What's a Reading Week?

Just finished up my favorite unit in neuroscience - it's all about how to learn (both in school and sports) and is super relevant to everything in my life. But this would've been nice to have earlier. Nonetheless, we've had similar strategies and it wasn't hard to implement.

We'll study cancer (for example) for 20m, then write a question about it. Then we'll study hematologic problems for 20m, write a question about it, and review our questions on cancer. Then we study oculomotor exams for 20m, etc. We take lots of naps and do constant recall. Sometimes we even play a rousing game of ping pong.

Because all my friends love fishing and it was $18. 

Lizzy and I went on a nice stroll at Walnut Canyon and saw one of the guys I play ball with working the entrance station. Later that night, we had our year end volleyball party with drinks and apps, so we spent literally all day together.

Oh hey! Guess what else? I got a tuition waiver for next year! I'll be doing research, which was my 2nd choice to anatomy TA (but all my friends are doing it so I'll get to visit if I want). And I'm still working with Mark Cornwall, the man in charge of anatomy. But we'll be doing some taping-involved research, so it'll be fun to use my AT skills a bit. Part Two of the good news is that I was making fun of this terrible acronym this week that's supposed to help you remember early signs of cancer (but the A is literally 'a wound that doesn't heal'). My teacher John said, if you think it's trash, why don't you just make a new one? So I did. And he said he wanted to publish it in his next book.

Because I love the sunlight but it's gnat season. 

I've been putting my Amish bread to good use and Brandi has helped me deliver some to friends with hard finals coming up (and also helped me eat it, parce qu'il faut).

We had our year end dinner at the institute and apparently I was the only one asked to submit pictures, so we watched a 2m video of my friends on repeat for 30m. Then we watched The Last Jedi (because it was almost May the 4th) and had Leia Buns and blue milk.

Coco & Williamson. Delightful humans & survivors. 

Saturday, guess what we did. More studying. Then we went to a lunch/fireside at 12 where a trafficking survivor and an earthquake survivor told us about their nonprofit ARISE that helps teach Haitian kids about their worth so they'll never be susceptible to adults that would take advantage of and enslave them. WHICH IS EVERYTHING I WANT. They even partner with another Flagstaff-based organization that sends doctors down to do free surgeries. I'd be happy to go on either end of the spectrum and so would Brandi. So we went to their talk at NAU later and helped out with some technical stuff and got all the information we need to get involved. AND Williamson spoke delightful French and I just loved everything about what he does.

Fast friends. Love love love.