Progress tests but no progress.

I still should be revising, so of course am not. I had my first exam the other day- the dreaded Progress Test. It's such a waste of an afternoon at this stage in the course. Basically it's an exercise in guesswork. Judging by my previous attempts at it (we take it every semester) I'm quite good at eeny-meeny-miny-mo. A quality perhaps one might look for in a doctor, I don't know. Personally I'd rather not be forced into spending 2.5hrs being reminded of how little I know, being given case history after case history that I don't understand. The only one on the entire paper I was certain on was the one question my 10yr old brother could answer:

A 17 year-old girl presents to her GP in May. She complains of a runny nose (clear fluid) and sneezing. The symptoms worsen on exposure to cut grass. Does she have;
a- Rhinitis
b- Tonsilitis
c- Asthma
d- Hay fever
e- Bronchitis

Sigh. It does annoy me when they try and dumb one or two down to make us feel better when we know one. It didn't make me feel better at all.

So I've decided that ER is a legitimate revision strategy, and Doctors at 2.05 prompt every day of course. This Morning has a health section at least once a week too, which means I never have to leave the sofa. I might regret this in a week's time when the panic sets in.

My week has been so dull. The highlight today was attending a debate on stem cell research. Annoyingly it had free wine. Wouldn't have been quite so annoying had I not been the dimwit that offered to drive. Could have murdered for a Merlot. Yesterday my excitement was cleaning the bathroom. I had an hour to spare before Desperate Housewives and so decided to have a bath. I thought I'd quickly clean around and about beforehand. Mistake. The year's-worth of thick grime that had accumulated took the entire hour to remove, and so I ended up having to leave my nice relaxing bath for another day.

Incase you were wondering, my date never happened. Last-minute cancellation, good excuse, not really holding up much hope for it being rescheduled. He's been warned against seeing his students during exam time, which I guess is sensible, and who knows if he'll still be interested in another fortnight's time. I'd like to think so, but we'll see won't we?