Ashlen's Blog

Homeward Bound

My life has been crazy since I wrote my last post. First, I finished my final exams and got all my grades. What a relief to be done with this long, brutal year. I was generally satisfied with my grades, although I was disappointed I didn't do as well...

Published Fri, May 8 2009 2:47 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: goldfish, downtown, pharmacy, Weber Grill, final exams, Zionsville, Cinco de Mayo, New York and Company, Pitaya, Castleton Mall

Finals Week = Exhausting

I miss the days of freshman year, when some of my liberal arts classes didn't have final exams, or I only had to turn in a paper to finish the class. The professional pharmacy program isn't that nice to us. This semester, I have a total of five...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2009 3:10 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: weather, Safeway, final exams, sleep, papers

Beware of Flying Tennis Balls

This morning I was hit with a major load of motivation, which is awesome considering it's the Saturday before finals. I decided to be a little different today, and head to campus to get a lot of work done. I got my scrub pants on (a studying necessity...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2009 2:44 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: C-Club, final exams, campus golf, Phi Kappa Psi, Science Library

Wrapping Up the Year

I can never figure out why all the big, awesome events on campus seem to occur the week or two weeks before finals. It really makes you pick and choose what you can attend, and what you're going to have to miss. Here are a couple of things that are...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 9:02 AM by AshlenC

Filed under: Kappa Psi, pharmacy, weather, Phi Delta Chi, Walmart, Out of the Dawg House, Kroger, CVS

Three Day Weekend Extravaganza!

Technically, this weekend isn't supposed to be a "long weekend" but every year Butler hosts the Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), and a lot of classrooms are taken up with presentations, which results in a lot of classes being cancelled...

Published Sat, Apr 18 2009 11:25 AM by AshlenC

Filed under: Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Chi, lab, Undergraduate Research Conference, pedicure

Pharmacy Class Social in Broad Ripple

Usually the subject of my posts are about pharmacy school and how much I'm studying and the sort of things that I'm learning. This post is going to be a bit different, because last night I actually went out and had some fun! We finished up clusters...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 11:01 AM by AshlenC

Filed under: Kappa Psi, clusters, Broad Ripple, Brothers, class social, Binkley's

My Last Labs EVER!

Last weekend I was instant messaging my friend Kate, and she mentioned that she had to get studying, and I told her that I had to get back to finishing my pre-lab assignment for this week, which she said "you mean your last labs ever?" It hadn't...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2009 4:56 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: clusters, Self Care, lab

Pharmacy Electives

Every semester, we're given a time when we can sign up for classes the following semester. The time you're given depends on the number of credit hours you've taken. Now that I'm going to be a fifth year senior, my sign-up time was really...

Published Mon, Apr 6 2009 6:08 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: pharmacy, Honors Program

Final Exams are Sneaking Up...

In my past posts I've frequently written about the notorious cluster exams. Every year, pharmacy students schedule their whole lives around clusters. The dates of the exams are released at the beginning of the semester. Usually, we get room assignments...

Published Sat, Apr 4 2009 1:51 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: Chicago, clusters, Kenora, White Sox, summer, final exams

Pharmacy Laptops: A Love/Hate Relationship

All pharmacy and PA majors get laptops at the beginning of junior year. You pay for the laptop in your tuition over four years. When we first got out laptops, we were incredibly excited. Of course, everyone starts customizing their screensaver and desktop...

Published Thu, Apr 2 2009 4:32 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: pharmacy, weather, Vista, laptops

Manic Monday

Alarm goes off. Hit the snooze button. Alarm goes off again. Hit the snooze button again. Alarm goes off...again. Look at clock. Clock reads 6:30am. Get out of bed. Welcome to Ashlen's Monday morning. I can't believe how fast this weekend passed...

Published Mon, Mar 30 2009 6:15 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: weather, Five Guys, Georgie, Monday

Summeritis

Most seniors right now are starting to come down with senioritis. However, I still have two years left of school, and this is going to be my last summer break ever (rotations start in May, so we don't get a break between our fifth and sixth year)...

Published Fri, Mar 27 2009 8:33 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: Lake of the Woods, Kenora, fishing, working, scrapbooking, waterskiing

Projects, Projects, Projects

In pharmacy, we're used to going to lecture and then going home to study the material, and then taking a test on the material. However, the past few weeks have been a complete change for us because we keep getting papers and projects! The good thing...

Published Wed, Mar 25 2009 3:07 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: weather, diabetes, blood pressure, nutrition, leadership

My Busy Life and March Madness

I don't know how things pile up on me so fast. At the beginning of this week, I had caught up on all my work, and I promised myself that I would keep up with everything. I think that lasted for about two days. Not that I didn't try to keep up...

Published Sun, Mar 22 2009 12:17 PM by AshlenC

Filed under: Butler basketball, LSU, UConn, Duke, March Madness

Meet George

George is a 13 year old female miniature schnauzer that I am helping take care of for the next couple weeks. She is incredibly grouchy, but I'm working on trying to cheer her up! Having to take care of a dog has really thrown a loop into my daily...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2009 5:46 PM by AshlenC

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