Week 7 of Semester 2--Midsemester!

Ah finally... the coveted midsemester break.  The only day off each semester that the school gives us.  I'm so drained... it couldn't have come at a better time.  :)

I've decided to dissolve the Flyball league down here--there are simply too many things that have gone wrong.  Most recently, the field wasn't reserved for the makeup practice after we decided to give things a break when the 3rd semester had their midterms.  Maybe in the future, we'll consider starting it up again... but it just was too much of a headache for right now.  It was pretty good timing for it--I found out that although I didn't get a research assistant position with the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network (SKSMBN), I was assigned to Saturday morning patrols at 6:00am anyway... so, it works out.  (Not my own picture, by the way--it's from the website.  :P)

I managed to pull the physiology grade up to the passing range... although I HAVE to do better on the next one to get a better cushion in case things go south during the final exam.

I've started to get my motivation back in regards to studying, so that's what I've spent most of the weekend doing, while many others went off-island to celebrate the break.

Lost the volleyball game again... but this time, I blame a lot of it on the wind--the ball went in directions it shouldn't have.  Haha.  It was fun, as always.

Well, I suppose that's about it--it was a quiet week.  :)  See ya the next one.

Week 6 of Semester 2--Exam after exam after exam!

I should've warned you all about missing a post last week.  Week 6 was pretty crazy, with an anatomy exam on Monday... immunology on Wednesday... and parasitology on Thursday (a quiz that had as many questions as half an exam).  And honestly, they didn't go so well... I sometimes feel like it doesn't matter how I study--the material doesn't stick in a way that helps on the exams.  I'll have to just do better on the next set of them--there's no other real answer for it.

Volleyball's going pretty well--we've only won that one game... but it's fun.  Actually, it's a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be... and I hope the team continues to get better.  It seems like we are.

I got my car fixed... again... but now the check engine light is on.  I'm just glad it isn't the transmission.  She would've ended up in the ocean after having a new radiator and then the head gasket repair.  I also took a few (minor) repairs into my own hands--like gooping the bumper corner back in place.

Flyball got canceled this last week due to the overwhelming abundance of exams coming up this week, so I'll have 2 weeks of it in a row.  At least it gives me time to finish getting the string of hurdles done... and I hope the next lesson goes better than the last one.  I hate trying something new when I have limited knowledge of how to teach it to someone... like, I know how to train my own dogs, but teaching other people how to train them is a bit more complicated, since they all learn differently.

Poor kitten got spayed a little over a week ago--stitches hopefully come out Monday or Tuesday...

I find out this week if I get the orientation leader position... I'm not counting on it--I didn't get it last time--but it would be fun if I did.  If not, then I can at least put in more hours at the clinic again and get some other things sorted out in preparation for the next semester.

Well, that's been about it this week--I'll see you all next weekend!

Week 4 of Semester 2--Injury and Repair

My apologies for the lack of a post last week--it was The Unknown's first official volleyball game.  I now remember why I stopped playing sports 10 years ago now--I sprained my finger while trying to knock the ball back over the net about halfway through the second game.  I at least got it over the net, but we still went on to lose.  Last week, I feel as though we all played much better and it showed--we won.  So far, we're 1 for 2.  :)  I'll admit--it's fun.

We had our first round of exams this week... Physiology II and Parasitology.  I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but I'm going into the next set of exams with a better idea of how to study.  I passed, but just not as well as I would like.  We have this next week free of exams, but the following week has 3--Anatomy II, Immunology, and a Parasitology quiz.  I'll definitely be studying like crazy this next week.

I coached my first flyball class yesterday--it went ok... but I definitely need experience teaching training classes, though.  It's just so hard to keep positive when the owners/handlers aren't motivated to teach the dogs.  I had one girl throw the ball, the dog showed no interest, and she sighed, saying "well, that's a waste.  I'm done."  Seriously.  If you show no interest, how do you expect your dog to?  I hope the next one goes better (and that we have the hurdles constructed properly by then).

Well, that's really about it that's been going on, so I'm going to head off to get ready for my first day of walking the school's kennel dogs.  Urgh...