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?

Long Days, Short Week

Weekend = Marriott/beach fun

Long days, but a short week!  Life Of A Grad Student

All of my shows are premiering this week!

On Monday, I had no breaks from 8-5:30pm including a lunch meeting and a tutor.  Since I didn't get much done on Sunday, I had to do laundry and cleaning that night.  I also was constantly checking/writing emails for some new PAWS cats we are bringing in.

3 hours of pharm on Tuesday.....ugh! So again, no breaks from 8-4pm.  VBMA meeting at lunch (free food!)  in order to start on my gold certification.  I got my silver two semesters ago, but they are now doing a gold certification, so I'm going to try to earn that.  You basically just have to attend lectures for certain business categories and earn credits toward this certification that looks great on a resume and helps you learn a little about the business end of veterinary medicine.

Wednesday, we had our exam review from our exams on Friday, PAWS meeting for new members at lunch (free food!), and then a ClinPath tutor, and another goodbye dinner ( :( hopefully the last one) that night at Rituals Sushi.

I went to morning classes on Thursday, but I had a flight to ILto catch for cousin Joey and Danielle's wedding weekend!  Of course, don't forget the Hokie game that night too!!

Weekend = Wedding fun!

Too Many Goodbyes

Crystal's goodbye dinner

Koby's goodbye dinner

Beachfest was this past weekend.  It was nice to get out into the sun since I will be locked up the rest of the semester.

 

Sunday was the aviary cleanout, where we scrubbed the aviary and then did physical exams on all 13 on the birds.  I had a Pharm tutor and then the bovine club dinner that night.  I also found my first white hair!  Not even gray, but white!  I think this vet school thing is bad for my health.

Our first Path 2 quiz was on Monday, but it was open note, open internet, and open friends.
Tuesday, we had double pharm, which made 6 hours of lecture that day.
We didn't have the second hour of ClinPath today, because our professor decided she wanted to go home early.  Works for me, more time to study!
Thursday was the independence day for St Kitts, the university was closed and we had no classes.  Yes, we do get off for the independence day of St Kitts, no we do not get off for the independence day of America.....island problems.
Our first set of exams/miniblocks are on Friday! We have an exam in both Path and Epi.  I then have a suture lab, that I wasn't suppose to have originally, but since I am going to my cousin's wedding next week, I will be missing the lab.  I was luckily able to switch with someone.  Sadly, there is another goodbye dinner tonight.
This weekend, is the very last that we will be able to relax, so I will probably try to watch the VT game and get some studying and tutor sessions in.

30 Signs You Live In Grenada  (Just change Grenada to St Kitts!)

Mr Ross

Saturday was an extremely busy day starting with chicken research at 7am until 9am, then adoption day from 9am until 1pm (we found homes for 4 dogs and 6 cats!), then I had to go back to help count lice at 1:45pm and again at 3:45.  I cleaned my car in between the two counting lice times.  Then came home to get dressed for Mr Ross that night.  Usually 7th semester wins Mr Ross, but my semester (Pink) won this time!  Opening Act

Up early again on Sunday for more lice counting on the chickens, but I did get a long nap in afterwards.  I did a few things around the apartment and then it was off to Shipwreck!

So as one research project ends, another one begins.  The whipworm research that I was doing last semester is being continued into this semester, so we had a meeting at lunch about what else needs to be done this semester.  That evening, I brought another cat into the PAWS program, so I went to pick him up and give him to the new foster.  As part of our Epi class, we had to do a few online quizzes for the Initial Accreditation Training certification (for USDA) and I finished that.

I had to weigh some spray bottles for the chicken research Tuesday morning.  There was also the first scuba club meeting that night.  Yay for some more dives! (if I'm somehow able to find the time).

On Wednesday we didn't start until 1pm, so I ran some errands in the morning and did some studying.
Kelli found this song, that totally describes St Kitts life outside of, you know, the whole school thing:
Kenny Chesney - When I See This Bar

I had my VTH shadowing this morning which was fun and made me miss working at a clinic.  We saw a dog with a degloving injury, two routine vaccine exams, and a dog who might have gotten into ant bites and whose face was all abscessed and sloughing.  The first surgery club meeting was at lunch and that night I had a friend's goodbye dinner at Bombay.

Today, I have my Canine Physical exam, which was pretty much just a review.  There is an avian club meeting at lunch and tonight I'm going out for another friend's goodbye dinner at Ritual's sushi.  I really do hate this time of the semester when people start leaving.  :(

This weekend is Beachfest (yay for showing off some more new swimsuits I bought over break and getting some sun) and of course studying because I already have a quiz and mini-blocks next week!