Tri-6, Wk9, Day 376, Friday - Scheduling Tri-7

I'm catching up on my Friday blog on Sunday night and I can't really remember what I did Friday after school. I know I spent some extra time printing out material for my classes. I *do* know what I did Sat & Sun and that would be nothing but School Work! I hit it by 6:30 a.m. on Saturday by listening to my Neurology class and cleaning up my notes. I maybe should have limited myself to no more than 4 or 5 hours on neuro then moved on to something else.

I can't say I'm the most efficient studier in the world but, I certainly put the time in this weekend.

While going over my notes & audio for several classes I was a bit stunned at how much of a difference having Internet access has made. I found single pages where up to six different class periods worth of notes were taken. With the Internet, I've gotten up to 10 or more pages worth of notes from a single class. The main reasons for this is because now I've always got access to the powerpoint presentations the teachers are using in class and I can always look up anything I don't understand and add that information to my notes as well.

Tomorrow morning is a big day regarding my Tri-7 schedule.

I'm reminded of that fine line between fear and excitement - how they are the same physiologically and what differentiates between the two is our perception. That's kind of how I'm feeling now.

For 2011 it looks like 18/22 or 11 straight days in Jan which, isn't too bed. 26 straight days in February (27 if you count graduation) and 26 straight days in March.

This is where it would really pay to live closer ....

I'm going to sign up for Activator, for credit tomorrow at 6:30 a.m. then, on Nov 17th at 6:30 a.m. I'll sign up for Advanced Basic, a weekend class for no credit. I'm already signed up for the Internal Health Specialist program which starts the weekend of March 5/6 then, I'll be signing up for Irene Gold National Board review which actually starts the weekend before Trimester 7 starts (Fri, Sat & Sun) On Jan 13th, I'll take, and pass, my competency board examinations so I can start my clinical internship. We have off for MLK day on the 17th (Yahoo!!!). The upcoming weekend, Jan 22/23 I'll start my Advanced Basic weekend class then I'll have a weekend off on the 29/30th. First weekend in Feb (5/6) I'll have another full weekend of Advanced Basic then the following weekend, starting on a Friday (2/11) will be Irene Gold Nat'l Board Reviews (11/12/13) then, the following weekend, I'll have Irene Gold Nat'l Board Reviews again (18/19/20) Hey! I get a day off for Presidents Day! (Yahoo!!!) The following weekend I'll only need to attend a graduation ceremony on Sat (2/26) and that concludes February.

First weekend in March I'll miss my last two Advanced Basic classes but, the teacher, Dr. Montgomery already said "we can work that out" mI'll have to trust him on this matter and take what comes. I'll have my first IHS classes that weekend (3/5 & 3/6) ...and here's a big reason for taking Advanced Basic over SOT in Tri-7 because the following weekend would be SOT but, Part II National boards are the following weekend (3/18-3/20) so, by taking Advanced Basic I'll have the weekend prior to Part II off. After Part II boards, I'll have 3 weeks and 4 days until Finals.

Somewhere in that whole mess we'll have Midterms...those grades are due from the teachers on Friday, March 11th.

Well, time for bed - I'll get up at 4:30 a.m., leave home at 5 and be to school by 6 a.m.

This is going to be a great week. :)

Today's picture is the impression I get when thinking about my future. :)