Wow, I've been seriously lacking in this whole blogging thing. Sorry about that, but my life has been a whirlwind lately.
We had orientation Friday and Saturday. Friday involved a lot of sitting and listening and taking surveys and Saturday we had "team building". Really it didn't help me get to know my classmates all that well, but that's okay because I'm already beginning to realize that I will quickly be seeing them 24/7.
Yesterday we had our first day of classes. We start every morning with 4 lectures back-to-back. We don't even leave the classroom... all of the professors come to us. We do get 10 minutes between lectures, which is nice. However, it is still a lot of sitting. Surprisingly, though, sitting is very tiring because by lunch time I am ready for a nap. We get an hour off for lunch, which seems like a long time but it's really not because we have to walk over to vet med and go to our lockers and get everything ready for our afternoons. Afternoons consist of 1-2 labs. Yesterday we had anatomy lab. We had to learn all the bones of the forelimb and a bunch of minute details about each limb. Tomorrow is the hindlimb, so tonight will be spent in anatomy lab studying radiographs because I didn't get to that part during lab yesterday. After anatomy yesterday, I had about 2 hours off until the barbecue one of the clubs was sponsoring. So I went to the library and reviewed some anatomy and histology and then headed to the picnic for free food :)
Today was much of the same, except in the afternoon I had histology lab and then animal handling lab. In animal handling we learned how to take blood from a cow's tail and a dog's paw. We also learned how to restrain mice, rats, and rabbits. This was all on models, but in 2 weeks we get to do it on real animals!!! Ahhh!!! Well next week we get to draw blood from a cow's tail and the rodent lab is the following week. Today it was 5:30 by the time I got home. Just enough time to eat, print off lecture notes for tomorrow, and then head back to anatomy lab to study.
Luckily today I'm not as wiped out as I was yesterday. This school alllll day and studying alllll night thing is exhausting, but they say you get used to it. I sure hope I do!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
One Last Adventure
Well, with summer coming to a close, I've been trying to fit in a few more adventures. My summer job ended, so I went home for about 2 weeks to relax with family. We went to Cedar Point for a couple of days, which was fun!
Then I went off to Illinois to visit Jake for a little bit before school starts. This past Saturday he woke me up early. I was so grumpy to him. Who wakes up at 7 on a Saturday?! Well turns out he woke me up early because he had a surprise for me! He of course wouldn't tell me where we were going so I spent an hour and a half in the car in full suspense. Turns out, we were going to Chicago!!! To the Field Museum to see the Horse exhibit which I had mentioned I really, really wanted to see! :-) The exhibit is closing soon, so I didn't think I was going to be able to see it. We spent a good 5 hours in the museum, although it wasn't long enough. We didn't even see half of the exhibits. Then we went out for Chicago deep dish pizza. We spent an hour and a half waiting, but it was soooo worth it!
Sunday we went to a state park and spent the day hiking. There were a bunch of beautiful canyons, lots of sand ("I don't understand, what's with all the sand?" said Jake), and there were SUPPOSED to be like 18 waterfalls, but they were all dried up. :-( Oh well, that just means we'll need to go back sometime! The canyons were tons of fun to climb up and the views were beautiful. We did encounter a few kids who didn't want to be there. One girl was texting away, not even looking at the surroundings. Another littler girl asked, "Why can't there be elevators?" I wish I could have gone there when I was a kid! I couldn't believe they were not awed by the beauty! However, in one of the canyons, there was a little girl splashing around in a puddle and she said, "It's soooo beau-teee-ful." She was adorable!
The past couple of days have been more relaxing because Jake's had orientation, but we did spend quite a few hours the other day in Borders and got some really cool books. One is called "Off the Beaten Path" and is about hidden, non-touristy places to visit across the United States (We got that one so that when we help you move back, Christine, we'll know where to stop ;-) )
Then I went off to Illinois to visit Jake for a little bit before school starts. This past Saturday he woke me up early. I was so grumpy to him. Who wakes up at 7 on a Saturday?! Well turns out he woke me up early because he had a surprise for me! He of course wouldn't tell me where we were going so I spent an hour and a half in the car in full suspense. Turns out, we were going to Chicago!!! To the Field Museum to see the Horse exhibit which I had mentioned I really, really wanted to see! :-) The exhibit is closing soon, so I didn't think I was going to be able to see it. We spent a good 5 hours in the museum, although it wasn't long enough. We didn't even see half of the exhibits. Then we went out for Chicago deep dish pizza. We spent an hour and a half waiting, but it was soooo worth it!
Sunday we went to a state park and spent the day hiking. There were a bunch of beautiful canyons, lots of sand ("I don't understand, what's with all the sand?" said Jake), and there were SUPPOSED to be like 18 waterfalls, but they were all dried up. :-( Oh well, that just means we'll need to go back sometime! The canyons were tons of fun to climb up and the views were beautiful. We did encounter a few kids who didn't want to be there. One girl was texting away, not even looking at the surroundings. Another littler girl asked, "Why can't there be elevators?" I wish I could have gone there when I was a kid! I couldn't believe they were not awed by the beauty! However, in one of the canyons, there was a little girl splashing around in a puddle and she said, "It's soooo beau-teee-ful." She was adorable!
The past couple of days have been more relaxing because Jake's had orientation, but we did spend quite a few hours the other day in Borders and got some really cool books. One is called "Off the Beaten Path" and is about hidden, non-touristy places to visit across the United States (We got that one so that when we help you move back, Christine, we'll know where to stop ;-) )
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Summer Jobs are Over... School Starts Soon!
Well this past weekend, I worked at a horse show. For the last time this summer, thankfully. I do like being at the horse shows, but I've gotten really sick after the last 2 shows. Plus the topic of Brutus's death inevitably comes up. So I'm looking forward to relaxing for a few weeks before school starts.
Monday was my last day of working my vet school job. For the past few weeks I've been giving a presentation to high school juniors/seniors and their parents, telling them about the prevet/vet tech programs at MSU. During the presentation I have 4 short videos that I play. We've been having issues with the sound working, however, and Friday I couldn't get it to work at all, so I had to improvise and basically just present the material that the videos were supposed to cover. The sound wasn't working again on Monday, but luckily I got there extra early. I tried everything, from playing with the volume buttons, to restarting the computer, but nothing worked. So I called the tech people.
About 10 minutes later, a cute little old Asian woman showed up. Unfortunately I could barely understand her. Our conversation went something like this:
Asian Woman: "Sound no work."
Me: "Right. I've given this presentation before on this computer and the sound was fine, so I don't know what's wrong now."
A: "Sound no work."
M: "Right."
A: "Sound no work."
M: "Umm... correct?"
A: "You try volume?"
M: "Yes. Nothing happened."
A: "Shhh, one second. I figure it out."
M: "Uhhh okay."
A: "You try volume?"
M: "Yes."
She hits the volume button and sound comes BLARING out of the speakers.
A: "You hit volume button to make sound work."
M: "I tried that. Really, I did. It didn't work."
A: "Volume work now."
M: "Yes. Thank you."
A: "Volume button make sound work."
M: "I see. Thank you."
A: "Volume work now. Bye."
M: "Okay, thanks, bye!"
As she's walking down the hall, I hear her talking on her radio: "She no know how to work volume button."
Ughhh, I tried that, I promise!!!
Haha, oh well, the volume worked, and the group on Monday was small, so I was able to make it more interactive, which was nice. It was a good group of people, and a good way to end the job this summer.
Now I'm able to spend about a week and a half with my family and then a week in Illinois, and then school starts! Ahh!!! I still have to go buy my stethoscope, boots, gloves, books, etc, and waive my school insurance. I'm sure there's about a million other things I should do, too, but I can't think of them. I did buy my scrubs, order lab coats, coveralls, a dissection kit, pen light, neuro hammers, reflex hammer, and a class T-shirt though! This summer is almost over, ahhh!
Monday was my last day of working my vet school job. For the past few weeks I've been giving a presentation to high school juniors/seniors and their parents, telling them about the prevet/vet tech programs at MSU. During the presentation I have 4 short videos that I play. We've been having issues with the sound working, however, and Friday I couldn't get it to work at all, so I had to improvise and basically just present the material that the videos were supposed to cover. The sound wasn't working again on Monday, but luckily I got there extra early. I tried everything, from playing with the volume buttons, to restarting the computer, but nothing worked. So I called the tech people.
About 10 minutes later, a cute little old Asian woman showed up. Unfortunately I could barely understand her. Our conversation went something like this:
Asian Woman: "Sound no work."
Me: "Right. I've given this presentation before on this computer and the sound was fine, so I don't know what's wrong now."
A: "Sound no work."
M: "Right."
A: "Sound no work."
M: "Umm... correct?"
A: "You try volume?"
M: "Yes. Nothing happened."
A: "Shhh, one second. I figure it out."
M: "Uhhh okay."
A: "You try volume?"
M: "Yes."
She hits the volume button and sound comes BLARING out of the speakers.
A: "You hit volume button to make sound work."
M: "I tried that. Really, I did. It didn't work."
A: "Volume work now."
M: "Yes. Thank you."
A: "Volume button make sound work."
M: "I see. Thank you."
A: "Volume work now. Bye."
M: "Okay, thanks, bye!"
As she's walking down the hall, I hear her talking on her radio: "She no know how to work volume button."
Ughhh, I tried that, I promise!!!
Haha, oh well, the volume worked, and the group on Monday was small, so I was able to make it more interactive, which was nice. It was a good group of people, and a good way to end the job this summer.
Now I'm able to spend about a week and a half with my family and then a week in Illinois, and then school starts! Ahh!!! I still have to go buy my stethoscope, boots, gloves, books, etc, and waive my school insurance. I'm sure there's about a million other things I should do, too, but I can't think of them. I did buy my scrubs, order lab coats, coveralls, a dissection kit, pen light, neuro hammers, reflex hammer, and a class T-shirt though! This summer is almost over, ahhh!
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