Note to self: Remember about your blog Saturday, 19th September 2009

I’ve kind of forgotten about this recently. But I have been pretty busy, UCAS stuff is taking up my life (don’t ever apply for medicine, ever, ever, ever). I’ve currently written half a personal statement but I hate writing about myself so I have to do it in short bursts. I really can’t wait for it to be over. Anyone who would be interested in proof-reading, leave a comment or something, you will be needed shortly (also, if anyone would like to write the whole thing for me, you’re very welcome )

The good thing about this is I get to do work experience, which is actually fun (or I find it fun, because I’m a geek like that). I was at the GPs for three days last week, everyone was very nice to me including the patients. There were lots of funny bits but unfortunately none I can blog about cause of confidentiality. I also had the joy of working with my boyfriend’s mum, who I haven’t seen since long before we started going out (by probably about 8 years). But she came and chatted to me when I was having one of many cups of tea so it was fine.

Right, I should probably get back to my personal statement. And then I have to do the UK CAT practice questions. And I really have to catch up on all the biology I’ve somehow missed but can’t quite figure out when. Oh, and I have to research gap years so I can have some idea what I’m doing to write in my personal statement. Sixth year is fun.

This week… Sunday, 30th August 2009

…has been quite eventful.

On Monday I was doing work experience at the hospital, which was actually quite fun and I’m certain now I want to do medicine. Although I don’t think I’ll specialise in radiology, I have no idea how they can diagnose anything from the scans. I was in the breast clinic in the morning and managed to get Confessions by Tim Minchin stuck in my head (if you haven’t heard it click here and listen to it, you’ll see how inappropriate it is once you get to the chorus). Then in the afternoon I was in the radiology department and I played hangman with one of the doctors (whose name I can’t remember which is pretty bad) and then outsmarted him when he told me that patients were the most important people who worked on a ward. Then I looked at some scans of brains and pretended I could tell the difference between tumours and the other black bits.

Tuesday was boring. I just got a lot of boob jokes, my friends are so mature . And Wednesday was boring until about 9pm when I suddenly got a boyfriend (well, it wasn’t that sudden, we’ve been flirting for months now, but it gave me a bit of a shock as anyone I was talking to at the time will know).  Thursday was taken up by people interrogating me about getting a boyfriend and Friday was taken up by us all being annoyed at Mr Travis yet again cause he made up a new prefect duty (reading the bulletin out at assemblies ) and instead of giving us all one commitee like we’d been told, we’ve all been given all three of our choices. So now I’m doing: book buddies, charities committee, helping out in younger ones classes (hopefully Miss Hay’s with Kimberley), organising evening events and gold Duke of Ed (from scratch cause I haven’t done bronze or silver). And then two advanced higher sciences with the joys of projects, higher physics, and trying to write a personal statement good enough to get me into medicine. Should be easy .

Today was fun too. Me, Mum and Abi went to the dog shelter in Aberdeen in the morning; then I went to the cinema with Finlay and saw Final Destination which is probably the single worst film I’ve ever seen in my life, it’s so bad it’s funny. And then I got home and my new netbook had arrived. It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve nearly got used to the silly little keyboard too.