1 semester down, 7 more to go...

So I finished my first semester of Optometry school and I must say that it really was quite a journey. In terms of academics, I am pretty sure that I came out with above a 3.0 this semester!! woohoo!! I just wanted to list 5 things that I could not have made it this semester without...


5. Baked Goods

When I was stressed I definitely baked, whether it was cookies, muffins, cakes, cupcakes, brownies, etc. It made me feel better and they sure did taste good. I'm not sure how I didn't gain a lot of weight, maybe all of the stress balanced it out.





4. Twitter

I know you are probably wondering why Twitter...well..mostly because it reminded me that not everyone's life completely sucked. lol. And it kept me connected to the outside world that is easy to forget when you are in class from 8 to 3, and then study from 4 to 11...It was also a quick, mindless study break every once in a while. And tweets were just something fun to do.



3. School Supplies (Notebooks, Pens, Highlighters)


Honestly in all of my years of schooling, I don't think I have ever been through the amount of school supplies that I went through this semester. I had to throw away several pens because I used all of the ink, went through numerous highlighters, and several notebooks. It was so absolutely absurd to me, but I did what I had to do, whether was recopying all of my notes, several times...drawing diagrams and what not.




2. Coffee!

 As one of my previous post already describes. Coffee was a lifesaver...man! In undergrad I definitely enjoyed coffee, but not every day or in the morning because to be honest, I didn't have that many morning classes in undergrad. But this semester I pretty much had to be in class at 8 am everyday. So coffee provided me that extra jolt that I needed to concentrate in my first class. Also it smelled and tasted so good.



1. My Phone

 This is a way of saying that my family and friends definitely kept me sane. I spoke to my mom soo much. I had a lot of bad days, and whenever I called her she listened to my silly problems. I looked forward to speaking to my sisters every week and my friends were also soo great. Even the random text messages really made me happy. All of this was made possible because of my phone. :-)


Until Next Time...