Well... I forget where I found this before (so I can't give proper credit to the blog author that put this idea in my head)... but I'm sure you are all wondering "oh, come on... you're on an island. What could POSSIBLY be keeping you from actually writing in this like you said you would?" I can assure you--it's not all fun and games and enjoying daiquiris and margaritas on the beach every day... living on a nice tropical island for 2 1/2 years. It's 2 1/2 years of the HARDEST school I've ever been through (yes, almost as hard as organic chemistry! :P) while on a small piece of land entirely surrounded by water. It tends to escape the mind that I'm living on St. Kitts... an island that most people go to for a vacation.
As a matter of fact, I had to go down to the post office today in downtown Basseterre to get a package that my mom had sent to me. The traffic was SO bad from the cruise ship that came in that it took me nearly 30 minutes JUST to make the 10 minute drive to the city. I'm lucky I made it back to class on time... with 10 minutes to spare! Damn tourists! :P
I've made it a personal goal to come home skinny and tanned during the winter break... and well, I'm making progress on both fronts. Hehe. I've got a good ol' farmer's tan going on (because of walking between classes) and I'm down 13 pounds. I bet most of that is just from sweating out everything, but I like to think that part of it is from going to the gym regularly again. (It at least makes me feel a LITTLE better about a pulled bicep muscle.)
As for the classes... they're still piling on the information... and I regret to admit that the reason I didn't post on here for a while is that I didn't do so well on the first round of exams (until the Nutrition one we just had on Tuesday). I went into hardcore-overtime-mode to try to get caught up and get a better start on the units that we're currently covering. I feel like I'm in a much better point now than I was back then at least. I've adapted to how the classes are run, how the tests are set up, and most importantly, how I have to learn the material so that it actually sticks in my head so I can use it for practical purposes in the future.
All in all, nothing is overly new... just the usual repetitive cycle of waking up, going to classes, going home to study, (an occasional meal thrown in here and there), going to bed, and repeating it all over the next day. I do find at least one night a week to just do nothing and get out to enjoy the life on the island. "Learnin' and liming," they say.
... is the semester almost over yet? :P I need some mental break time.
No comments:
Post a Comment