A month in Medicine.....

.......Or five weeks in to be exact.

This week we have studied:

mRNA transcription
enzymes
DNA mutation, damage and cancer
Child psychology
Cognitive behaviour change
Histology - connective tissues
Examining the musculo skeletal system
Cohort studies

Phew and it's only Thursday!

I continue to be shocked with the volume of work that there is. I would say that this is the first week where I feel organised and as though I am keeping on top of the work given each day. This is a BIG problem as I am now 5 weeks into an eleven-week semester. My last five weeks worth of work is unorganised and I haven't a clue when I will be able to go through it, ready for revision. I feel like it has taken me a month to settle into the course, but the shitty thing is that we are half way through our first semester and I needed to be settled in from the beginning.

The message which I so wish I had taken on board is that you need to be organised from Day 1. I am in quite a mess because of this and I can't blame it on having going out on the beer every night. I haven't been anywhere but seem to have frittered the time away.

I have settled into my hall of residence, which is brand new and fine. The downpoint is that there are 730 people here and only two mature students! I haven't found this to be a problem but other mature students might want to avoid New Hall for this very reason. Nixon Court and Opal Court have many mature students and are very near to the medical school.

To make things more complicated my husband has just got a job down the road teaching. He's in digs in Coventry and between us we are paying £650 a month in rent. It makes sense to rent a house and live here together but I am not sure if I can get out of this Hall contract. We shall see!

I think I would quite miss living in Halls though - I have gotten used to not having to be a housewife in the week - no cooking and no cleaning his knickers from Monday-Friday. The upshot of this is that I have to bloody clean them all at the weekend, but I shouldn't moan as I love it really.