A Day in the Life

It's Wednesday morning.. What does my day have in store for me?

6:00 AM -- My alarm goes off.  Despite the fact that I was in bed by 10 last night.. I just have absolutely no desire to get out of bed... so I don't. 
6:30 AM -- I really have no choice but to get out of bed at this point.  Time to shower, eat breakfast, get ready for school and snuggle with my cat.
7:30 AM -- Leave for school
8:00-8:50 -- Gross Anatomy: Today we're learning about the equine forearm, carpus, and metacarpus.  Basically learning about the anatomy of a horses front leg.
9:00-9:50 -- Epidemiology: What once was one of my favorite class has gotten very boring.  We have a new professor in that class and I feel like we spend a liiiiiittle too long going over simple concepts.  Right now we're learning about disease testing and improving post-test probabilities by applying multiple tests.  Basically learning how to confirm (through testing) how sure you are an animal has a disease.

My life.

10:00-10:50 -- Physiology: Right now we're on our endocrinology section.  Today we're learning about the pancreas.  Probably one of the more boring sections we've covered, although despite being extremely dry I really like our professor for this section. If you've ever watched Big Bang Theory - he slightly reminds me of Sheldon Cooper :)  This morning I watched him pick up all the trash from the parking lot on his way into school... which made me like him even more.
11:00-11:50 -- Immunology: UGH.  What else can I say about this class?  We have our test in this class on Friday, so hopefully today is just a review class period.  We've learned about T and B cell development, mucosal immunity, neonatal immunity, etc.  It's absolutely awful.
12:00-1:00 -- LUNCH! Best part of the day.  Today's lunch? Left over mac and cheese with some cookie dough for dessert.  How nutritious ;)
1:00-4:00 -- Gross Anatomy Lab: On the schedule today? Finish dissection of equine forelimb and prepare for our quiz over it tomorrow.  This includes knowing all the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, arteries, and veins.
4:00-5:30 -- Pay some bills, enjoy some dinner, time with my cat, maybe even relax for a little bit :)
5:30-9:30 -- STUDY TIME! Tonight's schedule is to finish the study guide I created over the objectives for our immunology lectures.  Not exactly the most fun way of studying, but it was pretty successful for the first test.
9:30-10:30 -- Relax, unwind, get ready for bed
10:30 -- Bedtime!

Spring Break

It's Wednesday of Spring Break, and do you know what that means?

I'm going bored out of my mind.

Don't get me wrong - I love love LOVE sleeping in in the morning and not having anywhere to be... aaaand the whole no makeup and sweatpants thing really works well for me too, but after being conditioned to constantly be thinking and learning and studying I just don't know what to do with all of this free time.

I. Love. Taco Shop.

First Day of Spring Cupcakes

As I've said before I am a huge fan of making lists, so I had my "Spring Break To-Do" list made for over week before I got out of school.  So far, I've checked off everything I wanted to do while visiting Hays last weekend and barely anything I've wanted to do while in Manhattan or pertaining to school.  I've actually written two papers already and have now lost all motivation to do anything school-related.  Let's be honest, I'd rather do just about anything than study endocrinology right now.

Playtime with Uncle Go

Walking weather.. finally!

School ended for Spring Break on such a positive note and I couldn't be happier with where I'm sitting half way through this semester.  I've successfully not broken my "A" streak on any test since the "pink eye incident of 2013" which is such an amazing and wonderful feeling - although the effect it's having on my motivation isn't so great.

The plan for the rest of break?  Attempt to study and work on job applications tomorrow and Friday - and then enjoy a good relaxing weekend of doing nothing before school starts up again next week :)

Note: as I go through all of my pictures trying to find some to fit my blog post - I'm realizing that the only things I take pictures of are Little Bear, Eli, and food...  and I don't expect that to change anytime soon :)

Half Way There!

Has it really been almost a whole month since I’ve posted?  Where has the time gone?

Toilet Paper Digestive System Diagram

So where do I begin.. let’s start with school.  School is going SO GREAT!  I’ve had a ridiculous amount of tests lately including Immunology, Epidemiology, Bovine Theriogenology, Gross Anatomy, Integration, and Respiratory Physiology.  That included tests in all 4 of my core classes plus some.  The exciting part? I’ve gotten A’s on all of them :) …Now throw in a few lab quizzes (and a few A’s and B’s on those) and that’s really what’s been going on at school.  Who has time to learn when you’re studying all the time :)

This week in school I have my first Embryology test (it’s open book.. so shouldn’t too bad) and my Renal Physiology test.  A “wise” second year left us a note for the Renal Physiology test.. it told us to “Run like hell – get out while you can.”  Needless to say our brilliant teacher, doesn’t quite understand that we all might not be as brilliant as her.. so I get the feeling this test could kill my “winning” streak :/

What else is going on in my life outside of school? Not much considering school IS my life..

I dog sat for Cole and his family while they visited our new nephew Joel in Texas and I learned 3 things:

1. Life would be easier if I didn’t have tests every Friday and could pick up and go to Houston with the fam :(
2. I have no business getting a dog anytime soon – I think I need a backyard first.  Don’t they always say the best form of birth control is watching someone else's children?  I think that saying fits well with dogs too.. I had my dose of “puppy control” last week :)  -- Not that Gryff wasn’t a perfect dog all weekend :)
3. I have the two greatest nephews in the world :)

Mr. Eli

Baby Joel

I also put in a little time helping out with a good friend’s campaign for Student Body President (he won!) AND got to celebrate Valentine’s Day this past weekend (finally) by spending the weekend being lazy, eating yummy food, watching movies, and I even got a new flannel shirt :)

Campaign Kitty

That's it for now - hard to believe Spring Break is right around the corner and this semester is almost half way over.  It may even be flying by faster than last semester.. but that's a good thing - right?

Happy Monday and Happy Day Light Savings! (Sarcasm.. no one likes losing an hour of sleep, especially on a Monday.)