an example of life

it's been awhile

2007-01-24T12:23:00.000-06:00

I know this. I have been swamped with school, surprise surprise. no exciting news, feeling very overwhelmed, but all in all things are going fine. I am happy that the academic portion of school is nearing it's end and that I will soon get to put on the last coat i'll ever wear (anybody?). white coat ceremony is next october. That's right, I said october. Most people wouldn't be thinking about october in the middle of january but I certainly am. It's countdown time people. In about one month, I will be starting my surgery classes and that is when I will go bald from ripping my hair out one strand at a time while I'm trying to pass.
time to study before my radiology lab. peace out.

maxin and relaxin'

2006-08-03T17:32:00.000-05:00

summer is so wonderful. mainly because there is no school to make it stressful. I'm all moved into my new place now and my cat is fan-freakin-tastic. he's the coolest cat in the whole world. he's a little lovebug and likes to keep me company. It hasn't been as lonely as i thought it would be though, and that is nice. I think it could be b/c I'm only really in como when i'm working and then i'm pretty busy or i make plans with my friends that are also in town. Only 3 more weeks till i have to go back....boo... we start on the 21st. i guess it's 2 weeks from monday, that's so short!!! but this next block shouldn't be too bad anyway. we get out of class before 1pm 3 days/week!! i'm super excited about that one, let me tell ya. we have parasitology, bacT, pathology, and virology. i hear they are boring but i can handle a little boring if that means i have to spend less time in class/at school. I will be able to go home for lunch and actually see the light of day on most days.
My aunt and uncle came and we all had a great visit. it was fun to see them again and not much has changed. I just hope that it won't be another 10 years before I see them again.
In CT now visiting with my dad and stepmom and friends. Jon came with me. we are here till sunday when we get back to our daily lives/routines. I kinda wish I had more time to visit with friends, since most of them work, I don't get to see them as much as I would've liked.
Whelp, that's it. the updates of my summer so far.
later gators.
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no, i'm not dead....

2006-07-08T02:58:00.000-05:00

just enjoying the fact that i don't have to show up for class anymore for 5 more weeks. it's fantastic.
i'm moving tomorrow, well actually today, after working the overnight that i am working right now. we will see how well that goes. i'm super excited though, i get to decorate it myself and i get my cat tomorrow!! i will post pics of him when i take them, his name is bagel and he's a mainecoon. he's beautiful.
other than that i have been working and packing. can't wait to get it all moved so i can finally relax some. it will be nice.
plus my aunt and uncle come to visit from canada in a week! woohoo! i haven't seen them in 10 years.
knee is doing wonderfully, still not 100% but getting better all the time. i'm spinning now, 2x/week and trying to get in the elliptical another 2x. plus trying to lift 3x/week with all that. it's tough to get my butt to the gym but i really need to lose this extra weight and i need to keep rehabing so i can continue to get better. the worst part right now is running, the compression hurts my knee and i'm sore the whole rest of the night when i do it. but i have to or my PT would kill me if i didnt. Almost at 4months, i'm supposed to be healed by 5. we will see if i agree...
too tired to think, gonna go drink a soda to try and stay awake, no critical patients tonight and not that many patients to take care of as it is, so lots of down time tonight and i'm trying not to fall asleep.....
goodnite all, i can't wait to hit the bed at 7:30am.....
later gators

2 more weeks!!!

2006-06-13T09:53:00.000-05:00

and i will be a free woman for 6 whole weeks!!! well...not really, i do still have a job....but free from school!!!!! this is the most exciting thing in my life right now. if i can get through finals i will be free for the rest of the summer.
glorious summer....i have missed thee.
this will mean many afternoons out sunning myself and taking vacation (going to CT to visit!). I have family coming in from canada who i haven't seen in 10 years! i can't wait to see them again and catch up.
and at the end of this month, the day after my last final actually, i will be flying to texas for my friend's wedding. that should be a blast. get to go into mexico and go to south padre island!!!
whelp, got class, just a quick update on how i am counting down the days....
later gators.

I am such a slacker

2006-06-03T21:19:00.000-05:00

I know this. I haven't posted on here for awhile and I almost forgot I had this blog! My computer hasn't been hooked up since we got carpet in my place, cuz my desk got broken in the midst of moving everything for the carpet guys. Now that I have one again, I don't want to set it up since I will be moving in just over a month. I am getting a kittie!!!! His name is Bagel and he is beautiful!!!! He's middle aged as far as cats go but still very playful and frisky! I can't wait. He will be mine when I move into my new place. Other than that, I'm just doing school stuff and hanging out with friends and my boyfriend. This is a much less stressful block and I am very thankful for that. Got a really nice coffee table and 2 end tables from my ma for my birthday, and I think I might be getting a chest of drawers from her too. woohoo! I was in a wedding yesterday for my friend Jeannine. It was really a beautiful ceremony and our bouquets were gorgeous. Her dress was beautiful and she looked great in it. no big snafus thank god and she seemed really happy with the way things went. so good news all around. Now I just have 1 more wedding this summer that I'm in and that is in a month down in Texas for my friend Beth. This is going to be a very busy summer. later gators.

finally a 2nd year

2006-05-10T21:03:00.000-05:00

and it feels great. to have anatomy over means that i have time to myself again and time to enjoy the day. especially since the sun doesn't set until 8:30 now. I can come home for lunch on some days and watch some tv at night and just relax every now and again. it's been wonderful and i feel so much happier since it ended. Tomarrow is our 1st anatomy coat burning party. not an official party but one that we decided we should have to possibly start a tradition. it will be a nice big fire i'm sure.

we have our first test tomarrow in this new block. shouldn't be too hard and i think if i put in the work i might be able to pull off all A's. and i really need that for my GPA. I'm not doing terribly but would like to raise my GPA. and this block could help me do it.

whelp time to go and study more. no new news otherwise. i am going home to celebrate my birthday and mothers day this weekend with my family. super excited. and i signed my lease for my very own apt last week. no roomies and no problems. woohoo!
later gators.

one more to go!

2006-04-21T13:01:00.000-05:00

anatomy is almost over. we just had our 2nd to last test today. this was the last hard test we will have in there and i think i pulled off a B. if i can get a B this block in anatomy i will be going out with a bang. super excited. this week has been long. had two tests on monday, one on tuesday,anatomy today and i still have to take an immunology quiz today before midnight (it's online). then i will be free!!! thank the lord.
the vet school is having open house this weekend. it's where we open our school up to the public and give tours and have events all day. it's tomorrow and i'm working. i'm excited but then again not excited cuz i have to be here so early in the morning to help out. and then i have to drive home for my sister's birthday tomorrow night. i am definatly excited to see my family. i love to spend time with them. and i can't wait to see jon. didnt get to see him this past weekend due to all of these damn tests i had.
knee is doing really well, almost back at full range of motion already and it's only been 4 weeks!
on a sidenote, i am finally spreading my wings. i have decided to get my own apartment. just me, 1 bedroom and no roommates. it's gonna be a great experience for me. i decided a long time ago that i wanted to do that someday before i get married, and now just feels like the right time.
whelp, time for physical therapy.
later gators.

drum roll please.....

2006-04-04T20:28:00.000-05:00

here they are, the much awaited surgery pics. do not be alarmed, i am doing fine. they are kinda gross though so the squeamish probably want to skip this post.....

The first one is the of the same day that I had surgery. I was all wrapped up in gauze and that blue thing is my cryocuff that eliminates the need for ice basically. It uses a cooler that you plug into the wall that recirculates cold water from the cooler to the cuff on you. it's an amazing thing.
Those wires and electrodes are to basically retrain my muscles to contract when i tell them to. When you have surgery, your muscles in that area tend to shut down and this machine helps to re-teach them how to work again. It's painless for those of you who think it looks scary, just causes a muscle contraction (and it doesnt hurt!)
The bloody pic is of the day after surgery, i had just come back from physical therapy and they had just changed my bandage. We couldnt really clean it all that well with hydrogen peroxide that day but as you can see in the following picture (1 week post-op) I got better at getting the blood off.
whelp that's all i have time for, i gotta take a sponge bath and wash my hair before bed. Tomarrow i got back to see the doc which means he unlocks my brace (!) and i get my itchy stitches out. horray!! and i will be able to drive too. super excited.
physical therapy is going well too, not painful, and it's nice that i get to do some bending and stuff w/out the brace. it's kind of liberating!
later gators

i'm still alive

2006-03-27T01:04:00.000-06:00

and doing fairly well actually.

these pictures are of my injury and obviously not post-sx pics. those will come later. i just got these from my roomie, she took them in october (shortly after i injured my knee). must have been within the 1st week cuz i only wore that straightleg brace for 1 week.

i can't believe that the only painful part of this sx are my sutures. the inside doesn't even hurt and I am starting to not need the painkillers anymore. it's pretty amazing how well i'm doing i think. i have pics but they are still on my camera and my camera is in como and not where i am in stl. still sucks to not have any kind of a life b/c i'm still dependent on others but it's getting easier to get around and i don't need the crutches as much.

just wanted to post to say i survived. more pics when i get back next weekend.
later gators.

and another one bites the dust

2006-03-16T10:00:00.000-06:00

just when i thought this block was supposed to be better, they slap me with 1 test (Anatomy) and 2 quizzes this week and 4, count 'em 4, tests next week. holy moses.
I decided yesterday that i was going to go to bed early and when the clock struck 11pm i turned the light off. didn't matter that i have my anatomy test on friday or my epidemiology quiz today that i haven't studied for, or my immunology quiz that i have to take on friday, i was going to bed. i figured i would be staying up late tonight trying to get everything done for tomorrow's test and needed to get some kind of sleep this week.
on top of all of this, my celebrating St. Patrick's day has pretty much been cancelled. The bar i wanted to go to i cannot due to the fact that I would have to get there at 3pm to make sure i got a table to sit at and drink all night. and i just don't have that kind of time with all of those tests next week. i think i'll just study till 9 and then have some wine and get to bed early. I'm going to stl on saturday to see jon and spend some time there before i have surgery.
Holy crap, only 1 week till d-day. don't have time to freak out too much though so that's good i guess. at least i have an excuse to lie in bed all day and watch movies! plus my momma will be in town to take care of my crippled self.
whelp, time for my anatomy lab. need all the time i can get in there today.
later gators.

holy moses!

2006-03-04T22:05:00.000-06:00

it's march! i can't believe another block of vet school is behind me! I think i passed everything.....so far i have one B and another C (boo). oh well, at least C's get degrees. even if i'm not that happy about them.
in other news, i'm finally relaxing this weekend. it's amazing to not have to do anything. though i will read more immunology and endocrine for next week.
we only have 3 days of school this coming week! we have SAVMA (student american veterinary medical association) convention. it's up in minnesota this year and JACK HANNA (eep!) is the keynote speaker. i'm so excited. i can't wait to hear about his adventures. and they cancel classes on thursday and friday so that students can go and not worry about missing them. another awesome thing is that i get to take the bus up there so i don't have to drive and i can sleep if i want (we leave at 1am thursday morning and won't get there until like 8am).
then we have another week of classes and a week of hell after that before spring break (4 tests).
the 23rd is surgery day. the closer it gets the more nervous i get. i've never been under general anesthesia before, only propofol for my wisdom tooth surgery. so we will see how that goes. at least it's a lot safer now than it was back in the day.
i just hope that the pain isn't too bad and that they give me good drugs.
whelp, gonna go take care of jon (he's sick)
later gators.

my brain is fried

2006-02-22T11:49:00.000-06:00

and i've only had 1/2 of 1 final so far. this is insane. 150 questions all about histology and i have a 1 1/2 hour lab practical left to go with over 20 slides plus identification of AT sets about how there is a picture of a cell and he asks us to id it and then tell him what it does. this is rediculous. i am so freaking happy that after today i will never have to study histology again.
my roomie had her interview on monday, i went in to say goodluck and got butterflies as if i were next instead of her. it reminded me of last year when i was the one needing the luck. still happy to be here even if it is a pain in my ass most days.
at least today i get to go down to the raptor compound before i have to study my ass off all night again for my nutrition final tomorrow at 8am.
good god i will celebrate when these finals are over.
one month and one day till my surgery. starting to worry a little but i have too much to do to really worry about it yet.
whelp, time for studying,
later gators and wish me luck!

i know i've been slacking

2006-02-18T09:47:00.000-06:00

but life has been extremely busy. have finals coming up this week and it is only 9:30 and i am up at school after having showered and gotten ready. i'm never up this early but the fact that i am on the B/C border for like all of my classes gives me motivation to come out on top. We have three finals this week and then another next monday. Then the new block of hell begins lol. At least they are flying by. before i know it it will be spring break and surgery time (insert gloomy music here).
went out and celebrated a classmate's birthday on thursday which was super fun and had game night at the house last night, also super fun. i can't wait till i have a night off again. don't get to see jon until next weekend as i told him not to come up so that i wouldn't have any distractions while i try to study. thus far i'm just distrated b/c I miss him.
whelp, time to get back to the grind. have a nice weekend all.
later gators

not much is new

2006-02-07T11:02:00.000-06:00

in the world of tests and quizzes.
after having 3 tests last week, we have 2 and a quiz this week. i thought that i would like 8 week blocks b/c things would be over faster and tests every week or two would make me keep up on the material but it all just turns out that it's easier to get behind. i'm wearing out slowly. i just need to make it through these next two weeks and on feb 27, it will be over and another 8 weeks will begin

on a good note, i was finally checked off for the 1st level birds in the raptor club/raptor rehab. it's a neat experience to be able to work with the great horns and kestrels. the next step up is working with hawks. that should be pretty exciting. right now though, i'm going to concentrate on working with the level 1s by myself and get more experience before i move up to the more difficult ones. we also have a turkey vulture as a resident. JR is my bird of choice for the 1st level since he is the challenge. Heph and Lucifer are smaller and easier to work with though both have great personalities.

other than that not much is new. going to stl this weekend to spend valentines day with my boy. should be a great weekend, not much studying to do for next week since finals are the week after that.
later gators.

one more thing

2006-01-30T10:02:00.000-06:00

for those of you who are as curious as I was to find out what really goes on in an ACL reconstruction, go to this link. it's got pictures of the step by step reconstruction, kinda graffic but interesting none the less.

must stay awake....

2006-01-30T09:54:00.000-06:00

so tired, only got 5 hours of sleep last night due to this monster microanatomy/histology exam.
This has been a weekend of no sleep for me. Friday I had an overnight to which I got no studying done b/c it would take us 50 minutes to complete our hourly treatments just about every hour. so then i slept until 1:30 on saturday, got up and attempted to study while I had a sinus headache cuz it was raining. boo. but i did get to go to the comedy club that night for free and that was fun.
went to bed early saturday night after watching "you've got mail" (super cute for those of you who haven't seen it)and got 9 hours of sleep (thank god!!!) but still had to get up early sunday to get to school and start studying.
I can't believe i spent 12 hours at school yesterday. I really feel pretty comfortable with the material for this test after doing so, but i didnt get into bed until 2am last night. now i am here at school again, trying to convince myself not to skip anatomy lab (since that test is thursday), and trying to stay awake long enough to take this test at 2pm. that's right folks, it's a 3 hour exam. much like all of my exams.....talk about having mush for brains at the end of a day.
so that's my weekend in a nutshell. hope all of yours was better than mine.
later gators.

the verdict is in

2006-01-25T16:02:00.000-06:00

I am having surgery. He didn't even have to look at my MRI to tell me that (even though he did actually look at it). So i get to spend my spring break under the knife and again in an immobilizer.....damnit
i'm relieved that it is fixable (my torn ACL for those of you who don't know) but sad that I have to start from square 1 again (ie when i first injured my knee 3 1/2 months ago). it's frustrating that I've been putting in all this work just to have to start over again the day after surgery. Right now my focus is on strengthening my legs so that i can have an easier recovery. plus I know my physical therapist will work me hard and get me back to normal as fast as possible.

Other than this I am still sick, going in for a flu shot today so that I at least don't get that. And studying for my 15 million tests.

thought I would update you all.
later gators

tomorrow is d-day....

2006-01-24T19:06:00.000-06:00

I find out what the hell is going on with my knee and if i'm surgical tomarrow at like 11am....at least i get to miss out on anatomy lab. We are in that lab 5 days a week for 3 hours each day....it's rediculous. and it figures that the one week where i won't be able to make one lab session, we are actually learning shit. oh well, ruminal arteries will have to wait until thursday i guess.
This weekend will be filled with studying. I have 3 exams next week and then at least 2 exams and a quiz every week after that until this block ends. boo. at least we switch classes at the end of february, only one more month of histology ever!!! i never thought it would end. Anatomy will continue though, i think the happiest day in my vet school career (other than graduation and passing boards of course) will be finishing anatomy. one full year of this b.s. under my belt and then never again will i have to cut up something that has been sitting in the freezer waiting for me an entire semester (ie our large animal specimens that we are working on now have been in the freezer since like october...)
and no more rotting flesh smell, and no more smelling like the lab everyday of the week and no more taking off my gloves washing my hands three times and then still smelling the freakin lab as i try to choke down my lunch. that's right folks, we have lab right before our only break of the day. it's amazing what vet students can handle.
on that note, i have to go study for my copious examage and try to get some sleep.
later gators

2006-01-21T12:41:00.000-06:00

who would've thought that friday would take so long to get here on a 4 day week. i didn't. now that i have yet another set of tests under my belt i can relax this evening. tomarrow the grind starts again as i have a histo quiz on monday and a developmental anatomy test on thursday. and trust me, histo quiz ain't nothing to take lightly. this so called "quiz" is worth 50 points in a class that only has 750 points total...not to mention the fact that it isn't easy. I heard something interesting about the prof today in lab, ppl are telling me that they take whatever score they think they are getting on a test/quiz/practical and subtract 6-8 points off. this has been dubbed the "frappier factor" after Dr. Frappier. Basically, he's a hard ass, though a really good teacher. so i'm not upset, at least i can understand his english and i actually learn something in his lectures.

went to the doc again today, still sick after 3 weeks. i don't think they konw what is wrong with me but they threw some amoxicillan my way and told me to take afrin for my congestion. hopefully this will work....i'm supposed to go back weds cuz they want me to get a flu shot. i don't know that i've ever had one of these, i suppose when i was a baby i probably had one. we will see if it works, i don't normally have a tendancy to get the flu, but i can't take any chances in vet school.

other than studying i'm celebrating with my boyfriend on his new job. pretty exciting. i'm sure he will like it. it's not trading in the stock market, which he would ultimatly like to do, but it's better than where he is now. or hopefully will be. he's a blogger too.

I started to workout this week. yea!!! i have been waiting for this for 3 months. the bad part is that i really only have time to work out in the AM so i have to get up and get to the gym by 6...boo...i hate waking up earlier than i have to. but, i have been wanting to get back to the gym since i got hurt, and i figure the more i can do before surgery for my muscles, the better.
i'm off to bed, i can actually sleep in this weekend.
later gators.

2006-01-16T21:18:00.000-06:00

so much news and so little time. I went to my doc last week and after reviewing my mri films and checking my liggs, she has decided to send me to an orthopod. I have an appt on the 25th of this month. I probably have a torn ACL. the one thing that everyone told me i probably didnt have.....funny how that works out.
the knee is feeling better though, the bone bruises must be fading and the swelling is starting to subside finally. it's been 3 months since the injury, and could take another 3 months for the bruises to finally be gone. If I am in need of surgery, i will probably get it around spring break time, at least then i will have time to relax. that means that i can't go to connecticut to visit this year though, oh well.
in other news, i just got back from tennessee. i attended the exotic symposium this weekend in knoxville. it was a blast and i learned a lot. not to mention meeting some very important people that have agreed to try and set up an exotics elective at my veterinary school, way cool.
the drive was long. on friday on the way out we hit snow from st louis all the way to nashville. i think the storm just came along for the ride. couldn't believe how long it took us to get there. 2-4 hours more that it shouldve so we didnt get there till like 2am, not to mention the fact that we lost an hour cuz we ended up on eastern time. boo. but i got it back yesterday on the way back home and was able to sleep in today b/c we actually didnt have school.
tomarrow i am making an attempt to start working out again. i'm starting with swimming. i have never been much of a swimmer though my mom claims that i was so good at it as a child. and it's not really the working out that i am attempting, i've been wanting to do that for months, it's more of the fact that i have to get up and go early in the AM before class.....i have never been a morning person. hopefully i can strike up the motivation at 6am.... we will see.
that is all for now. had two tests last week, have two this week, and two every week till the end of this block i think...if not more. i guess i'll be able to keep up with my work though, hopefully.
later gators

blech

2006-01-04T13:54:00.000-06:00

i am sick. retardedly sick. i hate this. the first day back to class yesterday and i woke up sick. it's this yicky sore throaty, phlemy, runny nosey, and sneezy sickness. accompanied by aches and chills. pretty much sounds like the flu except with no vomit. blech.
this block sucks too, i hate all but one class. at least it will be over with in 8 weeks. thank god, hopefully i make it that far........

and so it begins

2006-01-02T17:10:00.000-06:00

another block begins tomarrow. from here on out we will have 8 week blocks instead of 16 week blocks. that is nice except for the fact that there are less chances to make up for bad scores if you get them. i feel more confident going into this block because i kind of already know what to expect from vet school and i see this as a chance to do better than the last. hopefully i will live up to this. we will see.
i wish break had been longer. 2 weeks is not enough time to recover from hell nor is it enough to make you forget how horrible the last blocks were. oh well. no choice in the matter.
at least i know i'm starting again tomarrow, i wonder if we lost anyone from our class....i'll soon find out.
i have spent this weekend cleaning my house to prepare for what is to come. i know that after tomarrow i probably won't have the energy until school is over again in the spring for spring break. and that is only for a week.
i had an MRI on my knee on friday, still waiting on the results. i don't know what i'm going to do if i need surgery. i don't have the time to be out of school, i might have to wait until my spring break at the end of march to get it if i do. lets hope for the best.
well, until later. gonna go eat some dinner and sit on my couch for my last night of freedom.
later gators

2005-12-29T16:38:00.000-06:00

beth and i drunk and singing kareoke at the drunken fish

2005-12-29T16:35:00.000-06:00

my new shoes!! woot for crocs! they are the most comfy thing i own!

2005-12-29T16:34:00.000-06:00

christmas game of trivial pursuit, genius edition, girls vs guys and the guys one by one play

2005-12-29T16:33:00.000-06:00

Mom and Kent

woot!

2005-12-15T09:48:00.000-06:00

done with 2 (well technically 3) finals!!!! and the one i took this morning went way better than i couldve thought. i actually DID learn something in physio!!!!
only one more to go, all i need to keep my B in anatomy is a 65%!! that should be totally doable.
peace out kiddos, i'm taking a nap!

gentlemen, start your anxiety!!!

2005-12-07T17:29:00.000-06:00

whelp, it's that time of year again, the time of year that i hate the most. no, not winter, it's finals time. and this year will be far worse than the last. it's vet school finals time.
this would be the reason why i haven't been posting and why i probably won't post again until a week from this friday (or saturday, i may spend all friday in a drunken haze trying to forget the finals i just took, we will see)
other than studying i don't do much of anything anymore. all of my time is pretty much spent on or at school.
jon and i did celebrate our 4 year anniversary this weekend. it was fun. we had a great time and we actually got to spend some quality time together.
well enough catching up, have more to say but studying must start asap if i'm going to get anyhthing done.
later gators.

the end is near

2005-11-20T17:07:00.000-06:00

i finally have a break. you haven't heard from me not b/c i am dead but b/c vet school runs my life. we are officially on thanksgiving break. one whole week of what ever the hell i want to do. who would think that i would schedule a dentist appt? but that's what i did, tomarrow i will be getting a cleaning, a much needed cleaning i might add. this, of course, will occur after a leasuirely morning of sleeping in and eating chocolate lucky charms till i burst. then i have physical therapy i have to do. blah, that's gonna hurt. i had my first session with a realy PT on friday and that went well but i have a lot of work to do before i am healed, that was made apparent. oh well, at least i don't need surgery (so far..)
so excited for turkey day btw. food coma here i come!
other than that i had two weeks of hell with a trip to texas A&M in between. that trip was fun, met a lot of informative people on the beef cattle industry and have been invited to go down there my last year in vet school for a rotation in theriogenology (what i want to do)
whelp, it's time for dinner. then some video games (think quake 3 and 4 and warcraft 3) i love being on vacation!!!
later gators

must stay awake....

2005-11-08T02:42:00.000-06:00

working an overnight as we speak in the small animal icu. tonight is a busy one. pretty much the first time i've been able to sit down in some time.
school sucks at this point. too many tests all in two weeks and then finally some freedom. WOOHOO FOR THANKSGIVING!!!
I will be spending my much needed break in front of the tv or computer and only shower when i get the urge. it will be glorious to sleep again and to sleep past 630am will be even more glorious. ahh sleep, that which i should be getting now...
i have a big quiz on weds that i should be studying for but instead i have no time, patients are calling.
what really makes me sad about vet school is how little time i get to spend with my boy. he has been soo good about it, hasn't complained a bit. but it sucks bad to not have any time to see him anymore since i'm always studying when i'm at home or always have to go up to school on the weekends to study in the lab. last night i spent over 8 hours studying for anatomy, that's about 1/2 time in the lab and 1/2 on lecture crap. that test sucked. oh well, more to come. thank god that small animal anatomy is almost over. one more test, supposed to be the hardest, but one more none the less.
that is all for now, 3am treatments need my attn.
later gators.

I should be studying...

2005-11-02T18:21:00.000-06:00

but I haven't updated this in awhile and have knee news.
went to the sports med. doc yesterday to find out what the frick is going on with my huge ass knee.
after checking all of my ligaments (and me trying not to scream), I have a partial tear in my medial collateral ligament (MCL). For the lay person, it's a tear in the lig. that runs the inside of my knee from my thigh to my calf. and since i am still swollen and painful that she couldn't eval. my cartilage that day. so now i have to go back in 2 weeks and wear a brace still. lucky for me it's not the knee immoblizer anymore but a smaller brace that allows me more movement. thank god. i hated that monster. it was such a pain in the ass. this one is at least a little better but i'm sure by the end of 2 weeks i will be ready to be rid of it too.
so basically i will be fine as long as my cartilage is normal on my next visit....if not, then it's to the MRI for me. boo, let's hope i'm fine.
i have pics of my knee that my roomie took last week, i will try to get them posted asap.
went to the vet school halloween party this past weekend, was a blast. dressed like a spider witch thing (the bag called it the "temptress") and the boyfriend went in a mask, that bled down the front between two pieces of plastic. have pics of that too.
ok well i've procrastinated enough. i have a physiology test tomarrow on the kidney that i need to get on top of.
these next 2.5 weeks till thanksgiving break will be hell.... respiratory physiology next and a histology test from hell. at least anatomy shouldn't be too bad, have that on monday. oh and who could forget easy cell bio. that class will save my gpa.
later gators.

when it rains, it pours.

2005-10-26T09:06:00.000-05:00

Today i am incapacitated. Last night was the first night of flag football. I decided to join a team thinking it would be a good way to get some exercise and have some fun. Things were going wonderfully until the 2nd half of the game. As i was rushing to grab the flag off of the other team's QB, another girl on my team (Autumn) was doing the same. As she was running she rotated her ankle causing her to start to fall. This fall lead to her slamming right into my kneecap and basically causing my kneecap to leave my body. All i could hear was CRUNCH and what felt like my kneecap being removed. I then fell to the ground and started screaming. Yeah, that pretty much ruined my day. After a fun visit to the ER, I am now in a knee immobilizer for the next week and have copious amounts of vicodin to take for pain. Even with the pain pills this sucks hard core. Especially stairs, thank god the vet school has an elevator and i'm in the same building all day everyday, otherwise i'd be screwed.
I think the thing that really pisses me off is that the doc didn't once touch my knee when i was in the ER. There was no examination at all. Just a couple of xrays to tell me something i already knew (my bones are fine). What about my freakin ligaments????!!! xrays don't show that kinda crap. so now they have me walking on my swollen and hurting knee for the next week and i'm supposed to recheck then. we will see. they better not have screwed this up. it was my good knee...
On top of this glorious night, I woke up this morning to find a ticket on my car from the parking garage i parked in last night....stupid parking and transportation. stupid college.
When it rains it pours i guess.....
later gators.

odds and ends

2005-10-19T16:54:00.000-05:00

the week of hell and tests is finally over. monday was our last midterm of this block. actually we have all officially ended our first block of vet school (they do it this way instead of semesters b/c most are only 8 weeks long). So i have made it through one whole block without failing anything. i'm pretty proud of that. now i just need to be able to keep it up until we actually get grades in december.
The sad thing is that I only have one week between now and the week before xmas that we don't have a test. how insane is that?
on the upside i have managed to get the vet school to pay for me to go to a reproduction conference in November in Texas. Warm weather and different scenery will be a welcome change from missouri and vet school. and i get to miss class!! =)
Plus the fact that i really love reproduction physiology and want to specialize in that if i can.
Have to work 6-11 tonight in the small animal ICU and then i play technician tomarrow night from 3am-7:30am since they are short two techs right now.
i really don't want to work this week but i really need the money since i don't work as much as i used to before vet school.
going home to visit the fam this weekend and the boyfriend. should be relaxing since i don't have any big tests next week. just cell bio. blah, i played hang man in there today to pass the time. he can go on and on sometimes and most of the time i swear i'm in a time warp where it has been 3 hours but the clock only shows 50 minutes. that's how horrible it is.
can't wait to do laundry this weekend, it's been 3 weeks and i'm startin to run out of "essentials" if you know what i mean. lucky for me i have enough to get me through the weekend until i get it done.
on that note i'm out. later gators.

2005-10-19T15:12:00.000-05:00

me and my sis on my graduation day

sigh

2005-10-16T22:24:00.000-05:00

currently holed up in my room studying for what is the last test for 2 weeks. i have little motivation at this point but am struggling to keep my eyes on the books. had 3 tests last week and no rest this weekend (due to said test) so i'm pretty much burnt. school is leaving me very little time for the outside world. i can't remember when i have hung out with someone not in vet school since i started (other than family or boyfriend). it's really hard to keep in touch with the real reality, not just the one that vet school creates. no one else goes to bed at night thinking about anatomy vocab or histology slides. no one else starts going through all of the muscles on the leg while in step aerobics class. it's like this alternate universe that i'm trapped in and the only other people that understand me are those that are also trapped. lol, it's insane.
tomarrow is the roomie's birthday so i told her i would take her out for ice cream, coldstone creamery to be exact. it is my absolute fav in ice cream and i know how much she likes it. plus i get to eat some too! (after working out of course...)
speaking of working out, i haven't done that in 2 weeks now. going to step class tomarrow will be interesting...we will see if i can keep up. maybe ill just pass out from exhaustion or worse, fall off my step. sad that i think falling would be worse than passing out? maybe they are equal in embarrassment points. dunno, neither has happened yet...yet being the key word.
whelp, i've taken a long enough break. time to hit the books some more, got a lot of notes to cover before tomarrow.
later gators.

say hi

2005-10-15T13:02:00.000-05:00

to henry! how cute is he?
i just adopted him yesterday cuz i thought he was adorable.
let me know what you think.

I've learned something!!!

2005-10-10T13:01:00.000-05:00

today in microanatomy (histology)i learned something!! no more mummbling professor or fast talking spitting professor, it was actually a professor that i understood and learned from. it was amazing. blood cells here i come!!!!
more stuff later, was just excited that this past hour wasn't a waste of time.
2nd anatomy exam today, bracial plexus, epaxial and hypaxial muscles, thorax and abdomen, and inguinal canal on today's exam....arg. it's gonna be rough.
all i've been doing this weekend is study for this freakin exam. i have 2 more exams this week, tonight i will start studying for them.
had chinese food last night, it was amazing. a great and much needed study break from the anatomy lab.
time for micro lab, peace out kiddies!

blah blah blah

2005-10-05T15:48:00.000-05:00

yesterday was the 1st day that it dawned on me exactly how much time i spend at school. especially on weeks where i have tests or am studying for tests. currently i am in the computer lab up at school, just having come from the anatomy lab (on a day where we don't have anatomy lab....). it's insane. especially cuz this is a short day and i have been doing optional shit.
on a brighter note, i had a great weekend this past weekend. went to dinner in the city with my big sis and her boyfriend then we went back and watched eddie izzard (a british tran-sexual comedian) who is halarious. i was laughing so hard i couldn't breathe. you should really check him out. i don't know if any video stores carry him though, they rent from netflix. if i had money, i would sign up for that in an instant. it's a great deal.
got some pics back from vet related events. will post some when i have time.
i'm on-call today at the teaching hospital. hopefully i won't have to do any work past 5:30 so i can get free dinner at the student chapter of avma (SCAVMA) and attend the meeting. door prizes rock my world. hopefully i'll win one.
going to the dog jog this weekend. bringing chile, my roommate's 4 year old chocolate lab. he's adorable and one of the best dogs ever. we are walking though, not running. i'm not in any condition to run lol.
whelp, gotta go see if the surgery folks need me....pray that they don't.
later gators.

sigh of relief

2005-10-01T16:34:00.000-05:00

this week was actually a nice and relaxing week for the most part. no tests, only one quiz, but i had an overnight on thursday which always makes the week a little harder.
next week shouldn't be a bad week either, another week of no tests. but lots of studying to do for the histology quiz i have on wednesday and the tests that i have the following week.

i had the revelation this past week that in a little over 3 1/2 years i will be a DOCTOR. i will be the one that clients expect to have all of the answers.
that's insane. holy crap. i just hope that i remember everything that i am learning now in 4 years so i can apply it finally. all i know is that thought will hopefully motivate me to continue to work my ass off until i graduate so that i can be confident in my line of work.

short post for this week. nothing really new to talk about. lots of studying to do this next week and hopefully some good grades to come.

later gators

week in review

2005-09-22T11:10:00.000-05:00

this week has been hell. but first, smoker.
it was a blast, despite the worries of limited beer and it not being the official roast of VM1s that it should be, there was PLENTY of beer and lots of good times to be had. i was trashed. we first had dinner, then we were taken outside while they set up and had drunken wheelbarrow races as well as other relay races. (let me tell ya, having a belly full of beer and being the wheelbarrow was not really a pleasant experience). once back inside we were introduced as a class and sat down for a fun filled hour of laughing at the skits and roasts of all professors we will have.
then dancing to booty music for the rest of the night. it was an amazing time and i am sad that it is over.

now to this week. had a histology exam on monday (low B on it) that was pretty much harder than i had expected. i lucked out though with the partial credit thing.
then i had a cell bio exam tuesday (96%) and an overnight tuesday night. the unfortunate thing about this week is going to occur tomarrow ---- physiology exam #2. boo, i am super scared about it. i have only really been studying for it since tuesday and that basically only includes making notecards. i still have all the lecture material from monday to weds to cover and that is all on the heart, which is extremely confusing at this point. going to a coffee house to study tonight with some friends and hoping to understand it more when i leave.

BUT this weekend will be relaxing since i have no tests OR quizzes next week. have a bone quiz today in anatomy and a lab quiz tomarrow but i feel prepared for them thank god.

hope all of my readers are having a less stressful week than i.

ps- to all of my readers, if you have blogs post the link in my comments, i enjoy reading other blogs

one word

2005-09-16T17:51:00.000-05:00

SMOKER. it officially starts in 1/2 hour and i am officially leaving now. i can't wait, hope that it is a blast.
will write this weekend.
C

i made it

2005-09-14T09:51:00.000-05:00

through the first testing week. thank god it's over. anatomy went better than expected, B and B+ on the lecture and practical. i'm super excited about that. i did get to see the sun this past weekend, had a softball game on sunday. we lost but it was a hellava lot of fun, one of my teammates slid into home and was safe lol.
went out with my classmates on monday night and got a little more drunk than i had anticipated. but we were troopers and all came to classes yesterday, a little stinky and tired but there none the less.
not much else is going on. school study sleep is about all that i do with my life.
friday is SMOKER though!! a drunken fest for us VM-1s to have fun and listen to the VM-2s roast us and the entire college. should be a blast.
can't wait, will post on that this weekend prolly.
next week starts another round of tests, histology cell bio and physiology. boo. more studying for me this weekend.
later gators

am i still alive?

2005-09-09T15:33:00.000-05:00

i think so. wait, maybe not. this has been the LONGEST week of my entire life (i know i said that 2 weeks ago, but i was wrong. this was far worse). monday was a great day, since i didn't have any classes. tuesday started this week with all day class and lots and lots of studying. weds i had a test (92% in cell bio.) and a quiz for histology (B+, which was said to be a mini test, so i think with a little more work, i can ace the test!). thursday was the day from hell. i had the hardest physiology test ever (got a C, boo). but some people failed and there were only 2 A's out of the 73 vet students and the 10 grad students, so i guess it's not that horrible of a grade. still have some things to argue about with the prof. before my grade for that test is final so it might change...then i had an anatomy bone quiz that i had barely looked at. got an 88 on that thank god. and today finished up with an anatomy lab quiz (92). monday is the anatomy test and i'm super scared. i have heard horror stories about how the written part of the exam isn't even worth studying for, that most will fail it anyways and to study hard for the lab portion. we will see what happens. so this weekend i get to spend studying AGAIN. blah. i'm gettin drunk monday night, it's been decided. this school may be the death of me.
so other than being stupidly tired and worn out, i feel alright lol.
more on vet school after monday's exam. we will see if i pass......
have a nice weekend all, go outside and soak up some rays for me, i'll be busy turning pasty white and smelling like dead animal.

weekend in review

2005-09-06T14:05:00.000-05:00

my quiz on friday for anatomy was super easy (thank god!!!). then it was time for a relaxing and study filled weekend. i worked on friday from 6-11 so i couldn't head out to the big city until saturday morning. for those that don't know, i work at the small animal icu at the veterinary teaching hospital. it's a great job that gives me a lot of experience in critical care and emergencies, which i really like.
saturday morning i got up early and headed out to see my jon. studied for like 2 hours then we went to his friend's house for a fun filled evening drinking and grilling. sunday we got up and i studied (again...) then went on a hike with my ma and kent. when we got back my sis (theskirt.blogspot.com) and her boyfriend came over to my ma's and we all had dinner and played cards. well, they played cards and i.... looked at a book of illusions. bet you thought i was gonna say study huh?
monday jon and i hung out until i had to come back here for softball practice and studying. I joined the Vet school softball team for 1st years. we have our first game this coming sunday so we wanted to get a lineup secured and have a little practice to see where everyone would be best suited.
only had two classes today. came home, took a nap, had some taco bell (woohoo!!), and have been studying more. have my first test tomarrow in cell bio, a quiz tomarrow in histology, test in physiology and anatomy quiz thursday, and finally another quiz in anatomy on friday. then another study filled weekend b/c of my anatomy test on monday.
will the studying ever end?? i think not...
have to learn the bones of the pelvic limb for thursday and finish my physiology notecards for today.
tonight is club night at the vet school. they feed us dinner (one of the many perks of being a vet student is that they feed you for EVERYTHING!!) and then we walk around and sign up for various clubs in the vet school. i dunno how many i will join, not sure i have enough time as it is. but i will go and see if anything catches my eye. maybe the equine club.
more later.

subscapular fossa

2005-09-01T18:46:00.000-05:00

that's the word of the day. just got back from a class dinner (not an official dinner, but most of us were there anyway) at harpo's and from a long day of classes and anatomy. Took my first 2 quizzes of the year this week; had physiology yesterday and our anatomy bone quiz today. the subcapular fossa is a small valley on the medial surface of the scapula. i my terms, its the little valley on the back of the shoulder blade. it was on my quiz today in anatomy. Thanks to VM-2s and to some studying i got 100% on both. a nice way to start out the year i'd say. but i also have to add that they were pretty easy, i mean we got a word bank for the anatomy quiz for god's sake. oh well, an A is an A in my book.
Tomarrow is yet another anatomy quiz, the lab quiz for this section, so not only do i have to know the bones of the thoracic limb (which was what today's quiz was on), but also all of the muscles and all of the bones on the pelvic limb. don't forget the differences between the dog and the cat. it's a lot to take in, especially because this is only our 2nd week of school....
but i had a 3 dollar burger and a bud light and all is right with the world for now.
off to study some more, will write tomarrow about how that quiz went and whatever else if i have something new to say then.
later gators.

just a few things

2005-08-30T10:04:00.000-05:00

for todays post. i am super tired after 1/2 an overnight last night in the small animal icu here at the vet school. luckily i was able to go home and sleep some last night and have only had 2 lectures today (to which i slept through one....). now i have a break until 2pm then i have physiology lab and a fun filled night of studying for the 2 tests and 3 quizzes i have next week. no fun labor day weekend for me. i think i will go hiking one day this weekend with the fam though.
school is going. i am caught up in my anatomy dissection (finished with the thoracic limb and ready to start the pelvic limb on thursday) which is nice but i have a lot of catching up to do in the lecture portion. other classes are going well enough, i understand what is being said in lecture so let's hope that i can regurgitate it on the tests.
work was fine last night. had only like 8 patients in the icu. one really critical little kitty who was too cute for words and had really crappy breathing but would roll over on her back everytime you opened the incubator to have a belly rub. and the most adorable golden that probably went home today. thankfully there were no biters in last night so everything went smoothly.
i have my first anatomy quizzes this thursday and friday, i'll post on them this weekend or early next week.

finally friday

2005-08-26T16:38:00.000-05:00

and thank god for that. i swear that this has been the longest week of my entire life. I have sucessfully finished my first week of vet school and i am officially tired. getting up so early and not coming home until dinner time doesn't leave much time to be bored. finally got internet in the house so now i can post more frequently.
ok, classes. Histology has been amazingly boring and I hope it will start to pick up soon. Anatomy has not been as difficult as i imagined. The dissection is going well and I am learning a lot. Cell bio is as much of a blow off class as i thought it would be, my prof ends up on the craziest tangents that we never really understand what he is talking about. and finally Physiology, not an easy course but i understand everything so far. I know i am getting used to this schedule when i am finally able to keep my eyes open for all of my classes and when i don't need a coffee from the Zou (cafeteria for those that don't know). I have actually switched from coffee to green tea, same caffeine but with antioxidants for my health.
tonight is going to be busy, off to a going away party for my old roomie, then to a bday shindig for my friend, and finally out for some dancin with the classmates.
Tomarrow i'm on-call all day. hopefully i don't have to work, i'm super tired and would love to be able to sit around some tomarrow. First quiz is in Anatomy next thursday, should be pretty easy considering it's only on the bones of the thoracic limb. More later.

and so it begins

2005-08-21T02:04:00.000-05:00

i have officially started vet school. this past week has been filled with events. the retreat was amazing. i can't believe how quickly we came together as a class and how many people i got to know in a few short days. it really shocked me to see how we went from total strangers to friends. my class is amazing and i'm lucky to have them as colleagues. the 2 days of orientation were as i expected, boring. but my new friends got me through it with a little bit of fun. got my vet med id card, i think i look drunk, and my huge amounts of notes and books. i'm official and i feel special. i want to wear my id card everywhere for everyone to see that i am special. lol. silly i know, but you would want to do the same if you were me.
went out last night to a fun kegger for the class. a lot of ppl came and we all had such a great time. i have a class picnic tomarrow to meet profs and bring the fam which should be a great time. then it's down to business on monday. the hell that will be my life for the next 4 years will begin. i'm scared that anatomy will be more than i can handle. i will post interesting vocab words (hopefully i can remember to do so) when i learn them.
whelp, i'm super tired and in need of some serious sleep in a real bed. oh wait, the house with no walls update. my room will be complete by tomarrow so i will be able to sleep in my bed for the first time in a week!!! woohoo!! and i will be able to get some stuff put away and not have to live out of plastic bags that contain my clothes, thank god. it will make my living situation more bearable until the house is done. maybe i will post pictures of the befores and afters when the house is done.
keep checking for updates, i will post about school soon.

hmph

2005-08-12T17:56:00.000-05:00

i hate packing, and when i say that i mean that i HATE packing. underlined, all in caps, and bolded HATE. I can't believe that i have to move in 2 days. then on sunday when i fall asleep in my new home i will wake to leave for the retreat at the lake for 3 days. i'm hearing that it should be a lot of fun and most of my class is going. i can't wait to meet them all. i hope i find a bossom buddy that i can call on whenever and that can be my bff. lol. cheezy huh? oh well, it's what i want.
then when we return we have 2 full days of orientation where they tell us not to do drugs, take our pictures, our money, and give us food and class note packages for the first two blocks. One last weekend of freedom and then classes officially start on the 22nd. i can't believe that it really is happening. it's amazing. the nervousness has pretty much ended and the excitement builds everyday. look out world, here i come!

2005-08-02T20:30:00.000-05:00

Scrappy doo!!!

16 days......

2005-08-02T18:36:00.000-05:00

until I start vet school...wow i can't believe it. the anticipation builds with each day and the excitement, well i'm not sure whether it is dwindling or building.

all i want right now is for school to start so i can see what i'm in for. so that i will know whether i will be able to handle everything that they throw at me in my 8-5 daily classes. it will be like having a full time job where they still give you weekly tests and ask you to memorize all kings of crazy information to which you'll be lucky if you remember 20% of it by the time you graduate. holy crap my real life is going to start.

i have the VM-1 retreat on the 15-17 down at the lake. 60 somethin out of 72 of us will be attending. a pretty good number considering it's being held at a baptist retreat center. i'm just happy to get to meet my class before school actually starts. i'm hoping it will be a nice stress-free 3 days for us to all get to know eachother.

then orientation starts on the 18th, it's the official start of the school year. Actual classes start on the 22nd and go until june 28th of next year =( no florida or full summer vacation for me.

i got one of my books in from amazon.com for anatomy and have been looking at it hoping that some of the vocabulary starts to make sense before i have to use it. nope, nothing. damn.

have to move out of my house on the 13-14 of this month into a house under construction. the good thing is that once it is finished it will be brand new and insulated so utilities should be low, thank god. when i get back into como i will have to start packing and cleaning so that i can get it all done in time.

amanda's wedding went wonderfully this past weekend and jon and i have his friend tony's wedding this coming weekend. should be a good time.

more on vet school, moving and weddings later. i'm tapped out.

life is good

2005-06-28T01:34:00.000-05:00

I have come realize lately that life is good. Especially compared to what it has been in the past for me. It's great to have only the little things to worry about in life. My problems now are the kind of problems I wanted growing up, just petty early twenties problems instead of "hmmm.. i wonder if dad will come home drunk again tonight." (knowing of course the answer would be yes and either he and my step-mom or he and my brothers would get into a fight).
It's just really amazing to wake up one day and figure out that you have the kind of life you were wishing for. And now that I have been accepted into vet school, I feel like "I can't believe I made it." Not just into vet school, but in life. To get where I am today took a lot of guts and hard times and I can really say that I am proud of myself and I can't wait for what is to come.

you know americans are retarded when.....

2005-06-04T00:22:00.000-05:00

they buy an entourage of asian girls to follow them around and dress exactly like them but in different colors...... gwen steffani is a retarded american...here is a link to a cartoon making fun of said american. appearently the job of these 4 girls is to be media props/dancers. These Harajuku four aren't even allowed to speak any english around gwen. to read more about this retarded american and her retarded entourage, Salon.com has a good article here
haven't women spent years trying to get away from this demoralizing bullshit? does she think it makes it ok because she is also a woman? it just amazes me what people will do for money these days and i know that this is not the worst to come but the beginning of what is ahead....man, slavery is making a comeback and i'm pissed.

In need of some help....

2005-04-29T01:07:00.000-05:00

I am posting tonight in need of some help. The House just passed The Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act and this act will be put in front of the Senate this summer. I urge you all to take a look and notify your Senator if you feel that this should not be passed. The view more check out: TheSkirt.blogspot.com; this will give you more background information as well as a way to contact your Senator.
I urge you all to take this seriously, especially if you are a woman or if you plan on having children some day. Would you want it to be her choice? I most certainly do.

tarot cards and birthdays

2005-04-21T01:29:00.000-05:00

so tonight has been interesting, i had my tarot read by my friend beth and found some interesting stuff out. what really amazed me was the fact that 1) i had a LOT of pentacle cards come up in all three of my readings 2) i had a lot of the same cards appear in the three readings (betrayal, sun, queen of swords, etc) which kind of freaked me out and 3) i had a couple of the same cards in the same place....weird.

then we got out the birthday book and looked up our birthdays to see what it had to say, and i found my meditation quote to be interesting - there is man's time and there is God's time. This is interesting because i have been getting back in touch with my faith lately, just praying more and such (going to church would be hard considering i would have to find one i really liked to do so). The Sun is my tarot card according to the birthday book: symbolizes knowledge, vitality, and good fortune. Negative traits being pride, vanity, and false appearence.

My strengths: elemental, energetic, and just
Weaknesses: controlling, disruptive, and frustrated

Oh and my birthday is the day of heartfelt persuasion now what the hell does that mean for me? i don't get it. if anyone can figure it out, i will give you a cookie.

well that's it for me for now. quite a different post from my last huh? well that's just cuz i'm an interesting person.
nite all.

phew

2005-04-14T12:51:00.000-05:00

well i just got back from my morning classes and i have good news. i didn't have any humiliating reactions to the slaughter. thank god. it was quite disturbing to say the least and i found it really odd that after the head was gone, i was ok with everything and was thinking "oh it's just a carcass". prior to the decapitation though, it was still an animal to me. even though it was unconcious and everything, it still seemed barbaric to be slaughtering it that way. odd how you can feel one way about something, remove its head, and feel completely different about it.
i will spare you the details, i'm sure most don't have any interest in reading it as it is pretty gruesome.
but at least i survived, not something i could do as my everyday job, but a good one time experience to see what really goes on.
later gators

a new beginning

2005-04-13T23:58:00.000-05:00

so i've started this blog mainly to post on my sister's (iceboxplums) but thought that it might be nice to start fresh, blog style.

i'm a little concerned. in 9 short hours, i will view for the first time, the slaughtering of an animal. normally this is something that i only hear about in my classes but to know that i will actually witness this event kind of scares the bejesus out of me . i'm not quite sure how i will react to the flailing and the mooing as it is stunned and then bled out. will i get splattered? will i throw up since i just ate breakfast less than a half an hour ago?
the thought of vomiting on the kill floor in front of a group of aggies who have probably seen this done a million times is humiliating.
no, i've decided i'm not going to vomit. pass out? maybe, but definately not vomit.

well that is about all i can handle for now, but keep close tabs, i will be posting on my experience shortly and hopefully things will go better than planned......check back soon.
later gators