Week in Review

I've had a busy past couple of weeks...lots has gone on! Where do I start?? I had my Comps on Saturday! The week was spent frantically studying for the biggest exam of my life thus far. 4 hours of writing 6 essay questions encompassing EVERYTHING we've learned over the past year and half...and we didn't know WHAT we would be asked beforehand. It turned out to not be AS bad as I'd expected...but it still was bad. I answered SOMETHING on all of the questions; whether it was enough to get a "pass" on the question is something I'm not so sure of. We have to pass 5 of the 6 questions in order to pass our Comps...otherwise, we have to take them again. I REALLY don't want to do that again.

Having Comps this week wasn't enough to add to my plate however. Wednesday afternoon I suddenly had a sharp pain on the back top right side of my mouth. I thought I had an ulcer starting up, so I wanted to stick my finger in my mouth to feel where it was. Well, when I got to the spot I discovered that it was not an ulcer after all; it was a sharp pointy thing coming out of the side of my gums. I was confused because I had thought my dentist told me I didn't have any wisdom teeth, so I didn't know what it could be. My Mom called my dentist on Thursday and called me to tell me that I needed to leave work and rush home, because I did in fact have ONE wisdom tooth, in that same spot. My dentist was going to have to pull it out that day or else I could get an infection. Sooo, 2 days before my Comps, I'm rushing home to get a wisdom tooth pulled out of my mouth. That was the most uncomfortable dentist visit I've ever had. He stuck these huge barbaric tools into my mouth; it was crazy! But I'm SO thankful for my dentist; I would've been MISERABLE if it wasn't for him rushing me in to take care of me. I can't imagine what I would've done if I'd waited to get it taken out until I could get home this Thursday.

Then there was today. My tooth hadn't been hurting over the weekend. But the past 3 days it started hurting. So I took the Tylenol 3 with Codine that I was prescribed for my "just in case" pain. Sunday and Monday it was fine. Well, today I took it and just didn't feel well. After I took another one in the afternoon I started to feel achy, nauseous, my head was throbbing, and I was having a hard time functioning. I had to leave work early. Checked my temp and it was fine, so it wasn't the flu or anything. I took some Motrin and slept for about 3 hours. Woke up and I'm feeling good now. I guess I've discovered that I'm sensitive to Codine. Welp, good to know.

On a more positive note, tomorrow is my last day of school before we get Fall Break! Woo-hoo! We get 3 days off; yay! I'm gonna go home for the break so it'll be nice to have a few days of pampering from my Momma.

Here's to Following Through!

Well, I have less than a MONTH before our Comprehensive exams, which entail EVERY subject we've had over the past YEAR. We've known about this since the end of July, and have I started studying yet??? NO. I think I've just been too overwhelmed as I look at the VAST amount of material I've got to cover and have no clue where to really begin! There's no study guide or anything...just know it all! But I've GOT to start studying! So, I decided this weekend that I've got to change a few of my "habits" in order to accomplish this. So, in order to hold myself accountable, I'm writing them down here. My goals are as follows:

1. NO naps!
2. Only 1 TV show per night
3. STUDY EVERY NIGHT!
4. In bed by 10:30 pm

I may have to revise my goals, but for now, I'm hoping this will work! I mean, I REALLY don't want to be the one that fails Comps and has to take them again...and at this rate, I believe I will be!

Oh, the stress of it all!! Eeek!