It's a sweet sweet life, livin' by the salty sea

So another week has passed and it was an exciting one! It's hard to believe we have finished two weeks of classes already (although by the amount of material we've covered in classes you'd think it was four). 

We had our first test of the year on Friday (in histology...shoot me now) but it went pretty well considering its the scariest subject for me. We have three more tests this week so the studying and cramming feels never ending. 

The island is generally noisy which is a little frustrating for studying. At any given time you are guaranteed to hear one or more of the following: dogs barking, noisy beaten up cars with post factory stereos driving by, the famous orchestra of chickens, loud people...fighting, partying, or laughing, drum band practice which happens almost nightly up the street, ice cream truck that plays the super Mario theme song and tends to hang around the area for at least one hour intervals. The list goes on. Second biggest frustration: lack of vehicle. The bus for the school takes us there, leaves at 3, 5(when our classes typically end) and then not again until 10pm. So, if you need to stay after school is over to buy groceries, meet with a study group or work on a group project or anything like that...you're pretty much stuck till 10 at night. This makes for a very long day seeing as we get to school at 7am. I will stop complaining, life here is generally pretty sweet and I wouldn't give up what I'm doing for anything. 

The cadaver lab continues to be pretty sweet. On our second day in there we dissected the upper back muscles, opened the spine, and went into the spinal cord to see the different layers. 

I joined AMSA (the American Medical Students association) which is a nation wide club for medical students. We have a division of this at our school which will provide us with different learning workshops for free and hook us up with different volunteer opportunities and whatnot in the community. 

Friday night there was a welcome party on a tiny island just offshore of Anguilla called Scilly Cay. It functions as a small restaurant/bar and there is a large fishing community in that area so there are always a lot of fishing boats parked around it. A lot of the students went and a few locals as well. It was a great time and nice to get to know some of the other students outside of the classroom and have a break from studying. 

That's about all my news for now:) xoxo