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Thursday, October 20, 2011

I'm addicted to [learning about] drugs.

And no, I'm not talking about street drugs. I am talking about my Pharmacology class. My first final is coming tomorrow, and I've become obsessed with learning about pharmacological drugs. So if I call you up in the middle of the night and ask you about every prescription medication you're taking and why, please bear with me. It's all for a good cause.

I know what you're thinking -- "How can you possibly have a final when you literally just started school in the middle of September?" I am thinking that as well. However, I can say with confidence that I have spent as much time studying for this 5-week pharmacology class as I ever did for any 16-week semester course. In fact, I may have spent MORE time studying for this course than any other I've taken in my entire life.

I've spent so much time making and reviewing pharmacology flash cards that I now repeat the generic and trade names, clinical indications, actions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drugs while I am asleep. So if I call you up in the middle of the night and ask you about every prescription medication you're taking and why, please bear with me. It's all for a good cause.

I am considering taking a lesson from my Uncle Rich and putting the book under my pillow to see if that helps as well. I'll let you know how that goes. Cross your fingers for me, because I have to get an 80% in the class to pass. :-)