A new chapter

It's crazy how life throws little milestones out at you to remind you of where you have been. I'm getting ready to move this week up to Layton. I'm excited to be back closer to family and friends (and also a really cool girlfriend!).

I just have a sense that I've done what I've needed to do here in Lehi, and that was to regroup and rebuild after losing Leslie. I'm excited to be able to look forward to the future once more and be excited at what it can hold. I'm anxious to be done with my board exams and be a licensed pharmacist. It's just great to feel alive!

News update

Hello, everyone out in Blogger land. It's been a few months since the last post. Things have been busy with wrapping everything up with school, dating, etc. So here's a quick recap with what's been happening in my life.

1 - School is finally over! I finished my last rotation hours on Sept. 25th and I'm officially Robert Morris, PharmD. It feels good to be a doctor.

2 - I'm moving in a few weeks. I just found an apartment in Layton close to the Layton Hills Mall. It will be nice to be back in Davis County again close to the family and to Amber. Moving day is Halloween.

3 - Once I'm done taking my board exams, I've had a change in my working assignment for Walgreens. I'll be working full-time at their Ogden location. It's nice to be only assigned to one store instead of having to bounce between stores like the original plan was.

That's about everything that's happening right now. With having a little bit more free time, I'll hopefully have a little bit more time to blog.

June Recap

Ok, June has been a busy month for me and I haven't kept the blog up to date as I should. The month started out with Graduation. Although I still have a couple rotations to complete, it's nice to be done with classwork and be able to take my walk across the stage.

Along with Graduation has come some changes. I've started working for Walgreens as a grad intern. It's a good gig. It's been nice working full time the last few weeks and making good money. Of course, student loan payments have also come up, so it was nice timing.

Yesterday was my 10-year High School Reunion. It's amazing how quick time has flown. It was nice to see everyone who was there. Go Davis Darts!

Graduation, here I come!

That's right, ladies and gentlemen. Remediation is done. I've passed and now it's on to capstone and the graduation ceremony. I do have two more rotations to do this summer, but to know that the end is now so close is a great feeling.

June 6th is the walk while September 25th will be the last day of rotations and the day I technically will be Robert Morris, PharmD.

Remediation update #2

Remediation update

As some of you may know, I'm off rotations and having to go back to class to remediate a test I didn't do too well on last year. I took the first part of the test yesterday and missed 4 questions after factoring in team points. The test was about treating HIV, heptatitis, opportunistic infections and fungal infections. This was the best I've done on this section. I am going back on Monday, though, to see if I can't improve upon it. The other part of the test, which deals with facets of women's health, will take place next month. Wish me luck, because I need to pass this test in order to graduate.

So far, I'm doing ok.

Catch up on everything going on.

Well, I find myself up at 3 AM this morning. I went to bed super early last night after an extremely physical day of a good workout and then helping to paint Erin's new condo. I figured it might be a good time to catch everybody up on what's been going on, seeing I went a good month without saying much.

I just finished my infectious disease rotation a couple weeks ago. I've had the last couple weeks off to start getting ready for a test I have to retake next week on HIV. It's been nice to have the time off, but I really wish I was on rotation so I can be done with pharmacy school. During the time off, I have had some fun, too. I went with Amber to Bear Lake one weekend for her YSA branch getaway.

Also during the time off, I helped with UPhA's first legislative day, where we went and did health screenings up at the Utah State Capitol. UPhA recruited both USN and U of U to help out with the event. Both schools had been looking at working together on a project, and it was a success. I'm hoping to be able to find the time to help out next year when I'm a full-blown pharmacist.