my neurons are pretty much battered and deep-fried by now, so let me just put it as simple as possible: at last!!!

finally, after what feels like years of doing nothing but studying (if a month stretches out that long, i shudder to imagine what five years would feel like), being able to close my post-it-ridden moore shut and stash away dozens of transes in their respective archive envelopes was the greatest feeling in the world. it's inexplicable; the sensation of total freedom, the lack of any responsibility save my need for relaxation and personal gratification.

after studying for days on end, for the first anatomy and derma exams then the biochem and second anatomy exams, it's great to have two weeks with absolutely no heavy requirements at all. some of our classmates have put it best: it's like we're already enjoying our sem break. if you can imagine how much work and stress those exams must have been for us to compare two weeks of head-and-neck plenaries and dissections to the students' second most awaited time of year (second to the summer vacation, of course), then just increase that thought five times over then you've probably got an inkling of what we went through the past few weeks. and mind you, i'm hardly exaggerating; with all those crammed lessons and dissections due to the lost days of class, and having to celebrate one exam down by studying for the other exams to come, i'm probably not even giving our forsaken efforts justice. if this is the euphoria we get for every exam run we go through, then maybe it's not such a bad thing after all... what am i saying?! see, necrotic brain cells, right here.

oh well, nonetheless the vacation is here and now. and so for this weekend, it's all about the r and r. hard as it is to believe, i'm already at home sweet home in qc, about to spend two (yes, two!) nights at home. i've been playing with some photshop clipboard-label-tag ideas the past few days, which i might finally get to realize tonight or soon enough. tomorrow is sale-in-sm-north-edsa day for me, then sunday could be up vs. ue at araneta or bambang browsing for scrubs and equipment. the only academic stuff i have lined up for this week is a handout we have to reformat to make it fotox-feasible, but that's nothing to worry about. typing also has its relaxing effects on me anyway. and speaking of typing, i've had a couple of blog entry ideas stored on my phone for nearly a week now, so i'll be getting to those pretty soon too. this is hardly the time to be ignoring my blog anyway, with all the *interesting* happenings in med life.

so much *nothing* to do, so little time. entering vacation mode in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...