Yes, I've been gone for almost 2 weeks

Sorry about that. Not sure why I've been so lazy about blogging lately, but I'll try to pick it back up. Unfortunately, the next block exam is coming up this Monday, and I've got a ton of studying to do between now and then, so we'll see how it goes before next week. For now, here's some things that are on my mind:

1) Wow we have a lot of studying to do this block!! This is very possibly the hardest block that we've had so far, in terms of the volume of information that we've covered. In med micro, we've covered all of the respiratory, urogenital, and cardiac bugs, of which there are a TON! In physio, we've done all of respiratory, which is probably the least amount of info from a class this block. In path, we've done all of neruo, respiratory, and cardiovascular! That sounds almost like a semester's worth of path...but it's just 5 weeks! It will be interesting to see how these exams go.

2) I'm back in St. Maarten (obviously) after a great weekend at home for the 4th! It's always very nice to get home. On the 4th, I was in the Annapolis 4th of July Parade with Heather and my parents. We were right behind the police and the parade official, in front of the Governor! We were riding in the antique Buick that my father has just finished restoring. It was a long time in the making, but worth it. You can check it out at facesofvalorusa.com. You can see even more pictures on his .mac gallery. It looks good in the pictures, but better in person. I also saw my grandparents, which was nice, since I don't see them often.



3) New version of iTunes and iPhone firmware, including the App Store, became available today. I'll be waiting until the new firmware is unlocked before I download it (probably the next day or so), but I've already downloaded a couple apps and a bunch of them are going to be great! Epocrates is already available for free download, and there is a new Netter's application, which is pretty exciting. Netters is pretty much the gold standard atlas for medical school students, so it'll be extremely nice to be able to just carry it around. Unfortunately, this one is not free. Apple is having some issues getting the new MobileMe service up and running, but push e-mail is already working and man is it fast! Bye bye, Blackberry.

4) Ugghh...so much studying to do before Monday :(