I heard that there has been over 17 new inches of snow in the last couple days at home (and it's still snowing), so I thought that all of you would need to see a Caribbean sun set. I know, you don't feel too badly that I have a million and one mosquito bites. I was told that the mosquitoes get bored with you after a few months, but the mosquitoes are not sick of me.
I haven't been sleeping well the last week or two. I'm not sure what it is but I've been waking up, not able to fall back asleep, and overall cranky. Last night, I actually slept through the night. IT WAS GREAT! I'm so excited that I could sleep. I feel that one of my down falls as a future physician, is that I function MUCH better on 7-9 hours of sleep. I can do 4 or 6 hours, but only for a day or two before I really feel the effects. I've been getting about 4 to 6 hours of INTERRUPTED sleep for the last two weeks or so, thus, my 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night was amazing. Attempting to achieve 7 hours of sleep a night in medical school, takes a lot of time management. There are a million things to do and you only have so many hours to do them. You do need time to rest. In fact, there are parts of the sleep cycle that help your memory retain the information that you've been studying. If you don't get enough sleep, your body can't process the information as well and you won't remember as well. The way I see it, this is a win, win: I am MUCH happier with sleep, it helps me focus while studying and retain the information. I guess I'm not as tough as the people who say, "I can sleep when I'm dead. "
I know you're in love with oncology, but you may yet end up as a sleep specialist.
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