While med school can certainly give you an altered perception of reality, one thing it certainly makes you more aware of is holidays. Even those for just 24 hours. To say I'm thankful for this day off doesn't truly capture how important this day has been. Last week was pretty brutal, so having an extra day to sleep and sleep is obviously helpful. Perhaps more importantly, though, is the fact that we don't have to add new material to our To Do lists today. One of the hardest things about this committee so far has been the fact that we're covering new material at an astounding rate. If you're not running at full speed on school days, you'll find yourself getting farther and farther behind.
Friday night was a little bit unpleasant as I realized late in the evening that I needed to do some extra work before meeting with my research advisor on Saturday morning. (I thought my analysis had been finished earlier in the week, but I'd missed an important step.) Anyway, I made my way through the analysis (successfull, mostly) and got to bed sometime in the middle of the night...maybe 4am or so. I had intended to get to bed by 11 that night, so I started the weekend with an unfortunate sleep deficit. Fortuntely, the two subsequent nights of 11-12 hours of sleep helped return me to a mostly-human state. And hopefully this week will be a little bit lighter on the extracurriculars than last week was.
On this labor day, I am simultaneously laboring away and recognizing the labor of those around me. Good enough.
Mood: not really sure. a little bored, a little distracted.
Song: Snow Patrol, "Chocolate" and the King's Singers, "Spem in Alium"
PS. No, I don't think anyone else has ever listened to those two songs back-to-back before. I know, I listen to strange combinations of musical genres...
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