Troop-a-Loop

Where did the time go?  Just two weeks ago I was dreading Steven leaving to tour with the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corp and I was anxious about starting school.  And now, May 31st has come and gone, I have bawled my eyes out, and studied my first set of notes for Physical Therapy school.  We start dissection of the human body on Friday, and I couldn't be more excited to get this ball rolling... mainly because the sooner it starts rolling, the sooner Steven comes home.

The anticipation of Steven leaving for the summer is always the worst.  I pretty much could not be left alone this weekend.  I couldn't drive by myself, I couldn't eat by myself, well, I pretty much couldn't be in a room by myself.  I clung to Steven as if he was leaving for war.  I cried about every day twice a day from Thursday to Tuesday.  And I cried today because Sully heard a car horn, and thought it was Steven coming home.  I had to keep telling him, "that wasn't daddy's horn, Sully".  Miserable.  But I know that he is having a blast, and to be honest, after all the information we got today, I am going to need all the study time I can get.  And I can't wait to see the Trooper's show in Atlanta!

When I took Gross Anatomy at Mississippi College, Steven had the awesome opportunity to listen to my review sessions, watch me write and rewrite notes, and help me study.  Unfortunately, he isn't here for the first part of my Gross Anatomy and Intro to PT class, so I guess I will begin to use my blog as a review.  Nothing special, just interesting things that I learned in class or cool things that I saw or did during dissection lab.  I think i will be interesting to read back on in the future, and if Steven feels like reading it, he can resume his role as my accompaniment while studying.  Don't worry, I will definitely not deprive him of his listening to my fun school learnings when he returns.

Today was a lot of "here is what this class entails".  My Anatomy teacher, Dr. Andrews, is Canadian and  deaf, but is an amazing lip reader and is good a laughing at herself.  She does have a hearing aid and she is an amazing lip reader.  After going over the syllabus, Dr. Andrews started on our first anatomy lecture which pertained to anatomical postitions, movements, and relationships: anterior vs. posterior, superior vs. inferior, superficial vs. deep, distal vs. proximal, medial vs. lateral.  We also did anatomical movement terms like flexion, extension, supination, pronation, abduction and adduction.  It was fun. A good review.  I didn't leave there saying "I guess they expect us to know what all of this means".  We did definitely dive in though!

I am very grateful for my family and friends.  I got SO MANY text messages, phone calls, and facebook posts letting me know that I was not forgotten yesterday for two reasons: school and Steven.  I couldn't be more blessed.  And now that yesterday has come and gone, and Anatomy is back in my life, I am ready to face school head on, hopefully with a 4.0 waiting for me at the end.  So here's to school, family, friends, and Troop.  Staying strong,  God bless.