I have worn glasses for as long as I can remember. Without them or my contacts everything is a complete blur. Basically I'm blind. I recently purchased 2 new pairs of glasses, in addition to the two I already own, because I have a habit of misplacing them. They don't get lost, just set somewhere and left. Eventually I cover them with dirty scrubs, books, and random papers, and from there....they disappear. Not for good though, they turn up every couple of weeks are so.
I have this problem quite often though, I misplace things and can't find them when I need them. When I do find them I place them somewhere "safe" so that the next time I need them I will know where it is... but when that time comes... the items are nowhere to be found. I have met several people with this problem though, so at least I am not alone.
A new fear of mine since I have recently purchased a disgusting amount of dental equipment (most of which I honestly don't even know what it does) is that I will misplace something that actually costs money. I've found that the smallest things we had to buy going into school cost ridiculous amounts of money. When we originally picked up our bur blocks (basically a metal block with different types of drills...) from IMS (instrument management) I thought, "this is great! they gave us so many!" but I soon found out that during our first year they would basically tell us to use ONE of the burs.... the 256...what they don't tell you is that as a new student you'll go through one 256 bur in about 30 seconds because you have no idea what you are supposed to be doing...each bur costs somewhere around $1.25 or some ungodly amount for a small piece of metal.... so you can imagine how the bills rack up... $1.25 for every 30 seconds... and then you realize you have an 8 hour lab.... that's about $72,000 a lab session... no wonder I'm broke.
Now back to the 256,...I've developed a love hate relationship for the 256. I have now learned to appreciate, and love my 256. I don't care if you like your 330...and don't you dare try to make me drop my box with a 699... I like my 256... but not one of those group order 256's that's only 3mm long... I like my 4mm 256... why? because I know once I have it 1/2 way in... I have the perfect 2mm depth for my amalgam... ah yeah. The first time I used this bur though I hated it, but that was because I had yet to learn how to respect the bur. Before I got used to it, a simple prep for a filling turned into a complex crown prep. But after a lot of late nights with Rex (my "patient" in SIM lab) I grew to love my 256.
This is Rex
Rex has got to be the most trust worthy person in the world. Who else would allow a 1st year dental school student to work on them??? Rex acquired his name thanks to my favorite little brother (he is also my only brother). The first time I sent baby brother a picture of Rex (this was before the naming of my SIM patient) my brother said he was a "sexy rexy" and I could not have agreed more.
Life at dental school is not all that bad. Of course, it helps that it is located in Los Angeles... with great access to the beach... and the mountains of Santa Monica and Malibu... which means endless hiking excursions and beach days... but even school itself has not been as devastating as I had prepared myself for. It is actually quite enjoyable. I'm not sure if it is because of the amazing people who I am proud to call my classmates...or what... but I love it.
During this next week we will be starting our composite class, and finishing up a case for PBL (problem based learning... if you don't know what it is... LN it...) So nothing too exciting will be occurring, but I will keep you posted. Thanks for reading this absolutely pointless and random first blog of mine. Good night and good weekend!
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