Surviving the MCAT...but not the the after-trials...

Oh my..I feel as though it has been since the ice age since my last post due to all that has happened between then and now.

First things first: the MCAT was disgusting, but I definitely survived. I have to tell you, I left with a very odd feeling. I admit that after sitting there in such deep concentration for a solid five hours I had a massive headache, but for some reason I wasn't nearly as frazzled as I thought I might be. In fact, I think I may have psyched myself out so well and so humbly prepared myself to bomb it that when I actually took the exam it was unfazed and I was simply dazed and therefore left feeling as though perhaps it wasn't as bad as I expected. When I find out my scores in 30 days though, that anticipated frazzled feeling may very well hit me full force. Time will tell.

The MCAT day itself, however, was an utter and complete disaster! I wanted to go to the mall after the exam and purchase birthday gifts for two of my best friends, but found that I was too drained to even know or care what store I was in. I intended on going to a friend's residence for supper, but suddenly felt very angry and lost and so while wandering hopelessly through the stores, I called her and told her I was going home. After surviving the drive back to Yankton, I gathered an armful of belongings from my car and headed into my apartment. I proceeded to dump some water from a cooler into the grass outside the door, but aimed poorly and dumped it into a dirt bed and thus managed to shower myself in mud. I simply stared and then took a step and watched my phone slip from my fingers onto the evil cement below my feet. Of course it hit the horrid material perfectly and snapped literally in two - we're talking a flip phone turned into flip and keypad, two separate beings. I remember picking up the pieces in a daze and walking into my apartment where I sat down two feet inside the door and wiped the mud off of my legs and feet before actually letting the horror of my destroyed phone sink in. Once I realized the magnitude of my problem, I drove around town for an hour attempting to find a friend who was not working or gone for the evening so that I could at least notify my mom of my dilemma. I then decided to go for a long run to clear my head but discovered that my mp3 player too had decided to take a crap and it remained frozen and dead to the world. Completely devastated and overwhelmed, I stole my roommate's music and ran the entire length of the bike trails in town before walking the remaining few blocks back to my apartment exhausted, tearful, and in pain. Needless to say i walked into a low hanging tree branch and got nailed by a couple of sprinklers. I crawled into bed fighting off tears of frustration.

To sum up the remainder of that horrible string of events, I had to make a special trip to Norfolk, NE to get a new phone because when Verizon bought out Alltel, the Yankton Alltel store became useless for 402 numbers such as myself. I had to pay full price for a new phone beings I had no insurance and my contract was not even close to expiration. The lady sold me the wrong car charger (found that out yesterday) but I left feeling reconnected to the world and the owner of a new LG phone.

And this week...work...work...work...angry voicemails from a job that I have shoved to the back corners of my mind since starting my job at the pharmacy... :(

On Monday night after work, a friend and I drove to Hawarden, Iowa to surprise my very good friend Lindsay on her birthday. She has moved there to prepare for her first year head volleyball coach and high school history teacher position beginning this fall.

I returned to Yankton yesterday afternoon and after doing a few miscellaneous work things, joined Briana (my roommate) and Kelly Olmer, another MMC friend, for a completely random and awesome kayaking trip. It was fabulous! I've always wanted to kayak on the Missouri and after three summers in Yankton, I finally did - AND I didn't even flip the thing! :)

The remainder of the week holds more work and then a big weekend...more on that later!