New nice places to sleep?

I like a good night's sleep just as much as the next person. I've slept in all sorts of places - on the bus, empty college classrooms, a friend's couch, on the floor, in the grass, etc.

And honestly, apart from sleeping on my Leesa mattress, I think the next best thing is sleeping on the ground.

Whaa? You like sleeping on the ground? Yeah, for some reason, I don't mind the hard pressure points of the ground. In fact, I kind of like it!

Reasons why:

1. I feel like I'm living in a K-drama - a lot of people in Korea sleep on the floor due to a nice heating system. Granted, there is no such heating system in my home, but honestly, in the Texas Gulf Coast area, where there are 10 months of summer in a year, it doesn't matter.
2. Privacy - I feel like I'm in my own cozy area when it's there. For some reason?
3. Nostalgia- reminds me of those good ole' college days, when sleeping on the grass was quite the norm for some students. (One of my best friends completed a mission where she slept in EVERY single building on campus!)
4. Cooling temperature - warm air rises and cold air sinks. When you're on the ground, in the hot summer, with the air conditioning running non-stop, every single degree counts.
5. Incentive to vacuum - I'm encouraged to vacuum the carpet more often to create a cleaner ground to sleep on.

So yeah, bottom line is that I kind of like this new system of sleeping. Who knows how it will work out in the future?

Henna

I like doing my own henna designs. I think it's really beautiful - not only for weddings, but also for everyday occasions - and these intricate designs are marvelous.

Souvenirs from Japan!

My roommate took a trip to Japan and brought me back some awesome souvenirs!

Chopsticks

Sushi erasers

Kit-Kats: dark chocolate, lychee, matcha, etc flavors

New hairdo! Balayage - featuring Hair by Lew

Exams

Exams are super stressful for me.

Exams in high school, and even college, were relatively okay. As long as I studied for them - e.g. a week in advance - they turned out well.

Everything hit the fan during medical school.

On tests during pre-clinical classes, I would still be learning things for the test during the actual test. Things that weren't covered were extremely difficult to understand and memorize. How was I supposed to know all of these things? I'm not good at memorizing blatant details. As a result, this makes medical school studying extremely difficult, because a lot of it is just pure memorization.

Our board exams are extremely long. The first exam that we have is 8 hours long. The second is 9 hours. The third is a clinical exam that lasts about 9 hours as well. The next one is 17 hours long (albeit divided into 2 days, thank goodness).

And our last ones? Sometimes they last a week. Or whoever knows how long.

So thus, it's difficult, really really difficult, for me. Even if I prepare for half a year for these exams, it's still hard.

What can I do to improve this? Any advice?