Ahhh...the first test is finished!

This past week was the first really stressful week. We had our first pathology test this thursday so the entire week it loomed like a cloud in the distance and before I knew it I was handing it in. I am always amazed at how much test taking anxiety I have before even a simple quiz..so tests are usually an emotional roller coaster. I am enjoying the fact that the semester is going by quickly and that I am already learning so much. I am always praying for time to fly and it seems to trudge along until the week of a test when I wake up monday morning and go to bed friday night all in the same day.

Weeks like this I feel really bad for Dods and Lady. They have both been so supportive. Dods went out really late and brought me home a milkshake the other night when I was up studying. He amazes me sometimes. I am so thankful I married a night owl because he's up all night just like I am. I usually have to tell him "ok, it's time for bed"! Lady supports me by sleeping next to me while I study in my little study nest that is the guest bed, every now and then she will sigh to let me know that it is really getting late.

The test went well, I wouldn't say great, but I definitely passed and am expecting a low A or a B. The questions I didn't know I didn't have a clue about, and the one's I knew I really knew. Luckily there were more of the latter. I was the second to finish my test after I had checked over it 3 times, so I feel like that was a good sign that I knew my stuff.

My friends are so supportive. I am thankful that I have a group of friends already in San Anonio who know exactly what I"m going thru and what I'm working toward. Emily and Taylor are the two closest that sit on either side of me in class every day and Taylor drops me off after class because I"m too lazy to walk sometimes. We have formed a monthly dinner party with Taylor & Tim(her husband), Shannon & John, and Dods & me. Emily tagged along this month and we had so much fun with her there that I think she will become a permanent fixture as well. The guys seem to get along great and they all seem to have a lot in common. They don't mind us girls talking over PA stuff and we all get a good laugh about the fact that they are our guinea pigs at home.

Next week looks a bit brighter but it will he hectic from here on out. Pray for my brain that it gets bigger because I know I need to fit a lot more in there and I don't want any to leak out.