FINALS! 3.0

 
Monday: Bact 5:30pm
Tuesday: Viro 12pm
Wednesday: Pharm 8am; Aviary clean-out and dog walking
Thursday: Path 7am and the beach!
Friday: Flight home and grades come out!  Wish me luck!

It begins

So I didn't end up playing volleyball on one of my teams on Friday, because only three of us showed up.  :/  Oh well, at least we didn't have to play another game and take away from my study time!


Monday was a busy with two Pharm lectures, the last Path lab, and my Animal Behavior final.  Two of the girls I went on my Africa trip with did a  presentation at lunch about our trip.  It was fun to relive our adventure!  If you missed the video, check it out again here.
Tuesday: Last day of classes for the semester!  Yay!  Wow, did this semester fly by!  Let's just hope it's over for good!  We had a PAWS officer meeting that evening to sum up the semester and prepare for next semester.
Wednesday:  Bact Lab final, followed by a viro review and my last viro tutor session
Thursday, Friday, Sat, Sun: STUDY MY LIFE AWAY and pretty much live at the campus study room.  I signed up to help walk to campus dogs again (Fri, Sat, Sun, and next Wed) for my study breaks and for some extra $$.



Here is all the material that I need to study memorize (cell phone to show size):

I think this about sums up the week/weekend:




Finals Prep

This weekend I took care of my car's brake pads, which were apparently very low and starting to make a scratching noise.  I hung out at the beach and pool for a bit on Saturday as well as studied.  I had a PAWS kitten that I was watching for a few days until I could get it into a foster home.  I now have to arrange for all the cats to have fosters over the break if their current foster isn't staying here.

Monday morning started off great with me waking up later than I suppose to because I was suppose to help medicate the aviary birds, then my car wouldn't start so I had to call Ross security to come jump start it.  However, strangely enough, all he did was touch the cables to the battery without actually charging it, and my car started.  Luckily, I was still able to make it to the gym and mediate the birds.  We had our last animal behavior class today (yay) and our final is next week (boo).
FACT OF THE DAY:  Vets need to document and take pictures of everything because those forensics can come into play in court cases.  You can determine bullet pathways, electrocution, deaths by fire (if animal was dead before or after fire?), poisoning (intentional?), drownings, etc. (Pathology)

Surgery club had a lunch meeting of Subway and we got our club t-shirts.  I'm not a huge fan of the saying on it, because it really isn't something I would wear, but now I have a new gym shirt!
FACT OF THE DAY:  West Nile Meningencephalitis' main host is birds; mammals are considered dead end or incidental hosts.  It was been isolated in at least 37 mosquito species.  (Virology)

Our schedule was switched around a bit on Wednesday, with Viro at 11am so that we can finish early and have more time to study next week.  I volunteered to help give eye meds to a sick bird that the aviary club faculty adviser is treating.
FACT OF THE DAY: If a muscle is black, in order to determine what caused the color change you can do a paper towel test.  If the paper towel turns black it's melanosis; if it turns red, it's hemorrhage. (Pathology)

It's August! No more facts of the day, plus it's finals time, so there isn't a lot of new material anyway.  Hope you enjoyed them though!  I might do them again later.

On Friday, we have the PAWS supply sale and a virology review.  The volleyball tournament starts today as well.  Is it bad that I'm secretly hoping that we don't win so that I have more time to study?



This weekend will be nothing but studying for finals!!  We are having a goodbye dinner for a friend, who is transferring, so that will be my study break.  I might even hit up the Marriott breakfast, that I have been craving.

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