Now comes the waiting. For reasons that baffle me, practice question sites, such as the one I used and highly recommend to any readers who are osteopathic medical students (Combank), are able to process exam scores immediately while boards require two-three weeks. To paraphrase Thomas Paine, these are the times that try medical student souls. Even the best of us (and I don't mean me) come away with a measure of uncertainty about the outcome.
Honestly, I think its part of the process of making doctors, teaching us how to live with ambiguity. Even the most straightforward of surgeries, for example, may conceivably involve a post-op infection. We never really know things are going to be absolutely okay until the fat lady sings and sometimes she's late coming onstage. Becoming accustomed to waiting is essential and the sooner we get good at it, the better off we'll be.
So, yesterday about the only thing I did, besides nap with the dog and cat, was mow the lawn. Now, here on the farm, that means getting out the tractor mower, because I'd wager I drive at least a couple of miles back and forth, maybe more. I looked at the computer screen and thought about writing and that's as far as I got. Exam days are always hard on the frontal cortex (the part of the brain that handles conscious thinking) and the day following, one feels as washed out as a country dirt road following a cloudburst. The fact that I'm here this morning indicates Tuesday wasn't a flood after all.
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Hey True Blue. I know exactly where you are and how you feel. You are right on track, now just enjoy life and free up your brain, it's done.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember rightly mine came back before two weeks.
Then you read the letter and read it again and even though you comprehend you passed, the thrill doesn't hit at first because of all the anticipation.
Proverbs 3:5...You know it!
'Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on thine own understanding"....
rent a funny movie and have a good laugh, you deserve it.
Oops, I'm sorry, Crystal, I overlooked your comment somehow in the past couple of days! It's a good thing I don't have a webcam or the "red" in my face right now would force you to put on sunglasses!
ReplyDeleteIt does feel good and yet, odd, to have time off. I've read one novel so far and am finishing another that's sat on the shelf for a year. I'd like to get through a few more before the onslaught of rotations begins, but aside from reading and puttering around in the yard, I have no plans at all. I haven't had a "vacation" in so long, I'm not sure I know what to do with one! :-)