This is the song that never ends.

As promised here I am to write again on the blog, this is 2 weeks in a row, I'm so amazing. Especially because of the name of this post. I bet you started singing it over in your head huh? Anyway, big thing of the week was going to watch WWZ with Kristen Saturday. After weeks of chiding her and teasing her about it(she didn't want to see it) she finally gave in and went with me. I guess I went and saw enough horrible movies with her that she felt compelled to go watch it with me. About 30 seconds in she was cringing. 2 minutes fingers covered her eyes and ears. After that it got better(ish). Now at night I whisper things to her about zombies from the movie and it freaks her out. Last night was ..."they're attracted to noise... shhhhhh". Other than that it was a slow easy week with only 3 days of work due to the 4th of July. So we wached some movies, didn't go to the 4th of July breakfast because she slept in after the flag ceremony and was too embarrassed to go in a little late. Hubble got stung by a bee or something this week when he went outside with Kristen one day. She said he swelled up a bit, but I didn't see anything. He is always at the windows yearning to go out and have the freedom of outside. Whenever we open the doors to go outside he is always trying to escape. But when he gets outside he'll sniff around everywhere but is afraid of everything out there. Cars, dogs, ppl, anything freaks him out. A real scardy cat. I've seen a few members of the church here in the doctor's office. Which is weird, due to HIPPA I can't communicate with them until they talk to me first etc etc outside the office. Other than that I've seen a lot of allergies, uncomplient patients, have done a lot of OMT for Dr. Baxter probably because he wants to go on and see more patients and not get too behind. I did get to go drain a mucocele from a guys foot... it was pretty nasty, all this clear junk came out, lubricant like, very slick stuff. I've seen druggies and then watched/heard that they had to go to the ER within a few hours after see us from mixing medications and drugs or too much drugs etc. I went in with one, got her history etc etc etc, came out and was talking to Dr. Baxter. He told me to follow into his office where he showed me her nicotics history... hundreds of pills mostly given by a OB/GYN who knows why for "pain" so basically he said no to her lol. I was suprised that it appears to be so prevelent etc. Very sad. Drugs are a big problem around here in Astoria. For the 4th of July Kristen was like let's go to the beach afternoonish... afternoon rolls around and it's grey and cool and not the beach time she wanted. She made up for it by telling us we'd go Friday. Same problem... Finally I was like, let's just plan on going to the beach one day when we're free and it's actually warm outside. So basically who knows if we ever go to the beach or not. she wants to go but there isn't really much. I'm currently in the process of buying a new phone. Since I'm in rotations now, we've finally caved in and got a smart phone. It'll be for the applications and quick access to doctor stuff that I need. Dr. Baxter is already teasing me about how any books I carry around are outdated and that electronics are the way to go. I wish I could just do that, however we're poor and in school blah blah blah, so I'm slowly working on the cool stuff all the kids have. Since we're married we need to be more careful about what we spend money on. We're not single like all the other students who can just blow all their money on liqueur and cheap sex and cool gadgets. Oh well I think that's all for this week. Let me know if you guys have any questions/ comments etc... I'll talk to ya'll later

Rotations

I guess I should keep writing in this, especially since I don't really talk to anyone outside this house anymore. Now that it's my 3rd year, even though I don't know if I've passed my boards (thanks everyone btw for fasting/praying, for those that did). I'm in a family medicine practice helping out an inactive LDS member as it turns out. They have a nice family, and I'm learning a lot of really cool things. Mostly things I swore I'd be able to identify but when I see it in real life, I'm like wtf mate... the good wtf not the bad one. Anyway I've seen some weird things, some things that aren't even in some of my books/or even wikipedia. I know that's the weird part. I've seen my own patients already but nothing too bad. I've also seen MRSA up close, had to make sure my hands and arms were well washed after that one. It's a totally different experience than school, but very cool as well as freaky and scares the bejibbers out of me when I'm in talking to patients alone, because after I go out and report to the physician he quizzes me etc. Still scared that I actually didn't pass the boards but at this point just have to take it on faith, keep praying, and hope. Well I hope that every Sunday I write more about the week and what I saw/did, and all that good stuff. Maybe now that I'm in clinical rotations it will be more routine and the things I can say will be more interesting than the normal we studied this week blah blah blah. I know that wasn't the most interesting of stuff. By the way if you haven't seen Monsters University yet don't go see it. Worst movie I've seen all year, including the horrible B natural disaster movies on netflick. Yes it was that terrible. And I'll try to get this done before 10 P.M. on Sunday night... Oh yeah Kristen passed out today... like passed out bam fall passed out... like drank too much passed out while pursing in the cupboards... oh well one more thing to tease her about during our time together. It wasn't anything serious just some othrostatic hypotension when she suddenly stood up, but still it was pretty funny. Although to be honest all I saw was the plump on the floor, I didn't get to see any of the spinning or anything like that. Well it's time to let you all go, nothing big but I'll let you guys know next Sunday all the best things

Truckin

Perpetual state of tiredness and sleepiness has entered my life. Who ever thought that getting up at 7:30 would take up so much effort? Not I. Finished another class, dermatology. And yes it is a rash, no I don't know what the different kinds are, and yes it looks gross. That's about what I took away from this class. The most useless class I've ever gone to I think. Funny, they said that after GI, we'd be spending a lot of time board studying and prepping for boards, but no we were doing derm all the time, maybe it's different now. Who knows. Things are spinning up here. With CPEs(clinical boards) and the end of the school year coming soon, it's getting pretty hectic. Since I'm officially through all my system classes with the completion of derm yesterday(I got an 87 in the class) I don't know how to proceed really. Other than I want to lay down and sleep a few hours even though it's only 8:40 in the morning. Our next classes are emergency medicine, and pediatrics at the same time. Emergency medicine is pretty different, basically I've seen a bunch weird things, the normal broken bones, and unusual stuff such as a scalping, burn victims, bullet to the head, car accidents, all the problems and problem solving in emergency situations. I realize I don't really want to do anything like that. Too many times you miss something small and they die before you even know. ruptured spleen with trauma, intra-abdominal bleeding with chest palpitations, shock, and I don't really want to be responsible for losing a life over stuff like that. Even if you're not at fault that'd take the psyche out for a beating in the back room. So life is going to get hectic here pretty soon. Boards, prep for moving, moving, rotations, getting ready for the 4th year. And with all this, I just want to go and take a nap. Kristen's birthday is coming up here in about a week and me being prepared have already bought a present... I'm totally on top of things right now(ish). And no it's not lingerie, it's a real present. Can't get away with that anymore like in the first year of marriage. Conference was good. I listened to all 10 hours and still passed my final so God does still exist. Although on Saturday i was studying in between sessions and was so exhausted that when I went to priesthood session I basically was asleep before they dimmed the lights... Just sitting down and not studying was too much I think... I didn't sleep the whole way through, just the first talk or so. They always save the best speakers last so I was okay anyway. Anyway I should get back to class since it's going on right now. Just throwing this out there since some people don't live in the USofA and other don't answer their phones, like ever.

GI business

Updates are slow here sorry guys. But at least I am updating and fyi for those of you who call me, my phone is horrible remember, and you can always text asking for a conversation. Or even answer the phone when I call you =) Anyway latest news. If you don't know by now after a scare with my reproduction grade(lowest test score in medical school so far) I managed to pull an 87 out of the hat and pass the class easily. The next 2 tests, EOC week and this GI test have come and gone and I managed to pass this GI test with a 76. A little under the average but I feel that I know the material confidently. I just don't really test well, and knowing what material to study and what is extra has always been a weakness with me in medical school. Unlike in physics where everything lead to everything else and you need to know to manipulate data more than remember random weird facts. I am also getting into board studies now. I have been using some q-banks for the last few days/weeks/months. I am hitting about a 50% which for the beginning isn't so bad. Relearning all the material is horrible to say the least but it's progress. I am taking the COMLEX up in Seattle actually the 18th I believe. Or week right before my rotations start. Also all the other juicy news. Kristen had the when do we want children talk. It lasted about 5 minutes basically. This is when... ok... good talk... bedtime. Other news we're going to be making a visit to Astoria during spring break to check out living conditions and all that good stuff. We're still teaching 5-6 year olds in primary. Kristen said the most horrible thing earlier Sunday... That she is going to stop bringing snacks every week for them :-O> I know.... no snacks normally now... is the church really true anymore???????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! This is the problem with this... I know that there are lots of people who want more information but I really don't have a clue what to write so leave a message in the message box and I'll be back later with the replies...

Sara's Response

Guess I am not a good story teller or something like that. I don't know what ppl find interesting. Christmas I got a cheese slicer(the wire kind like mother likes) 2 pairs of pj pants(they were trying to hint at something) and a check for 500 dollars because the boards I am taking this summer are about 1 grand. I got Kristen a pendant necklace with my birthstone in it, amythest. New Years I was actually awake we were at a friends of the Bonds played games and they talked while I slept. We just switched classes in primary. That was Sunday actually so it technically couldn't have gone in the last blog. We had the 7-8 year olds, now we have the 5 year old. And there are about a million of them(~10) in one class. But at least they are happy to be at church and like to be involved. The last class the boys were terrible, throwing tantrums about being in class and church. So disrespectful. I never did stuff like that when I was a kid. For our anniversary we made reservations at a nice hotel in Portland and spent the whole night .... Actually we went to a nice corner restaurant that was brasilian. Their tri-tip wasn't as good as rodizios in SLC but their top sirloin was probably the best I've ever had. As well as their grilled pineapple. They put cinnamon on top of it. It was delicious. 1.5 hours going there, 1.5 hours eating, 1.5 hours going back lol. The only downfall is that the next day we had to go back to Portland again for our flight back to Texas again the redeye flight. I swear if we ever do more flights like that, I'm getting the upgrade no matter what. Good food, I got Kristen to make a good gumbo for the missionaries yesterday. Only think that it was missing was shrimp(missionaries even said so; and if they said that it must be true) I am also wanting to try to figure out how to make a good cookie dough shake, haven't quite decided how to proceed. Also I had a wonderful cake batter yogurt. It was delightful. I am almost 29 not 30 so your a year off. I thought accountants could count. But I might have been mistaken. You know technically Aang is like Jesus because he has control of all 4 elements and keeps coming back to life. Kristen and I watched the new avatar series, waiting for the next one. Although sadly they don't come out with the new book for a bit yet. Poor Jacob too, if you say, "if you don't tell me what to get I won't get you anything" that is understandable you warned him. But simply asking you have anything SPECIFICALLY you want me to get you, is simply asking if I want anything in specific. Doesn't mean I don't want anything. I was broken hearted. But she made up for it by getting me hot fries and pomegranate and she made some cookies Sunday. We were supposed to have cookie dough shakes but after eating like 10 cookies I wasn't in the mood for more sweets. Bam look at this so much information, sometimes guys just need a little direction **Cough cough ****hint hint ;-)

Back

For some reason I've been a little out of touch with my blogging, if you can call it that. More like you never call and ask me how I'm doing so I write it online for you to read at your convenience. Anyway, tomorrow is the start of the my last semester here at COMP-NW assuming I pass my boards and don't fail a class this semester. I didn't get a snack from the store yesterday =( Kristen got hummus for herself and nothing for me because I couldn't name anything specific. I actually just put this out there to tease her because ... it's funny. I'm going to have to start naming off food at random now just so I get something. But at least we have dinner tonight. Already starving. On the 1-4 church schedule. I thought I got out of this when I finally got married. I hate 1-4. Anything is better than this stuff. Now you have to actually fast for 24 hours :P and on top of that my study schedule is going to be way off. But at least this is only one semester. At least when I was single and going to the YSA ward I could always skip out and go to the family ward early and no one was the wiser. Now I can't and it sucks. Ah I remember now why I don't blog anymore. I don't have anything to say at all. I went to Texas one last time and said goodbye to that house. Um yeah Since I've been here I after our christmas trip I've lived in my pjs I think. Although to be fair I've gone out every night I think. I thought that since Kristen is about to be a single woman again that she should at least see me the days before I leave. that's about it As you can see nothing new is happening... hopefully once i get into rotations I will have something to talk about

Onwards

Well I haven't written one of these for a while. Mainly because there hasn't been a whole lot of new things going on that I could write about. I am into cardiology now, we're working on the beginning of everything, heart physiology and all. Biggest news is that I am now certified to read and understand STEMIs and other mimics of MIs. We have our first test coming up this next monday, and supposedly cardiology is going to be the hardest class we do. Although right now it doesn't seem that hard so far, but I don't know. Final grades aren't up yet from Endocrine class, but it appears that I squeaked by with the hairs of my chinny chin chin. Hubble is about as fiesty as ever. Especially when I indulge him with the 2-handed attacks. He never can win but he likes to try I think. Kristen might not like it but I think it's rather fun because I get to leave. On a brighter note Utah won the football game 24-21. As usual we came out and pulled way ahead and then let them come back. They made a 4th and 22 with 20-30 secs left, the managed something like a 50-60 yard pass and then set up for a 50 yard field goal. They missed, the utah fans got penalized for rushing the field before the play was over. Next they had a 37 yard field goal, and that bounced off the uprights. Thou Shalt NOT PASS!!!! Said Gandolf. And so we won Last big thing that has happened recently is that we have a new computer finally. A nice 15" VAIO that is pretty thin. The only sad thing is that it's actually longer than I wanted it to be. I forgot that they added a number pad on the side. DISLIKE, other than that it's pretty nice. It has a HD screen and blue-ray disc. Kristen pushed for it to be ours-hers(her words not mine) but she's been busy at the pool this last week doing stuff. So I've been able to sneak away with it several times. Don't know how long that will last before she reasserts the fact that the computer is indeed hers, but until then it's nice to have. Having the nice screen helps with a lot of things. Well I'm in the middle of class right now and they are actually pretty good for once. He's actually doing a really well job in the clinical application for HTN. Anyways's I'm signing off for now since that's about it for now