Tri-2, Wk8 Day 97

OK - Neuroanatomy is the hardest class I've ever taken in my life.

I was like a deer in headlights when I read that the horizontal gaze center was located in the paramediam pontine reticular formation but, that was nothing compared to the vertical gaze center which, in a previous edition of our book simply stated the location in hte periaquaductial gray matter of the rostral midbrain but, the updated book list the vertical gaze center in the accessory oculomotor nuclei at the rostral end of the medial longitudinal fasciculus.

Just stuff I have to get used to. It's my responsibility to know this stuff and I've got an enourmous hole to dig myself out of regarding my neuroanatomy grades.

It's Wednesday and I really need to stay awake at least until 8:10 Friday morning. My other big hole is Microbiology. One thing is absolutely certain - had I continued to pledge the fraternity I would not have a snowballs chance in hell of getting through all my classes. Only being at home 5 to 8 hours a day just isn't enough.

I may be far away but, I do own my own home and have some fantastic family nearby so I do need to temper my more superficial frustrations with sound injections of reality.

The test continue with Midterm test continuing every day through July 10th.

Spinoza ...All things noble are as difficult as they are rare.

Today's picture is a dorsal or rear view of the brainstem.

Tri-2, Wk8 Day 96

Hopefully, I'm back and don't do anything to screw up my time again. I stopped pledging with the fraternity at school. Living 50 miles from school made it quite difficult to be at home more than 5 to 8 hours a day which is a long time to be away from home everyday. My sleep was getting cut way too short.

For me, sleep is pretty analogous to getting a loan from a bank. If you really need the money then it's hard to get. For me, when I really need sleep then it's difficult to come by. The better rested I am the better I can sleep. Just a by-product of sleep apnea I suppose.

Today's picture is a transverse section of a muscle showing three different types of muscle fibers. The Slow Oxidative muscle fibers are aka Type I fibers, the Fast Oxidative are Type IIb fibers and the Fast glycolytic fibers are Type IIa.

hmmm....I've got an even better pic ... I just made it from an email my brother sent me - he's going to be speaking for the Dead Chiropractic Society on July 8th in California :)

Be sure to click on the picture for a full view ...

anyway - it's midterms time and I've got Physio tomorrow - Neuroanatomy and Professional Development exams on Wednesday and Microbiology on Thursday ...yeehaw!

Tri-2, Wk5 Days 84, 85, 86, 87 (Tue-Fri)

mainly tired and would like more sleep. I haven't had a cigarette since 9:30 a.m Friday, June 12th which puts me right aroudn 60 hours right now. I wish I could say I feel better but, I'd say I feel about the same.

Sometime in the 2 week to 3 month range there's supposed to be an increase in Lung function of up to 30% ....I'd like to see that - waiting for it :)

Tri-2, Wk5 Day 83

blogging is about to get a bit sparse for which I apologize. for the next seven weeks I'll be away from home about 15 hours a day - I might catch a break on a couple Fridays but that's about it. I'll be leaving home around 4:30 a.m. and hopefully getting back home no later than 7:30 p.m. from now until about the end of July

Tri-2, Wk3 & 4, Days 76, 77 & 78

catching up here from Thur, Fri and Monday - 

super busy - still hitting the bootcamp when I can - missed tonights bootcamp due to biochem tutoring - had an interview tonight with Pi Kappa Chi that was pretty cool - should be a heck of a time.  Classes were great today and there's plenty of interesting stuff but, it's well after midnight and my alarms are still set to go off at 4 a.m. so this will have to do it for now.  :)

btw - today's pic is the crest of Pi Kappa Chi - 

It's been an interesting day.