June 25, 2008

  • So I failed.  About a week ago, I took an oral exam.  No, no....I wasn't sitting in a dentist chair.  Rather, I was in a room with 5 faculty members who asked me questions to test my knowledge of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and normal aging.  Oh yeah, of course imbedded in there is material on Down's Syndrome, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple Lateral Sclerosis, FrontoTemporal Dementia....the list goes on.  I actually was doing ok in the beginning, but then I hit a wall.  From there, it was just quicksand....yeah....quicksand.  If you remember that line from The Replacements, you know what I mean.

    Anyhow, I have roughly 4 weeks left to study for it again.  This time, it's do or die.  Either I pass and go on in the program, or I fail and have to quit.  I considered quitting....but I've come this far, so I don't want to that just yet.  But lately it's been hard.  Hence, the multiple posts on being tired and all.  I'm beyond that now.  Really, I do feel much better, and to tell you the truth, perhaps this was for the better.  The studying is working....so....we'll see what happens. 

    In the meantime...I've purchased my next MP3 download.  Journey's Greatest Hits!!  What's on there?  Only the #2 song of the 80's according to VH1.  "Don't Stop Believin"  I must say though, the hits on this CD have a lot of power ballads on it, which is different from Boston.  Nevertheless....these ballads are the ones that you just crank up and sing out loud.