Thank Goodness for Long Weekends...

As may seem implicit in the post's title, though it is a long weekend I won't exactly be having much fine as I'll be spending the majority of it in the lab practicing procedures like:

Ah yes, the dreaded amalgam preparations... where precise motions and a skilled application of the high speed drill (both of which I unfortunately lack) can be the difference between sweet, sweet success and horribly agonizing failure. Add to this a few more procedures, including slot preparations, waxing and acrylic temporaries, and you've got a full weekend's worth of fun, fun and MORE fun (note the sarcasm here)!

Oh well, I guess it's not all bad: I get to head home tomorrow in the early evening to take care of some INS-related business (let's just say that if I don't go I can kiss my U.S. citizenship application goodbye) and to see my parents before my life becomes fully engulfed with dental school. I can't believe it's only the end of the second week, and I really feel way in over my head.

I don't know who told me that winter quarter would be easier than fall quarter but, whoever it was, must've obviously been operating on a different plane of existence than me... that or must've been much more capable (a distinct possibility).