*sniff*  *sniff*

Aye, you smell that?

*sniff*

What does it smell like? You can't tell?

*sniff*  *sniff*

I'll tell you what it smells like.

It's the sweet, sweet, sweeeeeeet smell of THE END OF MY FIRST YEAR OF MED SCHOOL!!!

You know what that means? If you couldn't tell from this post's title, it means that I'm 25% of the way towards obtaining my medical degree! (Let's not think about the other 75% in the way right now) 25%! That's half of a half! That's equivalent to a huge piece of some warm apple pie! That's a quarter of a dollar bruh!

I'm getting the feeling that you get the idea 😅.

It's pretty cool saying that I'm a second-year student now, mostly because I'm now one step above being on the bottom of the totem pole lol. The personal growth that I've gone thru this past year has been quite an experience. It's also been interesting watching all of my classmates expand their knowledge base throughout the year. It's hard to believe (and quite hilarious) that there was a time when most of us couldn't clearly tell the difference between sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation 😂. What I'm really looking forward to this upcoming fall is helping out the incoming first-years and being able to provide them calming & positive vibes whenever the stress of school begins to try and creep up on them. But like I said in my last post, I'm very ecstatic about this much-needed break from lectures and exams this summer. Having the time to do things that don't require me preparing for a looming exam is becoming more and more of a foreign concept to me…truthfully, it'll feel a little weird not having to study for an exam for a while. I ain't complaining though. I'll be happy to find things to do that doesn't involve studying. Plus, it's not like I won't be keeping myself busy with the Motivation pre-med summer program that I'm helping out with. By the way, I almost forgot just how HOT & HUMID it gets down here in Miami during the summer…

Soooo remember that third Neuroscience test I told you about on my last post? The one that I had a good feeling about before I took it? Yeah, the one that had questions about Xanax and whatnot on it. Turns out that my performance on that test was the best performance I've had on any subject test thus far! Not only did I hit my personal goal for the year, I also actually beat the average score in my class for once! I think the last time that happened was at some point in Anatomy or something. If you didn't already know, I'm in a class full of geniuses. So yeah, although it's not one of my main goals, it's nice to see that I'm able to beat the average every once in a (long) while. As for the ethics test (more like quiz) I took last Monday, it wasn't that big of a deal. It was 20 questions and most of the questions had multiple answers that we could pick. Most of it was pretty much common sense and a couple questions were based specifically on some of the readings assigned to us. *sigh* It pains me because this class has so much potential to be better…and I'm not a fan of these quizzes. But that's neither here nor there. Moving right along. I finished my year up with the cumulative 160-question Neuroscience exam on Friday. That was A LOT of questions to click thru. However, the vast majority of the questions were much clearer than the questions we've been getting on the previous three Neuroscience exams. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that these questions weren't written by our professors…anyways, the exam wasn't too bad. But like I said, it took forever to get through. After submitting my exam, the first thing I wanted to do was jump in the air and click my heels. Knowing myself tho, I would 1) look like a damn fool and 2) pull a muscle in my leg and/or trip and bust my lip open. Ain't no one got time for that. So I proceeded to be normal by saying bye to a few people in the school and taking my happy tail on home. Overall, I feel like I finished the year off with a BANG, which is all I could have asked for.

Ahhh Summer '16, Summer '16.

You're finally here.

So much to look forward to in the upcoming weeks. You surely will NOT be wasted. Gotta enjoy your presence to the fullest since it's my last summer break and all…

Go on and start your week on a prosperous note! ✌🏾

If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you’ll see obstacles.

– Wayne Dyer

– Black Man, M.D.