Okay. I went through and deleted a bunch of spam-type newsy stuff in my comments section from the other day. Maybe I will have time to go back later and clear out some more if it appears.

Anyway, Jordan is okay now. She was a little upset initially after discovering the body. Sparkles was alive when we left this morning around 8 and we got back around noon. We found her dead in her cage around 2. Anyone need a bag of pine bedding and some vitamin C tablets? I will keep the cage in case I ever need it but I can loan it to anyone if needed.

I have a paper on fowl cholera due on Wednesday that I need to get working on.

Sparkles (Jordan's guinea pig) died today. We buried her in the backyard.

Okay, I am not one for large animals but Ag is even slower than I thought it could be! We started out with 2 patients in house - a cuter than hell 20,000$ calf and a very nice bull - and have only had 6 additional cows pass through since Monday. They were presented for lameness so basically we ran them through the chute, put them on the tilt table, and trimmed their feet +/- bandaging for any wounds or deep hoof cracks. It makes for a very long day when 7 of us are sitting around. We end up just having rounds all day and reliving all the lectures we sat through the first 3 years!

Derm is slow this week! The first two weeks we were actually fairly busy - for derm. Now I feel like I spend most of my time just sitting around. Next week I start my first rotation in food animal. I am sure that it will also be pretty slow and I will do a lot of sitting around there also. I am going to the Topeka Zoo tomorrow with the Exotics service so that will be my excitement for the week.

This week the freshman are following us around on clinics. I remember when I was a freshman I thought the seniors were amazingly smart and knew everything! Now that I am a senior I realize how not-smart they were and how they did not know everything. Well, most of them anyway! I am just basing that whole comment on myself and my own general lack of knowledge. I got an A in necropsy though. That kinda balances out the C I got in soft tissue surgery. Apparantely I am better (more competant somehow?) with the dead animals!

Black Wednesday (my birthday) passed without incident. I noticed a new wrinkle though. No gray hairs yet so that is a plus.

I got most of the list done this week. Finally, I have time to take a breath. Went out to eat last night with Nina, Heather, Rebecca, etc. It was pretty fun. We started out talking about how much we hate the vet school gossip and then ended up gossiping!

On a sadder note, I am almost 31. 10 days till my b-day. I think I will wear black that day. As my mother so kindly reminded me - I am almost 40 now. Thanks mom.