Anyone else lazy and tired all the time since getting in?

[Eraserhead]

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I'm a sleepwalker right now, I can hardly motivate to do anything since all the results came in. Its even hard to motivate to read SDN, and that's pathetic. I feel like sleeping until August, anyone else?

If I'm this apathetic when schools starts its going to be a huge problem.

 

[TheRussian]

I am totally with you on that. I have had zero interest in doing my school work since I was accepted. I have no idea how I managed to do relatively well since I put in so little effort in my classes. Fortunately I'm graduating in 3 days and then soon after I am heading to Europe so I have something to look forward to before med school starts.

 

[Eraserhead]

LOL, yeah I'm not even in school. 😳

 

[NDESTRUKT]

i'm having trouble going to work. wait, i've always had that problem.

 

[Brickhouse]

I'm so there with you too. I am definitely grateful for this down time and I will be travelling and seeing friends and all that, but I really just look forward to going home and doing nothing everyday. I wonder what that is - Maybe since we've been moving ahead at full speed for the last however many years, all our anxiety is finally subsiding and we are overcome with lethargy from the withdrawal....I mean we obviously aren't lazy or we wouldn't have gotten this far.....can you tell I feel guilty?

 

[Eraserhead]

I'm so there with you too. I am definitely grateful for this down time and I will be travelling and seeing friends and all that, but I really just look forward to going home and doing nothing everyday. I wonder what that is - Maybe since we've been moving ahead at full speed for the last however many years, all our anxiety is finally subsiding and we are overcome with lethargy from the withdrawal....I mean we obviously aren't lazy or we wouldn't have gotten this far.....can you tell I feel guilty?

Yeah it feels like anxiety withdrawal... there's nothing to worry about now besides going to work, paying some bills, eating right, just the basics. Its just not stressful enough for me! Maybe I thrive on stress? Is that unhealthy? Or does that mean I'm cut out to be a good physician?

 

[Brickhouse]

Yeah it feels like anxiety withdrawal... there's nothing to worry about now besides going to work, paying some bills, eating right, just the basics. Its just not stressful enough for me! Maybe I thrive on stress? Is that unhealthy? Or does that mean I'm cut out to be a good physician?

It's the type-A personality thing - we work best under a little bit of pressure I think - I know I'm that way - I usually procrastinate because the work I do at the last minute is usually my best

 

[nascentdoc]

i'm having trouble going to work. wait, i've always had that problem.

Work is excruciating. It's like I walk into a nazi torture room everyday, and the sad part; I can't even quit until the end of freaking august (need that cash). Other than that, I feel pretty good. After all I'm going to be a doctor in four years 🙂

 

[scrappydawg]

I'm finally being able to play some mean grand theft auto!

 

[Eraserhead]

My job is so not for Type A's. I need structure and dicipline. I don't think my PI cares what I do this month. :sigh:

 

[scrappydawg]

I'm finaly getting to play some mean grand theft auto


thats the only thing I'm non lazy for

 

[Brickhouse]

Work is excruciating. It's like I walk into a nazi torture room everyday, and the sad part; I can't even quit until the end of freaking august (need that cash). Other than that, I feel pretty good. After all I'm going to be a doctor in four years 🙂

Yeah - everyday walking into work I just pray that SDN will be interesting enough to keep me occupied for a few hours.

 

[Eraserhead]

Yeah - everyday walking into work I just pray that SDN will be interesting enough to keep me occupied for a few hours.

SDN is EXREMELY BORING lately.

 

[angstrom55]

I was already lazy since january when I finished my comm college classes. Taking a year off wasn't all it was cracked up to be unless you have a job (which I don't) or a research gig that pays ( which my research doesn't either).

 

[Eraserhead]

I have a research gig that pays and I'm bored to death!

It doesn't pay enough to live a normal life!

 

[ForensicPath]

Think of it as the calm before the storm. Or maybe its more like the eye of a hurricane. Either way, if you will probably be grateful for this down time in a few months.

As for me, I am finishing up looking for an apartment then I pretty much have nothing to do until august. I have no job and I may not even get a job because I really don't feel like being a waiter or working at the Gap. I'm going to spread the word that I am available to tutor high school biology and if that doesn't work, oh well.

 

[skiz knot]

SDN is EXREMELY BORING lately.

I second that!

 

[nascentdoc]

Last may, after I finished college I tried to land me a research "gig". What a nightmare! I'm still getting nagged by incompetent recruiters. The one research position I finally was offered a few months into this ordeal involved injecting fluids in an MS, under sterile conditons, in an isolated room for hours on end. Now, that's some depressing sh**. So, instead I stuck with my sorry a** job. Now that I think about it, I wish I didn't have a job to begin with. I'm sure I could have blamed my parasite condition on the suffering economy.

 

[LoneCoyote]

I second that!

I agree. It has made work even more excrutiating. I used to be able to kill several hours a day on here and now it is harder. My motivation for work has declined for nothing and I too am stuck until August since I need the money. And I used to like my job... getting in really ended that 🙁

 

[snowbear]

Yeah, I feel you guys! I get sooooooooo bored at work. But, I kinda think that I am habituating to the boredom. It was super painful a couple of weeks ago, but now I am more okay with it. I was planning on working until mid July (my orientation starts August 2nd), but the boredom was so painful that I scheduled three different trips, all to tropical locations: Miami, Cabo San Lucas, and Rio de Janeiro. It hurt my bank account, but oh well. I think that may have subsided my boredom, giving me more hope for the next couple of months, but I actually feel as if I am beginning to enjoy the boredom more. 😕 Who knows?

 

[Brickhouse]

Yeah, I feel you guys! I get sooooooooo bored at work. But, I kinda think that I am habituating to the boredom. It was super painful a couple of weeks ago, but now I am more okay with it. I was planning on working until mid July (my orientation starts August 2nd), but the boredom was so painful that I scheduled three different trips, all to tropical locations: Miami, Cabo San Lucas, and Rio de Janeiro. It hurt my bank account, but oh well. I think that may have subsided my boredom, giving me more hope for the next couple of months, but I actually feel as if I am beginning to enjoy the boredom more. 😕 Who knows?

I'm going to Mexico for three weeks in July - maybe I should add some other trip. I similarly rescheduled my last day for earlier because I can't stand it anymore. I'm going to Vegas too. And driving across the country. I'm trying to figure out how to manage bringing my pet rats with me! What a nightmare.

 

[supereagles]

SDN is EXREMELY BORING lately.

Yeah, the only avenue for passing time has been slow as of late. I am practically begging to get fired from my job...simply can't bring myself to turn in my two weeks notice and having to look at the face of my mean ass boss for the next two weeks. especially after telling him at my job interview 4 months ago that I plan to work for the company for a while. I know that is unethical but how else was I to afford all the $$ spent travelling during the interview trail 😳

 

[Eraserhead]

I need to schedule more trips. I'm way too broke tho. I'm only working through June so I can pay July rent and then chill.

I'm going skydiving again that will rock.

 

[Eraserhead]

Yeah, the only avenue for passing time has been slow as of late. I am practically begging to get fired from my job...simply can't bring myself to turn in my two weeks notice and having to look at the face of my mean ass boss for the next two weeks. especially after telling him at my job interview 4 months ago that I plan to work for the company for a while. I know that is unethical but how else was I to afford all the $$ spent travelling during the interview trail 😳

I'm begging to get fired too. I've got Friendster, SDN, and email open right now! I wouldn't care. I hate being a research slave. I'm too good (or dumb?) to be here.

 

[snowbear]

I'm going to Mexico for three weeks in July - maybe I should add some other trip. I similarly rescheduled my last day for earlier because I can't stand it anymore. I'm going to Vegas too. And driving across the country. I'm trying to figure out how to manage bringing my pet rats with me! What a nightmare.

Three weeks in Mexico should be very cool, I would love to stay for longer. My boyfriend and I are only going for three nights to this all inclusive resort. Free food and free drinks, Wahooooooooooo! I would've wanted to stay for longer, but finances are kinda an issue. Where are you going and are you just going to be chilling or will you do a volunteer program or something? I am going to Miami for memorial day weekend (next week, yay yay!), so that will be short too, but very sweet. I am just going with one of my close girl friends and we're gonna party like never before! I am going to Rio for 10 days to visit a friend who's been studying there this whole year, that should be great.

I love Vegas, so much fun. My sister's going in June. Are you going to be able to stop and see some cities on your drive? I have always wanted to do that. Rats will be fine I think. Just keep them in a sturdy spot in the shade and keep the air flow going. That's cool that you're bringing your rats.

 

[Eraserhead]

Three weeks in Mexico should be very cool, I would love to stay for longer. My boyfriend and I are only going for three nights to this all inclusive resort. Free food and free drinks, Wahooooooooooo! I would've wanted to stay for longer, but finances are kinda an issue. Where are you going and are you just going to be chilling or will you do a volunteer program or something? I am going to Miami for memorial day weekend (next week, yay yay!), so that will be short too, but very sweet. I am just going with one of my close girl friends and we're gonna party like never before! I am going to Rio for 10 days to visit a friend who's been studying there this whole year, that should be great.

I love Vegas, so much fun. My sister's going in June. Are you going to be able to stop and see some cities on your drive? I have always wanted to do that. Rats will be fine I think. Just keep them in a sturdy spot in the shade and keep the air flow going. That's cool that you're bringing your rats.

TAKE ME WITH YOU! 🙂

Seriously I need a vacation sponsor. Any old and wise gay men on here? Preferably with "extra" credit cards?

 

[LoneCoyote]

TAKE ME WITH YOU! 🙂

Seriously I need a vacation sponsor. Any old and wise gay men on here? Preferably with "extra" credit cards?

LOl... how old do you like them? Or what's your upper limit? I do know one guy... definitely has the credit cards going on....

 

[Eraserhead]

LOl... how old do you like them? Or what's your upper limit? I do know one guy... definitely has the credit cards going on....

As long as they can walk far enough to get me out of this office!

 

[LoneCoyote]

As long as they can walk far enough to get me out of this office!

LOL... well this could be a go then... I'll find out if he's traveling anytime soon.
😀

 

[Eraserhead]

Bleh, I had a date tonight and he just cancelled. I hate my life! Bring on med school so I have an excuse not to socialize!

 

[LoneCoyote]

Bleh, I had a date tonight and he just cancelled. I hate my life! Bring on med school so I have an excuse not to socialize!

That sux dude. I know the feeling. I had a blind date last night. Drove all the way from Sac to the city for it and and it was awful. No chemistry. Her interests were sports, sports, and more sports. But it was amusing in its own way... until I had to drive back to Sac exhausted afterwards. I too sometimes look forward to being busy again. I'm sure I'll be eating my words in a few months 🙂

 

[Eraserhead]

WOW you drove that far for a BLIND date? 😱 How brave and trusting of you! I have a rule about blind dates... it has to be a location I would normally be in anyway and doing something that I find entertaining anyway to avoid disappoinment and regreting the potentially wasted time.

 

[LoneCoyote]

WOW you drove that far for a BLIND date? 😱 How brave and trusting of you! I have a rule about blind dates... it has to be a location I would normally be in anyway and doing something that I find entertaining anyway to avoid disappoinment and regreting the potentially wasted time.

A REALLY good friend set me up for this one and swore it was worth the commute. Needless to say I was a bit pissed off. But it turned out she had only met the girl like one other time and her good friend convinced her that we'd be a perfect match. Whatever. We laughed our heads off after it. I agree that blind dates should usually be in places that are convenient. And, if they are with a sports fan, not after the Kings lose their big game

 

[scrappydawg]

At least you guys have dates.

Since moving back in with my parents in middle of may to bide time till Med school, I've had nothing. I think its some sort of YODA mind **** going on in my head, but still the prospect of living at the rents house is a definate game killer.

 

[LoneCoyote]

At least you guys have dates.

Since moving back in with my parents in middle of may to bide time till Med school, I've had nothing. I think its some sort of YODA mind **** going on in my head, but still the prospect of living at the rents house is a definate game killer.

Yeah that is a bit of a killer. But if I remember right from other threads you're going to UCSF, right? So I think you'll be able to make up for the lost time once you get to the city 🙂 What was your major at U of A? I'm wondering if we crossed paths in any classes....

 

[Eraserhead]

yeah, i have to admit being poor in the city with at least one date a month is better than being at home and bored as hell there.

 

[funkless]

Yeah it feels like anxiety withdrawal... there's nothing to worry about now besides going to work, paying some bills, eating right, just the basics. Its just not stressful enough for me! Maybe I thrive on stress? Is that unhealthy? Or does that mean I'm cut out to be a good physician?

You're echoing a lot of my own concerns; I imagine that lots of pre-meds/transitioning med students have these same concerns. I think we tend to impose a race horse mentality on ourselves, so that our downtime (and, lets face it, anything you do between acceptance and start of MS-I is just killing time) tends to deflate us and make us feel guilty, when it should recharge us.

My personal remedy to this same feeling was to fall in love with a wonderful girl and marry. I also adopted a dog who I love like a son. These two have pulled me out of my academic eggshell and made me realize that real life exists outside a lecture hall/dissection lab/hospital ward. Maybe I'll prove to be a crappy physician, but I'm gonna be an excellent husband, and one hell of a dad, someday. That's all that matters to me; and I told as much to my adcom interviewers. I think that's why I was accepted in the first place.

--Funkless

 

[scrappydawg]

Yeah that is a bit of a killer. But if I remember right from other threads you're going to UCSF, right? So I think you'll be able to make up for the lost time once you get to the city 🙂 What was your major at U of A? I'm wondering if we crossed paths in any classes....

Yeah...I'm definitally looking forward to the Golden Gate and the non-Socal uppity chicks infiltrating AZ.

5 years of Bio chem. What's yours?

btw congrads on the Nor cal UC davis!! 👍

 

[Eraserhead]

You're echoing a lot of my own concerns; I imagine that lots of pre-meds/transitioning med students have these same concerns. I think we tend to impose a race horse mentality on ourselves, so that our downtime (and, lets face it, anything you do between acceptance and start of MS-I is just killing time) tends to deflate us and make us feel guilty, when it should recharge us.

My personal remedy to this same feeling was to fall in love with a wonderful girl and marry. I also adopted a dog who I love like a son. These two have pulled me out of my academic eggshell and made me realize that real life exists outside a lecture hall/dissection lab/hospital ward. Maybe I'll prove to be a crappy physician, but I'm gonna be an excellent husband, and one hell of a dad, someday. That's all that matters to me; and I told as much to my adcom interviewers. I think that's why I was accepted in the first place.

--Funkless

Wow, maybe I should get married too! Sounds great! I'll think about it!

 

[LoneCoyote]

Yeah...I'm definitally looking forward to the Golden Gate and the non-Socal uppity chicks infiltrating AZ.

5 years of Bio chem. What's yours?

btw congrads on the Nor cal UC davis!! 👍

Thanks! And a big congrats on UCSF too! That's very awesome.

LOL... it was so funny when I got to U of A and those girls would be incredulously like "oh, you're from California?" cuz I wasn't wearing next to nothing to class. Or I'd get "oh, what part of LA are you from?" when people saw my CA plates. I definitely like NorCal women better 🙂

I did general bio to get in done quickly since it was post-bac, bachelors degree #2 for me. It was okay, got a good mix of stuff, but I could have lived without some of the ecology and evolution. Biochem was definitely the best class I took, along with physiology.

 

[scrappydawg]

Thanks! And a big congrats on UCSF too! That's very awesome.

LOL... it was so funny when I got to U of A and those girls would be incredulously like "oh, you're from California?" cuz I wasn't wearing next to nothing to class. Or I'd get "oh, what part of LA are you from?" when people saw my CA plates. I definitely like NorCal women better 🙂

I did general bio to get in done quickly since it was post-bac, bachelors degree #2 for me. It was okay, got a good mix of stuff, but I could have lived without some of the ecology and evolution. Biochem was definitely the best class I took, along with physiology.

yeah I doubt we crossed paths casue I've been working on my other major the past few semesters.

Yeah, i agree. I spent last summer in SF and had more dates then I know what to do with. I find that Nor Cal woman are hot but in a substance sort of way. The dress all classy and have actually things to talk about where as the SO cal girl version of fashion is to wear something with less material than my socks and gossip about their other friends, movie stars/TV/Real world or other mind numbing topics. I seriously went out once with the girl who monopolized the conversation with the Pros and Cons of malls in Phoenix.

Bottom line, Nor Cal Women are Awesome!

 

[LoneCoyote]

yeah I doubt we crossed paths casue I've been working on my other major the past few semesters.

Yeah, i agree. I spent last summer in SF and had more dates then I know what to do with. I find that Nor Cal woman are hot but in a substance sort of way. The dress all classy and have actually things to talk about where as the SO cal girl version of fashion is to wear something with less material than my socks and gossip about their other friends, movie stars/TV/Real world or other mind numbing topics. I seriously went out once with the girl who monopolized the conversation with the Pros and Cons of malls in Phoenix.

Bottom line, Nor Cal Women are Awesome!

LOL... I went out once in Tucson with a woman whose idea of a good date was driving to Phoenix to eat at the Spaghetti Factory and then to shop at the various malls! Needless to say, I never called her back to set that one up. I completely agree with you and think that you will love your time at UCSF. It is so good to be home, that all I have to say. 🙂 And can I just say that this thread, which has obviously gotten way off topic, has succeeded in making 1 hour fly by. Only 1 hour to go....

 

[Eraserhead]

My thread's on fire! Yay!

I just wanted to waste some time, that's the topic: how to waste time.

 

[LoneCoyote]

My thread's on fire! Yay!

I just wanted to waste some time, that's the topic: how to waste time.

This thread rocks 🙂 Maybe I can get my post count over 1000 today if we keep this alive. I was just handed 15 more articles to enter into our tedious archive... 5:30 cannot come fast enough. So what other pointless things can we discuss?

 

[scrappydawg]

Count me in on help this thread keep rolling


Too bad we can't incite some troll bashing...thats always good for some laughs

 

[LoneCoyote]

So scrappy, do you know where you are living yet in the city? When does UCSF start?

 

[scrappydawg]

My aunt has a place in Noe Valley. She lives in the top, rents the bottom, and uses the basement for storage. I'm comming up in August with my dad to turn the basement into my studio. School starts on the 14th of sept.

 

[snowbear]

Eraserhead, you don't have just a little bit of money to go somewhere before school starts? You can find cheap stuff. And just look at it like my friend who's going to law school said, "You're gonna be mad in debt anyways, what's a couple of more Gs."

If you tell me your budget and your travel interests, I can find you something cool. I discovered that I could waste whole days at work planning vacations on priceline, travelocity, expedia, etc. I love it. I now understand better why people want to be travel agents, although I think the job might become obsolete after a while with all of the internet sites.

 

[LoneCoyote]

My aunt has a place in Noe Valley. She lives in the top, rents the bottom, and uses the basement for storage. I'm comming up in August with my dad to turn the basement into my studio. School starts on the 14th of sept.

Nice. I love Noe Valley. It's such a great neighborhood. My parents and my aunt live there and I come home whenever I can. Definitely do brunch at Savor sometime if you haven't yet.... that's a great place on a Sat or Sun morning. I think we start somewhere around then at Davis also. We have some sort of retreat in Tahoe and I am assuming you guys also go somewhere.

 

[LoneCoyote]

Eraserhead, you don't have just a little bit of money to go somewhere before school starts? You can find cheap stuff. And just look at it like my friend who's going to law school said, "You're gonna be mad in debt anyways, what's a couple of more Gs."

If you tell me your budget and your travel interests, I can find you something cool. I discovered that I could waste whole days at work planning vacations on priceline, travelocity, expedia, etc. I love it. I now understand better why people want to be travel agents, although I think the job might become obsolete after a while with all of the internet sites.

Okay, so give me your opinion... I was going to do a road trip in mid/late Aug for like 10 days, from SF up the coast to Vancouver. But with the gas prices do you think it would just be cheaper to fly? Or should I just bail on the road trip and go elsewhere? I don't have very much money at all. But I don't know where else to go.