Well, I have made it half way through my first semester of
vet school!! After 7 weeks of intense
schooling, Ross students get a mid-semester break which consists of having a 3
day weekend (we have Monday off). It is
not much but I will take it!!
It was beautiful ALL weekend even though our tropical storm
only happened a few days ago. This week
was nothing out of the ordinary, class, study, sleep repeat. I did find out I got a high B on my Microscopic
Anatomy exam which I am VERY proud of. I
was not comfortable with the material; it seemed like a lot of memorizing
rather than understanding the information. Also having a thunder storm go on DURING you test
so you couldn’t even hear yourself think did not help!! But I will take my B
and run!! So halfway through with
nothing lower than a B, I will take that!!
Friday night we planned on going out to dinner and heading
out for a night of fun. Well, our dinner was AMAZING. I need to look up the name of the place but I
will DEFINTELY go back. I had an amazing
guva margarita and Rachel and I shared our lobster and steak to create our own
surf and turf. The lobster was probably
the best I have had on the island and the steak was really good too. Then came our dessert course strawberry cheecake,
homemade chocolate and banana ice cream, and this AMAZING kiwi and mango frozen
custard and vanilla bean dish. It was
all SOOO good. We all ate too much so
instead of having a night out we all came back to my room and passed out…who
knew a full bed was enough for 3 girls to fall fast asleep on.
Saturday we were good students and worked on our animal
palpation (we have a test Tuesday) and spent a good amount of time in the
anatomy lab. We had Bombay deliver
dinner and sat out on the patio eating and enjoying the night. I am SOOO lucky to have met 3 AMAZING friends
down here.
Sunday we went to the Marriott brunch since we couldn’t make
it last Sunday because of the storm. The
food was amazing like last time but our server was a little rude. Oh well, we will still be back. It is a little taste of home food that I
miss. We then spent the afternoon
hanging out at the Marriott beach to work on our tans and study a little. We
then headed to another beach to meet up with some other Ross students. This beach was AMAZING and very private. Most beaches have restaurants and bars right
by so there is a lot of people around. This
beach had its own cove and very quiet and peaceful. It was all sand so you didn’t have to wear
shoes or worry about stepping on sea urchins. You have to bring all your food, coolers, etc
but I definitely want to go back. We
stayed there until sunset and then headed back to the dorms. Where we all passed out!!
Today, Monday, will be spend studying all day. We have a palpation test tomorrow and then
another anatomy test Friday. I made a
lot of silly mistakes by overthinking questions on the first exam causing me to
get a B+ so I am aiming for an A this time.
As I said before, I was on dog walking duty last week. This consists of being assigned to one to two
dogs that you walk twice a day for 30 minutes.
The dogs are kept for a maximum of 2 years and used for a variety of
classes here on campus. I was assigned
to Eddie and Sheba who were both VERY good girls. I was VERY surprised on how well behave the
dogs are (better than LOTS I know). The
only downfall of walking duty was trying to plan your day around walking. In the morning you had to walk them between
6:00 am and 7:30 am. We start class at 8
so I wanted to be done walking so I had time to go back and shower (you get
VERY sweaty walking around here). Then at
night you had to walk between 4:30 and 6:00 pm, which meant I had to be done
walking so I had time to shower and go out to dinner. I didn’t sleep well the entire week cause I
felt I was going to over sleep and not get my dogs walked. But I did my week duty and happy I am
done. I might still have to go over to
the kennels some nights and give my 2 girls some extra love!!
Well, I need to get back to studying (even though it is SOO
beautiful outside). Happy Monday!!
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