Back to it

Well the week is half over now and we're back into the swing of things. Normally it probably would have taken a few days to really get going again, but I am a dissector now so I am forced to get a lot of work done early. I am dissecting the abdomen and will demo the first portion of the dissection tomorrow to my classmates. So far all we have done is peel the skin off, remove the fatty layer and membranous portion attached to it, reflected back the different layers of muscle under that, and find a bunch of other things that go along with that. It seems like it would be a quick dissection, right? However, I have spent 8 ish hours in the lab in the past 3 days getting it done, so it has not been super quick. Also, after we demo the exterior structures tomorrow we have to dissect into the abdominal cavity and find another page and a half of structures so that we can demo it on Friday again. Basically we're thinking probably about 4-6 hours of dissection tomorrow. Luckily I am completely caught up with lecture reviews and that kind of stuff, so I'll only fall a day behind, or so, so no big deal.

Dissection actually has been pretty cool, though. I would much rather have done almost any area of the body (except pelvis and perineum), but it's not too bad. There's a lot of fat that we have to basically pick through to get to the muscles. Also, a lot of the muscles on our body have atrophied a bit, so they are very fragile, which makes the dissection more difficult. But the time spent in lab has forced me to get on top of my other stuff early, which is good. I have even had time to work out in the morning and afternoon all 3 days so far.

It snowed a blizzard on Monday night and through Tuesday. However, I decided to get up at 5:30 so I could run for an hour before class. It was a lot of fun. It wasn't too cold and only windy in one section. Luckily I have my Yacktrax down here so it made the run easier. It's pretty nice being on campus without all the stupid undergrads, too. I can basically go to the gym at any time without worrying about it being packed. Too bad they all come back next week. Stupid undergrads....

I kept thinking that I had a bunch to write about, but apparently I don't so I guess this is it. I hate goodbyes...

Scott

P.S. this guy's got the right idea...