Birthday Week

We lost in volleyball this week and I have this to show for it:

A very beautifully purple, blue, swollen thumb.
Also, adoption day was this weekend, but no one got adopted this time.

Monday and Tuesday I just studied for my Physio test on Wednesday.  Tuesday night, Amber and her husband were on House Hunters International which took place down here!  Be sure to watch Kelli and Gavin on March 22nd!
Wednesday was my birthday! Happy Birthday to me! Oh and my Physio test...blah.  I got lots of fun surprises and treats!  That night I had a  birthday dinner at Ciao, one of the Italian restaurant here because it's not my birthday until Italian food is involved, oh and maybe some Margaritas! The dinner took 3 hours, which I should not have been surprised by, and then a few of us went over to the casino afterwards. Thank you to everyone for making it so special!  Thank you for the cards and packages!

Thursday was another scuba session as well as the test.  I got a 96% on it!  Now if only I could do that on my actual school tests...
Friday is the volleyball, shorebirds project, and a rum run.  I haven't actually been on a rum run before, but all I know is there are three buses, lots of people, and drinks involved.  Will post pictures later!
This weekend is midsemester break, so we have Monday off.  There is a lot of fun going on this weekend!  On Saturday, I have my pool scuba session where we learn the basics.  On Sunday, I am going on a catamaran trip complete with drinks and snorkeling!  Then Monday, I might go to the beach or maybe do some studying. 7 more weeks until the semester is over and I will be in Africa!

Great site that someone made of all the hikes in St. Kitts

Celebrations

Weekend - Won volleyball, dinner for Liz and studying, cleaning the rest of the weekend

On Monday, I helped out with some more donkey research.  It is the last day for a 10 day rest period for the donkeys.  So we reshaved their numbers in their side, weighed them, aged them, and took blood samples.
Tuesday, we had two hours of Physio this morning, because the second semester's have an Immuno exam tomorrow, so there is so Physio class tomorrow.
Wednesday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIA!

 No physio today, but I was on campus early for some gym and study time.  There was a meeting at lunch about World Vets, which is the international aid for animals.  (Think Doctor's Without Borders, but for vets).  I then got to Skype with Julia and my parents before I left for mass for Ash Wednesday.  I didn't realize it was lent already!  Better think of something to give up or do.
Thursday was our first day of Scuba!  It was classroom learning for 3 hours.  What took the longest was figuring out everyone's schedule between the two groups and deciding when we can do our pool and ocean dives.  Also,  Happy Valentine's Day!  I ate tons of chocolate from all my friend's spoiling me, plus I received my birthday package from my family early!  Thanks!

Friday, we had volleyball and Plover patrolling.  Plover's are tiny island bird's that the Sea turtle monitoring research want to keep an eye on to make sure turtle's are destroying their nests.  So, I volunteered to patrol two of the beaches, about once a week, just to check and mark any of their nests.

This weekend is the semester's second adoption day and then I will be studying the rest of the weekend!


How Not To Be A Dick At The Vet Hospital

Lazy week

I had a fun weekend full of a little pool time, some volleyball (even though we lost), dancing, relaxing, and the Superbowl.  Here was the joke in St. Kitts about the Superbowl:

On Monday, I got lots of emails about several kittens that needed homes, so I was emailing around to see who I could bring into the PAWS program.  I was also able to Skype with Bethany that night!
Tuesday, I had donkey research and a few more emails about kittens.  I watched movies most of the day....lazy lazy.
Wednesday was Alex's birthday, so we hung out at the beach for the afternoon and then went to dinner at Sprat's!
Thursday was another lazy day, but I still got some studying done.  Thank you to Kristen and Jenna for my cards!  I love them!  Thank you for thinking of me!
 Friday, I had some more donkey research and volleyball that afternoon, along with Liz's suprise birthday dinner at Serendipity. 
 This weekend I will probably do some cleaning, studying, and pool time!

Dog walk

PAWs Animal Welfare Walk:

Sunday consisted of studying and cleaning.

Physiology test was on Monday!
Tuesday wasn't too exciting other than classes, however that night I did attempt ceaser dressing and pasta with vodka-cream sauce.  It turned out pretty well! I was impressed!
On Wednesday I didn't have class until 9am, but I went to school at the usual time to get an early gym session in.  I ran to the bank and got my oil changed before afternoon classes.  I also bought my flight, registration, and hotel for the LSU student conference!  Yay so excited!
On Thursday, It was the last day of my photo challenge!  I cannot believe I kept up with it for one year!  It's time for something else though.
Friday, February 1st! It's seriously February already?  I have donkey research testing from 9-11am and then volleyball.

This weekend I have more donkey research  and I will probably spend some time at the beach or pool!

Staying busy

Beachfest was a fun time and luckily I didn't get burnt at all!

We had three adoptions, two cats and one dog, at adoption day!  Yay!  

I am thinking about going to a student conference in March at LSU.  Savma Symposium 2013

Monday, I helped sell tickets for the PAWS dog walk this weekend.and it was my first day volunteering with the Donkey Pain Perception Project.  It was a lot of fun and I'm really excited about getting to work with the donkeys!
Tuesday,  Dr. L. David Mech, a wildlife research biologist came and talked at lunch about his research experience with wolves.  I also went home early because I wasn't feeling well. :(
On Wednesday, I paid for my scuba certification!! I'm still very nervous but very excited as well!  Another check off the bucket list.  I also found out that two more PAWS cats might have homes!
I went to a meeting about the Shorebird Project at lunch on Thursday.  I wanted to do it last semester, but my workload was so crazy, so this semester I definitely want to look into it more.
Friday was volleyball and an early night, because I had to be up early for the PAWS dog walk on Saturday.  I also have my Physio test Monday, so I reviewed the rest of the weekend.

Long week

This weekend was full of drinks at Fat Tuesday, dinner at Rock Lobster, losing $4 at the casino, laying poolside, and Mr. Ross.  Here's a few videos from Mr. Ross: 

Opening Act 

Puppets - 3rd semester

Reich/Bogdog - 3rd semester 

Also I got feathers put into my hair this weekend:

Long week this week!
Monday was a long day with an AAV meeting at lunch and I was in classes until 6pm with only a break from 9 to 12pm.  I worked on  my lab animal paper during that time and went to the gym.  I then had a Skype date that night with Bethany!  My plan this semester is to try to get through the American Film Institute's list of top 100 movies and maybe the New York Times' list of best seller books!  How's that for checking off some of my bucket list!  I just got through Easy Rider....very interesting....hmm what's next......?
Tuesday was another long day with a VBMA meeting at lunch.  I got my certificate for VMBA that I earned two semesters ago.

Yet again, another long day on Wednesday with a PAWS meeting at lunch and an officer meeting at 6pm.  I felt really sick that night, so I ended up going to bed early.
On Thursday, I caught up on work from yesterday and finished my lab animal paper.  It was also the last day of the lab animal class.  There was a scuba meeting at 5:30pm and a Bovine club dinner 6pm.
Finally Friday! I signed up to start playing volleyball on Fridays and we had our first game today.  Casey's "goodbye for now"dinner was then at Rituals Sushi. Yum!
Saturday is Beachfest, so I will be soaking up the sun and perhaps some drinks that day and then Sunday is the first PAWS adoption day!  Cross your fingers that some cats find forever homes!

What Human Doctors Can Learn From Vets

Back To It

So after gaining 5lbs from all the delicious Christmas and New Years food/drinks, it's time to start back to eating right and going back to the gym!  It's also back to the warm bikini weather!

So I am just retaking Physio2 is semester and a Lab Animal elective, so my schedule is pretty simple.  I have Physio everyday at 8am and lab animal everyday from 4-6pm for the first two weeks of the semester.

Monday was the first day of classes and back to the gym!  I also ran some errands in town: renewed by license, grocery shopping, and bank.  I sold a few of my old books today as well, yay money, which I then spent on dinner at Spice Mill with a friend who might be leaving. 
Tuesday was the first day of the lab animal elective, which seems ok, but I don't think I will be working with mice and rats unless I'm feeding them to birds of prey. ;)
Wednesday was a long day of pretty much nothing.  The first week is always long and "boring" because there really isn't any work yet.  There was a BBQ at a friends house that night though, so I was able to catch up with some friends.  Some friends found out their appeal today, so emotions were high.
On Thursday, I was able to get my wheel tax for my car done in between classes, so I don't have to worry about that for another year.
On Friday after class, I took care of a PAWS "exchange."  One of the fosters was leaving, so I had to get her cat to another foster.  There was no lab animal class today because he doesn't like to teach late classes on Friday, yay! Semester Olympics had been going on all week, but I didn't make it to any of the games since my class got out so late all week.
This weekend is Mr. RUSVM which should hopefully be a lot of fun.  There are a lot of entertaining guys that are representing each semester, so it should be a good show.  I will probably catch up and get ahead on some work as well as do some cooking for the week, and maybe some beach/pool time in there!