July

Aaaaand almost a month later, I'm posting again :)

Here is a brief update on everything that's happened during July:

1. I went to DC to visit one of my best friend's who's interning for my dad!  It was a quick trip, ridiculously hot and humid, but so so much fun!
2. Cole came to visit me (and his family) in Manhattan for a weekend.  The highlight of the weekend, was him getting to meet his nephew, Eli.  He also had the experience of changing his first poopy diaper.  It was an absolutely wonderful weekend.

3. This past weekend I got to go experience life in Dallas with Cole.  We stayed with his cousins, where he's been all summer, and got up and road the train downtown to his office building.  I got to hang out in the lobby all day reading while he worked, but it was so fun to see what he's been doing.  We also watched the first two Batman movies on DVD and then went to an eat in theatre to see The Dark Night Returns.  It is a must see - such a good movie.  Cole is still working on making me become a baseball fan.  We watched numerous games on TV and went to a Rangers game while I was down there.  Overall, it was a successful weekend and only 12 days until Cole is home for good (but who's counting, right?).

That's all for now! And, as always, I will try to be better at updating :)

Books, books, books (and a baby)

Exciting news! Cole's brother and sister-in-law had a beautiful baby boy on July 3rd - Eli Alexander might be the most precious thing in the entire world and I'm already in love with him!  I can't wait for Uncle Go (aka - Cole) to get home in 2 weeks and hold his first baby! :)

Less exciting this week, I got my book/supply list for school!  The list includes: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Guide to the Dissection of the Dog, Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Diction, Dog Anatomy: A Coloring Atlas, diFiore's Atlas of Histology, a dissection kit, a lab coat, exam gloves, and a stethoscope.  Ordering it through the school and it's almost $800 - therefore, Amazon will be my best friend and save me almost $300 on the books.

The list is very non-descriptive and gives the information "Lab Coat - Please indicate Size: 32-52 (size increase by increments of 2)."  If anyone knows anything about lab coat sizes, I'm open for suggestions :)

That's the excitement for now! I'm back at work for K-State New Student Services and was lucky enough to give my first campus tour in 2 years - in 100 degree weather! (Note the sarcasm - I despise giving campus tours.)  Needless to say I'm ready for the summer to be over and school to be starting.  I'm a big fan of air conditioning right now :)

Well we're moving on up

View from back porch

Well - we're officially moved in!  And literally - we've moved up.  Our house sits high on a hill with a gorgeous view of a conservation easement (aka - no one can build behind us).  It's going to be beautiful this fall when all the leaves change colors.

Professionally made cat fort.

Last week I spent a majority of time staying at my rental house with Little Bear - to keep him out of the way of the movers in Hays and Manhattan and to keep him from going crazy with the stress.  I did learn very quickly that he's a very brave and adaptable cat, but does have a fear of ceiling fans.  Luckily, the ones at the new house don't bother him as much as the one's at my rental.  Of course I did what every good cat-mom would do, and built him a fort to block him from having to look at the mean, scary ceiling fan.

Piano re-assembly

As of Thursday, we now have everything moved in to the new house.  All of my mom's stress about getting her piano to fit is now gone.  It took 6 guys to get it in her music room, but it was the first thing off the truck and fit right through the doorway :)

Moving Day

After 11 hours of moving furniture and boxes, the movers finally left and the unpacking began. Successes of the past couple days?  The kitchen, master bedroom, my bedroom, and my bathroom are all officially unpacked and organized.  My mom's best friend came up for the week and helped her get everything done, which was amazing.  What I consider another success?  Little Bear went upstairs for the first time on his own last night.  His favorite spot at the new house is hiding under my bed - unless it's 4:00 in the morning and then he seems to be very curious and desperately wants out of my bedroom :)

Now because this blog is supposed to be about vet school I'll briefly update you on things in the animal world (besides Little Bear).  I met with financial aid today and learned all about student loans.  I also am meeting with K-State's financial planner tomorrow, which makes me feel very grown up.  Scariest part of starting vet school?  Everything.  Even more scary than that?  Being in debt up to my ears when I graduate.  Each credit hour is approximately $500.  First semester I am enrolled in 19 credit hours.  You do the math :)  Then add on $800 in books, $500 in campus fees, and $500 in computer and technology fees (all of these I pay EACH semester) and you can see it adds up very quickly.  Despite all of that, I'm still so so excited for classes to start and to get in the school routine again.

Lastly, quick shout out to my sister and her husband - today is their first wedding anniversary!  Lucky for them, Brandon has to work today in Manhattan and so they get to spend it with ME :)