Trying to get started at this again

So, I love reading my friends' blogs (and even some people I don't even know, so I am going to try to keep up with this again.

I am taking my boards in September and am trying to get back to the grind of studying 24/7. So far, its not going so well. I made a schedule so lets see if I can stick with it. I plan on putting together the "best books" by organ system. For every system I am reading 4 books, a pathology book, a physology book, a pharm book, and First Aid (supposively the "bible" of Step 1). We'll see how it goes! I started off with this plan yesterday with my best system, Musculoskeletal/Skin. Today I started renal, but its not what I'm best at, so it is taking a little longer than yesterday.

My parents stopped by today on their way down to North Carolina. They dropped off a TON of food. I have green beans that my mom cleaned can cooked, watermelon, potatoes, cucumbers, 12 ears of corn, and a 13X9 pan FULL of blackberries. I am so excited. I made freezer pickles tonight from my grandmas recipe. Tomorrow I am attempting to can blackberry jelly and syrup. We'll see how those turn out!