Life by PJ

Hey Guys! Happy (Almost) Halloween. And for those of you who celebrated all weekend like I did, Happy Halloweekend. I haven't posted much honestly because I've just been tired. So very, very tired. I think I'm experiencing what they call burn-out? I'm not sure, but I'm hanging in there in any case and I'm almost done with this semester (yes, I know that's a slight exaggeration but that's all I'm holding onto at this point.) This weekend was a BLAST. I had two old college buddies come up on Friday and it was so so great to catch up with them and hear about their lives outside of school. One of my friends now works as a BHA in a psychiatric hospital and boy, I thought I had crazy patient stories. But nope. I mean, none of my patients have proposed to me and/or tried to escape through a window of the dental school. (Well...yet.) This is your captain speaking ;) Saturday Jeff & I had a party at our apartment and everyone had a great time...

Happy Thursday! It has been an extremely tumultuous week. I say this in regards to both what my week has consisted of, and the weather. It's funny how they always seem to line up together. (Or maybe that's just my imagination.) I'm trying to embrace the storm. You can either hide in it, or dance through it. Practicals, midterms, assisting, quizzes, oh my. This week has been crazy and honestly, I'm exhausted. But that's okay. Sometimes dental school can be exhausting. (Sometimes? Okay PJ.) I've probably accumulated somewhere around 6 hours in napping this week, so at least I'm making up my sleep debt. The weather has been storming. Pouring. Angry. I walked from the gym to the dental school (about a 4 min walk) and I was SOAKED. We're talking every step felt like a puddle, soaked. I was thankful I put on my old sneakers this morning before leaving the apartment. But at least last Saturday I got to go tailgate with some awesome people. And the weat...

Hey guys! I hope your Tuesday is going great. Mine was a long day, surprise surprise. I went to the school early this morning to get some x-rays done with a friend, but I couldn't because all of the x-ray machines were taken. So I ended up pouring up some casts and getting ready for our practical next Monday, then I went to class and finally I assisted in the clinics this afternoon. I was having a great conversation with the student I was assisting about how he got into dentistry. He said that at first he wanted to be an engineer, and then he became more interested in the health field, and finally he decided on dentistry. We talked about how much engineering there is in dentistry. Before coming to dental school, I never considered myself an engineer, but now that I've seen how much technical, mechanical detail there is to dentistry I can say that I have some knowledge in the subject. Knowing how to taper a wall by so many degrees, making sure cavity prep walls are parallel,...

Hey guys! So random - my blog background just decided to randomly break. I'm not sure why. And i'm not sure if it's happening on everyone's computer, but... sorry about that. I'm working on fixing it. I'm also working on scrapping the whole design of the blog and redoing it. I said I was going to do this over break, but apparently Blogspot hasn't updated their design layouts since the turn of the century, so... It's going to take some coding to make it what I want. And by coding I mean my husband. Thanks Jeffy :) Today was a great day. It was the longest day of my life - or it felt like it anyway. I'm so not used to the 8 am - 5 pm class schedule - I have to get back into the swing of things. But, classes aside, I assisted in the clinics and guess what I got to do? Give my first ever shot! Woo-hoo! Is that a weird thing to be celebrating? Yes. Am I going to celebrate anyway? Yes. Now that I'm a D2, all of these D3 and D4s keep springing thin...

Hello Viewers! I've been hearing it on the commercials and I've been plugging my ears and screaming LALALALA. But yes, fall is here. Today was the first day of my fall semester of D2 year. I'm at a weird place right now school wise. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel - really I can. But then when I realize that i'm not even half way through yet...it gets discouraging. "Dental school will go by so fast!" "All of a sudden you'll be graduating!" I'll believe it when I see it. But today was a great day. I assisted in the clinics and my D3 student was just doing a prophy, which I was fine with, it's not the most exciting thing but it's important. And then at the end of the appointment she asked me if I wanted to do the polishing and flossing! I will admit, at first I said no because I was nervous (I need to mentally prepare myself for things before I do them most times), but after some encouragement I decided to do ...

Hello Readers! Break has been great so far. Except, I kind of messed up my foot on Monday. It's a long story, it involves a bike, some toddlers, and a lawn mower. I don't think I twisted it, or broke it, but I think I sprained it. No, I didn't go to the doctor, because I'm a huge hypocrite. But it seems to be getting better, so... I'm sure it's fine. I went and stayed with my grandma for a few days last weekend. It's always great to see her and to stay with her. And who doesn't love being spoiled by their grandma? She doesn't have internet though, which was nice for a while, but then I just felt disconnected from the world after a couple days. I'm so terrible, but I have to have my internet. Blegh. Jeff is at work all day, so I'm here binge watching Married at First Sight. I'm not caught up yet, so don't ruin anything, but I'm LOVING the couples this season. I lost my faith in the experts a little bit last season with some of...

Hey guys! Happy Friday, yes, a very happy Friday indeed. As of yesterday at 11:30 a.m. I am done with my summer semester of D2 year! Hold the applause. Finals went pretty good, although I was getting a little burnt out by the 3rd final in 2 days, but that's not so bad. Jeff took me out to a Korean bbq restaurant to celebrate and it was DELICIOUS. We love this restaurant down the street from us that gives you raw meat and veggies and lets you cook them on a bbq that's built into your table. I know what you're thinking - I have to cook my own food? But trust me, it's so delicious and so worth it. Definitely a must-see if you ever run across a Korean bbq restaurant. Chef Jeff focusing on cooking the meat I'm a sucker for a good pot sticker My plans for today include cleaning up the apartment a bit, eating some lunch and doing my nails. *Sigh* what a busy day indeed... I don't have any plans for this 2 week break, so I'll probably be bloggin...