6/15/2012

Today was studying for the practical exam, hanging out with friends and watching cartoons. We meant to go in this morning at 9 but most of us didn't get there until almost noon. After practicing for about 3 hours we gave up on studying and went downtown for the Friday cupcake special.

A big Melbourne sight is the clock in Melbourne central station somehow even though I have been in the station on the hour I haven't paid attention properly. The clock opens and sings.
Pretty cool.
While I was out today my phone case broke. I got a new one. It wasn't hello kitty toast but I did consider it.

Then I headed home and watched cartoons while trying to fight off a stomach with all the internet's best tricks. I don't think that any of them worked oh well. Tomorrow I have footy. I can't do anything but they're paying me to try and help so I'll provide emotional support or something. Yay!

6/14/2012

The exam today was hard but I think I did well. We went out to the bar after the exam. My friends got beer, I got wedges(triangular fries). I didn't hang around long. The bar just wasn't exciting. Instead I opted for a chocolate and a massage. I'm so relaxed I don't even want to type. Ahhhh.

6/13/2012

Today was my physiotherapy theory exam. It was 6 questions and tons of fun. It took me nearly 2 hours to complete. I finished to find a text from Hannah saying that she had tried to cook for the dogs but was much too exhausted to clean up. Needless to say she left a mess. I was thoroughly grossed out. The entire house stunk and we were attracting bugs. I found ants in my oatmeal. Yuck! I spent 2 hours cleaning up the kitchen while listening to neuroscience lectures. 
After things were less disgusting I made zucchini lasagna. It was good but I limited myself to 1 piece. Then I did some pathway quizzes. At 715 I was absolutely exhausted so I decided to go to bed or at least take a nap and study more in the morning.

6/12/2012

So thinking back this is the last time since standardized tests in high school that I have really had exams all day. And even then it wasn't all day it was only all school day. Today I left at 730got home at 6 and did absolutely nothing in between except take exams. My trip in was a bit exciting. I got on a tram, there was a blocked track so I walked a few hundred meters to a connecting tram. we got stuck in traffic so the tram dropped us in the middle of down town and left😓. I grabbed a third tram that finally took me to uni. Since we have all been hibernating in our study caves I got to say hi and catch up with my friends briefly before the exam started. The first exam contained 45 images of perfectly dissected specimens with an accompanying ridiculous question. There were a few items that took me almost the entire 60 seconds to figure out what I was looking at, let alone answer questions properly. They construct their exams like the SAT so that the average person will pass but it takes an absolute genius to get a perfect score. They are also equally as intense. You can only have a pencil that they inspect. You cannot speak at all in the exam venue. They hand out the test and give you 15 minutes to read the exam. If you touch your pencil during this time you automatically fail. Then they time the exam down to the second and you are not permitted to leave until all the exams have been sealed in the proper file. Oh my!
I had enough time for a coffee before going to the next exam. I don't know if I'm lucky or unlucky to be hurt. My accommodations for the second exam were much more relaxed. They actually gave me the incorrect exam and it was only my honesty that kept me from taking it and giving my classmates a head start on what to study. From talking to my classmates after the exam theirs was so intense that many of them panicked and answered incorrectly. I liked my more mellow set up but I would happily trade it if I could take the exam without pain shooting down my arm. The thing I really missed was not being able to roll me shoulders. I can't even do the left one well because of the torque that it puts on the right.
After I finished my exam I decided that I had endured enough tram drama today and took the train in protest. When I got home Robbie's mom met me with spaghetti. I'll have to find a way to show my deepest appreciation for their kindness. Now it's back to studying. I have the 10 question physiotherapy exam tomorrow when we have to include references to support the answers. Yay!

6/11/2012

Australia sure likes their public holidays.  We had today off for the queen(of England)'s birthday.  In case you weren't aware the queen's birthday celebrates the birth of the monachary not of the person so it is her coronation date not her actual birthday which was in April(she turned 86).  I would have preferred that we didn't celebrate it since I had today off anyway and all of the offices that I needed were closed.  

I celebrated the queen's birthday by studying.  Then I headed into uni to study for a bit.  At 4:30 I had become thoroughly unproductive so I headed home. As you know I hate public transit but today I got the hello Kitty Tram!

I called Angela when I arrived home and we studied by phone for a bit.  At 7 dull Robbie came to pick me up for dinner.  They really do have a fantastic family who are very sweet and caring.  They heard that I had been hurt so they absolutely insisted that I join them for dinner.  I was of course thrilled and happily accepted.  Susan(Robbie's mother) may have to be the best cook I've met in Australia. I would have stayed and snacked all night but I needed to get back to studying.  2 more hours on the phone with Angela and my phone gave up.  It turned off and is aparently done for the night which I think is my cue to go to sleep as well.  Exams start tomorrow...Yay!

My swelling has started to go down and has been replaced with a very sightly bruise. 

Maddie, you cutie how do people keep their hands off of you?!

6/10/2012

I finally got out of my injury and study slump to be productive today. I studied for a bit and then around 1 I got in touch with the lady who had my bike. She offered to drop it by but I wanted to take a walk. On my way I bought a ball to hold and keep my fingers from swelling. I can squeeze it, I can roll it, when I drop it-it lights up.

My bike looks fine but I dropped it at the shop anyway to be looked over.
I don't know if it's my trouble sleeping or if the walk was just exhausting but I was ready for a nap when I got home.Hannah woke me up when she came over to feed the dogs. Whatever Katie made them smells terrible! As I was making dinner a HUGE cockroach ran across the ceiling. I was so grossed out that I had an unsurpressable urge to puke for the rest of the evening. I asked Hannah if she thought that she could give me a hand and she just laughed at me. Then I mentally freaked out for a bit. I was so outraged at the mess that had been left for me to deal with. I was trying to decide if I should hire a cleaner or stay in a hotel when I pulled myself together. Having a broken collar bone is a pain but it's not the end of the world. I did the dishes, took out the compost and recycling, washed the stove, counters, and table, swept the floor, and put away some of the piles. It's still a mess but I feel a bit better. I am going out all day tomorrow then I have exams for 3 days straight. I will probably study at uni all day Thursday and Friday. After that it's almost time to come home. I can't wait!

6/9/2012

I was going to go out today but I decided to put it off till tomorrow.  I started the day by walking the dogs.  Hannah is supposed to be taking care of them but they are absolutely driving me crazy so I took them around the block.  I studied for a bit.  At 2 Hannah and her dad offered to take me out for lunch so I took a study break to join them.  They got on my nerves a tad because they laughed at me struggling to eat but did not attempt to help in any way.  When we finished they took me home and I thanked them for their generosity.  10 minutes later I got a text from hannah asking me to please thank her father again.  She had to also give me his phone number since I have never called him before. I did and he made a snippy comment about how it wasn't up to my standards.  I thanked him again trying to sound genuine and sincere.  Then I took a nap.  Between the pain and the dogs I haven't been sleeping well so I was tired.  I was woken up by Hannah coming over to feed the dogs.  Nice of her though I still maintain that giving them a meal of home cooked food on top of their dry food every day makes them fat and spoiled.  She headed home at 7 leaving me the dishes to do:)
I am unnecessarily grumpy.  It must be the pain.  Or the up coming tests.
On the bright side I did find a fun study site today:http://www.anatomyarcade.com/ I can't wait till the exam. I'm so ready to be done studying.