my study schedule!!!

SATURDAY 5 HOURS

SUNDAY 7 HOURS

MONDAY 10 HOURS

TODAY 9 HOURS

AND I STILL AM NOT READY FOR MY TEST T/M

PHARMACY SCHOOL ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my gosh....I can't believe it is the middle of October. The time is flying by very fast. I am half way through my first semester!!! I am sorry that I do not post very often, but I am so busy it makes my days as a music major feel like preschool. But I am loving every minute! I have made some great friends and know that I will make plenty more. I study more than I sleep, or at least that is how it seems most of the time. But, I love it, and I would not trade it for anything!!! So now, my last night of fall break, I am going to go read some biochemistry to prepare for tomorrow's class!!! Good night to all!!!

This is a test to see if my bloglines works. I will post soon, pormise.

Thank you Lord for allowing Auburn to win today!!!! Because if they had not, I probably would have had to scrape Charles off of the concrete sidewalk outside of my apartment window.

WAR EAGLE!!!!

AMEN.

6 days and counting...

sounds exciting, right? Six days until what you may ask. My first physiology test!!! I am trying to be a good little pharmacy student and start studying this weekend. I finished ch. 5 and now only have ch. 6 and ch. 8 left. I really like the way that my tablet pc (Moses) is allowing me to compile my notes all in one place. He also came with a program OneNote that is awesome at making a sort of 'study guide,' and I am actually enjoying putting it all together. This makes me a complete loser, I know. I really should get back to work, so that tomorrow I can watch all the great football on tv, but I have developed a slight headache (cephalalgia) from the studying that I have done. So this blog was meant only as a break, not at all as procrastination. (Yeah right!) Okay, okay back to studying. Have a great weekend!!!

Oh, update:
My surgery went well. But I didn't get to keep my stone; it was sent off to pathology, which is kinda scary sounding. I went to class Tuesday morning against Charles' wishes and was able to slightly pay attention. I am off the pain meds and have a follow up appointment next week.

Manning vs. Manning

Okay, I know that I should be studying right now (and I am reading physiology during commercial breaks), but I also know the importance of watching history on television. Yes, Manning vs. Manning, the first game ever in the history of NFL for two quarterback brothers to start against each other. And this game also hits home because of Charles' and my unwavering faithfulness to our two brothers. Charles, a devout Peyton fan, and myself, obviously in love with Eli Manning (after all ,we did go to college together), are trying to control our intense rivalry on my couch. It is going to be a great game, but now I must go because Eli, my love, is about to start. Go Giants!!!

week two, rocky one

I finished this week on a not so wonderful note. For those of you who I talk to regularly, you know that I am currently a medical marvel. Well, kinda. I have a lovely salivary stone in my sublingual gland, which in it self is not that uncommon. But I was informed yesterday that I have an abnormally large salivary stone that is unusually far forward in my salivary duct. Fun yes, I can hardly contain myself. And so today, at my third doctors visit in two days, I was informed that I would be having surgery on Monday to extract my little friend. Yes, the doctor said Monday. So I am currently thrilled to pieces at the thought of spending what will be the second day of my third week of pharmacy school, drugged up, in class. Yes I know that this is minor surgery, but the wonderful doctor will still be slicing open the floor of my mouth to remove a 1.5cm by .5cm (roughly) calcified stone out of mouth. Needless to say I will probably be on some form of pain killer Tuesday morning at 8am when I am in class. Because, yes, I am not letting my little friend make me miss a night of studying and a day of class, not much could do that. So to you all, chew your food carefully and thank God for you active flow of spit. Later.

Thermostat or thermometer?

Which are you? Today in church this analogy was presented and I really liked it. How do you respond when things get 'hot' or times get bad. Do you simply reflect the conditions around you, by acting like a thermometer, or do you respond internally to the conditions and adapt? This really struck home with me as I start my next week of pharmacy school. Last week was overwhelming, and I am pretty sure that this one is going to be the same (especially since my calendar is more full than the previous week). So how will I respond to the challenge of studying, attending meetings, rehearsals, and finding down time? Will I simply get more stressed as each task is added to my schedule and end up reflecting my hectic schedule like a thermometer, or will I adapt and be proactive like a thermostat, prioritzing and asking for help from others and God, knowing that if I stress it will only make things worse? I hope I can be like the thermostat. That is my goal for this week. I hope everyone enjoys their Labor Day off, please remember us poor Samford students stuck in class.

Ahhh...I love Fridays!!!

Today I got out of class at 11 am, which was wonderful, and that is how all Fridays will be!!! As I was leaving the beautiful campus of Samfrod today I thought to myself, "I have completed my first week of pharmacy school. Now, just 143 weeks left (roughly)." Don't get me wrong, I am not starting to count down the weeks yet. But it is exciting to know that I have finally started on the journey that I have wanted to start for so long. So my first week, a recap: Pharmacy school is exhausting, well at least this week was. It is going to be a lot of work (I already knew this, it was just reinforced this week). I enjoy class!!! Yes, it is a lot of information and work, but I know that I can do it.
Tonight I finished scanning in my other 1100+ page book (yea!!!), and then Charles and I spent the evening running errands (aka. shopping). Now we are sitting, watching TV, and thanking God that I am allowed a study free night. I figured I'll start back up t/m, but tonight.....REST.
I hope that everyone else's school has started well, and that it continues to go well. And if you feel discouraged during the week, just remembering one thing should lift your spirits....FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE!!!!
So everyone enjoy your weekend, watch some football, and try not to study too much! (that last one was for me).

WAR EAGLE

GO BLAZERS

and above all

HOTTY TODDY

Two New Lessons

Today, my second day in pharmacy school, two things really caught my attention. One was a suggestion from a professor. She reminded my class that our emails reflected ourselves. I know that I am one of the worst people when it comes to basic grammar and sentence structure in emails and in my blogs. So I am going to strive now to write my blogs using complete sentences from now on. This also may make reading my blogs, less like listening to my brain ramble and more like, well, correct English. (note: this does not mean I want people to critique my grammar)
My second lesson learned was that you never know who is reading your blog. I had begun to think that no one other than Dr. Copeland and my mother read my blog, but today I was very surprised to find out that one of my fellow classmates had read it. I was explaining how I use Moses (my tablet PC) to some new friends and one of them said, "Hey, I think I read your blog" I was completely shocked and taken back. He made the connection because I mentioned MSOP and how I loved Moses (again, my tablet's name). It really made me realize that you never know who is reading what you are posting on your blog. This emphasized my first lesson even further.
So far classes are going well. I am only slightly overwhelmed. I have my first test t/m on medical terminology, and I have been studying all night. Now I need to do some work for my Biochem class, and then I will be heading off to bed.
Hope all reading this have a great day t/m. Remember me at 1:00 (that is when I take my test)!!!

oh my gosh....my brain may just be fried...all day long i have been scanning in y physiology book, it's a big book, not as big as my biochem but still big...and i just finished...yea!!!!it only took me about 9 hours, pretty good i guess...but it is nice to have one book done...my goal is one more today ad then the big one sunday...while scanning i am trying to study some but it is kind of a challenge, so i took a break for awhile and watched bambi while scanning, it was nice, made me feel like i was 6 again, i like flower, he is my favorite....this week was also orientation, it was really good...i was surprised to see how tried i was after 2 days of listening to instructions and meeting as many people as i could...but i can tell that it is going to be a great year, a very hard year, but a great one....now, a snack before i start on book #2

ahhh, a break...i just needed to give my brain a break from studying my medical terminlogy....i have been at it almost the entire afternoon and need a breather....hopefully charles will be done with auditions soon and will call me to go get dinner...if not my brain may just explode....a few fun words i have learned that i feel i sould share with you all:

enucleation (ee noo klee AY shun)--excision of the eyeball from the socket

polydipsia (PALL ee DIP see ah)--abnormal state of excessive thirst

exophthalmos (eks off THAL mohs)--abnormal protrusion of the eyes

phlebectomy (fleh BEK ph mee)--excision (surgical removal) of a vein

poikilocytosis (Poy kih loh sigh TOH siss)--large irregularly shaped red blood cells

splenomegaly (splee noh MEG ah lee)--abnormal enlargement of the spleen

cholelithiasis (koh LEH lith EYE ah siss)-- generalized codition of gallstones

more to follow in the future....

Dr. Copeland would be proud....I am sitting on my couch watching gilmore girls and scanning in my medical terminology book into my beautiful tablet, moses (that's his name)....I'm hoping that by scanning my book in it will encourage me to study, I hope it works...I got my school schedule the other day and it is very intense, but I am excited!!! it is going to be a tough year but a great one...

Wonderful days!!!

yes, wonderful days still exist, and today was one of them...this morning i got to work to find that what i was supposed to do, I wasn't need for...So I picked a pharmacist I wanted to shadow....So I helped out in the micu today and learned a lot, and had a really great day...I also got off of work next Friday night so that I can go to a rehearsal dinner that I really wanted to attend....then after a great day at work I set off to walk home, which was fine since Charles has picked me up for the last two weeks...but I got outside of the hospital, about to start walking home and Charles surprises me!!! WITH ROSES!!!! then we went and he bought groceries to cook me an amazing dinner of shrimp stir-fry and strawberries...then home to relax and watch my new favorite movie "just like heaven" (great movie, great lessons)...now I am procrastinating bed time by watching the Braves vs Mets with my Charley....the only thing that would make the day better would be not having to work tomorrow, but only one more week of full time, then it is study time....So to all of you out there, I hope you have a wonderful weekend, may it be half as wonderful as my day today was...love you all!!!!

i ran 3/4 of a mile....at one time....without stopping....and it is getting easier.....i am so excited....maybe soon ill be able to say "i'm going running" and really run the entire time with no walking....my goal right now is 1 mile....maybe by next week....that would be awesome....

ahhh, a nice Sunday afternoon....I was able to take a very much needed hours nap, and then up and a'tm....charles left for work around 330 and ever since I have been trying to get caught up with all the lovely 'stuff' that must get done before the start of classes...I have been filling out deferment forms, searching forbearance options, and finishing up my immunization stuff....I found out last week that I would be able to defer my government loans, but my personal loans are not eledgible....translation "way too much money each month that I am not going to have"....right now it is my personal loans that I am struggling to pay and since I can not defer them I will have to continue to pay (more money that you want to know) each month while I am in pharmacy school (already paying out my butt for tuition)...so I am looking at forbearance options, but they look really difficult to get, and they only last a max of 12months, so I am slowly starting to stress...I don't want to work, but I may not have much of an option....I wish there was a way I could make a quick 50k that sure would make things easier...oh well I'll just deal one day at a time, not much else I can do....I also spent a bit of the afternoon studying, ah yes, trying to get back into my good study habits is proving to be a little harder than I thought, but I am making it....we have a medical terminology test the first day of school, so I am trying to cram all this in my head (800+ pages of medical jargon) but it is pretty interesting, and it is helping me understand so much more at work....It really is like learning a complete new language, kinda cool....yesterday we went to number 4 of the 9 weddings for the summer, it was sarah's and was very pretty....I am so happy for all of my friends (and Charles') that are getting married, best of luck to them all.....well I guess I need to get up and become productive again, my kitchen smells like the meatloaf I made for lunch so I'll probably tackle that first...later

okay update....work, work, work, work....that is all i have done since being back in birmingham...yesterday i met my momma in meridian to get my new car!!! it is so cute, it is actually my mom's old car, but it is new and very very nice to me....but that is pretty much the update, ill post a picture soon....and ill write about all the fun and stress getting ready for pharmacy school on saturday, that is my next day off, and i cannot wait!!!!

Well that's it...my poor little car...isn't it sad... poor Betty...

Well, what a day....I am finally at home, sitting on my mother's new couch watching Charley sleep, and finally fixing my ipod....and my thought "THANK YOU GOD, I AM SOOO BLESSED" an event this afternoon has really put everything into perspective...today on the way home to jackson, at about 4:45pm, in the pouring rain outside of meridain mississippi, charles and myself almost died...we were in a bad wreck, but thankfully we were both completely unharmed (well except for a scratch on charley's arm)...we hit a water pocket and spun out of control, across a lane of traffic, stopping only because we hit a rather sturdy tree...our tail end spun out so thankfully we went down the ditch tail first, if it was the other way around we would be in a hospital somewhere, if we were lucky....it was one of the weirdest feelings in the world...as we spun, charles was amazingly calm, just saying "brace yourself" and we did, holding on to each other, i just closed my eyes and hoped for the best...i had a flash back to high school when i spun out in the snow and just stopped on the side of the road completely fine, that is what i remembered this time and i thought "please let that happen again....i am so not ready to die" there is so much in my life, so many dreams and aspirations that i have not accomplished, this makes me realize that each of those is a gift, i will be so extremely grateful to complete them all now...Also there are so many people in my life that i am thankful for, people that i know at times i take for granted...i can not even begin to make a list of all my family, friends, mentors, and even some people that i have not yet met that have influenced me and my life....to all of you (pretty much anyone readying this)....thank you, thank you....i love you all

ps pretty sure my car is totaled....will post pictures and update soon....

Well I am slowly getting the hang of my new toy...but as it usualy goes something isn't working...my ipod is completely wigging out...the screen is flashing the apple logo & it won't stop... I have tried everything that the apple website suggests but nothing seems to do the trick... My computer doesn't recognize my ipod and therefore I am not able to update or restore the little buger.. think that my only option left is to just send it in to apple... so please if anyone knows or has a suggestion of how I can fix it, please please, please help me. . . other than that small crisis everything else is going well... Charles & I are going home to Jackson this weekend & I am so pumped! I haven't been home in so long; am very excited about seeing my family & doing some shopping with my Charley!! It is going to be awesome ...As far as work is gong, well it is going... same usual stuff, but i am getting to observe some pharmacists occasionally & that is always exciting!! Hmm... what else, I have already been studying for my first test of pharmacy school is a medical terminology test & it is very extensive... but it is neat learning alot of the diseare states & stuff, infact Ishould probably be doing that now...I will try to blog mores tarting now so you will all be updated as I get ready to start Pharmacy school... I AM Sooo Pumped!!!

This is my first official post using my new tablet pc!!! I am still trying to work out the kinks & don't have everything loaded yet... But i can tell it is going to be awesome... as far as this holiday weekend, I am here working. .. yuck. but its okay b/c am going home to Jackson very soon! I will write move when i get used to this whole tablet thing... until then I Love you All...Good Night

Okay, yeah...I know it has been forever since I have posted, but yah know it is a little difficult when you don't have a computer....Yap I haven't had a computer since before NYC (that is the beginning of may)...But I have finally been whinny enough to get one (I know that is hard to believe) so as soon as my new tablet PC comes and I get it set up, I promise that I will start blogging again....Now I should get back to work...Later

oh and happy TWO YEARS for me and Charley!!! (it was last Saturday)

Okay so did I miss that one day in school when they actually explained what being an adult is, because as I am beginning to tackle my life as an adult I am quickly realizing that it is not all I expected it to be, and I am quite sure that if I had been properly informed of what my 'grownup life' was going to be like, well I wouldn't have let myself grow up...Perhaps it is just all a big conspiracy, when we are kids the adults don't fully tell us what it is going to be like all grown up...We see them with their cars, nice houses, jobs, complete independence, and are intrigued and excited about being an adult...I can not remember a time when I was told "Delia, when you are an adult, you will be stressed even when you have nothing to do, especially when you have nothing to do (like a job)...Many things that were fun for you when you were little (like taking trips) will have the fun sucked out because you will have to deal with...Money" ya know I think that that is what it all boils down to, money...That is why it is not fun being an adult, you must worry 'how will I pay for this and that', 'what is my credit score', and 'will I be able to provide for my children'....So my solution, why cant we just get away from this whole money thing and just share, like children....People share with people, countries share with other countries....If we all just share then everything would be so much better, so I encourage you all revert to you days in the sand box....Wouldn't life be so much better if the world was just a great big sand box...

a tribute to the upcoming season

Jeremy Grey: John? I need to see you right away. It's important.
John Beckwith: [Walking into Jeremy's office] What's going on?
Jeremy Grey: [sighs] We got three big weeks ahead of us. It's wedding season, kid!
John Beckwith: You sandbaggin' son of a bitch!
Jeremy Grey: I've got us down for 17 of them already.
John Beckwith: Okay, now how many of them have cash bars?
Jeremy Grey: Great question. I like where your head's at and two of them actually are, but I got us covered: Purple hearts. We won't have to pay for a drink all night.
John Beckwith: Oh, yeah. Perfect.
Jeremy Grey: We are gonna have tons and tons of oppotunities to meet gorgeous ladies that so aroused at the thought of marriage that they'll throw their inhibitions to the wind.
John Beckwith: And who will be there to catch them?
Jeremy Grey: Grab that net and catch that beautiful butterfly, pal! What do you like better, Christmas or Wedding Season? [Jeremy raises his hand]
John Beckwith: Mr. Grey?
Jeremy Grey: Yes. The answer would be, um, Wedding Season? [shimmy-shakes]
John Beckwith: Bingo! I'm gonna get my suit. Now who are we this time?

new blog...new start

well i am alive, i know i haven't written in a while but a lot has happened....i moved back to Birmingham last week and have been internetless since, i finally got it all fixed today after being on the phone for over an hour with tech support....but the important thing is that i can now have contact with the online world again (which is nice since i am still in online classes)...so now i sit in my new beautiful living room with dixie and belle and a lovely case of bronchitis, waiting on the men from lowes to deliver my washer and dryer!!! so those are pretty much the big updates: starting pharmacy school in august and living in birmingham now...next week i am going to UAB to fill out the paper work to restart my job there, i have really enjoyed my time no get reacquainted but i am anxious to start working and making money...since i have been back it has been wonderful, charles and i have gotten to spend so much time together catching up and reaquainting ourselves with each other and our relationship, we are both so happy that i am back and my normal self again....i am starting to get to know some charles's new friends and hope that soon they will not just be my friends 'thorough' charles, but actually my friends...i have had the opportunity to sit in on some rehearsals with concert choir working on the mozart that we are performing in new york and that has been wonderful, i missed singing so much and love that i am getting the chance to do some now, i also had a voice lesson last week, it was nice to know i haven't lost everything that i worked for by not singing for 8 months, i also just starting singing at mountain brook baptist church and so far i really enjoy the people and the church...all in all things are awesome....i am very happy and very content which is something that i haven't been able to say in a very long time...hopefully my new good spirits will cause me to blog a little more (for i know i have been bad lately) to keep everyone up-to-date with everything that is happening....Thank you to everyone who has stuck by me in this difficult transition, it really has meant the world to me, i love you all!!!

I AM GOING TO BE A PHARMACIST!!!!!!!!!!!

yep, thats right, i know i havent blogged alot this year through my process of applying but the process is over, and i am going to samford!!!!!!!!! i am so pumped....and so now, today what am i going to do to celebrate....PACK, why....I AM MOVING BACK TO BIRMINGHAM T/M!!!!!!!!! its like my life is finally beginning to take shape.....the world is finally a happy place again!!! thank you to everyone for all of your support thoughout all this stuff, i love you all.....i love everyone (especially my family and awesome charley!!!)

well, things are really starting to fall into place, and it is nice, but at the same time i am feeling things that i havent felt since my senior year in hs...you know, when you were a senior and all you wanted to do was get out of your house and be off on your own, well its like that, but a little worse b/c i miss my charley more than anything else ever, this long distance thing is horrible....okay okay, time to be positive, this blog is not going to be depressing....BIG NEWS!!!! i have my interview at samford this thursday!!! yea!!! so i will be in b-ham from thursday to monday!!!! its is going to be awesome, i am so excited...but there are other things that i will be doing besides my interview and spending time with the most amazing man in the world (charles), i will also be looking for a job, why a job you might ask....well thats the bigger news!!!! i am moving back!!! i will be back in b-ham for good in less than one month!!! yes you heard me, i will be back very soon....i already have a cute little apartment (very little) and i will be moving my big stuff in about three weeks with myself to follow shortly after, so by the time UAB has there spring break i will be living in homewood again!!! and can spend all the time with my charley as i want to...i am so excited, now i just have to get into pharmacy school!!!

luckiest girl in the world

i am the luckiest girl in the whole wide world,

few females are as lucky as i....

you may ask why i am so lucky,

the answer is simple...

i am in love with and loved by

A BARITONE!!!!

okay, do i remember how this thing works?

sorry it has been so long since I have posted, but well, honestly, working is taking it out of me…I never realized what working full time actually was…it feels like you are in this cycle that never changes, yah know that movie office space, well that’s kinda what its like…well not really, I do enjoy my job, the people I work with, and feel fulfilled like I do some good…but it is still this cycle, its just really different from being in school…I miss school so much and want to be back…well why don’t I give you an update first…Christmas was wonderful (except for having to work) I got to spend the week before Christmas with Charles and his family (for those of you who don’t know, Charles had surgery over Christmas and I helped nurse him back to help) and since then I have just been working….hmmm lets see, momma and I have started to get on the healthy lifestyle, she has lost 8 pounds and I have lost about 4, we are trying to keep each other motivated, its kinda fun (well except all the salad)…oh yeah, my applications to pharmacy school are in and being reviewed, I hope to hear from Samford soon about an interview, and as soon as I hear something I will let you all know, I am saving like a fool for school (well when I can kick my shopping addiction, which I believe I have) and I just want to be back in Birmingham…I hope all is well there...I will try to post again soon, maybe something exciting will happen in my life worth sharing with the world!!! (check my picture blog, for some up to date photos)…Love you and miss you all!!!