is it wrong that we named our dissection dog in general, or that we named him Boomhauer. he is a pit cross, or looks like one at any rate. he is black and tri-colored with some flea-ticking. and he is ours for two semesters.

i love the smell of phenol in the morning.

semester olympics start today. gonna do my best to get to them, but i really need to make sure i get my classwork done first.

also trying to get a shuttle service started for first semester people without a car to be able to get to the shops on the weekends. i will need to talk with the housing office and the shuttle drivers to work something out.

but now it's time to finish getting ready for anatomy, i have large animal palpation this morning.

first day of classes

youch... yeah im not too sure how often i will be able to post here given the sheer work load i am looking at. i can tell right away that my problem course will most likely be physiology1, and that's mainly due to the teaching technique being so different from what i am used to. but if i buckle down i should be able to come to grips with it pretty quickly.

we had the white coat ceremony today as well. so now i feel like a more official vet med student than before, even with my gladstone bag and stethescope.

but now to homework and relaxing before bed. i MAY even try to power up WoW for an hour or so.

today is a free day. i can do all my prep work for the first day of classes tomorrow. i also have to fill out the paperwork for the sale of my house. hopefully the bank accepts the short sale and i dont have to keep going through the realty palaver.

went food shopping this morning to make sure i had everything ready for tomorrow. i will need to make up some sammies to bring with me to class.

the rest of today i think will be mostly cleaning and reading. maybe i'll pop in a movie or two. take it easy and rest up. i kind of almost pity the kids who went out drinking last night. tomorrow is gonna hit them hard i think.

today was schedule-less day. our group went to the beach behind the Marriott hotel. very nice place. i sat under a canopy since my burn is still a bit fresh. listened to some audio books and zoned out. we just got back now.

tonight we are going out to eat at a place called PJ's, a more formal restaurant. then we have a bonfire on the beach where most of the students attend as the unofficial start of the semester. tomorrow i shall rest.

last day of orientation. we had a lecture on cirriculum in the morning then off to the catamaran trip! we sailed out to a cove on st. nevis island and snorkelled for an hour. i saw a "dory" fish and snorted sea water up the snorkle. i also got stung by a baby jellyfish. it was weird, it stung a bit and left small welts but they didnt linger. we then went to a beach for a bit. the actual beach was kinda rocky but there was some pretty good beachcombing to be had.

and i got sunburned. and its pretty obvious that its because i missed some spots with the sunscreen. its not bad, i put alo on it and it feels fine now.

tonight we are going to see wolverine and then im gonna come back here to do laundry before bed.

not sure what we have planned for tomorrow if anything. i do have paperwork to fill out for the house so i may do that. gotta flee now!

yesterday was a long day. pretty much non-stop from 8am to damn near midnight. lectures all morning, lunch, then into town to set up our bank accounts. i finally got to pick up my packages from the post office. they arrived on monday so that was a total of 12 days from drop off to arrival.

toured the rest of the island with our driver. he's a hoot! then we went out to dinner and then to karaoke.

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i said it was a long day, not a difficult one. thatll be monday. i'll try to post again tonight after the catamaran trip.