Update

Since I last wrote, a couple of things have happened. We finally were able to dissect our heart, which as I mentioned before was pretty big. The great thing though was after we dissected the heart, I went to the Franklin Institute in Philly which has a huge model heart you can walk inside. It was actually pretty realistic with some of the minor details.

We did such a great job dissecting the heart and tracking the thoracic duct that our professor got our group chocolate. :) I don't even eat chocolate but I love the fact that he challenged us! Today the B group opened up the abdominal cavity, and I guess our gall bladder was chock full of gall stones. That will be interesting to see.Tomorrow my group (A group) is doing the kidneys, which will be perfect since we just finished them in physiology.

We had a physiology exam on Monday which meant I spent all weekend studying for it. It was eh. Grades aren't posted yet so we will see. Everyone felt the same way though.

Friday class elections are being held, and speeches are tomorrow. I had a tough time with this. Several of my classmates have asked me to run for president, which part of me really wanted to do. I think it would be a great opportunity and I think I could do well. The problem is that both the junior and senior class presidents have said how time intensive it was, how they had mini meltdowns with their advisor, and so on. Our non class time is so small as it is, I don't want it to be consumed with more class activities, nor do I want the extra pressure and stress of raising money and planning social events on an already tough curriculum. I want to be able to play intramurals and do some things with church, if time ever permits. I don't do well with a lack of sleep, and I don't drink coffee so it's not like I can just push things to later in the day. Yet I still have this nagging feeling that I'm missing out on a great opportunity and a good way to challenge myself...it has been a tough call. I've decided to run for the school's representative to the state PA association. The time commitment isn't as great, but I will still have a role in student government. Plus, whomever is president I definitely plan on helping out as much as I can. We'll see how things go tomorrow and Fri!