$5 Dinner

The old 7a group (minus Mandy) had a cheap, filling, yummy dim sum dinner last night in Sac! Madeline and Cathy wanted to go to an Asian market because Davis only has a small convenient Asian mart, so we had a little Sacramento adventure after the meal. The store Mike directed us to closed at 6, but Cathy called up her friend and we found one that met our expectations. Yay for my GPS, which Cathy named Ruberta!

It was my first time driving people on the freeway at night! :)

Mini Medical Mission

I'm so glad I went to Yuba City with clinic today. I know how to take blood pressure, and check heart rate, respiration rate and blood glucose now! Seeing the memorial outside and the stage set up in the church was very moving. I wish we got to see the play because the little light show they gave us made the story seem really realistic. I was placed for registration for most of the time, but I got to take blood pressure, check heartrate and respiration on our last patient! He ended up donating $100 to the clinic!!!!!

the authentic looking cot (can we use flash inside a church???)

the names of the soldiers who've served

our tent

We left Davis around 7am to get to Yuba City at 8. Had a little tour of the memorial. Then, we set up our stuff and the new volunteers got trained. During the mission we saw 16 patients, 3 were pediatrics. Local news reporters came by and filmed and interviewed us. We took a few group pictures, cleaned up and left around 3pm.

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Edit: Here's the news article. I think they should have interviewed one of the coordinators instead of the volunteers because a lot of us are new to clinic. The reporter wrote down that I was a 3rd year biochemistry major when she was interviewing me...why does it say I'm a medical student? lol..

MIC101 Exam 3 Tomorrow!

*press panic button* AAHdjhHAFJlkdmklghlawhlhallkb!!!!!

ArghHHh...everytime I leave microbio lab I stink like bacteria. I was watching tv and eating lunch after lab and i realized the stench was from me, not my food. Next week we're going to work with raw beef. To make it even more fun (and educational) is we're going to have to figure out if we have the contaminated beef or the "clean" beef.

I should go shower because the smell is distracting me...

Sometimes I just want to crawl into hole so no one can look at me..or just run far, far away where no one knows who I am. *sigh* I'm so ready for this quarter to be over. Better yet, I wish college was over. Hopefully, only 4 weeks, 2 summer sessions, and 4 quarters at Davis left.

School consumes life.

gaHHh..I just spend 3 hours on a 1 point question for my microbiology class. I don't even know if it's the right answer.
Edit:
My TA emailed her sections giving hints to the lab stuff. Turns out I need to fix a whole lot of answers. :( According to the syllabus the professor said this stuff wouldn't take more than an hour per week. I probably spend around 10 hours per week. *sigh*

Quote of the Day

"Anthrax happens."
-my microbiology TA

We were suppose to throw out our Petri dishes if we had swirly colonies on our Bacillus plates because those would have been Bacillus anthracis, aka anthrax. haha! I love this lab!

How much bad luck can a person get?

I swear my car is cursed. When my dad first bought it in '99, it always needed to go to the auto shop for various engine problems. I got 2 of my tires and the rims stolen 2 weeks ago. Last night, I got it towed because I didn't have a parking permit at the apartment complex I parked at for not even 30 minutes. I admit that the last one was my fault, but I've part there so many times before and nothing has happened to it. *sigh* $310 down the drain.

I'm sick and tired..and I just want a break from everything.

My dad's taking the car back tomorrow because I don't really need the car. Plus, I don't want to deal with the responsibility of taking care of it anymore.

If anything happens to my bike, I'm seriously going to snap.

Do you have swine flu?