Tomorrow at 8am I will take my Equine final and then pass out. It will be wonderful. HB is over as well! It has taught me teamwork, boldness, faith, compassion, understanding, patience, and perspective. Myriad times there were, that I did not believe things would be ok. My Teacher, Amy White, would give me a hug and say, "Everything's gonna be alright, dude!" and lo and behold it would. Out of the shadows a willing foster would appear and take dogs home. It was amazing how helpful everyone has been. I have never seen so much selfless compassion in my life as I have this last semester. I am blessed to be a part of that.
I am still encouraged to quit by various folks, which is something I have come to silently resent in my passive-aggressive way. In my spare time I then comprise reels of spirited debate inside my mind by which I expound upon the good Homeward Bound does for me and for the world and annihilate my opponent with my deft reasoning and eloquence. It's all very gratifying, I assure you, dear reader.
I bought twelve Five Hour energy shots from the Dollar Tree. They are amazing things. The only thing better would be amphetamines, which I hope I will be able to acquire one day.
Of course, with the HB and the school and the procrastination I do, important things have fallen to the wayside. Things like RUF and running. Maybe one day (the day I acquire those amphetamines) I will be able to do those things too!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Oct 22
I'm still trying to whip my life into some sort of sense so I can start doing more things. No, that doesn't make sense, does it?
Right now I do homeward bound, school, job, dog care, and church. I'm adding in running with the boardtown runners on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and every other Saturday, CVF on Fridays at lunch. Maybe soon RUF will rejoin my repertoire :)
Life has been busy, but I suppose I chose it that way. On Saturday I ran 15 miles with the Boardtowners, did a physical exam on our surgery dog, Easton, helped with Homeward Bounds medical day, and went to a play. On Sunday I went to church and completely overhauled my room. On Monday, I finished cleaning my room and my car and bought a new phone (which I love!). Tuesday I was the surgeon in surgery lab and did my first neuter (whoot!), ran a few fecals, washed surgery instruments and linens, ran with my foster dog, took my cat and my other foster dog to the vet, and pretended to study. Today I got up at 4am and did a tempo with the boardtown runners, went to class all morning, slept through lunch and my 1pm class in the library, arranged the call schedule, paid bills, deposited checks, did Path club stuff, and then came home to study for the therio test tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a full day, plus RUF, and Friday is another test. Saturday is the homeward bound drop off day, prayer walk, and I'm going home for Dad's birthday.
With all of this, it's a wonder that I'm making Bs. I get so mad at myself for doing sub-par, but life is crazy.
I'm so ready for November 17th
Right now I do homeward bound, school, job, dog care, and church. I'm adding in running with the boardtown runners on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and every other Saturday, CVF on Fridays at lunch. Maybe soon RUF will rejoin my repertoire :)
Life has been busy, but I suppose I chose it that way. On Saturday I ran 15 miles with the Boardtowners, did a physical exam on our surgery dog, Easton, helped with Homeward Bounds medical day, and went to a play. On Sunday I went to church and completely overhauled my room. On Monday, I finished cleaning my room and my car and bought a new phone (which I love!). Tuesday I was the surgeon in surgery lab and did my first neuter (whoot!), ran a few fecals, washed surgery instruments and linens, ran with my foster dog, took my cat and my other foster dog to the vet, and pretended to study. Today I got up at 4am and did a tempo with the boardtown runners, went to class all morning, slept through lunch and my 1pm class in the library, arranged the call schedule, paid bills, deposited checks, did Path club stuff, and then came home to study for the therio test tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a full day, plus RUF, and Friday is another test. Saturday is the homeward bound drop off day, prayer walk, and I'm going home for Dad's birthday.
With all of this, it's a wonder that I'm making Bs. I get so mad at myself for doing sub-par, but life is crazy.
I'm so ready for November 17th
Monday, October 13, 2008
August-October
I dropped off the face of the earth there for a bit, but hopefully I have returned to stay! I let go of RUF, CVF, cleaning house, washing clothes, washing dishes, putting sheets on my bed, and cooking food (you'd be surprised how satiating a jar of peanut butter is).
I've learned that I can do little studying for my tests and make Bs and I've learned that things will usually work out so there's no use stressing about it.
I was in the school paper, FRONT PAGE, last Friday. My pups and I, we were cute. I am now the poster child for Homeward Bound. Yeah, front page totally busts the back of the paper snippets about track I garnered years ago.
I've learned that I can do little studying for my tests and make Bs and I've learned that things will usually work out so there's no use stressing about it.
I was in the school paper, FRONT PAGE, last Friday. My pups and I, we were cute. I am now the poster child for Homeward Bound. Yeah, front page totally busts the back of the paper snippets about track I garnered years ago.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
August 4th- August 10th
Monday
Ran for 19 minutes
Took dogs to dog park
Fussed at the dogs
Nothing came in at work today :(
puppies!
dog park
studying
Tuesday
The dogs. I don't know this morning. I really don't.
Ran for 40 min
Tripps has kennel cough
4 hour TPLOs
4 months!
Last day of work!
Wednesday
Slept in till 12
Ate at Schaherazad's
cleaned house
dog stuff
Thursday
Ran with Annie and was caught up on her life
Met my lil' sibs Alana Owen and Sara Catala Landry. Alana is from MS and Sara is from Puerto Rico. They are both very friendly and fantastic and fabulous individuals that I already am attached to. The big sibs of the class of 2011 spent the day getting to know the class of 2012 by eating lunch with them and playing silly ice breaker games before the coating ceremony. 2012's coat color is navy, not the best functionally but very nice aesthetically.
I came down with a case of laryngitis half way through the day.
Regina has the kennel cough.
I was called in for a conjunctival flap on the same dog we had done last Saturday, except this time we were fixing the right eye. This dog is a mean, bitey shit-zu that has dermatitis, alopecia, eye gunk, ear gunk, and multi-drug resistant kennel cough. We had to do the surgery in the isolation room and we had a heck of a time rolling the Big Bertha microscope back there! But it all went well, for which I am thankful.
Friday
Went home for a doctor's appointment. I won't have to go back for another 6 months, Yay!!
Took Jeremy to meet Kim.
Hit up University Mall
Red high heels
Friday Nite Cookout at the Lewis's!
Nerts
Kristen's back
Frantic cleaning up
Saturday
Angry 2am text messages
Calling around for kennels
Ran with Annie again. Learned that she will be going home in 20 days...which makes me very sad :( :(
Skipped prayer walk to run with Annie, was going to go to City Bagel to join the group for breakfast but Amy White (one of the founders of Homeward Bound) called me and said, "Hey, Joy, would you like to learn how to put in a catheter?" So I learned how to put in a catheter. It was in parvo dog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_parvovirus) named Jasmine who was being kept in a vet's house in Columbus. Both her cephalic veins were blown so I had to do it in the left saphenous, which is difficult to do but I made it on the first try! The only other catheter I've ever put in was in the jugular of a horse. Afterwards, Amy and I met Kylee at City Bagel for brunch. Kylee knows everything about anything that's going on with the vet school. I learned a great deal about the politics and problems that are facing our class. It was quite intriguing as I had no idea any of this was lurking beneath the surface.
Went to Jer's apartment and helped clean his room. Then I fell asleep for about four hours.
Watched Metalocalypse
Sunday
Regina to the retching stage of kennel cough
Church
Worship night!
Ran for 19 minutes
Took dogs to dog park
Fussed at the dogs
Nothing came in at work today :(
puppies!
dog park
studying
Tuesday
The dogs. I don't know this morning. I really don't.
Ran for 40 min
Tripps has kennel cough
4 hour TPLOs
4 months!
Last day of work!
Wednesday
Slept in till 12
Ate at Schaherazad's
cleaned house
dog stuff
Thursday
Ran with Annie and was caught up on her life
Met my lil' sibs Alana Owen and Sara Catala Landry. Alana is from MS and Sara is from Puerto Rico. They are both very friendly and fantastic and fabulous individuals that I already am attached to. The big sibs of the class of 2011 spent the day getting to know the class of 2012 by eating lunch with them and playing silly ice breaker games before the coating ceremony. 2012's coat color is navy, not the best functionally but very nice aesthetically.
I came down with a case of laryngitis half way through the day.
Regina has the kennel cough.
I was called in for a conjunctival flap on the same dog we had done last Saturday, except this time we were fixing the right eye. This dog is a mean, bitey shit-zu that has dermatitis, alopecia, eye gunk, ear gunk, and multi-drug resistant kennel cough. We had to do the surgery in the isolation room and we had a heck of a time rolling the Big Bertha microscope back there! But it all went well, for which I am thankful.
Friday
Went home for a doctor's appointment. I won't have to go back for another 6 months, Yay!!
Took Jeremy to meet Kim.
Hit up University Mall
Red high heels
Friday Nite Cookout at the Lewis's!
Nerts
Kristen's back
Frantic cleaning up
Saturday
Angry 2am text messages
Calling around for kennels
Ran with Annie again. Learned that she will be going home in 20 days...which makes me very sad :( :(
Skipped prayer walk to run with Annie, was going to go to City Bagel to join the group for breakfast but Amy White (one of the founders of Homeward Bound) called me and said, "Hey, Joy, would you like to learn how to put in a catheter?" So I learned how to put in a catheter. It was in parvo dog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_parvovirus) named Jasmine who was being kept in a vet's house in Columbus. Both her cephalic veins were blown so I had to do it in the left saphenous, which is difficult to do but I made it on the first try! The only other catheter I've ever put in was in the jugular of a horse. Afterwards, Amy and I met Kylee at City Bagel for brunch. Kylee knows everything about anything that's going on with the vet school. I learned a great deal about the politics and problems that are facing our class. It was quite intriguing as I had no idea any of this was lurking beneath the surface.
Went to Jer's apartment and helped clean his room. Then I fell asleep for about four hours.
Watched Metalocalypse
Sunday
Regina to the retching stage of kennel cough
Church
Worship night!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Events of the Last Three Months
After school ended I let my life unravel as it willed and it willed to not blog. But now I will it back into a comprehensible pattern.
Events of the last three months:
I've bought some cool things, like a leather chair from Hudsons (aka Dirt Cheap but it sounds classier to say Hudsons) and some surgeon's caps that are rather pretty.
Had a horse colic on my first week on call. The horse, Blue Chip, had a two-foot section of strangulated small intestine. After a five hour surgery, Dr. Linford had successfully anastomosed and resected his intestines. I've really gotten to know my co-workers here in surgery and I like them both immensely. I've seen many a surgery, which I'm hoping will pay off in the coming semesters. I can't put any pictures of them on my blog, though. Sorry. But here's a picture of me to console you!
Busted my knee on the railroad tracks. Had to get stitches too. Fell on the tracks again last Monday, the 21st. I'm not running there again.
This is from the Tullos-Meints wedding in mid-May. From left to right we have Jeremy's dad Will, Josie Lewis, Evan Lundy, Me (duh), Jeremy, and James Lewis.
Had two foster dogs come to live with me, Mooney and Oscar. Didn't care for Mooney, but Oscar (a gorgeous male yellow lab) was fantastic. I lost him a total of three times but the humane society and my neighbors brought him back.
Christy and her family (namely, the twins Mary Frances and Donny Jr. came to visit Mom and Dad)
This one guy keeps showing up at my apartment...
...but he cooks a mean Hamburger Helper so I don't mind.
Events of the last three months:
I've bought some cool things, like a leather chair from Hudsons (aka Dirt Cheap but it sounds classier to say Hudsons) and some surgeon's caps that are rather pretty.
Had a horse colic on my first week on call. The horse, Blue Chip, had a two-foot section of strangulated small intestine. After a five hour surgery, Dr. Linford had successfully anastomosed and resected his intestines. I've really gotten to know my co-workers here in surgery and I like them both immensely. I've seen many a surgery, which I'm hoping will pay off in the coming semesters. I can't put any pictures of them on my blog, though. Sorry. But here's a picture of me to console you!
Busted my knee on the railroad tracks. Had to get stitches too. Fell on the tracks again last Monday, the 21st. I'm not running there again.
This is from the Tullos-Meints wedding in mid-May. From left to right we have Jeremy's dad Will, Josie Lewis, Evan Lundy, Me (duh), Jeremy, and James Lewis.
Had two foster dogs come to live with me, Mooney and Oscar. Didn't care for Mooney, but Oscar (a gorgeous male yellow lab) was fantastic. I lost him a total of three times but the humane society and my neighbors brought him back.
Christy and her family (namely, the twins Mary Frances and Donny Jr. came to visit Mom and Dad)
This one guy keeps showing up at my apartment...
...but he cooks a mean Hamburger Helper so I don't mind.
Monday, June 9, 2008
July 27th - August 4th
Sunday
Almost stepped on a snake while running (a garter snake)
Church
Lunch with Jeremy's posse at Mugshots
Awkwardly dressed women on Sportscenter, of all places
The most incredible dumpster diving experience EVER! I fished out a pair of Seven jeans (~$200 retail!), pants from Hollister, Nike Shox (~$100), towels to use for dogs, and a entire trash bag full of Frontline, Heartgard, and other pet meds! This girl and I wore the same sizes as well, in shoes and clothes! While I was practically falling into the dumpster looking for things, Jeremy kept watch and told me when a car was coming so that maybe I could pretend not to be dumpster diving and save my dignity. A big storm rolled through just after I gave up on finding any other goodies.
Finished cleaning my room
Monday
Ran for 51 min in my new Nike Shox shoes. It was pretty sweet
Played You Don't Know Jack before work
Hit-by-car pelvic fracture
Spay
Homeward Bound meeting
Helped Jeremy move a bit
Tuesday
Ran for 62 minutes. But in regular shoes
Busy day at work! Bilateral tibial tuberosity transpostion, Femoral head osteotomy, OHE, and right rear limb amputation. Plus a horse with it's left eyeball melting off.
Did some more dumpster diving and dug up some dog blankets
Homeward bound foster swap! It rained, as always, and there was a problem with one of the dogs. My two dogs, Sugar and Trippz are fabulous! I love them already. Wonderfully house trained, sweet, and beautiful. Trippz has had a hard life; he has bilateral neck wounds, has dirt ground into his skin, and is too thin. After a bath and some affection he seemed better. The other dog, Sugar, is aptly named. Sweet, obedient, submissive, and calm. These fosters will work out well.
Trippz
Did yet more dumpster scavenging and found a perfectly function TV! I now have two TVs.
Wednesday
Whatever illness Jeremy has is seeping into me as well. My throat is sore and my tonsils are slightly swollen.
My gate is officially broken. I put the dogs outside for 1.5 hours this morning and when I checked on them they gate was open! They were just outside the gate and came running back in, thankfully. I tied the gate tightly shut with a leash.
Cunean tendon resection, Splint bone removal, mucocele excision, OHE, and laparoscopic liver biopsy.
Despite the gate being tied with a leash, Sugar wiggles through an opening too small for her head, let alone her body, and escapes. I lose yet another dog because of faulty patio gates and a lack of crates.
In yet another twist, Kylee found Sugar by the bank and brought her to the vet school. Kylee happens by me in the hallway and starts talking about this yellow lab stray she found. Very quickly, we figure things out.
Regina
The rest of the day is spent helping Jeremy move.
Thursday
Too much empathy
barking contests
It's intriguing how the vet school clinics are like the high school social scene. Here in surgery, we are one of the cool kids. We're interesting, athletic, ambitious, and used to getting our way. Call us the class president. Primary care is another cool kid, likable, easy-going. Maybe the class clown who is sometimes (often) late. Equine is the school bully and farm animal is the gentle speaking country boy. Lab services is the weird kid who likes poking gross things with sticks. Anesthesia is the class nerd. Radiology is a lazier nerd. We all like to pick at each other, although anesthesia takes the brunt of it.
Wal-Mart
Visiting the dog park for the first time
Sweet Kylee brings me a dog crate
Friday
Dog park
TPLO
left early
the sickness
Saturday
Slept through my alarm, missing prayer walk
Dogs, dogs, dogs
Called in for an emergency conjunctival flap
Cosmo
Sunday
Dog park
Church
Mexico Tipico
Dogs
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
June 2 (Monday) - June 9
Monday
Stiflingly boring day at work
Played with Yoda, the Brahman bull
Cleaned house and got stuff done
Tuesday
Messing with Dr. Gavin Olsen during surgery
Finished "Closer than Your Skin"
My knee is still reluctantly holding together
I really want to run
First RUF cookout of the summer! It was good to see my people again
Wednesday
Guttural Pouch Tympany surgery! Equine surgery = scariness
Sitting down and actually studying together
Finished "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Started reading "The Shack"
Lane called in for her first emergency
Thursday
Lane is called in for three after hours emergencies
Friday
Boring day at work
Food Friday!
Feel kinda sick
Drove home
BSG with the parents + Jer
Saturday
Lake day with Julieann
Target and mall
Still feel sick
Sunday
Have a 101 fever
Church
McAlisters
The "impossible test"
Friday night grill out on Sunday
Stiflingly boring day at work
Played with Yoda, the Brahman bull
Cleaned house and got stuff done
Tuesday
Messing with Dr. Gavin Olsen during surgery
Finished "Closer than Your Skin"
My knee is still reluctantly holding together
I really want to run
First RUF cookout of the summer! It was good to see my people again
Wednesday
Guttural Pouch Tympany surgery! Equine surgery = scariness
Sitting down and actually studying together
Finished "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Started reading "The Shack"
Lane called in for her first emergency
Thursday
Lane is called in for three after hours emergencies
Friday
Boring day at work
Food Friday!
Feel kinda sick
Drove home
BSG with the parents + Jer
Saturday
Lake day with Julieann
Target and mall
Still feel sick
Sunday
Have a 101 fever
Church
McAlisters
The "impossible test"
Friday night grill out on Sunday
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
May 28 (Tuesday) - June 1
Tuesday
New anesthesia rotation, making it a boring morning
Two backs, one femoral fracture repair
Trying to watch The Lakehouse without cynicism
Burgers at Tee's house, talking about cars, and American Gladiators
Wednesday
Hurried morning
boring day at work
http://catladies.tumblr.com/
http://fabulously40.com/article/2293/Cannibalism-Is-Healthy/
http://www.ommatidia.org
Running with Jeremy
Made dinner and watched the Lake house with J & J
Tore my knee back open- a hasty search for super-glue
Thursday
LOST!
Phone calls with Kristen and Zita
Fire call!
Friday
The busiest day of work yet- 6 surgeries, 3 people working
BSG!
Saturday
Morning prayer walk
Breakfast at City Bagel with the Associates
Saw Sarah at CB
Saw Nicole at Wal-Mart
Cleaned Jeremy's apartment- it was VERY disgusting
Played Aperture- not sure if I liked it or if I was too tired to care
Another fire call?
Me passing out cold (as in falling asleep, not actually passing out) at 10pm
My first experience using clippers on a boy's head
Sunday
Breakfast waffles
Lunch with the Lewis's
Spilled coffee all over myself, typical
Steel Magnolias
New anesthesia rotation, making it a boring morning
Two backs, one femoral fracture repair
Trying to watch The Lakehouse without cynicism
Burgers at Tee's house, talking about cars, and American Gladiators
Wednesday
Hurried morning
boring day at work
http://catladies.tumblr.com/
http://fabulously40.com/article/2293/Cannibalism-Is-Healthy/
http://www.ommatidia.org
Running with Jeremy
Made dinner and watched the Lake house with J & J
Tore my knee back open- a hasty search for super-glue
Thursday
LOST!
Phone calls with Kristen and Zita
Fire call!
Friday
The busiest day of work yet- 6 surgeries, 3 people working
BSG!
Saturday
Morning prayer walk
Breakfast at City Bagel with the Associates
Saw Sarah at CB
Saw Nicole at Wal-Mart
Cleaned Jeremy's apartment- it was VERY disgusting
Played Aperture- not sure if I liked it or if I was too tired to care
Another fire call?
Me passing out cold (as in falling asleep, not actually passing out) at 10pm
My first experience using clippers on a boy's head
Sunday
Breakfast waffles
Lunch with the Lewis's
Spilled coffee all over myself, typical
Steel Magnolias
Monday, May 19, 2008
May 19-May 27 (Memorial Day)
Monday
No surgeries? What? We can LEAVE AT NOON?!
Oh, that was a joke. Good joke.
Tuesday
Went running at 6am. Fell and busted my knee. Walked two miles home. Took pictures of knee while waiting for health center to open. Went to health center with blood all over my leg to get medical attention faster.
First colic!
Very long day at work
Not being able to bend my knee leads to many interesting ballet-like moves throughout the day, as well as walking like a pirate.
BSG!
Grocery shopping
Insults in various languages
Wednesday
Can move and walk around almost normally
Picked up Dandy Doodlez vase; it's quite lovely
Got to hug on a horse for two hours while the doctors were removing a sarcoid from it
Very laid-back, joking day at work
Cleaned house
Dinner double-date with Chris and Anna
paraffin wax
Hit my knee on the banister
Thursday
Hemilaminectomy, Foreign body removal in a horse, external fixation of tibia
Foreign body removal took until 7:30 pm, but I left at 5:30, thankfully
Grocery shopping
Friday
almost nothing happened in surgery
hung out in ICU with the (awake) dogs!
Hung out in the surgery ward
Saturday
Breakfast conversation at City Bagel about parents, personality types, and magazines
Awkward moments
Lady in the Water
Hanging out
Sunday
Church
sudden change of plans sends Jeremy and I to Tuscaloosa for the afternoon
Meeting Aunt Fran, Uncle Dwight, and Cousin Abby
Target! Mall!
Making dinner with Mom and butterscotch bread pudding
No Country for Old Men, imagining the scary guy in my house
Dad's tournament comeback!
Monday
Lake, sea-doo
Battlement Drive NE
Exploring
Back to Target
Driving back to Starkville
Memorial Day with Jeremy's Family + ChrisAnna + EricLaura + AndrewDelores
Being very tired
The long way home
No surgeries? What? We can LEAVE AT NOON?!
Oh, that was a joke. Good joke.
Tuesday
Went running at 6am. Fell and busted my knee. Walked two miles home. Took pictures of knee while waiting for health center to open. Went to health center with blood all over my leg to get medical attention faster.
First colic!
Very long day at work
Not being able to bend my knee leads to many interesting ballet-like moves throughout the day, as well as walking like a pirate.
BSG!
Grocery shopping
Insults in various languages
Wednesday
Can move and walk around almost normally
Picked up Dandy Doodlez vase; it's quite lovely
Got to hug on a horse for two hours while the doctors were removing a sarcoid from it
Very laid-back, joking day at work
Cleaned house
Dinner double-date with Chris and Anna
paraffin wax
Hit my knee on the banister
Thursday
Hemilaminectomy, Foreign body removal in a horse, external fixation of tibia
Foreign body removal took until 7:30 pm, but I left at 5:30, thankfully
Grocery shopping
Friday
almost nothing happened in surgery
hung out in ICU with the (awake) dogs!
Hung out in the surgery ward
Saturday
Breakfast conversation at City Bagel about parents, personality types, and magazines
Awkward moments
Lady in the Water
Hanging out
Sunday
Church
sudden change of plans sends Jeremy and I to Tuscaloosa for the afternoon
Meeting Aunt Fran, Uncle Dwight, and Cousin Abby
Target! Mall!
Making dinner with Mom and butterscotch bread pudding
No Country for Old Men, imagining the scary guy in my house
Dad's tournament comeback!
Monday
Lake, sea-doo
Battlement Drive NE
Exploring
Back to Target
Driving back to Starkville
Memorial Day with Jeremy's Family + ChrisAnna + EricLaura + AndrewDelores
Being very tired
The long way home
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
May 12-May 18
Monday
Boring day at work- lung lobectomy and a medial glenohumeral ligament repair
Watched work videos made in 1985 about asepsis and proper care and handling of instruments
Made pretty pictures on the holidays on the calender
looked at all of Mandy's engagement photos
Made snowflakes out of paper towels
FINALLY cleaned my room!
Dinner with Annie at the Grill! I miss her so
Good phone talks
Tuesday
Shandon beats me to the making of coffee
Slightly boring day at work
Wednesday
TPLO, Mammary mass removal, lipoma removal, neuter, amputation, nephrectomy/cystotomy
Thursday
Friday
TPLO, Tibial arthrodesis, Exploratory Laparotomy
Hanging out in the surgery ward
Dandly Doodlez with Kristin and Kylee
Leaving my lights on and running the car battery down
Saturday
Rode down to Jackson with Jeremy's family + Evan
Keeping Evan and Josie from picking at each other the whole ride down
"Your mom" jokes
Jeremy's family loves Target too
Awkward pictures on my camera
Kimberley and Josiah's wedding was so sweet and beautiful!
Cutting Evan a buttonhole
Having a giggle fit at the reception
Black and white pictures
Tuxedos
Exploring the church and subsequently becoming looked out
Meeting the most extraverted INTJ ever
Sunset
sleeping on the ride home (thanks for the ride, Eric!)
Sunday
Sleep day
Mom and Dad bring my Argenium back to me
Oby's
Too much Myers-Briggs talk
Boring day at work- lung lobectomy and a medial glenohumeral ligament repair
Watched work videos made in 1985 about asepsis and proper care and handling of instruments
Made pretty pictures on the holidays on the calender
looked at all of Mandy's engagement photos
Made snowflakes out of paper towels
FINALLY cleaned my room!
Dinner with Annie at the Grill! I miss her so
Good phone talks
Tuesday
Shandon beats me to the making of coffee
Slightly boring day at work
Wednesday
TPLO, Mammary mass removal, lipoma removal, neuter, amputation, nephrectomy/cystotomy
Thursday
Friday
TPLO, Tibial arthrodesis, Exploratory Laparotomy
Hanging out in the surgery ward
Dandly Doodlez with Kristin and Kylee
Leaving my lights on and running the car battery down
Saturday
Rode down to Jackson with Jeremy's family + Evan
Keeping Evan and Josie from picking at each other the whole ride down
"Your mom" jokes
Jeremy's family loves Target too
Awkward pictures on my camera
Kimberley and Josiah's wedding was so sweet and beautiful!
Cutting Evan a buttonhole
Having a giggle fit at the reception
Black and white pictures
Tuxedos
Exploring the church and subsequently becoming looked out
Meeting the most extraverted INTJ ever
Sunset
sleeping on the ride home (thanks for the ride, Eric!)
Sunday
Sleep day
Mom and Dad bring my Argenium back to me
Oby's
Too much Myers-Briggs talk
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
May 5- May 11
Monday
Was late to my first day of work- eek
Watched an extra capsular cranial cruciate ligament repair and a prostatic cyst/cryptorchid surgery
Learned where stuff was
Learned a lot about aseptic technique
So behind on sleep that I kept on almost falling asleep during surgeries
pushing people around
Tuesday
radial/ulnar osteotomy and a mass removal
Codeine nap
Wednesday
Brachycephalic syndrome/stenotic nares/laryngeal something, Tibial Tuberosity Transposition/Medial Patellar Luxation, Cystotomy/Umbilical hernia repair, and an elbow luxation/laceration repair with multi-drug resistant pseudomonas
The cystotomy had these HUGE bladder stones! I'm talking 2 inch pebbles with lots of little tiny ones in there as well. It was very cool
Eric's birthday party
boundaries
Thursday
3 neuters, one Equine arthroscopy and one dog arthroscopy, calcaneal tendon repair, Equine conjuctival flap surgery
First life class
Gubernaculum and Cryptorchid
Friday
Equine arthroscopy/OCD, two hemilaminectomy's
WOW my shoes smell bad
1/2 day of work
Doctor's appt
Going home!
Target!
Officially myers-brigged by Dad
Saturday
Ran for the first time this week
Donna got her fairy tale wedding
Mrs. Mcglothilin's 10 points
Sushi flair
Sunday
Met with Kim at the horse show
Mom's Mother's Day talk at church was amusing, endearing, informational, and emotional
Cleaned the car so the parents wouldn't be subjected to my grit
Looking at old pictures
Switched cars with Dad
Garlic
The elephant in the room
Was late to my first day of work- eek
Watched an extra capsular cranial cruciate ligament repair and a prostatic cyst/cryptorchid surgery
Learned where stuff was
Learned a lot about aseptic technique
So behind on sleep that I kept on almost falling asleep during surgeries
pushing people around
Tuesday
radial/ulnar osteotomy and a mass removal
Codeine nap
Wednesday
Brachycephalic syndrome/stenotic nares/laryngeal something, Tibial Tuberosity Transposition/Medial Patellar Luxation, Cystotomy/Umbilical hernia repair, and an elbow luxation/laceration repair with multi-drug resistant pseudomonas
The cystotomy had these HUGE bladder stones! I'm talking 2 inch pebbles with lots of little tiny ones in there as well. It was very cool
Eric's birthday party
boundaries
Thursday
3 neuters, one Equine arthroscopy and one dog arthroscopy, calcaneal tendon repair, Equine conjuctival flap surgery
First life class
Gubernaculum and Cryptorchid
Friday
Equine arthroscopy/OCD, two hemilaminectomy's
WOW my shoes smell bad
1/2 day of work
Doctor's appt
Going home!
Target!
Officially myers-brigged by Dad
Saturday
Ran for the first time this week
Donna got her fairy tale wedding
Mrs. Mcglothilin's 10 points
Sushi flair
Sunday
Met with Kim at the horse show
Mom's Mother's Day talk at church was amusing, endearing, informational, and emotional
Cleaned the car so the parents wouldn't be subjected to my grit
Looking at old pictures
Switched cars with Dad
Garlic
The elephant in the room
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Googled myself
Some of these made me happy:
http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=187659
http://www.genespage.com/msuotherskuttlebutt/2000/0212othersports.htm
http://staterunningrecords.com/asp/records.asp?action=processsearch&runnername=JOY%20GRIFFITH&state=AL
http://www.directathletics.com/athletes/track/218211.html
http://al.milesplit.us/articles/715
http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=945569
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2004/02/17/Sports/Tracksters.Place.At.Tyson.Invitational-2537885.shtml
http://www.dyestat.com/3us/3out/mobile/donna/index-satnight4.htm
http://al.milesplit.us/athletes/6124/articles
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FIH/is_2_73/ai_n18616313
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2006/05/02/Sports/Relayers.Earn.First.At.Penn-2540159.shtml
http://www.genespage.com/msuotherskuttlebutt/2000/0402othersports.htm
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2003/11/18/Sports/Mcwilliams.Makes.Ncaa.Nationals.Griffith.Makes.School.History-2537635.shtml
The irony: http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2003/10/25/Sports/Cross.Country.Freshmen.Adjust-2537466.shtml
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2004/02/17/Sports/Tracksters.Place.At.Tyson.Invitational-2537885.shtml
http://local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=187659
http://www.genespage.com/msuotherskuttlebutt/2000/0212othersports.htm
http://staterunningrecords.com/asp/records.asp?action=processsearch&runnername=JOY%20GRIFFITH&state=AL
http://www.directathletics.com/athletes/track/218211.html
http://al.milesplit.us/articles/715
http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=945569
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2004/02/17/Sports/Tracksters.Place.At.Tyson.Invitational-2537885.shtml
http://www.dyestat.com/3us/3out/mobile/donna/index-satnight4.htm
http://al.milesplit.us/athletes/6124/articles
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FIH/is_2_73/ai_n18616313
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2006/05/02/Sports/Relayers.Earn.First.At.Penn-2540159.shtml
http://www.genespage.com/msuotherskuttlebutt/2000/0402othersports.htm
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2003/11/18/Sports/Mcwilliams.Makes.Ncaa.Nationals.Griffith.Makes.School.History-2537635.shtml
The irony: http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2003/10/25/Sports/Cross.Country.Freshmen.Adjust-2537466.shtml
http://media.www.reflector-online.com/media/storage/paper938/news/2004/02/17/Sports/Tracksters.Place.At.Tyson.Invitational-2537885.shtml
Monday, April 21, 2008
April 27 Monday- May 4 Sunday
Monday
4...
Dancing in the vet school
Visiting the blood donor cats yet again
Physiology Final Exam
taking a nap
"that's what it all comes down to- me being a horse."
"but then we would drown in the streams of consciousness!"
Tuesday
3...
Infectious Agents Exam
slept all afternoon
study study study
Wal-mart shopping, close calls
Wednesday
2...
study study study
Finally! A day off!
Thursday
1...
Pathology Cumulative Exam
study study study
Friday
Neuroscience Cumulative Exam
I'M FREE!
Lunch with Aubra, Annalissa, and Ginny
Kristen leaves :(
Being kidnapped by Josie & Co. to watch Juno and eat pizza
Saturday
Prayer walk
Hang out, chill out day
Sunday
NCC church
Lunch with his family
Falling asleep on the couch at his house...slightly awkward? I don't know.
Evil monopoly
Hot Fuzz
We could have something
4...
Dancing in the vet school
Visiting the blood donor cats yet again
Physiology Final Exam
taking a nap
"that's what it all comes down to- me being a horse."
"but then we would drown in the streams of consciousness!"
Tuesday
3...
Infectious Agents Exam
slept all afternoon
study study study
Wal-mart shopping, close calls
Wednesday
2...
study study study
Finally! A day off!
Thursday
1...
Pathology Cumulative Exam
study study study
Friday
Neuroscience Cumulative Exam
I'M FREE!
Lunch with Aubra, Annalissa, and Ginny
Kristen leaves :(
Being kidnapped by Josie & Co. to watch Juno and eat pizza
Saturday
Prayer walk
Hang out, chill out day
Sunday
NCC church
Lunch with his family
Falling asleep on the couch at his house...slightly awkward? I don't know.
Evil monopoly
Hot Fuzz
We could have something
April 21 Monday- April 28 Sunday
Monday
Neuroscience grade came back: 79. Bad! Dr. Eells said he may curve it. Here's to hope.
Deactivated my Facebook account
The fight to stay awake in Pathology
Calling Mom for encouragement
"Shot through the heart! And you're to blame! Darlin' you give love a bad name." - Brook
Tuesday
10 days to go
Awkward lunchtime conversations with T
Class elections
Zack and Aerith
i have found what you are like
Neuro grade curved to an 82 :)
Eisley
The Hush Sound
Wednesday
9 days to go...
Pathology Lab Exam was a killer
Free donuts
Studying epi
Googling myself
Eyepatch
Thursday
8...
Reading day/Epidemiology Cumulative Final!
Gtalk with V at 2am
"tell me about sheep. Or puffins"
Hanging out with the sophomores from 0:00 till 6 am
Visiting the blood donor cats
Cooper's ragefulness
rampant facebooking and friending of the sophomores
Inappropriateness of faculty on facebook
I always give the security cameras a thumbs up when I walk by. I like to think it brightens the front desk's day.
Taking a nap and waking up at 15:00 but thinking it was 15:00 on Friday. Subsequent freak-out.
Anatomy lab review
LOST
Friday
7...
Anatomy Lab Final!
Sushi with the lab group
BSG
Saturday
6...
Thunderstorm at 5am
Sleeping in till 11
study study study
Neuro grade curved to an 84!
Epi final grade: 87
CVF cookout
Sunday
5...
NCC: "trashy weaves"
Exam goody bags
Studystudystudystudy
Neuroscience grade came back: 79. Bad! Dr. Eells said he may curve it. Here's to hope.
Deactivated my Facebook account
The fight to stay awake in Pathology
Calling Mom for encouragement
"Shot through the heart! And you're to blame! Darlin' you give love a bad name." - Brook
Tuesday
10 days to go
Awkward lunchtime conversations with T
Class elections
Zack and Aerith
i have found what you are like
Neuro grade curved to an 82 :)
Eisley
The Hush Sound
Wednesday
9 days to go...
Pathology Lab Exam was a killer
Free donuts
Studying epi
Googling myself
Eyepatch
Thursday
8...
Reading day/Epidemiology Cumulative Final!
Gtalk with V at 2am
"tell me about sheep. Or puffins"
Hanging out with the sophomores from 0:00 till 6 am
Visiting the blood donor cats
Cooper's ragefulness
rampant facebooking and friending of the sophomores
Inappropriateness of faculty on facebook
I always give the security cameras a thumbs up when I walk by. I like to think it brightens the front desk's day.
Taking a nap and waking up at 15:00 but thinking it was 15:00 on Friday. Subsequent freak-out.
Anatomy lab review
LOST
Friday
7...
Anatomy Lab Final!
Sushi with the lab group
BSG
Saturday
6...
Thunderstorm at 5am
Sleeping in till 11
study study study
Neuro grade curved to an 84!
Epi final grade: 87
CVF cookout
Sunday
5...
NCC: "trashy weaves"
Exam goody bags
Studystudystudystudy
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Exam Schedule
This is for Mom and Dad, by the way.
Exam Schedule:
Wednesday- Path Lab Exam 13:00
Thursday- Epidemiology, cumulative 11:00
Friday- Anatomy 8:00
Monday- Physiology 8:00
Tuesday- Infectious Agents 8:00
Wednesday- nothing, Reading day
Thursday- Pathology, cumulative 8:00
Friday- Neuroscience, cumulative 8:00
Exam Schedule:
Wednesday- Path Lab Exam 13:00
Thursday- Epidemiology, cumulative 11:00
Friday- Anatomy 8:00
Monday- Physiology 8:00
Tuesday- Infectious Agents 8:00
Wednesday- nothing, Reading day
Thursday- Pathology, cumulative 8:00
Friday- Neuroscience, cumulative 8:00
Sunday, April 13, 2008
April 14 (Monday)- April 20 (Sunday)
Monday
Go to class or have clean hair? Clean hair. Definitely.
Studying neuroscience and only half paying attention in class
Class meeting with the dean- the class of 2011 speaks up
skipping the last 30 minutes of lab to run
cleaned house, washed clothes, talked to Kristen
Torie and the lab group possibly breaking up
Called Mom and Dad, good talks with Kristen
The Show with Ze Frank!
The Bull and the Cape
honesty
Tuesday
Neuroscience Exam III wasn't that bad
I need to get on the ball
La Magnolia with Kristen and Nadine, where I saw Jason Odom
Chilled out for a night
jt'apq'hmqd
"Are they just going to run off with our testicles?!" - Nadine
Male canine urogenital dissection
Grocery shopping
Seeing Jason Odom (again) in Kroger- having a life vs. having a 4.0
Scrambled eggs
Jules calls!
Wednesday
Pathology Lab: "For those of you who don't get to play with goat genitalia very often, this is a sigmoid flexure" - Dr. Cooley
"Pus!" -Dr. Cooley
Slim pickings at Bible Study
Naptime
The lost wallet
Thursday
Female canine urogenital dissection
Trying so hard to pay attention
77 on the Anatomy exam! Yay, I didn't fail!
Using the ruminant stomach as a purse
Being splashed with...juice
Lab Group is not breaking up after all
Josie hangs out
Choir concert
Wonderful, amusing Grandmothers
Friday
Last CPC of the year!
Last necropsy of the year!
Playing with the blood donor animals
Shandon and the rambling stories
Dr. Bailey's innuendo
BSG!
Honesty
Dr. B: "You can't see the accessory glands on this specimen unless we choose to dig them out. If we expose the prostate and such on the live specimen they may be on the practical exam"
Me: "If you expose it will you show it to us?"
Dr. B *giving me a keen look* "What did you say?"
Me : "Will you show it to us before the test...*comprehension slowly dawns...look of horror*
Dr. B: "When I was in the hospital I had my prostate checked. It wasn't too fun."
Saturday
Facebook official
Study day
Arts Festival
Torie meets TDaH
Arabic donuts and horse thigh
Grogginess
Sunday
Study day
Church
Pastor Jerry gives me a flower
gift of Riesens
Bust my knee on the railroad tracks while running
Worship night
Grade recap:
90 in Pathology
92 in Infectious Agents
82 in Anatomy
84 in Epidemiology
92 in Neuroscience
89.5 in Physiology
Go to class or have clean hair? Clean hair. Definitely.
Studying neuroscience and only half paying attention in class
Class meeting with the dean- the class of 2011 speaks up
skipping the last 30 minutes of lab to run
cleaned house, washed clothes, talked to Kristen
Torie and the lab group possibly breaking up
Called Mom and Dad, good talks with Kristen
The Show with Ze Frank!
The Bull and the Cape
honesty
Tuesday
Neuroscience Exam III wasn't that bad
I need to get on the ball
La Magnolia with Kristen and Nadine, where I saw Jason Odom
Chilled out for a night
jt'apq'hmqd
"Are they just going to run off with our testicles?!" - Nadine
Male canine urogenital dissection
Grocery shopping
Seeing Jason Odom (again) in Kroger- having a life vs. having a 4.0
Scrambled eggs
Jules calls!
Wednesday
Pathology Lab: "For those of you who don't get to play with goat genitalia very often, this is a sigmoid flexure" - Dr. Cooley
"Pus!" -Dr. Cooley
Slim pickings at Bible Study
Naptime
The lost wallet
Thursday
Female canine urogenital dissection
Trying so hard to pay attention
77 on the Anatomy exam! Yay, I didn't fail!
Using the ruminant stomach as a purse
Being splashed with...juice
Lab Group is not breaking up after all
Josie hangs out
Choir concert
Wonderful, amusing Grandmothers
Friday
Last CPC of the year!
Last necropsy of the year!
Playing with the blood donor animals
Shandon and the rambling stories
Dr. Bailey's innuendo
BSG!
Honesty
Dr. B: "You can't see the accessory glands on this specimen unless we choose to dig them out. If we expose the prostate and such on the live specimen they may be on the practical exam"
Me: "If you expose it will you show it to us?"
Dr. B *giving me a keen look* "What did you say?"
Me : "Will you show it to us before the test...*comprehension slowly dawns...look of horror*
Dr. B: "When I was in the hospital I had my prostate checked. It wasn't too fun."
Saturday
Facebook official
Study day
Arts Festival
Torie meets TDaH
Arabic donuts and horse thigh
Grogginess
Sunday
Study day
Church
Pastor Jerry gives me a flower
gift of Riesens
Bust my knee on the railroad tracks while running
Worship night
Grade recap:
90 in Pathology
92 in Infectious Agents
82 in Anatomy
84 in Epidemiology
92 in Neuroscience
89.5 in Physiology
Monday, April 7, 2008
Monday April 7- Sunday April 13
Monday:
Dr. Bailey still out with diverticulosis
Have you ever been so tired that you're really stupid? That's me for the last two weeks.
Friend's interrogation at lunch
Anatomy exam freak-out
Cake night, talking with Aubra and Kate, and Memphis lost
the distraction
Tuesday:
driving to the lab to put the dog up at 4am
skipping Tuesday's classes to study
I promise you, I failed Anatomy Exam II :( :( :(
Falling asleep during Bible Study
Not setting fire to my apartment while cooking
The encounter with the ravine
Relationship advice from Kristen that was surprisingly apt
Wednesday:
Zeus dies, the punk
Where's a lingerie store when you need one?
Dinner date, adventures with sushi
Thursday:
Being mean and stressed and tired and flipping out about life on Thursday
Pictures that start with the letter "b"
The "private" talk with Annalissa that grew to involve Nathan Tircuit, Joy Richardson, Ashley, Mary Katherine Blackwell, The Creepy Guy Whose Name I Do Not Know, Carl Carbonell, Ross, and sundry others
Friday:
Studying till 2am on Friday and waking up at 4am
Physiology Exam II!!!
Skipping class to buy lingerie and Bath and Body works
Lingerie showers embarrass me (in the blushing, giggly way), even though I was just a guest
Caffeine spray- it burns my tongue
Zeus is healed!
Battlestar Galactica!
Talking throughout all of Lady in the Water
Saturday:
Secrets
My car runs out of gas
The drunk girls on the patio and their insightful commentary
Hanging out with the NCC crowd all day Saturday and yet actually getting some studying done
Relationship interrogation with Chris
I cannot catch pretzels
Going to see Little Shop of Horrors with TDaH
Sunday:
Dad's letter
"Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, you Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it.'" Is 30:20-21
Sleeping in (finally!)
NCC
Being distracted all day
sharing subway sandwiches
Oreo cookies and fellowship at community group
V's recommendation of Provigil for all my alertness needs
Neuro test III on Tuesday, thus no visiting Jules this weekend :(
20 days until school is out...
The GPA situation:
75 on last Epidemiology test (93 on previous test), 16.67 out of 16.67 on epidemiology assignment
81.5 on last Infectious Agents test (96 on both previous tests)
94 on last Pathology test!!! (86 on first test, 90 on second)
88 on last anatomy test, I probably got a C or lower on this one :(
94ish on last Physiology test
120/130 on first Neuro test, 91 on second Neuro test
Dr. Bailey might curve the grades of the last Anatomy Exam because he was not the one in charge of it this time. I hope. If G^d wants me to make a 4.0, then He'll work it out. I did all I could in the time I had and that obviously wasn't enough.
Kate Hardin was talking to me about semester III. It sounds like a doozy. She used statements like:
Everyone failed individual tests
I'm pretty much failing X class right now
You can't learn it all, you have to pick and choose what's most important
Ouch! S3 is going to hurt.
Dr. Bailey still out with diverticulosis
Have you ever been so tired that you're really stupid? That's me for the last two weeks.
Friend's interrogation at lunch
Anatomy exam freak-out
Cake night, talking with Aubra and Kate, and Memphis lost
the distraction
Tuesday:
driving to the lab to put the dog up at 4am
skipping Tuesday's classes to study
I promise you, I failed Anatomy Exam II :( :( :(
Falling asleep during Bible Study
Not setting fire to my apartment while cooking
The encounter with the ravine
Relationship advice from Kristen that was surprisingly apt
Wednesday:
Zeus dies, the punk
Where's a lingerie store when you need one?
Dinner date, adventures with sushi
Thursday:
Being mean and stressed and tired and flipping out about life on Thursday
Pictures that start with the letter "b"
The "private" talk with Annalissa that grew to involve Nathan Tircuit, Joy Richardson, Ashley, Mary Katherine Blackwell, The Creepy Guy Whose Name I Do Not Know, Carl Carbonell, Ross, and sundry others
Friday:
Studying till 2am on Friday and waking up at 4am
Physiology Exam II!!!
Skipping class to buy lingerie and Bath and Body works
Lingerie showers embarrass me (in the blushing, giggly way), even though I was just a guest
Caffeine spray- it burns my tongue
Zeus is healed!
Battlestar Galactica!
Talking throughout all of Lady in the Water
Saturday:
Secrets
My car runs out of gas
The drunk girls on the patio and their insightful commentary
Hanging out with the NCC crowd all day Saturday and yet actually getting some studying done
Relationship interrogation with Chris
I cannot catch pretzels
Going to see Little Shop of Horrors with TDaH
Sunday:
Dad's letter
"Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, you Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. Your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it.'" Is 30:20-21
Sleeping in (finally!)
NCC
Being distracted all day
sharing subway sandwiches
Oreo cookies and fellowship at community group
V's recommendation of Provigil for all my alertness needs
Neuro test III on Tuesday, thus no visiting Jules this weekend :(
20 days until school is out...
The GPA situation:
75 on last Epidemiology test (93 on previous test), 16.67 out of 16.67 on epidemiology assignment
81.5 on last Infectious Agents test (96 on both previous tests)
94 on last Pathology test!!! (86 on first test, 90 on second)
88 on last anatomy test, I probably got a C or lower on this one :(
94ish on last Physiology test
120/130 on first Neuro test, 91 on second Neuro test
Dr. Bailey might curve the grades of the last Anatomy Exam because he was not the one in charge of it this time. I hope. If G^d wants me to make a 4.0, then He'll work it out. I did all I could in the time I had and that obviously wasn't enough.
Kate Hardin was talking to me about semester III. It sounds like a doozy. She used statements like:
Everyone failed individual tests
I'm pretty much failing X class right now
You can't learn it all, you have to pick and choose what's most important
Ouch! S3 is going to hurt.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Monday March 31- Sunday April 6
Skipped all my classes on Monday so I could have a day to be completely by myself and chill
People at school asked about me :)
Getting a tan
Fun cake night
Fail blog
Awkward music
Infectious agents test on Tuesday that I did poorly on
Setting sail on the failboat
Caption wars
Bible Study pointless arguments
Wednesday night and Thursday morning
Seeing Mr. Paul and Mr. Will at City Bagel
NCC Nooma night
Finding 3 four leaf clovers for my lab group just before they mowed the lawn
Setting up the Brazil presentation in about 2 hours
Became Missions Officer for the Christian Veterinary Fellowship
Led a few tours for Open House on Friday
Battlestar Galactica!
Saturday's prayer walk and birthday brunch
TDaH's family is pretty much awesome.
So is the house. And pets.
More cup game
dtr
Got a lot of help studying
xkcd
Spent most of Sunday studying in one way or another
No church on Sunday, sadly
More birthday eatingness at Oby's
boundaries
don't want you to leave
People at school asked about me :)
Getting a tan
Fun cake night
Fail blog
Awkward music
Infectious agents test on Tuesday that I did poorly on
Setting sail on the failboat
Caption wars
Bible Study pointless arguments
Wednesday night and Thursday morning
Seeing Mr. Paul and Mr. Will at City Bagel
NCC Nooma night
Finding 3 four leaf clovers for my lab group just before they mowed the lawn
Setting up the Brazil presentation in about 2 hours
Became Missions Officer for the Christian Veterinary Fellowship
Led a few tours for Open House on Friday
Battlestar Galactica!
Saturday's prayer walk and birthday brunch
TDaH's family is pretty much awesome.
So is the house. And pets.
More cup game
dtr
Got a lot of help studying
xkcd
Spent most of Sunday studying in one way or another
No church on Sunday, sadly
More birthday eatingness at Oby's
boundaries
don't want you to leave
Monday, March 24, 2008
March 24-30
I'll have the rest of my notes on Brazil up eventually, fear not!
This will be a challenging 6 weeks
The vet school is an ice cube
Bradford Pear petals raining down
We opened up the abdomen on the dog
Studying till 2am on Tuesday and waking up at 6am to run
Cleaned my room by stuffing everything into my closet
Peter Ireland appreciation day!
V has an opossum
Beautiful weather
Tried to talk Nathan Tircuit into letting RUF play assassins next semester
Lengthy Bible study discussions
Lengthy post-Bible study discussions and Scottish accents
Started studying epidemiology at 1am Thursday morning, slept from 2-4:30am, test at 8am
Forced to use another dexedrine
Did not do well on Epi
Did a neurology exam on a REAL dog! Yay!
The dog's (a beagle) name was Lady
Elected (more like volunteered) to be Treasurer of the Pathology Club next year
HUGE Pathology test tomorrow
I am very tired
The boys playing football in the MDL
I have really got to get my act together
The police are loathe to become entangled in my bike affair
I am Marielle's "wife" :)
Learning life lessons from Beauty and the Geek
The FINAL season of Battlestar Galactica begins next week!
Learning to write left handed
Distinctive laughs
Drawing things in Starbucks after RUF
Sharing microbes and coffee cups
1/3 of the Class studying pathology in the MDL all Thursday night, complete with donuts and coffee that our class mom, Kylee, brought for us :)
I am so tired
Almost bleeding out because of a razor cut (note the hyperbole)
Pancakefest!
I slept only two hours out of 44 from Thursday morning till very early Saturday morning. (not hyperbole)
Prayer walk that devolved into Conversation walk
Watching the Cup Game in the Union
RUF crawfish boil- Suicidal Margarine- Sam Vargas - learning the cup game
Fires and timing
TDaH saving my life
Ewok movie night and the mystery man that nobody knew
Visited New Covenant Church
More cup game at the potluck
"I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake Goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
Some call it pretty others call it crazy but they all sing this tune:
Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats
And liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Yes!
Mairzy doats and Dozy Doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer, and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey,
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"
Oh! Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you - oo? A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?"
This will be a challenging 6 weeks
The vet school is an ice cube
Bradford Pear petals raining down
We opened up the abdomen on the dog
Studying till 2am on Tuesday and waking up at 6am to run
Cleaned my room by stuffing everything into my closet
Peter Ireland appreciation day!
V has an opossum
Beautiful weather
Tried to talk Nathan Tircuit into letting RUF play assassins next semester
Lengthy Bible study discussions
Lengthy post-Bible study discussions and Scottish accents
Started studying epidemiology at 1am Thursday morning, slept from 2-4:30am, test at 8am
Forced to use another dexedrine
Did not do well on Epi
Did a neurology exam on a REAL dog! Yay!
The dog's (a beagle) name was Lady
Elected (more like volunteered) to be Treasurer of the Pathology Club next year
HUGE Pathology test tomorrow
I am very tired
The boys playing football in the MDL
I have really got to get my act together
The police are loathe to become entangled in my bike affair
I am Marielle's "wife" :)
Learning life lessons from Beauty and the Geek
The FINAL season of Battlestar Galactica begins next week!
Learning to write left handed
Distinctive laughs
Drawing things in Starbucks after RUF
Sharing microbes and coffee cups
1/3 of the Class studying pathology in the MDL all Thursday night, complete with donuts and coffee that our class mom, Kylee, brought for us :)
I am so tired
Almost bleeding out because of a razor cut (note the hyperbole)
Pancakefest!
I slept only two hours out of 44 from Thursday morning till very early Saturday morning. (not hyperbole)
Prayer walk that devolved into Conversation walk
Watching the Cup Game in the Union
RUF crawfish boil- Suicidal Margarine- Sam Vargas - learning the cup game
Fires and timing
TDaH saving my life
Ewok movie night and the mystery man that nobody knew
Visited New Covenant Church
More cup game at the potluck
"I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake Goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
Some call it pretty others call it crazy but they all sing this tune:
Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats
And liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Yes!
Mairzy doats and Dozy Doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
If the words sound queer, and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey,
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"
Oh! Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you - oo? A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?"
Sunday, March 23, 2008
March 18- 23
I'm very out of it because of Brazil
I back out of going to the SCAVMA convention
Saw my bike again. No luck with determining the serial number
Coerced into making an Easter gift for Dr. Brinkman
No desire to study
Exams # 10 and 11 (is that right?) next week
Not elected for the International Student Affairs position on the SCAVMA council
Bowling night with RUF
Lunch with Jules on Friday
MB talk with Dad
Jace Lacoste meet on Saturday
Still really out of it
I back out of going to the SCAVMA convention
Saw my bike again. No luck with determining the serial number
Coerced into making an Easter gift for Dr. Brinkman
No desire to study
Exams # 10 and 11 (is that right?) next week
Not elected for the International Student Affairs position on the SCAVMA council
Bowling night with RUF
Lunch with Jules on Friday
MB talk with Dad
Jace Lacoste meet on Saturday
Still really out of it
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sunday, March 9
Arrived in Joao Pessoa at 1am
Meeting Jim, Beverly, Adriano, Artur Jr., Artur Sr., Meire, Ebenezer, Jilson, and Juare
Being signed up for Orkut
the welcome sign
Xenius hotel breakfast is bonito!
Lime wafer cookies
A bed! I get to sleep in a real bed!
Reuniting with Ashley and Dr. Jack at 1400
The view from the Xenius hotel
Playing ping-pong with the boys
Adriano is my brazilian boyfriend
Watching futbol
Hakuna Matata
Singing badly for a Porteguese worship service
"She never stops to laugh!" - Adriano
March 7, Friday
Finished packing for Brazil
Twanda at the Columbus post office
Got the Visas at 11:05 am (good)
Flight leaves at 12 pm from GTR which is 30 minutes away (bad)
Arrive at GTR at 11:30 am
Ashley, Dr. Skippy, and Jacob's baggage did not make it through
That leaves me with two people who have never flown ever to press on to Atlanta
Missed the flight from Atlanta to Miami
Starbucks venti light honey latte frap
Turbulence on all the flights
I don't like to fly
Missing 3 out of 5 flights
Rebooking 3 out of 5 flights
No personal space for 8 hours
The trivia game from Atlanta to Miami made my day
Keeping my luggage as a carry-on: priceless
6 hours in the Sao Paulo airport
"It's just like croppy-fishin"
"Peacock bass? They fight...REAL hard."
- Jacob
Fashionable Brazilian women
falling asleep in airports
The dust rain inside Sao Paulo's airport
Angels in disguise
Twanda at the Columbus post office
Got the Visas at 11:05 am (good)
Flight leaves at 12 pm from GTR which is 30 minutes away (bad)
Arrive at GTR at 11:30 am
Ashley, Dr. Skippy, and Jacob's baggage did not make it through
That leaves me with two people who have never flown ever to press on to Atlanta
Missed the flight from Atlanta to Miami
Starbucks venti light honey latte frap
Turbulence on all the flights
I don't like to fly
Missing 3 out of 5 flights
Rebooking 3 out of 5 flights
No personal space for 8 hours
The trivia game from Atlanta to Miami made my day
Keeping my luggage as a carry-on: priceless
6 hours in the Sao Paulo airport
"It's just like croppy-fishin"
"Peacock bass? They fight...REAL hard."
- Jacob
Fashionable Brazilian women
falling asleep in airports
The dust rain inside Sao Paulo's airport
Angels in disguise
Sunday, March 2, 2008
March 1-7
Saturday: Prayer walk, Huddle House, and Wal-Mart all during Saturday morning, Med school afternoon, and Mexico Tipico and Jumper evening. Notice no studying
Sweet Amy Prissock
Sunday = study day
Sunday night dinner with the Brazil group
I'm being so social that I don't even know who I am anymore
Julieann is my answer to prayer
Brazil trip dinner at Dr. Skips
social-emotional-mental overload
Passion and Purity by Elizabeth Elliot
Being the only girl at Cake Night (awkward)
Making a powerpoint test review for infectious agents that took 8 hours
89 on the Neuro exam
88 in Anatomy
92 in Physiology
Kristen losing and finding her cell phone
Exams are over for three weeks! Yay!
Dr. Phil visits the vet school
Awkward turtle cake with awkwardly cut slices
Using Narnia as background music for conversation
"Ecstatic trail!"
Rave, see above.
The visas coming in at 11 am, when we are supposed to be at the GTR airport at 11:30 to check in.
Having everything packed as a carry-on
Losing Dr. Skippy and Ashley at the airport, leaving me and my fellow freshman to forge on alone
Missing out flight to Miami in Atlanta
Making it to Miami on standby
Angels in disguise
Rushing through the Miami airport
Sitting for 8 hours with 5 inches of personal space
Being grumpy
missing the flight from Sao Paulo to Recife
Hanging out in the Sao Paulo airport for 6 hours
Sandra and Cassia, the TAM flight bookers
You will hear the rest soon!
Sweet Amy Prissock
Sunday = study day
Sunday night dinner with the Brazil group
I'm being so social that I don't even know who I am anymore
Julieann is my answer to prayer
Brazil trip dinner at Dr. Skips
social-emotional-mental overload
Passion and Purity by Elizabeth Elliot
Being the only girl at Cake Night (awkward)
Making a powerpoint test review for infectious agents that took 8 hours
89 on the Neuro exam
88 in Anatomy
92 in Physiology
Kristen losing and finding her cell phone
Exams are over for three weeks! Yay!
Dr. Phil visits the vet school
Awkward turtle cake with awkwardly cut slices
Using Narnia as background music for conversation
"Ecstatic trail!"
Rave, see above.
The visas coming in at 11 am, when we are supposed to be at the GTR airport at 11:30 to check in.
Having everything packed as a carry-on
Losing Dr. Skippy and Ashley at the airport, leaving me and my fellow freshman to forge on alone
Missing out flight to Miami in Atlanta
Making it to Miami on standby
Angels in disguise
Rushing through the Miami airport
Sitting for 8 hours with 5 inches of personal space
Being grumpy
missing the flight from Sao Paulo to Recife
Hanging out in the Sao Paulo airport for 6 hours
Sandra and Cassia, the TAM flight bookers
You will hear the rest soon!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Feb 23-29
Unacceptable causes of death
Dr. Pratt:"Christians need to have more babies! The Muslims are outproducing us!"
Marielle (new friend, to our group): "Why don't we kidnap the Muslim babies? Perfect solution!"
COPE course pictures (see above)
Facebook mischief
Being stalked
Wasting time having fun and not studying
Doing well in on test #8 despite not studying satisfactorily
Myers-Briggs run amok at Cake Night
Giddiness
Throwing frisbees across the street in front of unsuspecting cars
Almost decapitating Peter twice with poorly thrown frisbees
Breaking noses, almost
"Is the liver in the thoracic cavity?"
Pimping JH Ranch
The bafflement
Talking with Nathan Tircuit
Ginny at urban dancing!
Bike-thief is goin' down
"IOU one pair of sandals"
Pencil skirts and heels
No free cruise for Kristen :(
Shivering in the MDL
Not going home for 17 hours
The only thing in my half of the refrigerator is grapefruit
DETTMA
Burning my nose in the apricot-mango candle
Starving Evee on accident
Wil's a punk
Debating infant sin
Sitting in chairs cross-legged
Test #9!!
Ashley's birthday on Leap day.
Test #10 next Tuesday, the last one before Brazil!
Rave!
Exclamation points!
Blue-stained tongues
That grapefruit from earlier in the week? Gone. I think I have a can of soup left.
Being late for anatomy lab every day this week
Scraping the bottom of the extravert barrel
MSU's 130th birthday celebration with the lab group
"One time, me and my dad were out dove hunting on the first day of the season and a bunch of game wardens showed up. Well, I hadn't gotten my hunting license just yet....(1.5 hours later)...And this scar is from having an ax thrown at my head. So, you've got the job." --Shandon officially informing me that I had a job in surgery
A friend's story:
"Friend: "Were you good at school?"
JoJo: "No, I got orange." (which is preschool delinquency at it's worst)
F: "What did you do to get in trouble?"
JoJo: "Kissed boys."
F: "How many boys did you kiss?"
JoJo: "3"
F: "What about Colin?" (Her boyfriend)
JoJo: "Colin knows he's not my boyfriend when he's not at school."
"Can anyone tell me if the substantia nigra pars compacta inhibits the disinhibition of the direct pathway by secreting dopamine on the D2 receptors of the internal Globus Palladum in the indirect pathway of the basal ganglia?"
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Feb 17-22
Stuff from last week:I am always wrong
Annie calling me at 6:30 am to drive her to her car because of a family emergency
Jules calls me to claim her position as my Valentine :), plus memories of heart-shaped flaky biscuits
Kim's dad not doing so well
Mrs. Askew's painting of Amanda, Dot (my dog), Zip (Lucy's colt), Lucy (Kim's mare), and I in the primary care wing of the hospital
Tyson's was last weekend (see above picture)
Overwhelmedness
Idolatry
Tests 6 and 7!
8 and 9 are next Monday and Thursday!
Defining my most embarrassing moment
Studying to Ronnie Freeman
Fruit Stripes gum tattoo
90/100 on Neuroscience exam and 30/30 on Neuroscience Lab exam, which gives me a combined score of 120/130
I got the surgery job! In fact, we all did
Adderall is amazing
Twister at cake night!
My car won't start again
More urban dancing
Why can't I do body rolls?
This is a wonderful pathology website: http://w3.vet.cornell.edu/nst/nst.asp?Fun=Home
Dissection of the thorax
No one has graduated with a 4.0 from MSU-CVM in five years, so why am I trying?
Going home for a day
Mailed off for Brazil visa
Still trying to cut my own hair
Mormon cartoon
Lunar eclipse
Immune system over-reaction to the yellow fever vaccine
The weird dreams that happen during the 10 minute naps between classes
Missing the Mississippi Veterinary Medical Association day (yes!) for a doctor's appointment
Got an M-club ring, which is pretty awesome
Can't have depths without surfaces
The surgery group rush
Good talks with Mom and Dad
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Feb 11-16
"Baby-mama drama"
I am no urban dancer
Vet school interviewees wandering through the lab
My room smells like cats
The Yellow fever vaccine burns like all get out
Spring break is in 21 days!!
Long walks
My car spontaneously decides not to start
Single Awareness Day (or SAD)
Dr. Skip Jack madness
It snowed!
"But...how can it NOT be a project?"
Ice cream social
Weird howling at South Farm
People handing out candy at school like we used to do in fifth grade
Danielle and her peduncles joke
Mike: "So, an eyelid is an eyelid, right?"
Mike: "I think I damaged my glossopharyngeal nerve because sometimes, you know, you're just flopping your tongue around like....you know?"
93 on the Epidemiology test despite not studying near enough
Maybe it will blow over after all
Tests #6 and #7 on Monday and Tuesday!
Studying anatomy and pathology all weekend
Missing the rodeo
Sleeping in till 11, because the neighbors were blasting Ingrid Michaelson through the walls at 2am
me: "So...the thyrohoideus goes from the thyroid cartilage to the basihyoid?"
them: "The thyrohyoid"
me: "I know, the thyrohoideus, but does it attach to the basihyoid?"
them: "NO. It attaches to the thyrohyoid"
me: "YEAH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS, but does it attach to the BASIHYOID?!?"
them: "NO, IT ATTACHES TO THE THYROHYOID!"
me: "What?"
Me: "This is the dorsal frontal sinus?"
Dr. Bailey: "No, this is the dorsal portion of the frontal conchofrontal sinus and this is the rostral conchofrontal sinus directly rostral to it and here is the nasomaxillary aperture that allows the conchofrontal sinuses to communicate with the caudal maxillary sinus."
Me: "Okay....so....This is the frontal conchal sinus and this the rostral frontochochal sinus?"
Dr. B: "No, it's the frontal conchofrontal sinus and the rostral conchofrontal sinus."
Me: "......One more time, this is the frontal conchodorsal sinus?"
Dr. B: "Just sit down, Joy."
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