i'd like to think i'm back... :-)

i have imposed a certain deprivation in lieu of Lent, and i find a have more time on my hands, to do things that keep me from studying.... :-) anything really...
today's the end of my first surgical rotation week. we have 6 of those, then another 6 of medicine, then BOOM the final exam...the one that reflects all i've done in the past 5 years...
i don't expect to leave medical school with a bang, because i think the work i've done in the past 5 years, is nothing compared to what i put in for my SPM, or what is expected of us... i can only leave it in God's hands...
but i've decided to help me as much as i can:-) i'm studying... i am... i fall asleep a lot at the end of the day, and sometimes there's such a barrier between my mind and the words that stare at me from the book...sometimes,i even find it so overwhelming that i wanna cry... havent have much of that this week, though... yet... this week has been a scramble to find my footing after pretty relaxing ortho and GP rotations, trying to cram everything into this week, cause we started with urology, so urological cases in the morning, then we have tutorials in the evening, so thyroid and breast this week, and i'm preparing for my presentation which is lower GI next tue, but we have an upper GI on monday, and next week is VASCULAR... apparently, we need to write 6 essays, and make a video on vascular examination, and it's a full day from 7 till 4 with no lunch break...
oh God, give me strength....

on another topic, i went to Ash wednesday mass this year... and it was so solemn, but such an enriching start to Lent... here's to my spiritual health that i'm gonna detox till april 12th!

wish me luck, World!