Red October?

Wow! I haven't realized how long it's been since my last post. Well...actually, I have. I've been meaning to write, but I always leave it for the next day, and then the day after, and so on. So here we go.

A couple of weeks back, we had the Body Donation Memorial - basically a ceremony for those who have donated their bodies which we learn from. Their families came and set up pictures and newspaper clippings of major life events. It was really great talking to some of the families and expressing our thanks for their generosity. My class will be planning next year's ceremony. I've started a journal entry to organize my thoughts about our person and what that means to me. Hopefully, I'll get to share that once the block is done.

Here is my anatomy lab group, btw. We are a super cool bunch and many other groups have complimented both our dissections and how well we work together. :)

Credit to my very artistic med school bestie

After our second practical, we all went to the Dixon Corn Maze and had some good Fall fun walking around the corn husks and trying to find our way out in the dark, haha. Definitely have never experienced anything like this before.

And today, we actually had the day OFF (what?!?!) so the female portion of our lab group (see above) decided to shop shop shop. I mean, we need nice clothes for Doctoring and clinic right? We had a nice lunch afterwards at this place called Seasons 52. Apparently they have a seasonal menu and some of their items change weekly, hence the name. Ha!

You may be wondering why I've titled this post as such. Historically, this month is dubbed Red October but so far it's been okay. I think the course instructors have restructured a lot of the material from previous years so things have been a bit more organized and integrated. Can't believe that after Monday, we'll have taken 6/8 of our quizzes (already completed 2/3 of practicals), not counting finals of course. Thanksgiving cannot come soon enough though. I really do want to go home and just...eat.