Soggy Shoes

As most of you faithful readers already know, there was no blog last week. Last Sunday, I was finishing up my studying on Block 1 material in preparation for Mini I, which took place last Monday. It's always a little difficult to write a blog the night before a big test, so unfortunately writing this blog takes a back seat to studying...I hope you can forgive me. With that being said, the test went well and the results showed off all the hard work that I put into it. Mini I was 157 questions long with an allotted testing time of 3 hours and 21 minutes. That doesn't seem too horrible, except for the fact that I had to take the test with soaking wet shoes.

So before every Mini, each student gets an email from the Testing Center saying when the test is, which students take the test where, and the breakdown of the number of questions per subject. This time, students with the last names A-L were assigned to take Mini I in the Annex. That's me. Now, I'm not sure if I've mentioned the Annex before, but it is the only classroom that is not on the main Ross campus. The Annex is about a block away; so to get there, you have to walk.

Long story short, as I was putting my backpack and other belongings into my locker (on the main campus) before the test, it began to downpour. So I quickly grabbed my two pencils & ID, along with my umbrella, and began the treacherous walk to the Annex. And to describe things even more precisely, when it downpours in Dominica, it never rains straight down. It rains sideways. So as you're walking down the street shielding yourself from the rain, you look more like a Spartan soldier going to war than a medical student going to take a Mini. And of course, an umbrella only covers so much of my body, so naturally my feet got soaked. Next, as you probably guessed, I was faced with a dilemma. To take the test with my wet shoes on OR take my shoes off? In other words, make myself comfortable with dry feet and risk my feet smelling awful when I take my shoes off OR just suck it up and wear the wet shoes? I ended up just wearing the shoes. One thing is for sure, once a Mini begins, you sort of forget about everything else around you...yes, even the fact that you are wearing wet shoes. And, as it turned out, wet shoes might even be my good luck charm. I might even try it for the next Mini!

The following day, Tuesday, marked the beginning of Block 2 - the Heme & Lymph & Musculoskeletal System module. It seems pretty crazy, but we are almost at the halfway point of 3rd Semester. Time sure does fly!

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