Gaps
It’s honestly not very hard to miss home or my other life (aka before PA school) I’m not going to complain though because I knew what I was getting myself into. This is graduate school, no I mean it’s PA school. I think both are very different sports.
As I sit here surrounded by books of every subject, I’ve become jealous of all those with the free time to read. A lady to my right is discovering more about art, and the man in front of me is reading some sort of dictionary. I’m going to make the extra effort to just read in my free time. I even purchased books the other day, but honestly, it’s hard to pick them up…especially when I know I haven’t read for a class. I’ll learn to work it in though.
Although as much as things do stay the same, many things haven’t. (cliche sentence, but it can’t be better said) I feel a growing gap, which I particularly blame on my new socially awkward-provoking lifestyle. I’m boring. All that I do is sleep, eat, study, and go to class. I even take naps during lunch so I can catch up on my sleep. I feel bad…terrible about this. I don’t have much to talk about, other than school..and honestly nobody wants a physical exam or to hear about the reduction of postsynaptic actions of neurotransmittors. I’ve become boring, and it makes me a little scared.
Tune of the Week
To Be More Excited About Life
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’”
Hearts, stars and horse shoes, clovers and blue moons, pots of gold and rainbows, and me red balloons!!
I just read this…such a sweet proposal <3
HOW IT HAPPENED The Proposal actually started on December 4th when Eric gave me a 1 page typed love note…informing me that I was to be wooed this Christmas. So everyday for two weeks Eric found clever ways to deliver a special note to me. This of course made me a bit suspicious, but Eric was very ambiguous and wouldn’t let on. Thus, for two weeks the anticipation built. Some days I felt like a ring was a sure thing and other days I felt just the opposite. I have Julia to thank for listening for two weeks to my analyzing and hypothesizing over how the notes were to end! Well, if only I had paid a little more attention because Eric planned the 14 days of notes intentionally. Each note began with a particular letter that spelled out; W I L L Y O U M A R R Y M E.
Before all the note giving, Eric and I had planned a special Christmas date for December 17th since we wouldn’t be together for Christmas. I thought that maybe the notes were leading up to this date, but had no way of knowing for sure. Especially since the note that I was given on the 16th told me that there was one more note…but that I may not get it for a while. Aah! I was devastated to read this! All part of Eric’s decoy though (:
So the date itself began at 4:45pm sharp when Eric came to my house with a dozen red roses. We headed to Quiet Waters Park to go ice skating, which we had planned earlier. Unfortunately, my talking distracted Eric or perhaps he had a bit on his mind, but we missed the exit we were supposed to take. This put us about 30 minutes behind Eric’s schedule for our evening. Our detour made him a little distressed as quiet waters park might start zamboning the ice and he wanted to be sure that Sam and Scotty, who were to hide and take pictures, arrived after we did. I of course wasn’t aware of any of these issues.
Well, we finally did arrive. I was happy to see that the rink wasn’t crowded and Eric was relieved that Sam’s car was not in sight yet. We got our skates and headed to the ice rink. I was excited to skate at the outdoor skating rink as one of our first dates (February 17, 2006) was to the outdoor rink in DC. We hadn’t been skating since so it was quite fun. However, I did notice that Eric seemed a bit distracted. I once commented on my skates pinching my toes, to which Eric responded “yea that’s nice.” I soon became distracted myself by the fact that the Christmas music playing on the speakers had changed to Ben Folds “The Luckiest.” I commented that it was rather odd that they would stop playing Christmas music. And Eric replied, “yes but remember how we went to a Ben Folds concert?” I thought nothing of this except that Eric made the same comment when John Mayer came on, and then Coldplay. Hmmm…yep seems obvious but I didn’t suspect at all that Eric had something to do with the change in music.
While the “The Scientist” was playing by Coldplay I happened to ask to take a break on the side…as my ice skates were still pinching my toes. Eric had wanted to wait till the next song to “take a break” but decided to go with the flow. So as we skate to the side of the rink he says, “I have something for you.” Eric pulls out the last letter (my heart was pounding at this point). Eric starts crying…and asks me to read the letter out loud. Essentially the letter tells me that I should see how “Jumana Gorman” sounds because he thought it sounded just great! Then right there on the ice Eric kneels on one knee, pops open a little black box, and asks me to marry him! I said yes!!
The night was completed with a dinner at one of our favorite places, The Melting Pot. As we prepared to leave the restaurant to go celebrate with my family…Eric’s parents arrived (they had to fly in from CO) completely surprising both of us! It was so special to have both of our parents there to toast us and celebrate in the excitement! It was a special night!
Another Website
So I wanted to update everyone on my new website: www.PAScription.com
It will be my slightly more professional blog, aka no pictures of me in a bathing suit, poems, entries about my personal life. Instead I hope to write about healthcare, my experiences in PA school, and hopefully network with other PA-Sers or PA-Cers.
It’s all coming together actually…this interest in technology and healthcare. The internet has brought health forums and easily accessible sites about various conditions to the fingertips of everyone. Patients come in with packets of information on what they think they might have…and what they think their health care provider should prescribe them. I’m all for this, the more information out there, the better…since the patient is more likely to be diagnosed and treated earlier! It’s also bringing those rare conditions (that aren’t THAT rare) to the forefront. People are able to talk in forums about conditions that they only affected them. The internet is great in those aspects, but it does increase paranoia in many peoples’ minds. The benefits do outweigh the negatives though.
Now where do I fit in…well I’ll be the bridge to that gap…I’ll be the answer. (if not, I’ll try my best to learn more)
Basically, I think I’ve found a mix of what I’m really passionate about. Technology and healthcare. If all my dreams pan out the way I want them to be, I also know how I can become a better teacher to my future students. Anyways, I’m feeling a little lofty, so let me bring it down.
Right now I’m secretary of my class and committee chair of technology/websites…so like I said it all sort of fits in…and I like where things are going.
