Happy Thanksgiving?

I'm off at noon and my Thanksgiving break will start...for a given definition of break. When we get back there are only two weeks left, with two tests each week, and the first is Tuesday. I haven't really been keeping up with my studying...probably "all month" would be accurate. I've still been doing enough that I'm happy with my grades. The only things I'm not thrilled with are my diagnostic imaging test (which I knew I didn't know as well as I wanted to, but I kept my A in the class and I have other things to worry about right now) and my anatomy exam (which, considering that it was "the one everyone fails" and was right after break, I am pretty happy even though it's objectively lower than I usually get). I actually rocked that physio exam--well, our teacher did basically say that educated guesses based on our physiological knowledge was what he wanted!

I'm hoping our next anatomy exam won't be too bad. It's got about two (what I consider) sections less than I thought it would be, so that's nice. But I still need to learn all the little processes and foramina of the skull in addition to the actual head dissection. With the cut down information, I think it should be pretty easy to finish the dissection and have plenty of time to review. Our next exam is histology, and then at the end of the week embryology. I've typed about half the notes for embryology (more than half of the notes we've covered), but I'm going to have to do some more of that over break.

I've been feeding an owl again this week, for the last time this semester. I've got Squirt this week, my friend's favorite. He's a screech owl, and he has really bad arthritis so he is on a painkiller twice a day, which is my responsibility since I'm in charge of him this week. He is really cute. We were worried about him for a while that he's very old and wasn't doing well for a while. I'm glad I got a chance to work with him, whether or not he'll still be here next semester. Actually, I might do day birds instead of owls next semester. That's a decision for later though.

The Doctor Who special was AMAZING. If you're a fan you've probably seen it already, but I just want to say I was thrilled with it. It turned out the 3D showing wasn't until Monday, so I went to On the Border (a Mexican restaurant) with the Baton Rouge viewing group to watch it live with them, which was great. It was totally worth seeing it in the theater, too, even though I'd already seen it. Especially since the 3D had a special introduction, and some behind the scenes stuff at the end. Also, I'd never thought of it before, but 3D is really future, isn't it? I'm so glad that both times I saw it, it was with a roomful of Whovians. Watching great shows with other people is one of the things I miss most about undergrad.

Yes, I'm still working on my novel. I managed to be on target for two whole days, a record for this year, but I don't think I've written on a single Monday this month. I did one more write-in last night--probably my last one this year--and did my ~1667 words in an hour and a half. Might have been something to do with the lack of internet in the coffeeshop, heh.