It's November!

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It’s November!  What does that mean? Only 9 exams and 3 papers stand between me and Christmas Vacation!  More importantly, only 2 exams stand between me and Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving will be interesting this year - I will be writing my 3 papers, preparing for finals, AND going wedding dress shopping :)  So this will be a nice week to catch up on both school and wedding planning and I can’t wait!

Oh were you studying?

In school, things have been a little crazy over the past 2 weeks.  And by a little - I mean I turned into a zombie and have since been resuscitated into a human-being again.  I had 4 exams within 8 days of each other, finishing last week with a 3-hour written exam in Pathology on Monday and Wednesday with a Parasitology exam.  All four seemed to go really well, but we’ll have to wait a while to find out!

Halloween Mug from Cole!

Pathology is still my favorite class.  We have since moved topics from Hemostasis to Inflammation and now Developmental and Metabolic Diseases.  

Parasitology is still not even close to my favorite class.  We are currently looking at ruminant (cow, sheep, & goat) parasites.

In Pharmacology we have been looking at cardiac and respiratory drugs and have had some guest lecturers.  It’s been pretty enjoyable - especially because what we’re learning seems very applicable to a clinical setting.

Sunrise over Manhattan!

Bacteriology is the test of this week - including the bacteria: Bordetella bronchiseptica, some forms of Clostridium, Pasteurella, Campylobacter, and more.  Trust me - nothing exciting.

Western KS Sunset

There has not been much time for “outside of school” activities since my last post, but this past weekend I was able to make up for that.  Friday, I headed back home to celebrate my grandpa's 98th birthday!  I also was able to see my best friend, Summer and stop by Hays Vet - and through that I now have a place to live and work this summer!  Yep, that's right - I will be spending my last official summer "vacation" working at my favorite vet clinic and living with one of my favorite people!  I also had enough time for Cole and I to take our engagement pictures this past Saturday.  We love our photographer (www.melissaandbeth.com) and had such a wonderful afternoon, but won’t have our pictures back for a few more weeks.  We can’t wait!  We finished out the weekend with church and lunch with both sets of our parents before we had to get back to reality.  It was a weekend for the books :)

That’s all for now - Happy Monday and Happy Veterans Day!