anatomy hug

I like our anatomy lab group a lot. Although we give each other crap all the time (me for being the Asian/”black Canadian,” Tim for being a Mormon, Seth for being a butcher, Ashley and Derrick for being in-staters, it’s all in good fun and we tend to have a lot of good times in lab while still being one of the fastest/most productive groups. At our first lab, we made it a pact to “leave no one behind” and we intend not to break it, so since Ashley’s a second-year repeat and I had a completely amazing anatomy professor in undergrad, we quiz each other all the time throughout lab while cracking “that’s what she said” jokes because we’re super immature.

Seth used to be a taxidermist, so he’s actually really awesome with dissecting everything out. Our very beautiful suboccipital triangle and most of our brachial plexus is credited to him. However, he also possesses some butchering tendencies, as evidenced by his severing of the greater saphenous vein that I spent hella days cleaning and clearing, and the tendon of our semitendinosus, which is now just a muscle with no tendon. :[ (This is why we generally keep him away from the more delicate structures, aka the hands and feet.)

In any case, he promised me a buffalo if I go into lab with him next week to quiz/teach him, which I think is a pretty sweet deal since I’ve never tried it before, and honestly, the quizzing will help me review. I like to give him shit especially because of his response a couple weeks ago when Derrick asked if he wanted to go help out one of the other very-lost lab groups (“I’m married. I have no reason to be nice to girls anymore.”). At least he’s honest.

Here’s an excerpt from today:
S: Hey Farrah! (arms outstretched)
F: No! No anatomy hug! I just re-found this scrub top!
S: Come over here!
F: Get away from me. :[
S: Anatomy hug!!!

For the record, anatomy hugs are when you’ve been slimed by your cadaver (we named ours Thelma) and are covered in body parts and fat juices and you hug someone else to spread the love. :'( I guess I’ll be operating my washing machine (har har, at long last) this weekend. Hater.

In all honesty though, I’d so love to teach this as a GTA. (I love this subject. ;_; ) I’m contemplating working in the lab over the summer to help embalm work with the cadavers, but I’m pretty sure my parents will not be too pleased to find out about this, since they’d like me to come home. (It is essentially my last summer vacation ever, and I want to spend it with dead bodies? Clearly, I have problems.) While I definitely would like to see my family/friends again this summer, I can’t deny that this would be an awesome opportunity. ;_; Maybe I can do a half-half sort of deal? I think it’d be fun. :]

Earning monies, possibly getting a better shot at becoming an anatomy GTA, exploring WV while also squeezing in time to hang out with family/friends back home sounds like a good deal, yes yes?

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Overnight Oats in a Jar

I have multiple pictures of each of the ones I made, but they all look kinda the same, so I figured it’d be a bit redundant to post each one as a separate recipe. If I come up with my own creations later, I might do another post on that and link back to this, but we’ll see.

As you well may have discovered, I’ve been a really big fan of food in jars. They’re easily portable and you can use these jars for basically anything. It’s pretty awesome. :D! The recipes are from theyummylife. I took 3 recipes from there and experimented with a fourth since I still had an empty jar left. I used half-pint (8 oz.) mason jars for these. :] Portable breakfasts = I get to sleep in some more. Kinda wonderful.

This time around, I didn’t add any sweetener (I would’ve used honey), but I might try that next time just to see if it makes a big difference. I’m not actually the biggest fan of Greek yogurt unless I have it with honey + granola, so perhaps I’ll try something like that later on.

Overnight Oats in a Jar

Apple Cinnamon Refrigerator Oats
Ingredients: 
-1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
-1/3 cup soy milk
-1/4 cup low-fat/nonfat Greek yogurt
-1-1/2 teaspoons dried chia seeds
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-1 teaspoon honey, optional (or substitute any preferred sweetener)
-1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, or enough to fill jar

Instructions:
1) In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, cinnamon and honey. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add applesauce and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days. Eat chilled.

Banana Cocoa Refrigerator Oatmeal
Ingredients:
–1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
-1/3 cup soy milk
-1/4 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
-1-1/2 teaspoons dried chia seeds
-1 tablespoon cocoa powder
-1 teaspoon honey, optional (or substitute any preferred sweetener)
-1/4 cup diced ripe banana, or enough to fill jar (approx. half of a small banana)

Instructions:
1)In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, cocoa powder and honey. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add bananas and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days. Eat chilled.

Peanut Butter Banana Refrigerator Oatmeal
Ingredients:
-1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
-1/3 cup soy milk
-1/4 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
-1-1/2 teaspoons dried chia seeds
-1 tablespoon peanut butter (may substitute PB2 powdered peanut butter)
-1 teaspoon honey, optional (or substitute any preferred sweetener)
-1/4 cup diced ripe banana, or enough to fill jar (approx. half of a small banana)

Instructions:
1) In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, peanut butter (or PB2), and honey. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add bananas and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days. Eat chilled.

Apple Peanut Butter Refrigerator Oatmeal
Ingredients:
-1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
-1/3 cup soy milk
-1/4 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
-1-1/2 teaspoons dried chia seeds
-1 tbsp peanut butter
-enough unsweetened applesauce to fill the jar

Instructions:
1) In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, peanut butter, and honey. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add applesauce and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days. Eat chilled.