Hi there; Birdie here!
This week has been intense, but I can't really say it's over because I still need to catch up on lectures. First I went to DC, which--more on that later, but it was pretty stressful. Then I came back and didn't even have time to unpack because I had to study for my derm final makeup yesterday and my orthopedics final today. And then yesterday I found out that I got the Banfield summer job program--AND I got summer scholars. So in the midst of my exams I had to deal with that decision. I wound up deciding on summer scholars, since I don't have any research experience and unfortunately despite being in vet school I am still forever trying to make myself look good for the next application. Also my housing in Texas near the Banfield hospital fell through. I made the calls/emails to make that decision official this morning. And I've still got about 7 hours of lecture I hope to get through this weekend, which isn't counting the studying I need to do for next week's exams. Vet school's tough.
I'm actually pretty upset, because even though our classes are usually recorded (which I was counting on, being gone for two days) a certain farm animal clinician decided that not enough people were in class and didn't record. One of my classmates gave me her notes, but I'm not super comfortable with that; I'd rather hear it myself. I'm going to be missing his class for Symposium, too...this time I'll make sure to ask him beforehand in the hopes he won't decide not to record.
DC was...honestly, not what I was expecting. When it talked about "exposing veterinary students to the legislative process" I didn't know that meant making up lobbyists and setting up meetings for us with congress members' offices. The first night was good. We had a little reception to talk with other participants (one of my VLE groupmates was there!), and then a bunch of us went out to a place called the Beer (Bier?) Baron, where I got funnel cake burger sliders and another guy in the group got a chicken Parmesan donut. It was really cold! As we were walking back, everything was encased in ice. It was also raining earlier that day when I was walking to the hotel from the metro station. I actually took the metro station the wrong way for 2 stops, but I wound up on the same train I would have have to wait for, so I consider it a win--I waited in warm trains instead of on a cold platform.
The second day (first full day) was when the problem started. After several talks (we even had powerpoint printouts, just like vet school lectures), we had some mock meetings. The first couple of people who went up made me cringe. First, there was a large group that gave me so much secondhand embarrassment because no one seemed to know what to say and the person playing the senator had to keep feeding them lines. Then the next person was quite good, except that she kept saying things that were probably jokes but were just so very "no, don't do that!" So I figured, I have some idea what I'm doing, I'll go up. So I did. And I completely messed up which bill is which (we were presenting two bills: the Veterinary Medical Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act and proposals for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act). I did my best to keep going anyway, and I probably wasn't the only one who would do that, but I felt horrible. It was not easy, it was not fun, and it did not make me feel good about messing up in front of actual congressmen (or their staff) the next day. No matter how much I wanted to bow out and fly home, though, I couldn't get out of it. I think they thought they needed me, although after my meetings I'm not sure why. I don't think I made any difference whatsoever: either they already supported our position or they brushed me off without listening. I met with one senator and two representatives--well, I met with their offices. Overall, I don't really know how to feel about it. It's a worthwhile experience and I'm sure it will look good on my resume, but I'm not sure it was a good experience for me.
The surgery wetlab a couple of weeks ago was a better experience, but that wasn't what I was expecting either. Basically, since literally none of us had sufficient background, we spent the wetlab learning to suture and do ligatures. At the end one of the groups got to do the neuter on their dog, but that's about it. Still, it might have actually been better, since literally everyone got to have hands-on personally instructed experience. I mean, the group that did the neuter, it was just 2 people who got to do it, I'm not sure what they would have done with the groups of 3-4 we had. And I feel like I learned a lot about spay/neuter procedures from the lecture beforehand. Either way, it's giving me a great leg up in our current surgery class. We had lectures on suture patterns and on instruments this week, and I have a good basis for that right now. We also had our first microscope wetlab for path club, and finally had a meeting and officer elections. I wasn't able to be there (it was Tuesday, while I was in DC), but I kept my vice-presidency.
At my riding lesson last week, I got to ride Sailor, my favorite! I think we did well together, and my instructor said I "managed him well. He gets a little excited." I also worked on my position, especially over jumps. The ring was super crowded, though, which I didn't appreciate. Naturally I didn't ride this week since I had so much in the way of tests (and summer decisions) to deal with, but actually there weren't lessons at the end of this weeks so I get to make it up on Monday and ride twice next week.
On the book front, I finished Tam Lin and was pretty disappointed in it. In the hopes of reading something I'd like better than my last few books, I got a short story collection called 21 Proms that has a John Green story in it (kind of hoping it would be like My True Love Gave to Me, a recent Christmas short story collection I loved). Well, the John Green story was alright, but I didn't like any of the others. I didn't relate to the characters, and some of them were just plain weird. On my flights/in DC, I read Top Dog by Jerry Jay Carroll for a book I own but hadn't read. It's the best one I've read in a while, which isn't saying much. I liked the battle between good and evil, and some of the symbolism, but as a whole I didn't care for the narrator's tone and I wasn't entirely satisfied with the ending. Now I'm reading Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. I've read nearly 200 pages just today (mostly just after I got home), so that's pretty good. I firmly dislike certain characters and situations, though. I need to find some better books, or I'll forget why I love reading (no I won't, I'll never do that).
I just got back from going to the gymnastics meet with A. It was senior night--the seniors' last meet. We got there a little late, after the first event had started. There were like three 10.0s this time--there weren't any last time! The star floor performer had her routine last, with music that included Stand Up and Get Crunk (a Saints pump-up song) and I'm pretty sure the LSU fight song too. She got a 10.0 for it, and she totally deserved it. Anyway, it was really fun and totally not catching up on lectures like I should have been doing.
Today I also started my feeding shift. The co-chair on duty right now is actually my li'l sib, and I caught him in the feed room when I went in before my test. He showed me and another feeder how to put on jesses (like a bird leash), and when I came back after the exam I jessed Lucy as well as feeding her. I have to say, it felt pretty cool to just walk around with a bird on my fist, nbd. I'm meeting him again in the morning to help stretch an owl that the wildlife hospital got in.
Next week I've got a farm animal exam (on less than 7 lectures this time, because that makes sense...I really don't like that class) and a cardio final, and the week after that it's Symposium. After this week, I really hope things get better (though I can't really see them getting worse, knock on wood).
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Friday, March 6, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Can I just take a minute to breathe?
Hi there; Birdie here!
It has been an extremely busy past two weeks. I've actually had to miss both my riding lessons because I've been kind of behind on studying for tests and needed my Thursday night to study for Friday exams. We had 2 tests each week. Last week's weren't bad (cardio and urinary), but this past week...systemic path was actually totally fine, but I wasn't nearly prepared enough the day before. And derm wasn't bad, but it was so short (only 40 questions) that it doesn't take many wrong answers to really bring your grade down. Which was kind of inappropriate for how much material we had on it. But before the tests, I also had a bunch of other things to deal with, starting with the fact that I spent all day at Open House last Saturday. I spent most of the day at the path club table. Actually, I was the one who went and picked out the specimens we got earlier last week, too. We had a heart with a low ventricular septal defect that I'd thought was a dog's but turned out to be a calf's (which made a lot more sense actually), the obligatory heart with heartworms, a primary pulmonary carcinoma, an end stage liver, and a polycystic kidney. The highlight was a cross section of a cow's head showing Lumpy Jaw (Actinomyces bovis). I originally was kind of resistant to including it, but I'm actually really glad we did. Then I finished the day at the Josh Project table, where the popcorn machine had already stopped working so I basically just cleaned up. Next year as a third year I won't be so involved in clubs (we'll have new officers and everything; third years are going into clinics in the spring), so hopefully I won't need to take more than one or two shifts. I really want to NOT work all day at open house...
And of course I also had to work on my summer applications! The proposal for Summer Scholars was due this Monday, and we were working on it until noon that day, so that also didn't leave much time for studying. Everything is all turned in now, though. Well, at least I hope Tulane has my whole application...I couldn't get anyone on the phone on Monday to confirm. I sent off the Johns Hopkins application, too. And I had my interview for Banfield last Wednesday. I think it went pretty well, probably better than last year. I got a little upset when I had to answer the question about when I got constructive criticism about how I handled a stressful situation, but I think my answer was at least coherent. I especially liked the question about which of my accomplishment I'm most proud of--I said winning NaNoWriMo for 5 years in a row including during vet school. I was a little thrown when they asked about a professional or educational goal someone else set for me, but I think I came up with a good answer about how I actually got my first job. Anyway, everything is in other peoples' hands. Now I just have to wait until early to mid-March and see what, if anything, I get.
Last blog entry I mentioned that I was going to Spay Day. That was a good experience--I did get to do some cat wrangling!--but I only got to set one endotracheal tube. I was kind of expecting more--there were only 4 of us who'd done the wetlab, and they tube every cat who's getting spayed,
I actually might have been able to make my riding lesson this week and still have time to study if it weren't for the Diagnostic Imaging Club wetlab that was also on Thursday. It actually meant I was still hanging out with horses--it was a distal limb ultrasound. I got fussed at for getting gel on the gel bottle and our teacher kept wandering off to help other groups so I didn't really figure out how to get the oblique view of the sesamoid bones, but I did get a nice picture of the flexor manica and was the first one to show where the palmar annular ligament inserts. Also this week I got to school extra early for a breakfast presentation with Banfield. It was about "I saw it on the internet..." in regards to pet nutrition. She had to rush a lot, though, and we still were late to class. Plus I think it was the same presentation she gave last year.
I'm still ahead on my reading challenge, with 13/52 books read, 11 prompts filled. I actually just finished book 13 this morning: Astonish Me, by Maggie Shipstead for "A book with bad reviews." I didn't really like any of the characters, and there was too much drugs and stuff, but it had some really interesting lines and I'm glad I read it. Don't think I'll read it again ever, though. I also read my book originally written in a different language: A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse. I got a little lost in the names and different writing style, especially at the beginning, and I didn't care over much for the ending, but I really liked the parts in the middle about the founding of their bookstore and what it was like. I'm about to start my "based on a true story," The Eighty-Dollar Champion. It's the one of 3 horse books I'm planning on reading, probably one after another, so I really don't want to miss my riding lesson this week! Also, I've lately gotten really into Taylor Swift. I got 1989 a while ago, recently after it came out, but last weekend I decided I absolutely needed to get one of her older CDs, Speak Now (I knew some of the songs because they show up on my Pandora). It was actually a bit of a mess and more time consuming than I would have liked, but I've been listening to it a lot since. I think I might order other ones online though. Less effort and time on my part.
Last night A and I went to the gymnastics meet vs. Georgia. It was really cool. The girls were very impressive, and we didn't even hit traffic on the way home. Plus it was free for me as a student! I'd be willing to go again. I missed the bachelor auction this year, since it was also last night, but I don't mind that at all. Tomorrow we're (finally) doing our joint path club/WAZEM (exotics club) alligator wetlab. We're going to be practicing some procedures and also necropsy. Then I should really have nothing on my plate but school. I'm looking forward to having Monday and Tuesday off next week for Mardi Gras, and being able to go home for the long weekend!
It has been an extremely busy past two weeks. I've actually had to miss both my riding lessons because I've been kind of behind on studying for tests and needed my Thursday night to study for Friday exams. We had 2 tests each week. Last week's weren't bad (cardio and urinary), but this past week...systemic path was actually totally fine, but I wasn't nearly prepared enough the day before. And derm wasn't bad, but it was so short (only 40 questions) that it doesn't take many wrong answers to really bring your grade down. Which was kind of inappropriate for how much material we had on it. But before the tests, I also had a bunch of other things to deal with, starting with the fact that I spent all day at Open House last Saturday. I spent most of the day at the path club table. Actually, I was the one who went and picked out the specimens we got earlier last week, too. We had a heart with a low ventricular septal defect that I'd thought was a dog's but turned out to be a calf's (which made a lot more sense actually), the obligatory heart with heartworms, a primary pulmonary carcinoma, an end stage liver, and a polycystic kidney. The highlight was a cross section of a cow's head showing Lumpy Jaw (Actinomyces bovis). I originally was kind of resistant to including it, but I'm actually really glad we did. Then I finished the day at the Josh Project table, where the popcorn machine had already stopped working so I basically just cleaned up. Next year as a third year I won't be so involved in clubs (we'll have new officers and everything; third years are going into clinics in the spring), so hopefully I won't need to take more than one or two shifts. I really want to NOT work all day at open house...
And of course I also had to work on my summer applications! The proposal for Summer Scholars was due this Monday, and we were working on it until noon that day, so that also didn't leave much time for studying. Everything is all turned in now, though. Well, at least I hope Tulane has my whole application...I couldn't get anyone on the phone on Monday to confirm. I sent off the Johns Hopkins application, too. And I had my interview for Banfield last Wednesday. I think it went pretty well, probably better than last year. I got a little upset when I had to answer the question about when I got constructive criticism about how I handled a stressful situation, but I think my answer was at least coherent. I especially liked the question about which of my accomplishment I'm most proud of--I said winning NaNoWriMo for 5 years in a row including during vet school. I was a little thrown when they asked about a professional or educational goal someone else set for me, but I think I came up with a good answer about how I actually got my first job. Anyway, everything is in other peoples' hands. Now I just have to wait until early to mid-March and see what, if anything, I get.
Last blog entry I mentioned that I was going to Spay Day. That was a good experience--I did get to do some cat wrangling!--but I only got to set one endotracheal tube. I was kind of expecting more--there were only 4 of us who'd done the wetlab, and they tube every cat who's getting spayed,
I actually might have been able to make my riding lesson this week and still have time to study if it weren't for the Diagnostic Imaging Club wetlab that was also on Thursday. It actually meant I was still hanging out with horses--it was a distal limb ultrasound. I got fussed at for getting gel on the gel bottle and our teacher kept wandering off to help other groups so I didn't really figure out how to get the oblique view of the sesamoid bones, but I did get a nice picture of the flexor manica and was the first one to show where the palmar annular ligament inserts. Also this week I got to school extra early for a breakfast presentation with Banfield. It was about "I saw it on the internet..." in regards to pet nutrition. She had to rush a lot, though, and we still were late to class. Plus I think it was the same presentation she gave last year.
I'm still ahead on my reading challenge, with 13/52 books read, 11 prompts filled. I actually just finished book 13 this morning: Astonish Me, by Maggie Shipstead for "A book with bad reviews." I didn't really like any of the characters, and there was too much drugs and stuff, but it had some really interesting lines and I'm glad I read it. Don't think I'll read it again ever, though. I also read my book originally written in a different language: A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cosse. I got a little lost in the names and different writing style, especially at the beginning, and I didn't care over much for the ending, but I really liked the parts in the middle about the founding of their bookstore and what it was like. I'm about to start my "based on a true story," The Eighty-Dollar Champion. It's the one of 3 horse books I'm planning on reading, probably one after another, so I really don't want to miss my riding lesson this week! Also, I've lately gotten really into Taylor Swift. I got 1989 a while ago, recently after it came out, but last weekend I decided I absolutely needed to get one of her older CDs, Speak Now (I knew some of the songs because they show up on my Pandora). It was actually a bit of a mess and more time consuming than I would have liked, but I've been listening to it a lot since. I think I might order other ones online though. Less effort and time on my part.
Last night A and I went to the gymnastics meet vs. Georgia. It was really cool. The girls were very impressive, and we didn't even hit traffic on the way home. Plus it was free for me as a student! I'd be willing to go again. I missed the bachelor auction this year, since it was also last night, but I don't mind that at all. Tomorrow we're (finally) doing our joint path club/WAZEM (exotics club) alligator wetlab. We're going to be practicing some procedures and also necropsy. Then I should really have nothing on my plate but school. I'm looking forward to having Monday and Tuesday off next week for Mardi Gras, and being able to go home for the long weekend!
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Deep breath
Hi there; Birdie here!
Yesterday was our first systemic path exam, and our next exam isn't until next Friday (parasitology), so I'm enjoying a bit of a breather. Yesterday I pretty much aggressively did nothing useful (youtube and video games ftw) and ordered Chinese food for dinner. It was a nice break, and I kind of need it after a marathon of Parasit Friday-Pharm Tuesday-Endocrine Friday-Path Tuesday. Welcome to second year? That's definitely going to be happening a few more times this semester...
The pharm exam was kind of a mess. We only had 50 minutes for the exam, when literally every other class gives us 2 hours even if we really don't need it. AND we had 51 questions--less than a minute per question, and 12 questions more than that exam's had in previous years. AND a good deal of the questions were intense critical thinking, like "which of the following is composed of only true statements?" which is basically 4 true or false questions in one. It was not great. We got the grades for that yesterday, and the course coordinator gave us 6 points back on it, and we're all really grateful for that. I'm actually happy with my grade now with those added points!
The weekend I mostly spent studying, because pharm is a big deal. But I did have a nice surprise--my dad was in town, so we got to meet up for breakfast. That was really nice. We also tried to get my new phone, but I want to try out the iPhone 6 before I decide if I'm going to get a 5 or a 6 and they didn't have a demo yet. Oh, and on Friday we had a spontaneous movie night! We made brownies and a frozen pizza and watched The Black Swan--me and my first year roommate and another friend. I wound up not going to the football game, though, and I didn't even manage to give my ticket to anyone. Maybe I'll go this weekend? I am also going shopping with my sister on Saturday, too, so I'm not sure if I'll be ready to leave for football two hours before kickoff like I need to to get parking.
Last week, Aimee rode with me at my lesson! She was on a cute old bay named Jesse, and I had a cranky mare named Baby. Baby did not like being near other horses, so it was a little stressful keeping her away from everyone else, especially since we were all in the indoor. My instructor said she liked the way I rode Baby, though!
I'm pretty happy with how our first pathology club meeting went! A pretty good number of people showed up (not like surgery club levels of attendance, but still) and we had good food and I was able to get the drinks and I think the pathologists did a good job selling why pathology is important even if you don't want to specialize. I know we gained at least one member, too--my little sib!
Speaking of my little sib, the first years are having their first anatomy exam today and yesterday. Apparently my test file was pretty helpful--when I texted my li'l sib Good luck, he said I was the best big sib! So that makes me really happy.
There were a bunch of club meetings, too, since I've last written. Surgery club--I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make it to the suture wetlab this year, either; I think it's the same day as the Josh Project chili cookoff. VBMA--a very uplifting (sarcasm) talk about life insurance and disability insurance. Also a lab animal club meeting I went to mostly for the food, and it didn't change my mind at all about not being in that club.
And speaking of Josh Project...I'm kind of regretting being on the committee. But I'm basically the only one from my class who consistently shows up, so if I don't do it, no one else will. We have to start working on the chili cookoff approximately now; in fact, the second year members are having a meeting about it today at lunch.
Tonight I'm going to work on studying parasitology (because, of course, we still have a quiz on Friday), and (hopefully, if it works out) chatting with my undergrad friends. I'm looking forward to spending this weekend doing some things that aren't studying! Even if I should probably get started studying for my next couple of exams...that'll happen, too.
Yesterday was our first systemic path exam, and our next exam isn't until next Friday (parasitology), so I'm enjoying a bit of a breather. Yesterday I pretty much aggressively did nothing useful (youtube and video games ftw) and ordered Chinese food for dinner. It was a nice break, and I kind of need it after a marathon of Parasit Friday-Pharm Tuesday-Endocrine Friday-Path Tuesday. Welcome to second year? That's definitely going to be happening a few more times this semester...
The pharm exam was kind of a mess. We only had 50 minutes for the exam, when literally every other class gives us 2 hours even if we really don't need it. AND we had 51 questions--less than a minute per question, and 12 questions more than that exam's had in previous years. AND a good deal of the questions were intense critical thinking, like "which of the following is composed of only true statements?" which is basically 4 true or false questions in one. It was not great. We got the grades for that yesterday, and the course coordinator gave us 6 points back on it, and we're all really grateful for that. I'm actually happy with my grade now with those added points!
The weekend I mostly spent studying, because pharm is a big deal. But I did have a nice surprise--my dad was in town, so we got to meet up for breakfast. That was really nice. We also tried to get my new phone, but I want to try out the iPhone 6 before I decide if I'm going to get a 5 or a 6 and they didn't have a demo yet. Oh, and on Friday we had a spontaneous movie night! We made brownies and a frozen pizza and watched The Black Swan--me and my first year roommate and another friend. I wound up not going to the football game, though, and I didn't even manage to give my ticket to anyone. Maybe I'll go this weekend? I am also going shopping with my sister on Saturday, too, so I'm not sure if I'll be ready to leave for football two hours before kickoff like I need to to get parking.
Last week, Aimee rode with me at my lesson! She was on a cute old bay named Jesse, and I had a cranky mare named Baby. Baby did not like being near other horses, so it was a little stressful keeping her away from everyone else, especially since we were all in the indoor. My instructor said she liked the way I rode Baby, though!
I'm pretty happy with how our first pathology club meeting went! A pretty good number of people showed up (not like surgery club levels of attendance, but still) and we had good food and I was able to get the drinks and I think the pathologists did a good job selling why pathology is important even if you don't want to specialize. I know we gained at least one member, too--my little sib!
Speaking of my little sib, the first years are having their first anatomy exam today and yesterday. Apparently my test file was pretty helpful--when I texted my li'l sib Good luck, he said I was the best big sib! So that makes me really happy.
There were a bunch of club meetings, too, since I've last written. Surgery club--I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make it to the suture wetlab this year, either; I think it's the same day as the Josh Project chili cookoff. VBMA--a very uplifting (sarcasm) talk about life insurance and disability insurance. Also a lab animal club meeting I went to mostly for the food, and it didn't change my mind at all about not being in that club.
And speaking of Josh Project...I'm kind of regretting being on the committee. But I'm basically the only one from my class who consistently shows up, so if I don't do it, no one else will. We have to start working on the chili cookoff approximately now; in fact, the second year members are having a meeting about it today at lunch.
Tonight I'm going to work on studying parasitology (because, of course, we still have a quiz on Friday), and (hopefully, if it works out) chatting with my undergrad friends. I'm looking forward to spending this weekend doing some things that aren't studying! Even if I should probably get started studying for my next couple of exams...that'll happen, too.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Oh yes, this is second year
Hi there; Birdie here!
Today we had our first parasitology exam. Two exams, kind of, because we had a written in the morning and a lab practical in the afternoon. Neither of them was that bad, really, and I think I did pretty well on both of them. But I spent a lot of time on that class (especially if you count the time I spent studying for the 2 weekly quizzes on some of that material), and I don't really want to spend this evening studying, too. BUT since this is second year and we have two tests nearly every week, and at least one test every week but two (and one of them was last week), I already need to get on that. Especially since next week we have our first exam in Pharmacology, which as I understand it is basically the anatomy of second year. So I'm pretty worried about it. I haven't actually gotten to that studying yet...but I should at least get something done tonight.
Other than lots of studying, our first and uneventful DIC meeting, and a therio club meeting I attended purely for the free pizza, this week wasn't too exciting. I did order coveralls, though--therio club is selling embroidered coveralls as a fundraiser, and once we get them I can probably wear them to path club's big wetlabs, too. So that's cool.
This year my big sib didn't pass on anything, so I'm compiling a bunch of virtual resources onto a flash drive for my li'l sib. Today I actually got an email, though, from a friend in 4th year with a bunch of electronic resources that should be super helpful! I'm really glad for that. It's nice to not constantly have to rely on what other people put on dropbox.
I went to the Doctor Who viewing at the Mexican restaurant, too. I've probably mentioned it before, since I went for the 50th and also last week. I haven't found a good way to watch online, and since Certain People like to give me random comments about the episodes on Saturdays when they come out, I want to watch them as soon as possible. Which is apparently on Tuesdays at dinner. For the 50th and the first episode with the 12th doctor, it was a really good experience. Everyone was really excited, and it helped me get into the episode. This week, though, it was less great. I missed a bit of the beginning due to being stuck in traffic, and then people were kind of loud and made it harder to watch. One guy even wanted to do introductions and stuff in the middle of the episode. Like, I thought this was a Doctor Who viewing group? I'm not against a bit of commentary, but can we respect the show enough to not carry on unrelated conversations while I'm watching the new episode for the first time? So I don't know if I'm going back next Tuesday. When I was driving home, I was thinking definitely not. But, well, I still don't have a good alternative to watch the episode. So we'll see.
I also had my second riding lesson. This time I was on a bay mare named Lily, and all the lessons rode inside because it was raining. I will never get over being thankful for having an indoor arena--before I went to college, the barn where I rode had a few different rings, but none that were covered. So I've had several lessons canceled just because it rained. But this week, I still got to ride! There was a little gymnastic set up with 3 pretty low jumps that we went over a few times. We were pretty good, except that Lily kept landing on the wrong lead...even though the correct lead was the one she usually picks up automatically. So that's on me. I got the correct lead a few times, but mostly it was wrong. Especially at the end when I was jumping with one hand behind my back. At the very end of the lesson, my instructor asked me to post the trot with no stirrups for half a lap. I used to do no-stirrups work all the time in undergrad, and I really want to be good at it (and to get my muscle back)...plus, even in the huge ring we were working in, half a lap isn't much. So I did a lap and a half. I probably could have finished a full two laps except that my instructor asked me to come back in. So that, at least, made me feel pretty good about myself.
You know how last weekend was the first LSU football game? This weekend is the first home game. I've got a ticket, because my dad made me buy the season pass, and it's surprising how difficult it is to get rid of! I've messaged two people already who were looking to get a ticket, but one meant for next weekend and the other already decided not to go. So now I've got a couple more facebook messages waiting in the ether for the person to hopefully see it and respond...hopefully both of them don't try to take me up on it! And no, I really don't want to actually go to the game. See: pharm test on Tuesday.
Despite all that studying, I've also been doing some reading just for myself. I don't usually go for nonfiction (although there's a lot more of it on my to-read list now than there has been in the past), but I'm currently reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I'm about halfway to 2/3 of the way through it now, and it's really interesting. Sometimes I get kind of irritated, but generally the author seems to realize the importance of balance more than pushing an "Introvert Ideal" to counter the Extrovert Ideal she talks about. It also brings up a lot of questions that I find interesting, especially with my psych major background. Sometimes I wish I were having a conversation with her about this stuff instead of just reading it so I could ask her a bunch of questions (though, admittedly, frequently those questions are about what the control group was or how significance was calculated, for experiments she didn't even run). I haven't finished it yet, but I'm hoping to read the rest this weekend probably. You know, in between all the studying that also needs to happen.
Today we had our first parasitology exam. Two exams, kind of, because we had a written in the morning and a lab practical in the afternoon. Neither of them was that bad, really, and I think I did pretty well on both of them. But I spent a lot of time on that class (especially if you count the time I spent studying for the 2 weekly quizzes on some of that material), and I don't really want to spend this evening studying, too. BUT since this is second year and we have two tests nearly every week, and at least one test every week but two (and one of them was last week), I already need to get on that. Especially since next week we have our first exam in Pharmacology, which as I understand it is basically the anatomy of second year. So I'm pretty worried about it. I haven't actually gotten to that studying yet...but I should at least get something done tonight.
Other than lots of studying, our first and uneventful DIC meeting, and a therio club meeting I attended purely for the free pizza, this week wasn't too exciting. I did order coveralls, though--therio club is selling embroidered coveralls as a fundraiser, and once we get them I can probably wear them to path club's big wetlabs, too. So that's cool.
This year my big sib didn't pass on anything, so I'm compiling a bunch of virtual resources onto a flash drive for my li'l sib. Today I actually got an email, though, from a friend in 4th year with a bunch of electronic resources that should be super helpful! I'm really glad for that. It's nice to not constantly have to rely on what other people put on dropbox.
I went to the Doctor Who viewing at the Mexican restaurant, too. I've probably mentioned it before, since I went for the 50th and also last week. I haven't found a good way to watch online, and since Certain People like to give me random comments about the episodes on Saturdays when they come out, I want to watch them as soon as possible. Which is apparently on Tuesdays at dinner. For the 50th and the first episode with the 12th doctor, it was a really good experience. Everyone was really excited, and it helped me get into the episode. This week, though, it was less great. I missed a bit of the beginning due to being stuck in traffic, and then people were kind of loud and made it harder to watch. One guy even wanted to do introductions and stuff in the middle of the episode. Like, I thought this was a Doctor Who viewing group? I'm not against a bit of commentary, but can we respect the show enough to not carry on unrelated conversations while I'm watching the new episode for the first time? So I don't know if I'm going back next Tuesday. When I was driving home, I was thinking definitely not. But, well, I still don't have a good alternative to watch the episode. So we'll see.
I also had my second riding lesson. This time I was on a bay mare named Lily, and all the lessons rode inside because it was raining. I will never get over being thankful for having an indoor arena--before I went to college, the barn where I rode had a few different rings, but none that were covered. So I've had several lessons canceled just because it rained. But this week, I still got to ride! There was a little gymnastic set up with 3 pretty low jumps that we went over a few times. We were pretty good, except that Lily kept landing on the wrong lead...even though the correct lead was the one she usually picks up automatically. So that's on me. I got the correct lead a few times, but mostly it was wrong. Especially at the end when I was jumping with one hand behind my back. At the very end of the lesson, my instructor asked me to post the trot with no stirrups for half a lap. I used to do no-stirrups work all the time in undergrad, and I really want to be good at it (and to get my muscle back)...plus, even in the huge ring we were working in, half a lap isn't much. So I did a lap and a half. I probably could have finished a full two laps except that my instructor asked me to come back in. So that, at least, made me feel pretty good about myself.
You know how last weekend was the first LSU football game? This weekend is the first home game. I've got a ticket, because my dad made me buy the season pass, and it's surprising how difficult it is to get rid of! I've messaged two people already who were looking to get a ticket, but one meant for next weekend and the other already decided not to go. So now I've got a couple more facebook messages waiting in the ether for the person to hopefully see it and respond...hopefully both of them don't try to take me up on it! And no, I really don't want to actually go to the game. See: pharm test on Tuesday.
Despite all that studying, I've also been doing some reading just for myself. I don't usually go for nonfiction (although there's a lot more of it on my to-read list now than there has been in the past), but I'm currently reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I'm about halfway to 2/3 of the way through it now, and it's really interesting. Sometimes I get kind of irritated, but generally the author seems to realize the importance of balance more than pushing an "Introvert Ideal" to counter the Extrovert Ideal she talks about. It also brings up a lot of questions that I find interesting, especially with my psych major background. Sometimes I wish I were having a conversation with her about this stuff instead of just reading it so I could ask her a bunch of questions (though, admittedly, frequently those questions are about what the control group was or how significance was calculated, for experiments she didn't even run). I haven't finished it yet, but I'm hoping to read the rest this weekend probably. You know, in between all the studying that also needs to happen.
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Whew!
Hi there; Birdie here!
I really love being so involved that I have twenty million things to do, but man is it exhausting! I spent time after class almost every day this week working on plans for the semester and posters for club fair for both DIC and path club. I also did a vidchat with my undergrad friends on Thursday, which mean that I had to work really hard to get enough studying done for my parasit quiz and still do that!
My riding lesson was great! Okay, I was kind of a mess. We did some no-stirrups work, and I was trying hard just to stay on the horse! I used to be pretty good at that...a year ago, when I last rode. It didn't help that my horse had a very bouncy trot! He was a cute pinto named Fox, and my instructor referred to him as "the advanced babysitter." Another instructor seemed impressed that I was on him for my first lesson--"so you must have some experience, then." I'm scheduled to keep having weekly riding lessons, and I'm really happy about that (thanks, dad, for giving me the money for it)! I did move them to Thursdays instead of Wednesdays, though, once I realized that Wednesdays are a TERRIBLE idea because both my officership clubs like to have wetlabs then. Towards the beginning of the lesson I couldn't keep the canter for more than a few steps, but at the end we cantered over a crossrail, so I'm already feeling happy about coming back to it. Now if only I could get my heels to remember how to stay down...
Yesterday I was supposed to be in the VetFit relay, but between group confusion (three members dropped out, then we found more, then two of the members were sick) and how tired I was (especially when I had to spend my lunch at club fair), I didn't even show up to watch.
Oh, and we had our first VBMA meeting sometime early in the week, too. The speaker was a financial consultant who talked to us about budgets. He gave us his email and offered to give us non-sponsored advice, so I asked him about whether there are any options for paying back private loans the way there are for government ones. If he tells me anything useful, I'll let you know, in case any of my readers will have private loans after vet school, too. Do I even have any readers anymore after the summer off? Besides my parents, of course (hi mom & dad!).
Today I decided not to go to the first WHL workday/orientation. I'm planning to feed the night birds again this semester, but I offered to do AM if that's where they need more help. A TON of first years signed up, so I'm not sure they need me at all, but I think I'd like to stick with it. What I did instead this morning was go running--which may have not been the greatest idea considering the rain that started somewhere over a mile into it. I think I might have to replace my old iPod, which got water damaged...luckily my car key still works, so I still regret nothing. I'm not sure exactly how far I ran today since I didn't do the whole track, but I'm pretty sure it's somewhere between 2 and 3 miles so I'm still okay with that.
Tonight is the first LSU football game, against Wisconsin. Did I mention how our endocrinology teacher cares a lot about football? She passed around a sheet where we could predict the score of the game and whoever is closest gets a bonus point. I don't even remember what score I put (by the time I got the sheet, the one I wanted to pick was taken). People near me were googling and stuff like, what sorts of numbers are football scores? (multiples of 7, in case you were wondering). Apparently one of my classmates is having a party at his house to watch the game--I'm not sure whether I want to go. For one thing, I need to see how much studying I get done today. I took yesterday off, and I really want to get caught up on pharmacology objectives and study parasitology over this weekend. Speaking of which...I should probably get on that.
I really love being so involved that I have twenty million things to do, but man is it exhausting! I spent time after class almost every day this week working on plans for the semester and posters for club fair for both DIC and path club. I also did a vidchat with my undergrad friends on Thursday, which mean that I had to work really hard to get enough studying done for my parasit quiz and still do that!
My riding lesson was great! Okay, I was kind of a mess. We did some no-stirrups work, and I was trying hard just to stay on the horse! I used to be pretty good at that...a year ago, when I last rode. It didn't help that my horse had a very bouncy trot! He was a cute pinto named Fox, and my instructor referred to him as "the advanced babysitter." Another instructor seemed impressed that I was on him for my first lesson--"so you must have some experience, then." I'm scheduled to keep having weekly riding lessons, and I'm really happy about that (thanks, dad, for giving me the money for it)! I did move them to Thursdays instead of Wednesdays, though, once I realized that Wednesdays are a TERRIBLE idea because both my officership clubs like to have wetlabs then. Towards the beginning of the lesson I couldn't keep the canter for more than a few steps, but at the end we cantered over a crossrail, so I'm already feeling happy about coming back to it. Now if only I could get my heels to remember how to stay down...
Yesterday I was supposed to be in the VetFit relay, but between group confusion (three members dropped out, then we found more, then two of the members were sick) and how tired I was (especially when I had to spend my lunch at club fair), I didn't even show up to watch.
Oh, and we had our first VBMA meeting sometime early in the week, too. The speaker was a financial consultant who talked to us about budgets. He gave us his email and offered to give us non-sponsored advice, so I asked him about whether there are any options for paying back private loans the way there are for government ones. If he tells me anything useful, I'll let you know, in case any of my readers will have private loans after vet school, too. Do I even have any readers anymore after the summer off? Besides my parents, of course (hi mom & dad!).
Today I decided not to go to the first WHL workday/orientation. I'm planning to feed the night birds again this semester, but I offered to do AM if that's where they need more help. A TON of first years signed up, so I'm not sure they need me at all, but I think I'd like to stick with it. What I did instead this morning was go running--which may have not been the greatest idea considering the rain that started somewhere over a mile into it. I think I might have to replace my old iPod, which got water damaged...luckily my car key still works, so I still regret nothing. I'm not sure exactly how far I ran today since I didn't do the whole track, but I'm pretty sure it's somewhere between 2 and 3 miles so I'm still okay with that.
Tonight is the first LSU football game, against Wisconsin. Did I mention how our endocrinology teacher cares a lot about football? She passed around a sheet where we could predict the score of the game and whoever is closest gets a bonus point. I don't even remember what score I put (by the time I got the sheet, the one I wanted to pick was taken). People near me were googling and stuff like, what sorts of numbers are football scores? (multiples of 7, in case you were wondering). Apparently one of my classmates is having a party at his house to watch the game--I'm not sure whether I want to go. For one thing, I need to see how much studying I get done today. I took yesterday off, and I really want to get caught up on pharmacology objectives and study parasitology over this weekend. Speaking of which...I should probably get on that.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Football
Hi there; Birdie here!
They say it never rains in Tiger Stadium, but man was there some liquid sunshine tonight! My dad came up so we could go to the LSU vs. Auburn game. He had invites to two tailgates, and we checked out both of them. One was under a tent/pavilion thing--it was really big, though. I spent some time talking to an '04 LSU business graduate before we moved on to check out the next party. That one was way class; it was on a balcony of the Journalism building, and it was HUGE. They had these really awesome cups that turned purple when cold (well, some turned orange for Auburn). I got one and was really excited about it, but apparently cups aren't allowed in the stadium for some reason. Even if they're empty. I really don't understand that one. What could possibly be dangerous to them about an empty plastic cup? They don't even have to refill it or anything! What's the point in having a cool cup if I'm just going to have to throw it away? I also feel bad because it got thrown away and it wasn't meant to be disposable. So that wasn't the best start.
The game was pretty fun, even though I don't really understand football. My dad was explaining everything to me, and he seemed to enjoy it. Just before we left, the Tigers (er, purple and gold tigers) scored a touchdown three times before it counted because they got penalties on the first two. We left in the third quarter, with the score 28-7 for LSU. Geaux (LSU) Tigers! I actually liked Auburn's band better, though...largely because they played the Imperial March from Star Wars, and their halftime show was Bond-themed. If LSU's band made any references, I didn't get them.
My dad also brought up my bound copy of my undergrad thesis. The psych department keeps copies of everyone's thesis, and they give us each a free copy of ours as well. It's very fancy; we had to get it printed on high quality paper first, and now it's in this hardbound dark green cover with my name and (part of) the title and 2013 on the spine. Yes, I did my undergrad in the psych department even though I was headed for vet school; I liked the classes, and it was an easy enough major that I could fit all the prereqs in. My thesis was actually vet-related, though; the first part of the title is "Relating to Clients for Effective Practice." So now if I ever think I haven't accomplished anything, I can look at those shiny gold letters on the spine and nearly 50 pages (counting references) of high quality paper with my writing on them. Nice to have something physical like that.
In other news, my computer totally crashed (I'm typing this on my tablet). It was really random--it just froze and ran slow and then when I went to restart it "Windows was not able to successfully start." So I'll have to take it in tomorrow and hopefully they can fix it. I'm really glad I already finished, printed, and turned in my SOAP assignment for PBL or that would be a real problem. It's still pretty upsetting because one lecturer in physio likes to give us questions to research on our own that will be on the exam. I'd already done a few of them and typed them in with my notes, but now I'll probably have to look them all up again. Oh, and it really puts a damper on how I was planning to catch up on typing up my notes this weekend. Hopefully I can get it fixed before too long.
Anyway, I just wanted to write a quick update about my first college football game. See you next week!
They say it never rains in Tiger Stadium, but man was there some liquid sunshine tonight! My dad came up so we could go to the LSU vs. Auburn game. He had invites to two tailgates, and we checked out both of them. One was under a tent/pavilion thing--it was really big, though. I spent some time talking to an '04 LSU business graduate before we moved on to check out the next party. That one was way class; it was on a balcony of the Journalism building, and it was HUGE. They had these really awesome cups that turned purple when cold (well, some turned orange for Auburn). I got one and was really excited about it, but apparently cups aren't allowed in the stadium for some reason. Even if they're empty. I really don't understand that one. What could possibly be dangerous to them about an empty plastic cup? They don't even have to refill it or anything! What's the point in having a cool cup if I'm just going to have to throw it away? I also feel bad because it got thrown away and it wasn't meant to be disposable. So that wasn't the best start.
The game was pretty fun, even though I don't really understand football. My dad was explaining everything to me, and he seemed to enjoy it. Just before we left, the Tigers (er, purple and gold tigers) scored a touchdown three times before it counted because they got penalties on the first two. We left in the third quarter, with the score 28-7 for LSU. Geaux (LSU) Tigers! I actually liked Auburn's band better, though...largely because they played the Imperial March from Star Wars, and their halftime show was Bond-themed. If LSU's band made any references, I didn't get them.
My dad also brought up my bound copy of my undergrad thesis. The psych department keeps copies of everyone's thesis, and they give us each a free copy of ours as well. It's very fancy; we had to get it printed on high quality paper first, and now it's in this hardbound dark green cover with my name and (part of) the title and 2013 on the spine. Yes, I did my undergrad in the psych department even though I was headed for vet school; I liked the classes, and it was an easy enough major that I could fit all the prereqs in. My thesis was actually vet-related, though; the first part of the title is "Relating to Clients for Effective Practice." So now if I ever think I haven't accomplished anything, I can look at those shiny gold letters on the spine and nearly 50 pages (counting references) of high quality paper with my writing on them. Nice to have something physical like that.
In other news, my computer totally crashed (I'm typing this on my tablet). It was really random--it just froze and ran slow and then when I went to restart it "Windows was not able to successfully start." So I'll have to take it in tomorrow and hopefully they can fix it. I'm really glad I already finished, printed, and turned in my SOAP assignment for PBL or that would be a real problem. It's still pretty upsetting because one lecturer in physio likes to give us questions to research on our own that will be on the exam. I'd already done a few of them and typed them in with my notes, but now I'll probably have to look them all up again. Oh, and it really puts a damper on how I was planning to catch up on typing up my notes this weekend. Hopefully I can get it fixed before too long.
Anyway, I just wanted to write a quick update about my first college football game. See you next week!
Friday, September 20, 2013
It's been a long week
Hi there; Birdie here!
I've survived my first anatomy exam! We had the hour-long practical on Tuesday afternoon and the two-hour written part on Wednesday morning. For the next one I really want to start studying earlier...it was pretty tough to be studying so intensely, especially between the practical and the written, and I wasn't quite 100% comfortable with my knowledge. Luckily my classmate who makes flashcards on the iflascards app (sidenote: I got iOS7 on my iphone and it's really weird) apparently agrees and has already made a set for origins and insertions.
On Sunday one of our class reps (he actually interviewed at the same session I did, and he's a pretty awesome rep) set up a mock practical. It was great practice, and the real practical was much easier than that mock practical was! For instance, the real thing only had two 3-part questions instead of nearly every question being 3 or 4 parts, with some of those parts including questions about insertions or action. Apparently that's pretty standard for mock practicals set up by students, according to one of our anatomy professors. The practical exam was really clear--it even listed what exactly we needed to include in our prepositional phrases (like process, bone, and side for acromion of the right scapula), so I guess I didn't need to worry so much about whether I would get points off for leaving something out. The written wasn't bad either, even if it wasn't all multiple choice like it was last year. After the exam I didn't even want to talk about it with my classmates--you know, the whole "47 was D, right?" thing. That was definitely a well-deserved night off studying. I made a cherry pie and watched Netflix instead. :) We still haven't gotten our grades back, but the coordinator said so far we've all done well, so that's good.
We haven't gotten back our PBL grades, either--one of my classmates theorized it's so we'll all put effort into the last little assignment (due Monday) instead of knowing it won't affect our grade--but we did get back the cell bio exams. I'm happy with how I did, but there were some mean questions and several that we as a class disputed. Unfortunately, one particular professor is notorious for mean questions and is too politically powerful for us to dispute his questions. We really want to...his supposed "gimme" question only had 35% of the class get it correct! When our reps went to talk to him, he said we should have looked at his old test questions and that these questions were the same as last year. We do have test files from our bigs, but the most recent test in there is from 2007 or 2008. His response when the reps reminded him we aren't supposed to have last year's tests--"Well, aren't you smart enough to get a copy?" I don't even need the credit back on his questions, but I am really upset about that. He's just...WRONG! We've gone to the year coordinator and the department chair, and I really hope they can get past the politics and do something about him.
Speaking of policy decisions that aren't necessarily a good idea...they're restructuring our physiology course to include reproduction/therio stuff. That's not the bad idea; the bad idea is that this year for the transition, they put the therio stuff much earlier in the class and put us in the same lecture as third years. Seriously, who thought that sounded like a good idea to put the noobs in with the ones who are about to start clinics? Especially when our first joint lecture was Wednesday right after the anatomy exam--NONE of us followed it at all. It's actually been much better after the first day, in my opinion at least, but we're still pretty worried for the exam (which is next Tuesday--luckily it got moved from Monday).
By the way, I did end up going running on Saturday in my new shoes. I just happened to go at 8 instead of 6:30...a little more reasonable. ;) They worked out really well. I also did the 5k again this week, but it felt much shorter. Maybe I'm getting used to it? I was such a nerd while running it, actually. The mass of us running in a group reminded me of red blood cells in circulation, and there was one part where we did a little loop with a turn where we could see the runners ahead of us that reminded me of a loop of Henle in the kidneys. This weekend there's a football game so we might end up doing a run on Sunday instead of Saturday.
In fact, I'm going to the football game. I'm not really big into football, but my dad wants to go so he got us tickets. He knows some people tailgating, and I know some second years tailgating as well, so we're going to hang out with them. I actually went to the bookstore on main campus (during the two hours I didn't realize we didn't have class this morning...the third years had an exam so our joint lecture was moved to late afternoon) and bought a Tigers T-shirt to wear tomorrow. I have a lot planned next weekend, too. SCAVMA is doing a cat spay day on Sunday that I'm going to help out with, and there's some sort of business not-really-clinic that VBMA is putting on that I want to do as well. Path club is going to be doing wetlabs during the week soon, too...lots to look forward to.
I've survived my first anatomy exam! We had the hour-long practical on Tuesday afternoon and the two-hour written part on Wednesday morning. For the next one I really want to start studying earlier...it was pretty tough to be studying so intensely, especially between the practical and the written, and I wasn't quite 100% comfortable with my knowledge. Luckily my classmate who makes flashcards on the iflascards app (sidenote: I got iOS7 on my iphone and it's really weird) apparently agrees and has already made a set for origins and insertions.
On Sunday one of our class reps (he actually interviewed at the same session I did, and he's a pretty awesome rep) set up a mock practical. It was great practice, and the real practical was much easier than that mock practical was! For instance, the real thing only had two 3-part questions instead of nearly every question being 3 or 4 parts, with some of those parts including questions about insertions or action. Apparently that's pretty standard for mock practicals set up by students, according to one of our anatomy professors. The practical exam was really clear--it even listed what exactly we needed to include in our prepositional phrases (like process, bone, and side for acromion of the right scapula), so I guess I didn't need to worry so much about whether I would get points off for leaving something out. The written wasn't bad either, even if it wasn't all multiple choice like it was last year. After the exam I didn't even want to talk about it with my classmates--you know, the whole "47 was D, right?" thing. That was definitely a well-deserved night off studying. I made a cherry pie and watched Netflix instead. :) We still haven't gotten our grades back, but the coordinator said so far we've all done well, so that's good.
We haven't gotten back our PBL grades, either--one of my classmates theorized it's so we'll all put effort into the last little assignment (due Monday) instead of knowing it won't affect our grade--but we did get back the cell bio exams. I'm happy with how I did, but there were some mean questions and several that we as a class disputed. Unfortunately, one particular professor is notorious for mean questions and is too politically powerful for us to dispute his questions. We really want to...his supposed "gimme" question only had 35% of the class get it correct! When our reps went to talk to him, he said we should have looked at his old test questions and that these questions were the same as last year. We do have test files from our bigs, but the most recent test in there is from 2007 or 2008. His response when the reps reminded him we aren't supposed to have last year's tests--"Well, aren't you smart enough to get a copy?" I don't even need the credit back on his questions, but I am really upset about that. He's just...WRONG! We've gone to the year coordinator and the department chair, and I really hope they can get past the politics and do something about him.
Speaking of policy decisions that aren't necessarily a good idea...they're restructuring our physiology course to include reproduction/therio stuff. That's not the bad idea; the bad idea is that this year for the transition, they put the therio stuff much earlier in the class and put us in the same lecture as third years. Seriously, who thought that sounded like a good idea to put the noobs in with the ones who are about to start clinics? Especially when our first joint lecture was Wednesday right after the anatomy exam--NONE of us followed it at all. It's actually been much better after the first day, in my opinion at least, but we're still pretty worried for the exam (which is next Tuesday--luckily it got moved from Monday).
By the way, I did end up going running on Saturday in my new shoes. I just happened to go at 8 instead of 6:30...a little more reasonable. ;) They worked out really well. I also did the 5k again this week, but it felt much shorter. Maybe I'm getting used to it? I was such a nerd while running it, actually. The mass of us running in a group reminded me of red blood cells in circulation, and there was one part where we did a little loop with a turn where we could see the runners ahead of us that reminded me of a loop of Henle in the kidneys. This weekend there's a football game so we might end up doing a run on Sunday instead of Saturday.
In fact, I'm going to the football game. I'm not really big into football, but my dad wants to go so he got us tickets. He knows some people tailgating, and I know some second years tailgating as well, so we're going to hang out with them. I actually went to the bookstore on main campus (during the two hours I didn't realize we didn't have class this morning...the third years had an exam so our joint lecture was moved to late afternoon) and bought a Tigers T-shirt to wear tomorrow. I have a lot planned next weekend, too. SCAVMA is doing a cat spay day on Sunday that I'm going to help out with, and there's some sort of business not-really-clinic that VBMA is putting on that I want to do as well. Path club is going to be doing wetlabs during the week soon, too...lots to look forward to.
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