Adventures of Dr. J: Bummed :(

My penguins lost to the red wings last night. It was inevitable considering Pittsburgh was a young team with little experience.....and Detroit has many experienced veterans and european players. I admit that Detroit really was the better team, but watch out for the Penguins in a couple of years when they are older and wiser!!

So today, karma came and bit me in the ***. Every monday for Path lecture we have a team based learning session where are lab groups assemble, we are given cases that we talk over, and then we spend about 45 minutes presenting them to the rest of the class. A few months back, no one in my group wanted to speak and kept insisting that I do it. I didn't feel like talking that day because I just wasn't in a very good mood. So, as our time approached I discreetly got up to "use the bathroom" and then conveniently returned when our turn was over. I know, that wasn't the nicest thing to do, but...my group was being mean to me that day. Well, today it came back to haunt me. This week, in addition to slides, we had 5 cases to do. Our group assigned the cases to correspond with the slides that we have to present. So on Tuesday, my slide was Adrenal Adenoma, and then I presented Case #2 on Cushing's syndrome. Then today, we learned that those cases were actually scheduled to be completed in lab today. They randomly picked 5 groups to come up to the front and present. And didn't our group get picked for Case #2, and wasn't that the case I presented on Tuesday...YES IT WAS!! So, my group MADE me go up and present the case. The only bad part was, I forgot what I had talked about on Tuesday ( I have been concentrating on studying Renal this week, and not cementing the details for Endocrine). But, I did okay (at least that is what my group mates said....although they are probably lying). There was one question from the professor that I was a little mixed up on, but Layne had gone up with me and she knew the answer. Overall, the moral is....Karma exists!!! So don't mess with it!!

In other news....I'm studying Endocrine tonight. In my attempt to still try for an A in Pathology, I once again have revamped my study style (this is the 3 time this semester for this class). I have decided to skip lectures, and spend that time making my notes and learning the concepts. Then, after reviewing everything, I am going back to listen to all the lectures online. The school records all of the lectures, although you can only hear the audio, no pictures. So far, this way seems to be working well for me. I'm not as confused as to what is going on during the lecture, and I feel I am able to pick up the little details that I usually miss when I'm actually sitting in class. We will see come test time if this method works.

Guess what Satuday is???? BELMONT!!!! Big Brown going for the Triple Crown. I think I will head over to school around 5pm to see history. Although, I shouldn't say that because I may jinx it. But I am rooting for Big Brown to win, and looking at the odds, so is everyone else.

Forgot to mention that Tuesday was Kaushik's b-day. Layne, Allison, and myself made him brownies (he's a choco-holic), went over to his apartment, and hung out for an hour. Of course, Kaushik's roommate Richard made a cake, so not only did I have a brownie, but that as well. Which meant that today, I had to run extra hard and long. 1 hour and 8 minutes. My knees are screaming!! But its okay, because I am deteremined to reach my final destination weight of 128 before I leave this island.