Psalm 13

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Look on me and answer, O Lord my God
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord,
for he has been good to me.

Refuse to be defeated...

Forgetful

I accidentally left my debit card in the ATM two weeks ago. Definitely noticed its loss.. living on $3 cash and a credit card (bc some places require a minimum dollar purchase) has taught me how to be resourceful. Finally called and hopefully I'll get a new card soon though. I think I've truly learned my lesson about being careful that I have my belongings with me.. such a hassle to get a replacement.

Foster the People-I Would Do Anything For You

Probably my favorite Foster the People song. Pumped Up Kicks is great, but the lyrics are a wee bit scary. Found out that they're playing at the National next month..

Aftermath

I survived the hurricane! Which I thought wasn't too difficult to do, since I spent my Saturday cooped up in my room, and only had intermittent power outages to deal with. I went outside today though, and there was a lot more damage than I had expected. Lots of fallen trees, traffic lights that didn't work, etc. Thank you God for keeping me safe!

In other news, on our way to church today, we hit some traffic that was unrelated to the hurricane... geese crossing the road! So cute.

Gearing up for another week of school..

Hurricane Irene

Windy, rainy day. Hopefully it'll just stay like this.. love this weather! Makes me want to stay inside, relax, and be cozy.

Rosi Golan-Come Around

Phoenician & Camel

My roommates and I have a tradition where we take each other out to dinner on birthdays. Because I was away this year on my actual birthday, we celebrated mine today! I chose the Phoenician, a Lebanese joint that I heard was great. It was good, but not good enough to be a favorite.

I totally meant to take pictures (brought my cam and everything) but alas, I forgot. :(

Afterward, I went with friends to the Camel to see a live brass band. I'm all for live music, but this was not my cup of tea. I wish I knew someone with the same taste in music as me!

First test

My first test of the semester tomorrow. Naturally, I used a good chunk of time youtubing and finding music today. Sigh...

However, I had a Dentsim competency today, which is drilling on a tooth in a mannequin.. did better than expected. Thank you God, because I was definitely failing on some of my teeth during practice times. It's a gamble to try to perfect the tooth prep, because one little mistake could bring the score down to failing. So I went as far as I could until 1. I liked my grade and 2. I got nervous that I would mess the tooth up completely, and then stopped. I think I was capable of improving it a little more though.

I will say that Dentsim makes me excited about dentistry. I can't say the same about Gross Anatomy...

Life of a dental student

Today's schedule:
7:00 Wake up, get ready for school (supposed to be 6:30 >_<)
8:00 Gross anatomy lab/lecture
12:15 Lunch (minus 10 minutes to go find a fork)
12:30 Dentsim practice
2:00 Study gross in lab
7:00 Arrive home, eat dinner, break
Now Supposed to go back to studying but I think I need a longer break...

I repeat, I can't wait until Gross is over! Should be a lot freer after.

Bon Iver-Skinny Love

A song that I've been obsessed with since yesterday. Not that I relate. Just dig the folksy emo-ness.

Gross anatomy has taken over my life! I can honestly say that I can't wait until this class is over in 4.5 weeks.

Food for thought

From this week's Postsecrets..

Doubts.

Cartoons

In college I randomly came across and read my friend's copy of Persepolis, and until now that's been my only experience with reading graphic novels. I didn't realize that it's a pretty big genre.. I thought it consisted only of Spiderman, Batman, X-men, etc comics.

But then I came across a blog post about other ones, which inspired me to pick up a couple at the library. Just finished Shortcomings, and I'm dying to read Ghost World.

Never thought I would be into reading comics, but there you go.

Heartstrings

God uses everything for his glory. Even weaknesses.

People are collectively one of the top priorities, yet biggest stressors in my life. I think God made it that way so that I have to humbly ask for his guidance and intervention in this area, instead of feeding my love-idolatry pride if dealing with people came easily to me. Heart motives anyone? I kind of forgot about that until I was thinking about this idea.

Some things never change

Day 2 of orientation today. I was kiiinda expecting orientation to be more interactive, but we're mostly stuffed in a classroom all day listening to presentation after presentation regarding different aspects of dschool. Although we did get to go into the gross anatomy lab and meet our cadavers which was pretty cool.

We had a huge break at one point, and so I took the opportunity to go down to the clinic where I used to work. Apparently it was closed that day, but one of the assistants whom I used to work with, and a couple of the residents were there. It was the same as usual though. Same drama, same complaints. As much as I am not a fan of drama, seeing familiar, friendly faces made me miss the place, especially in light of all the new in my life these days.

Protected

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:13
For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Amen.

Headache

Went for a jog earlier today. My head started hurting.. I think it's because my body got shocked that I'm starting to exercise again. But I still have a headache.. maybe napping for a bit will do the trick.. then gotta get ready to go eat! Been craving a burger for a while now.. Delux, please do not disappoint!

Shots shots shots shots

Had to get a vaccination, tb test, and blood drawn today. That is 3 needles in one day. :( As much as I hate shots, I've learned to be calm about them now instead of freaking out. Regardless of my behavior, I still have to go through with it. So I grit my teeth, look away, and try to get it over with as fast as possible. I feel like I got punched in the arm though.

Happy Friday.

CPR

Back in RVA. Starting to get ready for school. This includes going to a CPR training class. As usual, I got the case of the giggles during serious time (ie watching the videos). But if anyone needs CPR, I am now your girl!

I thrive on routine. This means I think I'm about to be more consistent in writing in the blog since I'm returning to a rigorous schedule. OH WHATTT