College Life

I can't describe in words how great I feel attending college. Even coming back home and having to study for some hours on the trot doesn't seem all that uninviting. The thing about 2nd year is that, you can afford to give yourself time off. I don't bunk college at all. Its an 8 to 5 schedule. So, my day starts off with a mini breakfast before 8 am ( mini, because I am SLOW, and I never have enough time to finish it all), another mini after 9 am, clinical terms from 9:30 am ( umm, actually 9:45 am) to around 11:30 am, if we're lucky or unlucky as you might want to interpret. The point is, I've got a Unit where there are no patients, no OTs, and a boring OPD on every Wednesday. Our Chief-Resident ( CR) wants to teach us, unlike the Junior Residents ( JR) and the Lecturer, who aren't bothered. But, when you don't have cases, you can't help it. So mostly all those hours are free-time, when I do end up studying a bit. We then have a lecture at 12pm, lunch from 1 pm to 2 pm, and practicals from 2pm onwards.
The advantage of practicals is that we have batches of 100. So, mostly, there is absolutely no need to have lab-partners or groups of five according to roll nos., as we had it last year. So, I get more time with my group of friends not only during the lectures, but also during practicals. And friends are the food and water of college life. So, I'm just having so much fun!!!!
Its also the first time, when as a student I'm not under pressure. And the experience of 1st year helps. So, I'm being regular with the academic work, and enjoying myself. It is fulfilling to sleep every night around 11, kmowing that you have done yourself some good. And being around People like Shreya and Neha ( the two up-to-date friends I'm close to) gives me the incentive to work everyday to ensure I keep up with them.
Celebrations of my birthday ( 14th sep) were the best I've had. My group of friends ( 5 out of 8) went shopping on the 12th (Saturday), to buy me a top. They had quite a task at hand, because I'm terribly thin, and the smallest of tops hang loosely on me. But they did it!!! They got me a black and white top, with balloon frills on the sleeves ( love that!!), which fitted me perfectly. But, that wasn't the surprise. I didn't go for my posting so I came around 11:30 am to college. Neha sent me a very innocent message telling me to get my Microbiology journal for her. Incidently, it was in my locker at college. So the first thing I did was go and open my locker. And I found a beautifully wrapped gift on top of all my books waiting for me there. It was a yellow coffee mug. I was so touched!! They know my locker code, but I hadn't expected something like this!! Of course, I called them immediately, and their problem of having to think up of a way to get me to open my locker was solved. ( Neha didn't know the journal was in the locker!) This has been the best birthday ever. It'll be two weeks on Monday, so I just want to thank all of them for being so sweet!!
There you go! When you have a perfect friend circle, everything just settles down. Of course, in Medicine, studying is an integral part of settling down. And, surprisingly, I'm doing well in both!!