Week 4 of Semester 1--Stupid Mistakes

Last weekend was a bit... hectic, to say the least.

Saturday was our first P.A.W.S. adoption event. For how few animals we had in the program at first, there were 14 adoptions in total over the course of the day. Last semester, we had 14 dogs and 17 cats (or the numbers may have been reversed), so we're just about halfway to what we accomplished last semester. Once the event was over, I picked up my new foster cat, Gibbs. Unfortunately, I still have Reigo in the apartment (he should be moving to his new foster home at the end of this week), so Gibbs has been staying in Steven's room. I barely see him--he's so shy around me, but Steven says that he's come out of his shell and will play and sit on his bed and everything. Go figure, huh? Once Reigo is out (and she's old enough), I'll have another puppy in the house--Liamuiga (named after a volcano on the island). She's only 4 weeks old, so she'll be nursing on mom for at least another two. Hopefully she'll be smarter about the housebreaking. :P So, with the end of the event, the website and bulletin board design got handed over to me. Go check it out!

Monday was our first exam--microanatomy. While I did well (I got a B+), it wasn't what I was hoping for--I wanted that A, and I just barely missed it. I spent too much time wavering on "did he teach that to us this semester or am I remembering it from last semester?" Well, he wanted that right answer, not the one I THOUGHT he wanted. So, I definitely learned that if I think it's right, just put it and don't second guess myself if we learned it yet. Tomorrow's anatomy and Wednesday's physiology (the class that did me in), but I'm feeling confident at least... I hope it's not unfounded confidence.

Two of the girls were sick this weekend, so we didn't go on our first dive--it got postponed until next weekend. I'm excited--4 ocean dives over 2 days and then I'm a PADI-Certified Open Water diver.

So, instead of diving, I saw two movies--Devil and The Town. I didn't think they were that bad. However, The Town was set in Cambridge, so I spent most of the movie thinking "I know where that Dunkin Donuts is..." or "I know that bar--you can totally see 93 in that window." Needless to say, it made me a bit homesick. As for Devil, I thought Shyamalan (I think that's how you spell it) made a pretty decent recovery. It wasn't as horrible as his last few films have been, but it's certainly not a movie I'd really want to sit through another time.

I'm going to head off to watch Inception and review some anatomy flash cards. Until next week!