Since last posting, I've taken three of my eight finals (five of ten if you count exotics and radiology that we finished earlier in the semester). This morning was my most difficult one (neurology), and probably one of the most difficult exams I've had to study for in the history of my academic career. I enjoy the material, and it makes sense if you apply all of the right principles. But there is so much to memorize and understand and no two animals are identical. It's tough to determine if something is normal or abnormal many times because of normal variation...but knowing normal versus abnormal is critical to localizing where the heck the problem is! Blech.

So with the most difficult exam over and my next one not until Thursday morning, I'm giving myself the day to "relax" (read: not study). I have a handful of other things to accomplish (like cleaning the house - it's ridiculous how messy it is right now) and I figured what better time than now when I don't want to cram anything else into my brain for at least a little while but still need to be productive. I'm also going to submit transcript requests for the rotations I'm applying to and maybe do some rotation planning. Or I might lie on the couch and stare at the ceiling for hours on end, who knows ;)