Lactose Free Romeo and Julietting...

I'm back! I've been home for two and a half days and am loving every moment of it! I never realised how much I missed eating chappattis :D. And arguing with my brother. Good times, good times.

So as you may have realised I've gone lactose free for 4 weeks in an attempt to see if lactose is a trigger for my bad stomach. This was on recommendation of a gastroenterologist who taught me last semester. And I really, really hope that it makes no difference whats so ever. We are *checks clock* fifteen hours and fifteen minutes into my lactose free diet and I am craving chocolate no end. But I can't eat it. I can't eat anything. I can't even enjoy the crumpets that I bought because crumpets with maramlade are no where near as nice as crumpets with butter.... ummmm.....I've resigned myself to snacking on rice krispies with soy milk but that's going to have to wait until the Brother has gotten off the XBox and vacated the living room.

I really should be revising but I'm taking today off. I'm still really tired so I figured one day's recouperation will be beneficial in the long run. ie sleep now so no sleep whilst revising the respiratory system. Oh the joy that fills my heart just thinking about it.

Instead I'm trying to rewrite Romeo and Juliet. My uncle sent me a link last week for a writing competition - "Re-write Romeo and Juliet from the perspective of a young British Muslim. Deadline for entries: 31st March 2010." Thoughts that go through my head: 1) Gee thanks uncle, a week, that's loads of time considering the volume of work I have. 2) How do you rewrite the world's greatest tale of forbidden love for a religion where you're not meant to have relationships outside of marriage?

You can see why I'm having trouble. I have an idea but considering the last time I completed a short story was Feb 2009 I'm having trouble finding my creative drive. Maybe the taste of some rice milk will help...

On a completly unrelated note - I saw "My Name is Khan" yesterday. And I think EVERYONE should go watch it. It isn't your typical Bollywood movie but it has some really important messages about love and terrorism and Islam and is a real eye-opener about humanity. It's about time someone made a film like this. But if you do go, take tissues. Trust me.

And on Thursday I'm going to see "How to Train your Dragon" with the Brother. In 3D. Seriously can't wait :D

Shame I won't be able to join in in buying (and eating) or traditional core sundae with cookie dough and chocolate chip brownie....:(

End of Semester Two...

Sorry I haven't updated in sooooooo long. We've had essays and formatives and exams. Any minute that wasn't spent revising was spent sleeping. Did they go ok? Most of them, but I've got the funniest feeling that I failed anatomy. Shame, considering I knew everything until 10pm the night before the test, then I got really ill and everything just went whoooooooooshhhhh, out of my ear.

But now I'm free!!! In a manner of speaking. Four weeks Easter Holiday, two weeks study leave back at uni then two weeks of exams. Six weeks to revise. Everything. No rest for the wicked!

At least I'll be home :D

And now I need to go. I know this was only short but I'll update properly once I have something worthwhile to rant, I meant talk, about. But there's packing that needs to be done and Mum should be here soon.

Toodles :D

Looking for Frankenstein...

I'm dying of exhaustion/work/medicine! We had an essay in for Monday, one in for Tuesday (I pity the poor soul who has to read that piece of ****) and now we have an exam tomorrow. There's a part of my brain that has yet to acknowledge the fact that 20% of a module will be assessed on Friday. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. What am I going to do?

I know that we're meant to be doctors. Or at least, doctors in training. And as such we have to get used to multiple deadlines arriving at once, juggling 20 million tasks, career, family, friends, social life, sleep. But do I have to get used to it right now? I just want to sleep. Please. For longer than six hours. Preferably without interruptions. I'm so tired that I'm sleeping through my alarm. It doesn't help that the alarm clock is kind of bust. It's possible I pulled the aerial out.....

So why am I on here, you ask. Well, procrastination mainly. I have an hour free now and yet work mode just doesn't want to jump in. Maybe there's a button I can press somewhere. Re-wire my brain perhaps. The  basement in the medical school looks like a morgue - maybe if I just keep walking east/west I'll find a Frankenstein like guy who would be more than willing to chop the top half of my skull off.

No. This is our/my life now. Work, work, work. It never stops. It will never stop. And yes, I know we have holidays in two weeks, but the four weeks we have off (plus the two extra weeks study leave) are going to be spent learning four modules and relearning another four. Oh summer, how I wish you would come soon. Maybe there's a summer dance, kind of like the rain dance...

I jest, I jest. There will be no more re-wiring. Or complaining (I wonder  how long that will last). Instead there will be caffeine. I'm off to revise. Something. Maybe. Perhaps.