Midsemester Break

Part of our Ferry Group

Well, I am officially half way done with my second semester of vet school and it has NOT been easy.  I know now why all the upper semesters laugh when “firstees” complain about their semester!! Last week we had our 2^nd physio exam (With Reich) and a palpation quiz in anatomy.  I was lucky and both went fairly well!! I got an A on my physio test without the curve (believe me an A on a Reich exam is something to celebrate). Dr. Reich doesn’t curve until the end of the semester but he makes the class average an 80 so for our 2^nd exam the average was a 75 so he will add 5 points onto the overall grade from this test.  The palpation exam in anatomy also went well and as long as I didn’t do any SUPER dumb mistakes I should end up with an A on that quiz.  Physio  and Anatomy were the two class I was most worried about in 2^nd semester and are turning out to be my best classes (I shall not express my dislike towards my other two).

But the palpation quiz ended our 7^th week here so we are officially on midsemester break (which only means we get Monday off but it is a MUCH needed break).  Friday we played on our beach volleyball team and WON!! I think this brings our record to 3-2 but we are all playing for fun.  After volleyball we got ready to go to a house party.  I forgot how much I love a good house party with friends to drink and hang around with.  We left around 12:30 because we had to get up somewhat early the next day because we were FINALLY going to our sister island Nevis!!

We took the fairy over to Nevis at noon (even though we arrived at 10:30 because we thought it left every ½ hour…oh island life). While we waited for the ferry though, I was able to run into our ONLY fast food restaurant KFC and have a chicken sandwich and a fountain coke…I don’t think fast food has ever tasted SOOOOO good. I will have to try NOT to go there every day now!! Ok back to Nevis…

KFC had NEVER tasted so good!!

 

The Ferry ride was pretty fun, it was a 2 story boat so sat on top so we could see the island as we drove along. The ferry cost $26 ec (about $10 us) and takes about an hour to get to Nevis.  Once there we met up with an amazing tour guide Teach and he took us to Sunshines for the world famous Killer Bees and lunch.  Sunshine is a world famous restaurant among the Caribbean islands because of their drink the Killer Bee.  Let’s just say I don’t want to see anyone who has drank more than 1 of those because I could sure feel it.  After lunch we went on a tour of the island where we learned about its history compared to Saint Kitts and all of its uniqueness.   We also toured 3 of their beautiful hotels on the island.  The 4 season hotel was BEAUTIFUL and we have decided we are going to have to splurge one semester and take a trip over there and spend the night (anyone want to donate to our $500 per night hotel fee).  The 2 other private resorts were built among the old sugar cane mills and were absolutely beautiful.  The “honeymoon suite” at one place is literally an old sugar can mill part!!  We visited the natural hot springs on the island which was very interesting.  Lets just say they have a part for males and a part for females and clothing is optional. The roads seemed a lot better on Nevis, a lot cleaner, and the locals were VERY friendly!! We are already trying to find more weekends to go back over there, especially to go horseback riding on the beaches!!!   We headed back to Saint Kitts on the 5 o’clock Ferry and going to have a restful peaceful evening.  Days like this really make me wonder if this is real life!!!

The Killer Bee

Four Season Resort's Pool....anyone want to chip in for a room for me?

The Killer Bee Toast
 

Tomorrow I am going on a catamaran trip with a lot of my classmates.  We leave at 9:30am and get back at 4:30.  It is a day at sea full of swimming, snorkeling, tanning, drinking and eating.  I am really excited to go!! Monday I will hit the books again for the next 7 week stretch but for now I am going to celebrate my good grades and good times with friends!! I just hope I don’t get too sunburnt!!

Best Friends a girl could ask for on this island!!!