Hi everyone!
Happy Saturday!
Today is my post shelf Saturday.
So this weekend is my free weekend and on Monday I'm gonna be starting my medicine rotation.
But today is my free day so I wanted to bring you guys and vlog because I feel like I haven't
vlogged in forever so come along and let's enjoy our Saturday together!
So here is my outfit for the day.
I mean it's pretty simple, just a grey cropped-ish t shirt, these boyfriend jeans that my boyfriend
calls mom jeans.
I guess they're a little mommy.
And then this cardigan and just a brown tote.
So I'm going out to brunch and coming back and try to organize my life together for
the next rotation.
Hi Candy.
Mommy is filming.
Go!
Here okay!
So I'm back from brunch and I wanted to tell you guys a little bit about my surgery rotation
so like I said before I took my shelf yesterday.
I'm finally done with my surgery rotation and there is a scene in Lord of the Rings,
that kinda explains how I feel so let me show you guys.
Just kidding!
It actually wasn't that bad.
I actually really enjoyed my time in surgery.
I loved spending time in the OR and I loved scrubbing in to different cases.
Just to give you guys a break-down of my surgery rotation.
Okay.
I did two weeks of trauma surgery, two weeks of emergency general surgery so that was a
lot of colosectomies and appendectomies and things like that.
After that I did cardio thoracic so I saw cabbage, open heart procedures, and then the
last two weeks I spent doing pediatrics surgery and that was cool because there are certain
surgeries that you would never really do in an adult but you would do them in kids.
So I got to see some of those and that was a really cool experience.
It was very physically demanding on most days, I got to the hospital by 4:45 or 5am and then
I never really knew what time I was gonna be dismissed.
So basically I couldn't really make any plans outside of being in the hospital for the past
8 weeks or so.
It felt really long at the time, when I was doing it felt really long, but now that it's
over I feel like it did go by pretty fast.
So physically demanding but the cases were really cool, the time in the OR goes by so
fast it is usually the time spent outside the OR in the hospital just waiting around
that feels slow.
I'm still not sure if I wanna do surgery or not.
I think I'm pretty much down to either going into surgery or emergency medicine.
So I'm gonna put in some electives, like some surgery electives in my fourth year schedule
so I can re-experience it again in a different setting and hopefully that will help me solidify
my plan for my future.
So that was my surgery rotation experience.
So I a lot of you guys have been asking about work/desk set-up here.
So I'm gonna show that to you guys right now.
Alright so we'll start here.
Here on the right side I have my headphones, my iPad, just like a little pouch with nothing
in it right now.
This is my pencil case.
Let me open it for you guys, it's really hard to do one-handed.
Okay!
Here we go.
So I have a little post it note here, a multipen, an ink pen, my white out, this ruler from
muji, a nail file just in case, and three of these multipens from my store, and eraser
and two highlighters from Muji.
So that's the stuff in my pencil case.
Here in the middle I have my laptop.
This laptop stand is from Amazon, I think the brand is called raindesign by mstand is
the name of the product.
I'm gonna link everything below.
When I have the laptop on the stand it's kinda hard to type like this so I have a umm an
extra keyboard so I can use it here.
I usually also have a mouse as well.
Here is my stapler.
My water bottle.
Pro-tip!
When I was doing my surgery rotation, you're always practicing your knots, so I have a
piece of string on my water bottle so when it's filled up with water it's sturdy enough
that I can practice knot tying here!
Here I have a notebook, some of the books I was using for surgery, my notebook here,
some folder file with paperwork and another book that I used for surgery, some pens here.
This glass thing is actually from Target, I think it was from their dollar section around
valentines day.
I know they have candles in this cup thing.
I used to use the candle so I can use the jar but they were selling these for a dollar
so I picked up one of them so I can use it as a pencil case.
More sharpies.
And here are my markers that I use to draw anatomy you can also find these on the thestrivetofit.com,
my to-do list here, and this is another planner that I'm kinda experimenting with.
It's called the Day Designer.
It's a little big so I wouldn't really physically bring it with me but it's a nice desk planner
type of thing.
So this container I'm using to place all the markers and the to-do list is actually the
container that this planner came in and I'm planning to use it as a stationery holder
type of thing.
So this is what I have for my desk setup.
So let me tell you guys about the desk that I'm using.
It's actually a table top from IKEA, I think it's called Linmonn.
I'll put all the information down in the description box.
But it's actually two table tops together.
I think each table top is $45, so it's pretty affordable from IKEA and you can mix and match
the legs.
So you can purchase the legs separately.
Which is what I did.
I like having this large desk because in med school, especially the first two years med
school, you do a lot of group studying and I wanted to just have enough space for everyone
to sit around the table and study together.
So that's sort of my desk set up here and that's it!
Let me know if you guys have any questions.
I'll try to put all the information down in the description box if you guys are interested
in checking any of them out.
So speaking of study area.
If you guys down know already, I have a study-with-me channel where I do a lot of my studying in
this desk and sometimes Candy will join in.
Candy will join in over there.
Make sure you guys subscribe.
You can find it in the featured channel on the side bar of my main channel page.
It's called TheStrive Studies.
So tune in for study sessions if you guys are studying and you don't wanna be alone
and you just want some company while you're studying and that's a great place to go and
we can all study together.
So I hope you guys enjoyed the tour!
Today I actually have a lot of free time so I'm gonna be doing all the things I like doing
so I'm gonna go the gym and then I'm gonna go watch this movie--it's called get out.
Let me show you guys the trailer.
So it looks really scary and I'm usually not very good with scary movies but it got 100%
on Rotten Tomatoes so I think it's worth checking out.
So I'm gonna do that when there is still light out so I'm not too scared.
But anyways, I will see you guys in a little bit.
So here is my gym outfit.
I kept the crop top but I'm wearing black leggings from lululemon.
This is probably my favorite leggings.
It's the--I forgot what it's called but anyway.
Going to the gym now!
See you there!
Here guys just quickly checking in.
Just finished a back workout--back and biceps.
And now I'm headed to the movie theater.
Hopefully it's not too scary.
It's starting to get dark.
So I think it's gonna be dark after the movie.
But I will let you guys know what I think.
Alright guys, we're here at the movies.
If it gets too scary, I'm gonna leave bae here and go home.
Bae: Thanks, thanks!
So I'm back from the movie.
The movie was actually really good.
It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be but it was definitely a lot of suspense and
actually pretty funny too so I definitely recommend it.
I'm not gonna give anything away but it was really good.
Before I sign off I wanted to give you guys a quick update on the store.
I made some changes in the past couple weeks and I wanted to update you guys.
So change number 1 is that domestic shipping is a lot cheaper now so for first class mail
it starts at $4 and priority mail starts at $6.50 so a lot cheaper than before.
Also I added a on of different countries!
So I'll list all the countries here!
So definitely check to see if I'm shipping to your country and if I'm not you guys can
make a request in the comment section and I will look into shipping to that country
as well.
Also for the countries that I was shipping to before like Canada, Australia and UK, shipping
for those countries have been lowered as well so check to see what the new shipping rate
are for your country.
Another update is I know all the clothing on the website right now says sold out.
I'm definitely working on replenishing those so definitely keep an eye out!
If you guys aren't following me on Snapchat or Instagram, it's the same handle THESTRIVETOFIT
and I'll be most likely posting most updated information there first!
So definitely keep an eye out for that.
So I'm going to close the vlog here.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
Thank you for spending my free day with me.
And I will see you guys in the next video!
Byeeee!