This week was an epidemiology rotation and I can say with full confidence that it has been my least favorite rotation by a very long shot. I suppose I should mention that math isn't one of my favorite things, I resent busy work at this stage in my academic career and long drawn out Powerpoint presentations that talk far too much about little details of the regulatory government are not the best medium for keeping my attention; perhaps this rotation was destined to fail from the beginning. You would think disease outbreak and detective work and all that jazz should be exciting and engaging but in this context...no. So suffice to say I'm glad to put this one in the books.

Also this week, I presented my clinical conference case on Wednesday! Also glad to have it behind me, although I think the presentation went well despite the er, unpolished handling of certain questions afterward. I still have to polish my paper for the end of November and submit it for a grade, but my case advisor is encouraging me to publish it too, so I'll have some extra coordinating to do. Exciting, though!

Last but certainly not least, my match application is due on Sunday - ack. I had all of my materials save letters of recommendation in for a while and waiting on other people to contribute their pieces is nerve-wracking and terrible, per usual. It's a bit like applying to vet school, and I have faith that all will be sent in on time, but until I know that it's in on time for sure, I'm going to stress. Which is why I asked them to submit by today, so I don't have to fret all weekend about whether or not all my stuff is in. Instead, I will fret about possible upcoming preliminary phone interviews and whether or not I'll miss a call while I'm out at farms next week for my next rotation.

We finished early today, so I'm sitting at home in my sweatpants on the couch while it rains outside, working on my NAVLE prep. That's in less than a month, but I've made decent progress on my prep materials and I'm feeling...okay. Not confident but not panicked - yet.