feel I am not the only one!)

Tonight, I finished my last tutorial of my first year med student! What an accomplshment!

And then, I'll be a second year student. Life goes so fast! 

In less than two weeks,  I'll be on vacation... I am still trying to understand what it means. I don't remember last time I had "vacation". In the last two years, I took vacation to move here (and this was really not even long enough to get the house organized), and we built the cottage the previous year. I always had big projects for "vacation". This year, I have some 10 weeks, and no project yet... Just quality time with Princess. My husband believes I am going to turn nuts, which might probably happen... To be followed...