Survival of the Fittest

     It was a long and brutal 9 days for us, but Ryan and I did it, we finished another quarter.  It was a pretty big finals week because it was Ryan's LAST FINALS WEEK that he will ever have to do!!!!  Can we get a HOO RAH! (this is Ryan's favorite saying right now)  After 6 years of school, he finally took his last final.  Needless to say, there may have been little motivation to take the last final for the both of us.  We were very determined and ready to finish this quarter strong so we studied at the table, the table means "serious studying" is going on....

     Then as always, sometimes all you want is just some comfort and a little bit of distraction like playing basketball on your phone, when you are suppose to be studying.

     Here is the face of one excited dude who just finished his last final that he will ever have to take...

     The week before finals, Ryan got inducted into Sigma Sigma Phi, the National Honor Society of DO students.

     Ryan has finished his first 2 years of medical school with a grand total of 109 tests with more to come in the next year.  Next is the biggest test in his life, "The Boards" which is June 18 and June 22.  So the next 5 weeks, Ryan will be studying over 12+ hours a day to prepare.  I couldn't be a more proud wife seeing how hard my hubby is working and striving to do very very well on these next 2 tests.  Lets just say I am so glad he is taking them and not me.

     I finished my first full year (365 days/4 quarters) of pharmacy school.  It was a long but fast year, 1 year down, only 2 more to go.  I finished with taking a total of 83 tests my first year, and many many more to come in the next year.  My survival group and I went out to eat after our last final to celebrate.

     Funny story, earlier in the week of finals, I woke up from a terrible nightmare!  I was a little sleep deprived (which always happens during finals) and I dreamed that Ryan got a call from Ohio State University and they were really impressed with his academics for the first 2 years of medical school and they wanted him to transfer to their school to finish up.  I woke up screaming "No No!"  I was so mad at him!  I was just finishing up my first year of pharmacy school (AGAIN) and he wanted me to transfer schools AGAIN!  I was so mad at him when I woke up in the middle of the night!  I had to keep telling myself it was just a dream!  Probably the worst nightmare ever, if this truly happened I would probably just give up with pharmacy school cause I think that would be a sign that I just wasn't suppose to be a pharmacist, but good thing it was just a dream!

     This is a random picture but I knew my family would enjoy it, I have decided to bring back the old ponytail that I used to strut in high school (before I had girls who started to pull it during games).

     It was a very long 9 days for us with finals, but it was very nice to have all of our family's phone calls wishing us luck and it is always nice when we get to face time with these little kiddos, they can put a smile on our face even in the biggest time of stress.

     To celebrate finishing, we had to get some Yogurtology and Ryan finally brought out the guitar again (ice cream and guitar is how he won my heart)!

     This summer I have 2 - 4 weeks rotations in some pharmacies.  I am so excited to not have to be doing book work and studying for tests, even though I will still have homework assignments.  I am more excited that I will only be working M-F and can enjoy weekends!  No more cramming for tests all weekend long.  So I decided to jump on the band wagon and finally got the Hunger Games Trilogy along with a couple of other books to read.  To be honest, the Trilogy will probably last me a few days max, since I am already almost through the first book, but it is so nice to read something other than school books.

     Ryan took the weekend off after finals, before he hits the studying for boards on Monday, everyday and every moment, so this meant that we were able to finally go on a BIKE RIDE with my new bike and shoes!  IT WAS AWESOME! Such a great and fun workout.  I love that it is something that Ry and I can do together.  It was only 100 degrees for the first ride of the season.  It will definitely be a memorable ride.  So we were riding along and all of a sudden Ryan just stops.  I stopped a little past him and when I looked back to see/ask what's up, his shirt is halfway off!  He is scrambling around and I asked him whats wrong and he was getting stung by a Yellow Jacket!  Probably 5 or 6 stings before it finally escaped.  I thought it was kind of funny but I felt for the poor guy. 

     Later on that night we went out with some of our good friends The Horrock's to celebrate finishing by going to Chili's and seeing the movie Avengers!  It was a pretty sweet show, a little long for me but it was a fun night to be with friends.

    We survived!  Only 2 more years left for us with this crazy school stuff running our lives.  Thanks everyone for the love and support and positive thinking for us!