Currently Listening Aida (2000 Original Broadway Cast) By Elton John, Tim Rice see related

Today I got into my first medical school-MUO in Toledo.  This is obviously great news for many reasons.  I can plan my future without having to incorporate my mom's super girly guest bedroom (my room once upon a time and minus quite a few ruffles).  I no longer have to feel guilty for not having any news to give people when they ask how the process is going.  I don't have to consider alternative career choices such as coal mining or bodybuilding.  Phew.  I have concluded that the trick to receiving news is to not expect it.  For the last few weeks I have checked the mail every day in anticipation.  I have been late to class waiting for it to come.  Every day I have been disappointed by bills, credit card offers, and missing children reports.  So, Thursday I called Wright State who told me I'd be evaluated this week and would hear around the 3rd.  MUO had told me it would be a month at least.  Knowing this, I went to the mailbox today thinking, "hm, I wonder if I'll get my Serenity dvd".  Of course, I did not.  Tomorrow I'll have to forget to think about it.  However, I did get a big envelope and was happily surprised   I called my parents and then had to go to class.  I returned to the following email from my dad:

my little boo-bear accepted to medical school...how cool is that?  all your hard work paying off...way to go Jocie.  I am very proud of you...        ...You are a good kid.

Perhaps you have to know my dad to find that amusing.  Maybe not, he makes me laugh though-never one to waste words.  [boo bear being a reference to the friend of yogi bear (my mom's childhood nickname)]  Anyhow, it seems like there is a very big chance I'll be in Toledo next year.  The city itself doesn't thrill me, but how much time will I really have anyhow?  At least Paige and Anna will be nearby, and I can always escape to the islands (it's what, an hour?).  Plus they told me I can do a bunch of rotations in Columbus.  So I'll probably be back here as much as possible

So that's about it, I'm super excited and super relieved.  Today's been a good day!

~Jocelyn

Currently Watching Firefly - The Complete Series see related

I'm posting again, crazy!  This won't be very long, not too much to share.  I just wanted to make you all aware of a great show you should consider checking out.  It's called Firefly, and it's by the guy who did Buffy and one of the guys who did Wonderfalls (which I LOVE).  Anyhow, it was cancelled by Fox a while back and fans got mad, so the movie Serenity was released a few months back to add onto the story.  It's scifi, but I hate scifi, and I love the show  There are no aliens if that concerns you.  Yay for that.  Anyhow, it's good, you should rent it, or buy it, whatever.  I rented it last week and promptly ordered it on ebay.  Anyhow, perhaps I'll update again before August...we shall see.  Hope all's going well! 

Currently Reading The Saga of the Volsungs (Penguin Classics) By Anonymous see related

So I'm in that awful spot with medical school applications where I am just waiting.  Waiting for interview invites, waiting for secondary invites.  And you all know how patient I am.  It's going to be a long next few weeks.  Has anyone else been shocked at how fast this quarter went by??  It's just nuts.  I have two research papers I should probably get started with in the near future.  Hmm...if you have any insights on Delinquency and IQ or Defensive Pessimism (although I can probably do well enough on my own with that one lol) let me know. 

The last few weeks have been kinda weird.  I've been in one of those moods where you feel like somethings just off and you can't place it.  I need something exciting to happen to jolt me out of it.  Any suggestions?  This is a really pointless entry...I'm just wide awake when I should be going to bed. 

Paige is coming down this weekend which should be cool.  Her first college football game (that counts) hehe.  Gallery hop is Saturday night...that might be fun, but it'll probably be packed because of the game.  Decisions, decisions.  Well, I've run out of things to babble about.  Have a fantastic November all  

~Jocelyn

Currently Watching A Love Song for Bobby Long By John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht see related

First off, watch A Love Song for Bobby Long.  A great movie that slipped through the cracks.  I'll watch it with you if you want; I bought it. 

So I'm using this tonight to vent since no one is online and if I call my mom now upset she's going to freak out and drive down here at midnight which actually wouldn't suck that much except I have a lot to get done tomorrow.

I don't know how many of you know...I've probably mentioned it in passing and I know I talked to Jackie about it a bit as she has experience, but in the last 2 years I had two really bad episodes of arthritis-like pain in my hands and feet.  Both times it sucked really badly, but it eventually went away and it was very localized.  I was tested for rheumatic arthritis and that was negative thank goodness.  However, last week I had a lot of trouble getting through an essay test for class, and since then the pain has been escalating.  My hands and feet are cramping and really hurting...I can ignore it to a point as long as it stays at a constant level, but today it started spreading into my knee and shoulder for the first time ever.  So basically, I'm hurting, and I don't know why so that's scary.  I'm seeing a specialist in three weeks and I'm half scared he'll tell me I'm crazy and there's nothing wrong with me and half scared it's something super serious.  In my better moments, I figure it's a problem, but an annoyance that can be treated, which is hopefully the case.  But in my tired/stressed moments it gets to me more.  The whole thing is just wearing me down a bit...I cried for like fifteen minutes this afternoon after seeing a 45 second preview of Rent lol. 

All of this is kindof a long way of saying I apologize if I snap at you or am kinda despondent in the near future.  My mom will attest to the fact that I don't have the highest pain tolerance and I definitely don't deal well with anything when I'm sleep deprived which both the ouch factor and the worry of it all are making sure of.  So if I cry when I can't find my keys or yell at you for something dumb, I promise I still love you  

Maybe it'll all go away tomorrow

Currently Reading The Poetic Edda (Oxford World's Classics) see related

So I'm taking a class on Scandinavian Mythology which I find really cool...and we had to read all these 'words of wisdom'.  Here are my favorites:

The foolish man lies awake all night

and worries about things;

he's tired out when morning comes

and everything's just as bad as it was.

The words of a girl no one should trust,

nor what a woman says;

for on a whirling wheel their hearts were made,

deceit lodged in their breasts.

Anyhow, not too much is going on.  I'm getting through med school applications...classes just started and I'm already behind...so everything's pretty normal.  Perhaps I'll update again in the next 3 months.  Go Bucks!

~Jocelyn