Week 10 of Semester 1--Jeff Comes to Visit

Well, it's been a busy few weeks with the exams and having Jeff come down to visit during the WIVC conference. I attended some pretty interesting lectures during that time--some on canine hip dysplasia diagnoses and treatments, cardiovascular changes of sled dogs and wolves, and current treatments of glaucoma, to name a few. Much better than sitting in the classroom for the same old lectures again. :P Plus, there was free food! Of course you know how we students view that whole situation.

Jeff also left a little while ago. With him here, I did a lot of things that I hadn't done during orientation week. So, that being said we did:

Bat Cave Hike (again): I got a lot of nice pictures on the hike... and being more in shape and having Jeff there, I actually made it up the big rock that gave me problems the last time, so I actually reached the cave itself. This time around, there was a LOT more water on the trail (so I went to my typical method of hiking--just plow through it)... so the rocks were a lot more slippery. Well, 3 of us in the group made it to the end. Kevinng and Emily spent most of the hike billy-goating their way up boulders to avoid sliding into the water and getting wet. On one of their paths down, a vine caved in on Emily and she fell a good 6 feet or so... she cut her head open pretty nicely... whiplash, concussion, the whole 9. Luckily, she's recovering well and should have no severely lingering effects from the fall.

Zip-lining with SkySafari: I'll tell ya, that's something I wish we had done during orientation week--it was such a blast. We got a full tour at a student discount, so that was all 4 lines... and, although I may have disappointed some of the group by not being a "screamer" while flying across the rainforest, it was amazing what you could see from up there.

We also went to the other usual things--Sprat Net's for dinner... Shipwreck to get him some beach time (although the waves were pretty angry this time)... Bobsy's to get some karaoke in... it was quite a busy week.

As a matter of fact, I'm pretty exhausted, so I'm gonna duck out now. Until next time!