Ode to Reuben

This is my little tribute to one of the joys of my life, Reuben. :) Reuby is such a simple boy - he really loves laundry, warm places, and sleep. So, when I did massive amounts of laundry the other day, he was in heaven! And then the other day one of the blankets fell off of the couch, and again he was in heaven. So tonight I decided to get a little crafty so I sewed Reuben a little flannel jacket - it's pretty funny! I have to get some Velcro at Walmart tomorrow to finish it, but I safety-pinned it on tonight for effect... I don't know if it will help keep him warm at all, but I like it! :)

Hurray!

Today I had clinic, and I finally had an operative patient! I think I blogged a little while ago that I was supposed to have my first patient two weeks ago (three counting Thanksgiving :)), but my first patient canceled. Then, my second patient canceled, and I was very bummed out! So, I was hoping that my patient this week would show up, and they did! Today was my first day of drilling and filling - I really wonder if my patient knew! :) It took a long time to do it all, but I'm really happy with how it turned out. And, I really enjoyed doing it, so it's a good thing I'm in dental school! :) If any of you need a filling, you can come see me and get it done for free! Plus, you won't be my first patient! :)

Tuesday night

and five loads of laundry down! Well, almost. There's still some in the dryer, but I think that still counts. :) I feel like I've been catching up on life this week and it's been good. I think there is definitely something to the theory that a clean house is less stressful. :) Today was a pretty good day - I got my grade back for my test I had on Monday and it went pretty well. We also got out early this afternoon - 2:45! So I had time to get a lot of things done, like the laundry... :)
Anyhoo, I have some really cute pictures of Reuben, but I have to find the cord for the camera so I can download them. When are they going to invent the wireless camera for lazy people like me? :) Oh yeah, I guess that's called the iPhone...
Well, Thanksgiving break is only a week away for me! Hope you all are having a great week!

Busy weekend!

How does the weekend go by so much faster than all of the other days??? It feels like it should still be Friday night, but it's already Sunday night. We've had a good weekend - lots of hanging out with friends. Thursday night we had pizza with one of my classmates and her husband, on Friday night we went out to a Japanese restaurant (Three Samurai) for one of my classmate's birthday, Saturday some of my friends from Cedar Falls came down to visit, Saturday night we met up with my old roommate and her new boyfriend, and then this evening we had dinner with one of our friends who used to live across the street! It's been a lot of fun, and surprisingly, I've got a lot done too. Today I reorganized some of the kitchen cabinets and such - I feel like I fight a losing battle against chaos in my house! :) But I read in a magazine that you should spend 20 minutes a day organizing one small area, and then eventually it will all be organized. Now, that may work for some people because they may have 10 areas that they need to organize and then they are done in a week and a half. I think it would take me a few months to accomplish it all... :)
Well, I need to get to bed. I have a practical test first thing in the morning. We have to prep a tooth for a crown (in the simulation clinic) and then make a temporary one... Hopefully all goes well and I don't mess up too much! :) Hope you all have a good week!

sorry...

It's been awhile since I posted last! But I am finally through all seven of those wonderful tests, and I just finished writing my paper that's due tomorrow... yay! I've had some issues with this paper... I started writing it this morning during my break between my test and class, and I saved it to the desktop of the computer at the library and then e-mailed it to myself. Well, I came back to the library during my lunch hour to finish it up and print it, and for some reason when I tried to open it, a different paper for the same class kept coming up! So that scared me a little, and I went back to the original computer and crossed my fingers... It wasn't on the desktop, but for some reason when I opened up the file from my e-mail it actually worked! I have no idea why it wouldn't work on the different computer - weird! So, all is well - I have my paper and it is done!
Tomorrow is my first day in my Operative rotation! I've been in Preventive (cleaning teeth) and Radiology (x-rays) already, so now I'm on to the drilling and filling part! Don't tell my patient tomorrow that it's my first day. :) I hope they show up! I looked at their chart a little and they have a few cavities that need to be filled, so hopefully I can schedule them back again a few times. We actually have a shortage of patients in the minor operative clinic - one of my classmates has only had one patient so far and he has had 6 clinic days already! So it's a big deal that I am actually scheduled for tomorrow... :)
Oh, one more funny thing. I got back my oral pathology test today (it was all short/long answer which is completely unusual - 99% of our tests are multiple choice) and the professor wrote a note on it: "Your answers are so precise and well worded they are like a beautiful poem." Oh how I wish you all knew this professor! Maybe I missed my calling in life - describing oral lesions??? lol
Anyways, I should be off to class... Hope you are all having a great week!