Midsemester Break?

Weekend and Monday - Study, study, study
BEST: Rainy weather all weekend to help cool this place down!

Water spout off of Nevis on Sunday night

Tuesday was our Pharm exam worth 50% of our grade...ugh!  Our semester then put on a pink vs blue semester olympics since we didn't have a mid-semester break.
BEST: Done with Pharm and can relax!

Wednesday
BEST: I was able to relax one more day!

Our minion costumes came in on Thursday! I'm very excited to try it on!  Also, I now have the earlier lab, so I get done at 3pm instead of 5pm, yay!
BEST: I brought in new foster kitties to PAWS and I get to foster them for a few days!







Friday
BEST: Finally have time for volleyball!  I think this is the third time I've been all semester!

This weekend I need to study for MOD On Tuesday....Three more weeks of this insanity that is 4th semester.


Hell Week





This weekend was Jess' bday dinner, and on Saturday one of our cats and dogs got adopted at adoption day!

Monday - Very long day with stressing about exams and an exam review that night.
BEST: Had some sushi for lunch

Tuesday: Epi exam
BEST:  I had some coffee in the morning and was able to go to the gym after my exam, so that put me in a good mood the rest of the day.

Wednesday
BEST: Johnny Cake for lunch! Yum!

Thursday
BEST: FCP kitten adoption day, so I got to cuddle some kittens!

Friday: Path exam and now time to cram for Pharm with my 45 page study guide....yes study guide!
BEST: One more exam before a break!

Weekend - This would be the weekend of our mid-semester break, however, I need to study for Pharm on Tuesday (It's worth 50% of our grade).


Fall time at the beach!

Study, Study, Study



Monday: Typical Monday
BEST: Pretty sky again tonight

Tuesday:  ClinPath exam!  Funny thing though, we got to the exam and she had the wrong exam printed, so we had to wait 20 mins for them to load the exam on the computer for us to take.  Many people were not happy. We were able to see the correct answers an hour after our exam, so we knew our grades right away.  As a de-stresser, a group of us saw Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2.
BEST: Found out one of my good friends got engaged! Yay Congratulations again Kat!

Wednesday
BEST: SCUBA shirts are in


Thursday: Long day
BEST: I helped out at the Scuba club bake sale

Friday: We had our MOD exam review.
BEST: Dinner to celebrate Jess' birthday!

This weekend is the second PAWS Adoption day, so hopefully we can get some little ones adopted out.  You can then find me studying for the two exams next week!

Bird People


Zielinski Wedding/Chicago Weekend

The Zielinski wedding was very fun and very much resembled the personality of the couple.  The wedding was on a Friday and on Saturday we had a little memorial for my Grandma JB who passed away about 5 years ago.  There was tons of food involved all weekend that I'm pretty sure I don't need to eat for the next week.


 







Monday was a busy day since I needed to study for my exam tomorrow that I really didn't get a chance to study for.  I gave the avian talk to the 4th semesters whose turn it was to clean the aviary.  Since I'm one of the aviary managers, I have to show the students how to clean it. We also don't have pharm at all this week, so we get out a little earlier some days. There was a VBMA dinner talk that night, which I probably wouldn't have gone to since I needed to study, but I took a break so that I could get some credit for my certification.

Alright so it's October!  This month I'm going to do the best part of each day!

All of the Tuesdays this semester have been deemed " optional professional dress days" so I decided that since we bought a bunch of professional clothes to take advantage of it this week.  We had our first MOD exam.  I helped work the AAV bake sale, where we sold out of Bobesy's wings in the first hour!  A friend's surprise birthday rum run took place that night....yes on a weekday.
BEST:  Celebration with friends on the rum run



On Wednesday, I ran some errands in the morning, had a ClinPath TA session, and a PAWS officer meeting.
BEST: Slept in

Thursday was another long day with a ClinPath tutor at night.  We had the same teacher for all our classes today though which was kinda of funny and luckily it's a teacher that makes class interesting.
BEST: I wore my new maxi skirt today and it was so comfortable!  (Thanks Julia!)

On Friday I have a ClinPath tutor and I'm debating about going to The Last Cup (beer pong/flip cup tournament), not to play, but just to hang out and take a study break.

This weekend I will be studying for ClinPath!
BEST:  Yay ClinPath?

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