Mon Jan 03 16:28:11 MST End of another year: This is it. It is the final semester (I will probably do another term of extracurriculars this summer), and Louise and I are excited.
We have a lot of work to do, and this will be one challenging semester. It will be a good one, however, and we are looking forward to the good times that are ahead.
Louise and I had a packed vacation full of skiing, family and friends. I am a little sick now because of the festivities (perhaps as a result of skiing for 9 hours the day after new years eve), and we are glad to be getting back to work.
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(14) Tue Jan 04 11:20:51 MST Cavities and Caveats: I don't know if it exactly fits, but it does sound cool, doesn't it? Louise and I went to our dentist appointments and were surprised by some cavities. I had one and Louise had 10! Well, it is good that we saw them before they became a real problem. Louise has never been to the dentist by the way (darn socialized medicine), and that could partially explain the reason why she has so many in such a short time.
The visit to the dentist was much of a capricious thing for us as well. I was in a store picking up a suit when I ran into one of my old young men’s advisors who was in dental school in San Antonio. He told me that he was practicing in Provo and I decided to check out his office since it has been about 7 years since last time I went. It just so happened that there were two slots that opened up today and I signed up for them. Now, Louise is wishing she were still living a life of disillusionment where she has perfect teeth. That is OK though, I mean, you have to have something that isn't perfect, don't you? I would rather it be her teeth then her perfectly sharp wit and personality.
School is getting off to a good start as well. All I need is a 35 on the MCAT and I will be home free for medical school. I will have to study every single day for a few hours, and I will be fine.
(3) Thu Jan 06 19:17:25 MST Some flexibility in my schedule: That is right. I am taking a class that is quite like Yoga or Pilates. We will write a little poetry, stretch in the gymnasium (where the gymnist work out with all of their pools of foam blocks and parrallel bars), and we even have a 10 min. "relaxation time" where we lie on the floor in the position of the vitruvian man and either nap or meditate with deep breathing techniques.
I am glad to be doing this class because I hope to be able to run in the St. George Marathon this October and I need to be much more flexible if I am going to be an efficient runner. I am also taking a jogging class with my old cross country coach Patrick Shane. I ran with him as a scruffy walk on to the cross country team in my freshman year. I remember when I was able to run for 10-15 miles at a time and I would get that euphoric feeling that all is well. Hopefully I will be able to do that again.
I am also taking Neuroanatomy. That will be a tremendosly challenging class, but I am excited because it will condition me to be able to understand the structures of the brain. The class is also very clinical with a heavy emphasis in MRI's and CAT scans of the brain. We will have to identify blood clogging, tumors, hemmorhages, etc using imaging tools. This is a great preparation for my carrer as a Radiological doctor, (if I do pursue that as a carrer that is).
(2) Mon Jan 10 11:13:47 MST Monday's: Its been a good weekend. Nothing remarkable happened just the good ol' everyday ordinary reading and working in the library. For those who are interested, my brother in law had another newspaper article done on him by the Toowoomba Chronicle. He will find out if he takes home a Golden Guitar this week. I also read that he is planning a trip to the Good Ol USA in 2006.
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3619190&thesection=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
BY The Way: If you know what that headline means, you know more about Auzzie culture than I do.
(2) Fri Jan 21 12:18:14 MST not much to say: Life has been pretty boring. One good thing that has been happening is that I have been running everyday early in the morning. I have certainly felt much better since. That is a little tribute to Uncle Roy who I know was an avid Runner.
I am also going to sign up for the St. George Marathon. Ever since I was a teenager I had the goal to run a marathon, and with me taking a year off from school, I have enough time to kill working on the "special interest" side of my resume. I really love running and the feeling of wellbeing that comes with it.
Interestingly, I think that most people use their bodies as a kind of entertainment tool from which they can gain certain epicurean pleasures. I have lately started taking my heart rate, and doing a scientific evaluation of what my body can do. It is a truely wonderful and awesome machine. I want to take it out for a test drive and see exactly what it can take, the limits and the performance. I am also intrigued by how the nervous system works in controlling the body. After 30 min or so of running at a nice 60-75% the oxygen capacity of the body, the nervous system just kinda takes over and you don't even have to think about moving your legs. It just happens in the same kind of way that people with autism do their repetitive rocking or spinning of the ball in the corner. Funny, Mom has always wondered if there was a little bit of autism or obsessive compulsion in me. Perhaps my fetish with running is a result of my inate compusive nature. The world will never know.
Life is always good though. I am happy and it is nice to live a prosaic, mundane life. It is there in the ordinary moments when remarkable things happen.
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