There comes a time, usually during the second quarter, when you become so tired, so worn down…

That you can’t even sleep. Yeah, there is finals week, and maybe a week or two in first quarter that really gets ya down, but nothing like second quarter, surely nothing like third quarter, and now that fifth quarter is here…well it has it’s moments too.

As a sidebar, how does a school schedule seven quarters? Couldn’t they at least make it eight, and make it a whole, round number?

But back to being tired…

What was I saying again?

Oh yeah, haha, that your mental capacity really starts to go. I’m just coming off of two all-nighters in the past four nights. Definitely not something I recommend, yet at this point, my grades are improving by doing them, so apparently they are helping. I don’t enjoy them, as I get stomach rot from all of the caffeine; you get carb crashes as you load, and then unload, all of the carbs you eat to stay awake/give your brain energy to think; and yes, if you’re like me, your tongue gets raw from eating all of the sour patch kids.

Yet being sleepy is a rite of passage for medical school; some kids get through most of their two years here and get eight hours of sleep most nights; some, like me, average six, if we’re lucky. And others seemingly get three hours a night, for weeks on end, and keep on going. How my buddy MD does it, I do not know, yet eventually IT HAS to catch up with him…

Or so I would think.

Point is, is that one needs to make time for naps, even five minute power naps. They kept me going last night, kept me sane over the weekend, and all in all, gives the brain a quick refresher that I think everybody needs.

That being said…I’m off to get mine!

Zzzzzzzzzzz…….