Day off

Today was my first day off since kids arrived. I really needed it. After an evening out and two evenings on duty I was really tired. But it was my fault. I actually needed an evening out, that was a good decision, but on my nights in the camp I could go to bed way earlier. Now I know how it goes and I hope I'll take more care from now on.

I have to say that I love my job more than I could ever imagine. Kids are great, well they are not really interested in gymnastics in the afternoon elective periods (accept one small French guy, who doesn't speak English), only if we play games I get quite a few sign-ups.

We also had our first social at the girls' camp and probably the only people who don't like them are female counselors from boys camp. But we survived.

Tomorrow is July 4th. My favourite American Holiday. I can't wait. Although we have another social with girls' camp in the evening. This time here.

Happy Independence day!

Kids are here

Yesterday kids arrived!!!! Now there is life at our camp. They are great. For now, I love it. I already had three sessions today and it went pretty well. We had a Dutch auction at the evening program and it was amazing. My team (me and 6 kids) was 4th (out of 20) and we were proud because we didn't cheat.

In ten days of pre-camp I've never been late for morning flag raising, but today, for the first official flag raising ceremony, I came 5 min too late. It's impossible to hear the bell in the girls' cabin, so we didn't hear it and came down after the flag raising song. Grrrrr

I'm here

I safelz arrived to New York today. After a daz of flying I took some time for a walk to Time Square and found out, that I have no idea when do we should get across the road here (anytime, when it turns white...).

I'll go to bed now, as I am awake for almost 24 hours now and I have to get at camp tomorrow.

Bye!!!

Packed

The backpack is full now, strangely it doesn't have 23 kilos (but less). The only problem could be that I might have forgoten something.

Tomorrow (well today) I fly through Vienna to New York and than have an orientation meeting in NY and on Thursday I go at camp in Connecticut.

I'll try to update the blog as often as possible.

The last one done

Well hopefully, I still have to wait for the results. And if I get more than 50% it means that I've passed enough exams to go in the 5th year!!!!!! I have Summer holidays now! Ok, I have 2 more days of classes and a test on war surgery right after (only) 5 hours of that class - I don't even imagine what we'll be learning there.

And then in 2 weeks I am leaving! I can't wait. My sister already bought two matching necklaces, so we can wear them on different continents and still be kind of connected. It looks like she's really having hard time imagining that we'll be apart for three months. I have to admit, that I haven't thought about being away for a quarter of a year yet!!!! Wow, that is a long time.

I hope I'll have an opportunity to spend some time with friends before I leave.

Good luck with exams everyone!

I'm getting there

There are some things that should be done before I'm flying to the USA. Exams. Mom said at the beginning that I could go only if I pass all required exams before camp. And there are 5 of them. One from last and four from this year.

The easiest one (from last year) and the hardest one are done, there are just three more. The pressure is way smaller now, I can take a breath or two. The next one is Psychiatry (the second biggest one). It can still go wrong, but I think that I can do it.

Friends

Yesterday we had an Easter concert with the church choir. It was great - as always. After very long time I saw some of my friends. It was nice to see them, but it made me a bit sad. Are the concerts really the only time when I get to see them?

Since I'm at med school I have (actually take) almost zero time for other friends. I see Neja at choir and here and there for a coffee or a short talk. I hardly see my high school friends. It's true that I'm not in Kamnik during the day, but evenings/weekends still exist. I don't see friends from English camps/youth group anymore, although this was a big part of my high school life.

I really like the group of friends that I have at med school. We're taking classes together, get out for a coffee, get lunch after school, learning together, go out for a movie... we're actually together every day. But I also miss my old friends and I need to see them more often. I have to take some time for them too. I just need to get through that exam on Monday and then I can take a breath and a free minute for a coffee.

I hope I'll be able to bring some control in my craizy life after the Pharmacology exam (btw I hate it) and find time for everyone.

America, here I come!

Some of you already know this. This summer I'll be counselor in a camp in Connecticut! I can't wait!

I have to be at camp on June 18th and finish on August 23rd and then I'll go around the USA a little bit till September 19th when I have a flight back to Slovenia.

Now I just have to pass those 4 exams, otherwise I'll have to go home earlier.

Eight months later...

I can't believe that my last post was eight months ago.

What is my excuse? In Spring I didn't really had time for blogging or better said "nothing interesting happened in my life". Then I spent almost all Summer at the seaside. In September I was studying for exams and in October I tried to put myself in a "you're back at school" mood. And suddenly here is November.

I can proudly say, that I AM DONE WITH THE PRE-CLINICS!!!!!!! Three years done, three to go. It means I can finally say I'm studying real medicine now as I mostly have clinical subjects plus I've successfully passed that stupid Pathology exam (I know, Pathology IS important). Everyone says that after third year everything gets easier, well during the week I can hardly see this, but looking back, it might really be less stressful as before. We already had our first test (it was surgery) and I'm not that pleased with the result although all in all it wasn't bad.

In Summer I had to say goodbye to Anna, who returned back home. Although we didn't spent so much time together last year I already miss her. It's strange how quickly you miss someone, when you know you can't just call when you need a conversation or advice. I must spend more time with my "out of school" friends. To all of you: I'm sorry :(

Otherwise everything is normal. I'm doing two choirs again (MedSchool's choir and Katka's church choir). And with both of them we're practicing for our next concerts. I just love singing in a choir. This is my way of a relaxation. I just hope I will be able to put everything I want to do plus all the school work into one week (unfortunately it still has just seven 24-hours long days).

Well now you can't say, that I'm not blogging. Hope that it won't take me 8 months to write my next post :)

When I'll grow up...

I've been reading Neja's blog about our planing for the Future. And we planned a lot when we were little. I'm a huge planner, I always make a plan how the next day/week/month should be (ok, at the end everything usually collapse, but anyway... It's true, I dreamed about being a doctor for ages. Well I had some strange ideas when I was small, but all in all this has been my dream for most of the time. Every time we play a game "What would be your dream job, if you would do it just because you want to and not for money/reputation/parents..." I choose being a doctor. When I have troubles with exams, I don't think about changing schools, as I have no idea what would I do besides medicine. Ok, when I'm feeling really bad I ask myself why I don't study social studies, but that's just a joke at our school.

If anyone asks me about med school, about being a doctor (doctors are not really respected in Slovenia at the moment), I always say that this is the right decision and a great profession if you feel that you're made for it. As it says here, you have to tell the good and the bad parts, but I wouldn't say that I regret my decision.

Have you known for all your life what you want to become as an adult? Or was it a choice of a moment?