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Thursday, May 4th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
You know you are mentally ready to go home when:
-you start running out of bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol ®) from eating your own cooking.
-you start driving on the wrong (or the right, depending on how you look at it) side of the road. 
For some reason, the Business Office here at the Kingstown Medical College made a singular check for all SVG CPR instructors out in my name for the recent recertification sessions. So, couple of days ago, I had to go into the capital city to cash this massive check (EC$1,576) at a bank. After my tenth time around the block looking for a parking space, I was in the right hand lane, and attempting to make a right hand turn. On that block, the parking is on the right hand side of the street, next to the fruit and vegetable market. Somehow my brain thought that meant I should be turning into the right hand lane, and unfortunately I had forgotten that this section of the street was two-way traffic, and I had just turned into the on-coming lane. Luckily there were no "Reggae bus" drivers speeding at 800mi/hr, and I managed to squeeze into the correct left lane with no damage to the vehicle, other than a few glares from other drivers.
In other news:
-At a financial aid seminar on Tuesday, we learned there's a new federal student loan program which starts on July 1st called GradPLUS. Benefits: Theoretically supposed to have a low interest rate, currently capped at 8.5%, but probably will be in the 6-7% range. (Staffords go up to 6.7% from 4.7% starting in July.) No aggregate loan maximum. Low(er) 3% origination fee (vs. 6-10% at private lenders). Unlike Staffords, GradPLUS is credit-based, but not really. They don't look at a FICO/Credit score, just that you haven't had any accounts 90 days past due. Details are still being finalized, but sounds interesting at least. We'll have to see if the government can do better than prime rate - 0.5% that I currently get with my private lender.
-Made my final car rental payment today. As my landlord (and car rental agency said), "all good things must come to an end." Well, maybe it was good for him. 
He also gave us a stern warning not to wreck the car in the next 11 days (did I say 11 days? !!! ), like he didn't trust us for some reason. It's not like we have given him any reason not to trust us.
-Pharmacology Final Exam is on Monday. Back to studying.
Did I mention? 11 more days!
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Gabi Says:
In my days pharm was very boring. As long as you don’t fall asleep while reading the book, you should do well!
Good Luck.
And pay the landlord for the whole month for car rental.If the other students don’t agree, I will pay their share. People in St.Vincent are not exactly rich.Love,Papa
It’s still boring — and hard not to fall asleep.
Oh, and everyone paid the full month for the car rental, though some of the others like your generous offer, and are wondering if you can reimburse them.