Accepted!

Got in! Five hours of mild agony and a semester of relief. I'm definitely going to accept this school and withdraw from the other. So happy to be done!

Interview

It went well, I think. It was a group interview and there were 5 of us in total. The interviewer was really nice and kept everything really casual. I'm sure I'll overanalyze things until I hear back. Cross your fingers and say a prayer for me!

Musings on Friday Night

Today a doctor told me that he "literally knows everything there is to know" when I asked if he had any questions (it's the law! I have to offer!). Must be nice, I reckon!
It's amazing how slowly a night can go when you're procrastinating homework and dislike the pharmacist on duty. Time to go find another tabloid to skim...

Change of Plans!

My interview got moved up to next week! I called today to see if they had any openings, and sure enough they had something for me. I'll keep you all posted!

Tests

We've had first exams in some classes so far. My animal behavior test seemed easier than it was- I lost a bunch of points on tricky things. I also lost 2 points because I forgot penguins were birds...but we'll pretend that never happened.
The pharmacology test today was hard. The first 3 pages weren't too bad. Page 4 was tricky. Pages 5-7 were really really tough (and had some high-point questions, of course). I stayed up all night going back and forth between studying and writing an ethics paper. If I'd budgeted my time better last week, I could have written the paper then and studied more for the test. Bummer. Too soon to tell how I did, but I won't get my hopes too high for now. Need to work on that whole "time management" thing!

Drunky McDrunkerson

Friday night, 8 PM.
A man walks in and asks for his scripts. Three are retrieved. He expects five. I get a whiff of alcohol radiating from him. Hell breaks loose.
Me: "But Mr. McDrunk, I have your potassium and Prilosec, and Lipitor* here."
Drunky: "You're withholding my meds! I'm a heart patient!"
Me: Haeartless patient, that's right. "No, see, TerribleRPh** left this note to fill your Percocet and Ambien tomorrow. You have plenty left."
Drunky: "WHY DID HE TELL ME THEY WERE DONE?!?"
Me: We both wish we knew.
He proceeds to yell at us about getting a phone call that they were done, then not wanting to get phone calls from us, then why his cardiologist has a nurse practitioner write his scripts, and 'so help me G-d' if he finds another bottle with the NP's name on it, and don't ever let her write for him again, and where are his Percs, he needs the meds for his heart, and then he leaves empty handed.
Saturday morning, 9 AM. We realize that TerribleRPh made a mistake, and the Percocets were still too soon. We try to call him twice, get no answer. He shows up...sober, clean, and looking mildly guilty. I break the bad news, and he ACCEPTS IT. Buys the other 4 and leaves! We didn't know if we should call him out on his bad behavior or not, but we figured he is a loose cannon and it was probably better not to start that fight. I also said we should have called the cops and gotten him a DUI at the time. Hopefully now he'll just avoid our weekend. Normally, very little ruffles my feathers, but I hate the possibility of physical violence. This guy was big and could easily take on two small girls behind a 2-foot counter.
*Might not have been those 3. You can replace this with any 3 boring drugs.
**He's really awful. More stories to come on that one.

Interview

I got an interview invite today! It's for the state school in the area. I thought it was a longer shot (especially since I thought I missed the deadline...), but I'm quite pleased to hear back so soon. Unfortunately, the first available time was for March 15. Going to be a LONG month waiting!

Apps are Done

PharmCAS finally submitted my applications to the schools today. Two of the deadlines were 1 February, which has been causing some panic. One school is pretty low on my list, so I'm not too bothered. The other school, however, sent me an email prompting me to fill out the secondary, and when I went to open it, it said it was also due 1 Feb. I  called and they said I should still submit it, but I'm a little worried about that.
On the bright side, the apps for my first choice school are done and not due for a while (primary 1 Mar, secondary 30 March), so I'm way ahead there. Cross your fingers for me!

Unsolicited Promotion

To be honest, I'm not normally the biggest fan of Drug Monkey. His posts get a bit too political rant-y for me, and I usually disagree with his points anyway. Some of his posts, however, are spot-on. Today's post just killed me, so I had to share it.
How often do we perform routine duties without realizing it could mean the world to someone? Once in a while, it's nice to hear. Reminds everyone of why they wake up in the morning to do what they do.

On Fashion

I wore a uniform for 12 years of my life, and they were 12 awesome years. They were both pretty standard Catholic school uniforms. My high school was fairly posh, so we had blazers, but other than that it was a lot of plaid and sweaters. Therefore, when I got to college, I had no idea how to dress myself. Really. I had a vague concept of jeans+sweater and little more than that. After four agonizing years, I've finally learned my style (note to self: it's not sk8r or boho or grunge jeans) and learned what looks acceptable. Unfortunately, when you're on a student budget, it's hard to stay current and fashionable. That's where designer-meets-high-street collections come in.

I've loved the Target designer collections since Paul & Joe joined their Go International group in 06. I'm not a huge Missoni groupie, so I didn't dive for that stuff, but when I found out about the Jason Wu set, I made a beeline. My style is borderline over-dressed for going to class, but I go to a pretty preppy school so it works. No one believes me, but I swear this is more comfortable than jeans would be! And a dress is your whole outfit. No need to get all matchy-matchy. It's done for you. And really, in my heart I'm still a Catholic school girl who doesn't want to think about what to wear in the morning, so it works out quite well.

Dress/Belt: Jason Wu for Target

Blazer: H&M

Boots: DSW

Touchdown!

So who watched the bowl today? I'm a sucker for Americana, and today is a prime example of the USA at its finest. As a Philadelphian (whoops, had I not told you guys yet? I'm bad at this anonymity thing), I hate both the Pats and the Giants, but I rooted for the Giants because we lost to the Patriots in 05. Honestly, I don't really follow football much. The Eagles haven't been good for a long time, and I'm more of a baseball kind of girl (13 days to pitchers and catchers!). I'm happy with how it went though. My friend once met Eli Manning and said he was the nicest guy in the sport, so good on him.
How did you guys celebrate? We had a low-key thing with just the fam and some friends since I worked all weekend and my sister and I had homework left. Pizza, chips, and lots of Diet Coke- what could be more American than that?

Update

Apps are done! Life is organized! This semester is actually not as awful as I initially thought it could be! Everything is sunshine and rainbows! Okay, maybe not that last bit...but I'm in a great mood.