Student Gift Basket

So for all of you that don't know, my fiance is a 2nd year in medical school. At the end of your 2nd year, you must pass Step 1 of the Boards to move on to your clinical year. I absolutely dread it. The MCAT was enough to make me want to pull my hair out. But anyways, he began studying a couple weeks ago and will take it April 19th.  In an attempt to be a good fiance and motivator, I decided to make a study gift basket.  I thought I'd share my ideas since they could be used for any devoted student. :)

I tried to keep it relatively healthy with the vitamin waters and granola bars, since he will be sitting at a desk for days on end. But, you have to have some unhealthy things...like his favorite candy! And we all know studying can be mentally draining, so I tossed in some headache medicine. It's necessary. I threw everything into a cheap plastic basket that I attempted to decorate the front of.

 
  
And being who I am, I felt the need to add a little cheesiness. So I made "coupons." One was for a coffee date, one for a running date, one for a neck massage and one for help cleaning (and by cleaning I mean, like, taking the trash out.)

Some other ideas I thought of after the fact were:

Coffee (he has a ton coffee), a stress ball, notecards, highlighters, postits, B12 pills for energy, and notebook/folders.

I don't expect to see him much these next few weeks. Ha.

Happy Thursday!

VDay Countdown

I wish I could tell you that a lot of exciting things have been going on lately.

But I'd be lying. As usual, I've just been studying my life away.

Our cardiovascular final is this Friday (yippee!), and then we start Pulmonary. I also remember telling you there would be more cardio adventures to tell you about. I was also lying then, I just didn't know it at the time.

I did get to see and hold some hearts. One was normal, while the others were diseased. We had the task of determining out what disease each heart had. That was pretty cool and it helped put all of the stuff we are learning into perspective.

The main reason for this post is because it's February 1st and what better day than today to show you my Valentine's countdown. I used the same tutorial for this one as I did for my Halloween countdown.

Now I just have to figure out what I'm doing for Valentine's. Probably studying, like usual. :P

What are your plans? Do you have a hot date or do you plan on rebelling against VDay?

Keeping Up

I know, I know.

I have been MIA for the past, like, 3 weeks.

It's been hard enough just trying to keep up with schoolwork and all the other day-to-day activities I need accomplish (e.g. showering, eating, and brushing my teeth).

Needless to say, updating the blog was at the end of the priority list. 

So, let me just give you a recap of the past few weeks. (Shouldn't take very long)

Aside from the copious amounts of studying (that turned out to be worthless once test time rolled around), this past weekend I got to catch up on sleep and celebrate the birthdays of some super-awesome people. I spent the early part of Sunday with the family for dad's birthday, and then Sunday night, some of my classmates decided to do a breakfast-for-dinner birthday bash. It was rather delicious. About two weeks ago, I also got to celebrate the 14th birthday of my little brother. I am SO OLD, and there are a lot of birthdays in September.

But anywho, I told you my 3 week recap wouldn't take long.
Oh, and get excited, because I will be sharing my very first wedding project very soon.
But it has to stay secret for a few more days!
:)