Short lived relief

I finished my unified quiz after only an hour and a half of the three hour allotted time. I promptly headed back to my dorm room with a classmate where we enjoyed a beer to celebrate our completion. After grabbing a bite to eat, a group of about 50 students headed to the beach to enjoy the last few hours of sunshine. Because Grenada is in the eastern time zone yet it lies several hundred miles east of the east coast of the US, the sun sets at about 6 o'clock. The picture included is of the coastline and setting sun. A group of 4 of us invested in a bottle of rum, some soda, and some ice to replenish our electrolytes that we lost in the quiz. Some of us exclaimed that we need to have tests more often because it gives us a reason to visit the beach. Most of us only see the Grenadian weather on the way between our dorms and the lecture hall. So it was a good change of pace.
We continued the celebration at Bananas, but we all went home relatively early because everyone had early labs in the morning. This morning reminded us all why we don't go out to the bars on school nights. Waking up to attend an 8 0'clock histology lab after spending the night at the beach and a bar and not having showered since, I must admit I've probably looked better than I did at lab this morning. The funny thing about all the celebrating was that it was an insignificant part of our grade, and we're going to be retested on the same material in 3 weeks on the midterm, so we're going to have to review the material again anyway. But I feel I did very well on the anatomy and bioethics portion, and I held my own on the other two sections. We have an idea of what to expect now and I hope to improve my approach in the coming weeks. Our histology professor commented today in class that this is just the first step on the road, and when we signed our name on the line we actually signed away the next 4 and more realistically 7 years of our lives until we get out of residency. So we're in it for the long haul, but time's already flying. I'm sure I'll get there in no time.
On another note, Mojito won with 57% of the vote. That was also my favorite. There is a new poll now, so check it out.