Whew!

Gen chem is done. OMG. i did start redox yesterday and my expectation was to finish before work. Well, i started reading KOV's which i believe is better than TBR. So that made reading TBR easier. it was just hard to read. Thanks God it's done. It's after midnight. I'm soo tempted to read bio and finish that off. I actually worked on gen chem at work last night but it took me forever to understand one of the exercises in TBR that my entire time was wasted. That and the fact that i was relaxing with my legs elevated at the front desk and laughing at catherine's jokes. Work isn't all bad. It really isn't bad. Actually, all that sux is the stupid politics and cliques but other than that, i love my patients, i love being there, i learn a lot each day and i like most of my night coworkers. i used Most because i don't care much for those who go to the "office" to rat people out.

On funny note, i got off work on time, got to church premises right at 8am because for some reason, i thought the morning service started at 8am. what was i thinking? So i sat in my car reading gen chem and then i fell asleep. i made it to the service. If i'd known it was father's day, i think i'd have skipped church. I thought it was next week. On the bright side, i figured out where the prayer center is at. I need to start praying some serious prayers if i need this to succeed.

Yet Another cancellation

So i've pushed back tonight. I saw it coming. I'm trying to finish the last but one chapter for ochem, amines. it's not going to great. So, i ate some haagen-dazs and i'm reading the 6/17 MCATers reaction thread. It's always the same reaction. People come back and write how hard it was, and a month later, they do better than they thought. Goal for tonite is to finish the ochem chapter i'm reading, finish bio lecture II in TPR and finish gen chem 10 in TBR. That'll leave me with the last ochem topic which i'm thinking i may do on sunday with the last section of EM cuz the EM chapter in TPR is long, almost a 100pages. I still need help with fluids. Plan is to go through Nova and see if that help with my physics intuition, review TPR gen chem quickly and TPR ochem next week. Then start all over with TBR only.
So far, bio has been intuitive. I think my approach of just knowing my Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology for nursing school helped out. Honestly, those are all that matters, i actually think physiology is the main thing. Know how something normally works, the pathophys is the opposite. medical and nursing interventions are geared to reverse the pathophys.
Alright, back to studying. i'll finish going through the SDN threads at work tomorrow nite.

Cancellations

So here's the thing about working overtime. I don't do it anymore. Primarily because i have better things to do such as school but during the semester and now i've lots of studying to do. But the other reason why i don't do overtime anymore is the fact that on 2 occassions last year, i was called in for overtime and my name was put down to be cancelled on the saturday. On one of those 2 ocassions, i was working the thursday, i wasn't put down to be cancelled sunday. Instead i was put down for the weekend so i don't make the differential. Couple other people have stopped coming in for overtime primarily because of the latter reason.

Anyway, coworker of mine did overtime during the week. On saturday which she was scheduled to work, they cancelled her and pulled a nurse from a different floor to come work on our floor so they wouldn't pay my co-worker overtime. Now, this is just aboveboard but it leaves me with the question "how far are they willing to go to save a dime?"

Bless me Father for i've sinned....

I just spent $115 at victoria's secret online store after spending more money at their store in the mall today. Awful. I feel like an alcoholic or drug addict that's relapsed. Technically, i should feel like one cuz i'm used to be a shopaholic. I spent so much money at Victoria's secret last year, it's a SIN! I mean from the bra tops to the dresses to the pants. So last year, i had them unsubscribed me from their catalogs, i stopped their emails and cut off all contact with them.
But, i purchased today because i need pants. I like their pants. They're colorful, different, not like regular pants. I actually went there to shop for underpants but then i remembered i needed work pants to wear to the clinic. Then i saw a bra and then a top, and then an oversized top. Honestly, if i didn't purchased that on-sale $25 oversized top, i'd have purchased one at saks for $84. So here's to saving! Yes, i'm justifying but the fact of the matter is, this is all my summer shopping. Heck, i can't fit into some of the summer clothes i purchased last year and i never wore them, some i only wore twice. I've soo many clothes and i've a bunch in a bin i need to donate. i really don't need any more clothes. All the closets here, my huge walk-in, dresser and whatever i have, closet outside, my shoe closet (yes, i've a closet that's just stacked with shoes.)

So, here's a blog reminder to self that this is my summer shopping. I think i've spent 200 bucks if i add the 5in heels i got on amazon (may i say those are so hawt!!). Here's to saving.

Things you can't cheat: work and sleep

Let me speak physics in layman's term. Pressure is defined as the force acting on a unit area of a substance. Work is defined as the force x distance or the force that moves something through a given distance.
So back to pressure. If you apply pressure on fluid, it distributes evenly and each part of the fluid experiences the same about of pressure. That's how hydraulic lifts work. so imagine applying a little amount of force to a piston of a hydraulic lift. it allows you to lift a heavy item on the cylinder barrel which would otherwise be very difficult to lift. Thing is while you apply a smaller force to move the piston a large distance, the cylinder distance moves a smaller distance. You can see a better demonstration at the hyperphysics website.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

Fact is, while you use a smaller amount of force, you only move the force through a larger distance. So in the end, the same amount of work is done cuz if you used a smaller force to lift the heavier load on the other side of the cylinder, you'd move the same small distance as using a smaller force but moving that force through a larger distance. So, thing i learned is you can't cheat work.

I think the same can be said for sleep. Your body needs X amount of sleep. it'll get X amount of sleep, doesn't matter when. i went to bed at 5am hoping to get up at 8:30 to go to the clinic. My eyes opened at 10:02. My body got the 5hours of sleep it needed. And i'm sure if it didn't, it'll try to make up during some time during the day. I really feel awful for not showing up at the clinic. I think i need to get a new alarm clock cuz this read one can't be trusted.

Something Holy

"We were born to be a part of something holy all of us are restless till we find...
we were born to be a part of something holy, bigger than you and I."

Grammatically, the you and i should be oops "me". I'm not a stickler but it's amazing how most people say you and I.

Brief encounter

So i went to barnes and noble to study gen chem today. First of all, their wifi isn't working, which isn't so much of a big deal. Guy working up the roof got dust all over my stuff so i stood up to move my stuff, girl sitting behind me who's been talking since she walked in asks if i'm studying for the CAT and how long it takes to go through "that book". Turns, we both had TBR gen chem books. She tells me her plan is to go through each chapter within 3 days and then do the passages. She's taking the exam in july, 5 weeks from today. I told her it takes forever to go through the chapters but i usually do 2 chapters in a day, not the same subjects. Good thing that's working for her is that she states she doesn't need much bio and ochem review. Come to think of it, i shouldn't need much bio review either. Ochem, I'm good on the SN1,2 and E1 and 2. NMR, i have it all nailed down. So i think i need to crack down a lot more on the PS section.
Good thing for her, she just graduated, stuff is still fresh in her mind. Me, i took these classes so long ago that i don't remember anything. So she shuld be good in 5 weeks, at least for a person smart enough to get into columbia, she should be. I actually left the store because i couldn't study anymore. Two guys walked by and she's been talking for the last hour. Still talking as i left.