Did you miss me?

[devika261]

Hi everyone!  It's been a loooooong time since I've posted to this 
list.  Technically, I'm still too busy to be doing anything but 
studying, but I thought I could use a break.  I'm taking the MCAT 
this August (in 9 days!!!), plus working full time and taking an MCAT 
prep class at night.  I took this week and next week off from work so 
that I could stay home and study, so that's what I've been 
doing...most of the time anyway.  It's really annoying because I only 
get two weeks off from work for the summer, so I'll end up working 
after the MCAT until classes start in September.  Oh well.  Classes 
this semester will almost be a relief because at least I'll have a 
few hours a day when I'm not studying or running around like a crazy 
maniac. Anyway, though, I just thought I'd take a quick study break 
and say hello to all of you.

Also, I was wondering if any of you have read Michael Gerber's _Barry 
Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody_.  My roommate, also a huge HP 
fan, bought it and said it was really funny.  So I bought it too.  
That was a big mistake because now I'm tempted to read it instead of 
studying biology, but I just can't help myself.  I'm about halfway 
through it and I think it's absolutely hilarious.  Surprisingly so, 
in fact, since I don't usually go for that type of humor.  If any of 
you have read it, I'd love to hear your opinions of it.  

I'll probably be lurking around this list for a while, and after the 
MCAT I hope to be posting more actively again.  I'm trying to 
confront the daunting task of getting back into the main list, but I 
feel like the group has grown so much in the past few months that I 
don't know who any of the posters are, and I'm also hopelessly behind 
in the discussions.  Not to mention the fact that if I suddenly 
reappear on the list, everyone will think that I'm a newbie. I'm sure 
I'll deal with it though--after the MCAT.

So that's about it for now.  Back to studying.  Any words of wisdom, 
ways to keep my stress level down, or general pep talks would be 
greatly appreciated :)

--Devika