February :)

February! :) I'm not sure why i like February so much, i think its a combination of liking what February brings and being happy that January is over. I do like January in the sense that it is the start of a new year and you feel like you can be a new you and start afresh, but i always seem to get ill in January and i don't like how it always seems to be so higgledy piggledy (i have never actually written that out before it looks quite funny!) and i can never get a routine which i like to have. I like how in February a routine comes into play where you can truly incorporate what you are working towards this year. I also like what it brings, valentines day i have always liked whether i had a boyfriend or not, i love the feeling and seeing people happy together and celebrating being with each other. I have always wished my friends happy valentines day too as i think it should be about celebrating who is around you who you love as friends and family too and not just for couples. So i hope my boyfriend doesn't mind me saying happy valentines day to a few people including him :P There is also my sisters birthday, she is 18 this year wow!! an my birthday on the 28th. It is scary to think i will be 22 this year... where has the time gone! i don't feel 22 and don't feel like i act 22. Here i am still studying when my close friend has a house and having her second child in May. Such different lives for the same age, but there is no fault in following a passion or working towards a goal in life, the time for settling down an
d families will come later there is no rush. So i still like birthdays even if i feel strange to be turning 22, its nice getting calls from family and friends, we would be much more isolated without birthdays and special events!

This week so far with lectures has been slower than i thought, i have had time to go to the beach, meet people from medicine out for coffee, do lots of exercise and enjoy myself while learning, i am enjoying it! We finally got our hospital allocations for the 8 week rotations. i am doing General Medicine which has been regarded as the hardest one but good to get out of the way first. I am at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital which i am happy to have so close! My flatmate Emma ended up in Royal Perth Hospital, she is happy with the hospital but not happy with the fact we put in preferences to have a few friends in the same hospital but we are all separated! Em has actually ended up in the same hospital and the same group of 4 out of 239 students as my boyfriend, at least i can exchange stories with them. I have no doubt the 7.30am-4.30pm days will start to take its toll once we get started, but the excitement of the rotation and practical experience will hopefully keep us all going with our heads held high :) Its good to brace myself but i'll just focus on the days as they co

me for now. This week our lectures have been on infection control (so many lectures on how to wash our hands!!), taking a sexual history and Practice in the Clinical Setting and tomorrow we have Aboriginal health, research methods and writing in patient records sessions on Friday.

We finish by Friday afternoon so i am looking forward to having a few days home for my sisters 18th this weekend! I feel like my fitness is getting back again so i might try some track runs when i am home to see if competing at the Strive competitions before it is over is possible... i'm not getting my hopes up but i like getting my fitness back all the same, no matter how sore a pump class can make your muscles be ;) but i have been enjoying my runs through kings park and up and down the Kokoda stairs (picture on the left), i'll see if i can get up for a 6am RPM class tomorrow, i have never done a 6am class before! I better make sure i head to bed so i can get up... wish me luck! :)