The End...for now

I can't believe my first year is over. I loved Anatomy. If I never take another class again, I will not regret taking Anatomy. I loved the content. I loved making my new friends. I loved getting out once a week. I loved using my brain again. It was all worth it.

I need to sum up the last three weeks of class. That should be easy since I can't remember what happened. I did not study a lot for my 4th exam. It was on the urinary system. I crammed a bit and walked into the test feeling unprepared. I walked out of the test with 125 points. I'm not sure how that happened.

For the lab practical the next week I got a little over confident. Most of it was over reproduction. I've done that a few times so I thought I knew it better than I did. I blanked on a few and got 99 out of 100. I can't complain about the score but I could have worked a little harder to be ready for that one.

For the final, I spent most of the week preparing for my daughter's birthday instead of the final. Every time I studied it felt so redundant. I had a hard time focusing. I crammed a bit on Thursday afternoon because I had a babysitter for Willow for a couple of hours. I guess it helped because I got 125 on the final.

I registered for my class for next fall. The schedule options for Intro to Chemistry suck. It has a 2 hour lecture and 2 hour lab like Anatomy. But most of the classes have those split up into two days and sometimes at completely different times of the day. I thought Ivy Tech was geared towards working adults. I consider myself a working adult since I have three kids and none of the classes worked for me except for the Saturday class. I hate the idea of going to school every Saturday from August to December, but it was the best choice. I should be done by noon each day, though. I think I can deal with that for one semester. I hate chemistry. I'm going to miss Anatomy.

I'm going to miss my friends. Michelle gathered us together at her house last night for supper. I had a good time seeing Terri, Laura and Michelle again. The odds are slim that we will see each other in school after this. Well, they might if they all get into the nursing program. I'm a year behind so I won't see them. We'll have to make an extra effort to stick together outside of class. I'm really looking forward to hearing if they got in. I think they should find out in about two weeks.

There's going to be a lot of down time on this blog this summer. Thanks for keeping track of me this past year. I'll keep you posted if anything relevant happens.