Last one

EVER! Unless I fail surgery that is. I should be studying for my production final in 1 1/2 hours but I am pretty apathetic at this point. I think to fail the class I would need to get like a 40% so I am not really worried. I think that by using what little common sense I have I will pass the class.

After the final I pick up my pager for the year. Then I am off to KCI to pick up my mom. When we get back to Manhattan I am going to go to school to pick up my Iams cat food and check to see if I passed surgery. Grades should be posted by then. Either way, pass or fail, I am drinking A LOT of alcohol tonight:)

BYO KY

They should have warned us to bring our own KY today for the surgery exam. At least then I would have been prepared. I should have made time to study more for it. Yeah, right! I even officially stayed up all night studying. Now I need to start studying for therio tomorrow.

A Funny Accident

Ben and I went to the mall today so I could buy some appropriate clinic clothes. Normally Ben forgets to roll the windows up before he turns the car off (they are electric and the car has to be on in order to roll them up) so I decided to roll them up for him. His hand was in the window as I was rolling them up and I caught his fingers in the window. I quickly realized what had happened as he was yelling and cussing so I rolled them down as fast as I could. After what seemed like forever I couldn't help but laugh because it was just so funny! I really didn't mean to do it or be mean by laughing afterwards. I have always had this fear that something like that would happen to me so it was just so ironic.

His hand is okay and he is laughing about it now also. It is funny isn't it???

Finals Week

I did something I normally don't do... I spent the afternoon and evening at the vet med library studying for finals. My first final was Friday (the 22) in Emergency Medicine, then yesterday I had a final in Zoonoses and tomorrow is Medicine. The one I am most worried about is Tuesday for surgery.

My mom is flying in Thursday for the White Coat Ceremony on Friday. Ben's parents will probably come also. It is really not a big deal though. I plan on losing at the quiz bowl Friday morning bright and early at 9am! We are spending Sunday night at the Great Wolf Lodge in KC. It has an indoor waterpark and waterslides and stuff. I can't wait until this week is over! Except that I have to get my stats class done by May 6th.

Dreams

After my recent dream about running and jogging miles through the vet hospital I decided to sign Jordan up for the 1.5K run at Dog and Jog next week. Anyone want to run with her???

I am so tired

If I never see another picture of sperm again I will be happy! I just spent 3 hours organizing photos of sperm for Dr. Chenoweth. Now I need to study for the emergency final on Friday and then work on our Nutrition case due Thursday.

389 days left 'till graduation.

Nobody seemed to know that I had two dogs so here is a photo of Maggie, my housedog. See, I am not just a crazy cat lady! 

Jordan and Sierra. Jordan is on the right side of the picture. 

Jordan after having her face painted. 

Jordan and Sierra performing surgery on an endangered species of bear. 

Interesting Link

So I was searching around on the web rather than study and I came upon this link. It has part of my family tree on it. The top tree has from 1600's on through what I think would be my great-great grandparents, Georg Schaff and Anna Mary Degele. The bottom one expands on Georg and Anna Mary's lineage. For some reason it has me listed as a family genealogist but the only reason I can think of that someone would do this is that a long time ago I posted a message on the Ancestry.com website looking for some info.

Busy day

Today ended up being pretty busy. When I got to school at noon Stephanie informed me that nobody had turned in our assignment for nutrition class. Needless to say I was pretty pissed off. I think I was more pissed at myself than at anyone else. I has just assumed that Mahie would be in class to turn it in and we all know what happens when you assume something... Anyway, I still don't really know why Steph didn't think to print off a copy and turn it in. All's well that ends well I guess. I had a therio lab this afternoon where we did a bull breeding soundness exam, learned some basic dystocia (hard "child"birth) techniques and looked at and palpated some female reproductive tracts.

The financial aid situation is not looking good at all. The federal limit on stafford loans is $18500 for each school year and that will cover tuition next year but will leave us no extra money to live on. I was barely awarded enough federal aid for tuition this summer and will NOT have enough left over to live on. And I need to register and pay for national boards (NAVLE) by August 8th which is $800! Basically everywhere I have applied for an "alternative" loan for the summer has turned me down. If they turned me down for $3000 for the summer then they will turn me down for fall and spring semester also. Ben may need to just stay on the night shift instead of going to days this fall because we can't afford to lose the shift differential. I will just have to count on Jordan to be good and stay out of trouble the nights that I am late at the hospital.

Another wasted morning

For Pete's sake when am I going to go want to get up in the morning. I was up on time today but I reset my alarm clock and slept in some more. Maybe I will blame it on cramps. I have to be there at noon because we have a lunch meeting on AVMA-PLIT liability insurance that is required. Obviously I wasn't bright enough to call in sick to the Dean's office this morning to get an excused absence. I have a therio lab from 1 to 5 anyway so at least this will get me there on time.

New weblog

Well I thought I would try this blog out for a while. It seems easy to use and is pretty idiot proof so far. It seems to be easier than the yahoo one.