Off and running

Semester Olympics- representing Pink :)

3^rd semester classes-

Pathology 1, Pharmacology 1, Bacteriology, and Virology

How are we already halfway done with week 2??  This semester has started and doesn’t look like it is slowing down anytime soon either.  Everyone knows second semester as HELL but some upper semesters say 3^rd semester is better than 2^nd and others say 3^rd is worse than 2^nd…so far I think it is worse (but I also didn’t mind 2^nd that much).  I think 3^rd semester is the semester of accents.  Most of our professors are not originally from the United States and have very strong accents.  Trying to decipher what they are saying can sometimes be difficult.  We don’t have our first exam until week 5 so right now we are just learning lots of information and trying to decide what is important and what is not.  I need to manage my time better this semester too as I am tutoring Physio and trying to keep up in my own studies. I am not a morning person and since our classes don’t start until 1:00 on some days it is VERY easy to sleep in and get nothing done but I know I will regret this later.  Also need to spend less time on facebook (but I think I say this every semester).

 

I had an amazing break island hoping. Antigua was more of an older English crowd but the beaches were beautiful there and the shopping was even better.  There is nowhere (let me repeat NO WHERE) to do any clothes shopping on Saint Kitts so being deprived of shopping from a girl that lived 5 minutes away from 3 different malls is hard.  Let’s just say I sure helped out Antigua’s economy. 

One of Antigua's 365 beaches...

Just some of the shopping...thank goodness my dad doesn't see this blog that often

 

I am already trying to plan a trip back to Saint Martin.  This island was so fascinating since it was half Dutch and half French.  It had 2 different languages, currencies and even electricity. We ate at some AMAZING restaurants and shoved my face with tons of French pastries.  I can still taste the fresh homemade raspberry crepes!! I even visited my first nude beach…for those that are wondering if I participated in the nudeness…nope I chickened out.  I even visited Mullet bay which is beach you see on all the youtube videos of planes landing inches above your head and being pelted with sand when the 747 take off.  This is a MUST see!!  Saint Martin is a lot more developed than Saint Kitts.  It has an Istore (which is like an apple store), a MAC store (I am not joking you), and even a forever 21 (ok maybe it is not exactly like the one from home)

 

 

 

 

I can’t thank my mom enough for coming with me on this amazing adventure. I can’t wait to start planning the next trip.

 

The only other exciting news is Kitts goes in for her preoperative physical exam and blood work today for her spay.  Part of the 7^th semesters curriculum is to spay an animal so they are always in need of animals.  It is a win-win situation….I get a FREE spay on Kitts and a future vet gets to practice her skills.  A licensed veterinarian is near by the entire time to make sure nothing goes wrong but I know she is in good hands.

"Kitts"
 

Will have to write about Mr. Ross (Shout out to Anthony for doing such an AMAZING job) and Semester Olympics on another blog!!