... I'm determined to NOT let it take me down!My agenda for the following week:
- Monday - Immunology (12:00-2:00pm)
- Tuesday - Anatomy II (12:00-2:00pm)
- Wednesday - Parasitology (8:00-10:00am)
- Thursday - Physiology II (8:00-10:00am)
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Last Stretch of Semester 2!
... I'm determined to NOT let it take me down!My agenda for the following week:
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Week 13 of Semester 2--More Sea Turtles Work
Well, here we are at the end of the semester again... it has been quite a long one, yet it feels like a year has just simply flown by as well...
Thursday night was my first sea turtle night patrol--I was on the beach from 8:00pm-12:00am. There have been some... issues... on the beaches near Timothy Beach (the other main turtle nesting beach), so they put all of us volunteers on Cayon-to-Keys Beach. There were... 10 of us, I think. We broke up into 2 teams and started at the midpoint of the beach. One team went north, the other team went south... and then we set up camp for half an hour to 40 minutes. Then we met back at the middle point, and set up camp for half an hour to 40 minutes. Then the teams swapped ends of the beach. In the 4 hours I was on patrol, we made one full pass of the beach, but didn't see anything. It was actually pretty disappointing, but we'll have to see what happens next week.
We had our last volleyball game on Friday, and boy are the beaches getting hotter and hotter as we get closer to summertime. We lost our final game, which made our overall score 2-wins and who knows how many losses. It was fun though... and it sounds like Heather is planning on keeping the team together for next semester (she's talking about team t-shirts). I'm definitely glad I stuck with it. :)
I think I've got a cold coming on (and yes, I know how ironic it sounds to get a "cold" while living on a tropical island--but I'm in the second round of people catching it). I even backed out of seeing Sucker Punch with my friends so that I could stay home with some tea and get some more sleep in.
Well, back to studying--parasitology lab final on Tuesday!
Thursday night was my first sea turtle night patrol--I was on the beach from 8:00pm-12:00am. There have been some... issues... on the beaches near Timothy Beach (the other main turtle nesting beach), so they put all of us volunteers on Cayon-to-Keys Beach. There were... 10 of us, I think. We broke up into 2 teams and started at the midpoint of the beach. One team went north, the other team went south... and then we set up camp for half an hour to 40 minutes. Then we met back at the middle point, and set up camp for half an hour to 40 minutes. Then the teams swapped ends of the beach. In the 4 hours I was on patrol, we made one full pass of the beach, but didn't see anything. It was actually pretty disappointing, but we'll have to see what happens next week.
We had our last volleyball game on Friday, and boy are the beaches getting hotter and hotter as we get closer to summertime. We lost our final game, which made our overall score 2-wins and who knows how many losses. It was fun though... and it sounds like Heather is planning on keeping the team together for next semester (she's talking about team t-shirts). I'm definitely glad I stuck with it. :)
I think I've got a cold coming on (and yes, I know how ironic it sounds to get a "cold" while living on a tropical island--but I'm in the second round of people catching it). I even backed out of seeing Sucker Punch with my friends so that I could stay home with some tea and get some more sleep in.
Well, back to studying--parasitology lab final on Tuesday!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Week 12 of Semester 2--Exhaustion
What a long week this one has been, although it didn't start off like much. Just the usual classes up until Friday... and Virginia's birthday dinner on Tuesday... and the VCA-sponsored oncology lecture with Dr. Boshoven on Thursday... and taking over the tortoises on campus starting that day as well. Alright, so that was a lot mid-week, I suppose.
The Unknown won our second game of the season. We've gotten progressively better and have started playing more like a team. It's a blast now... but with the weather getting more hot (and the sand burning your feet while waiting to get on the court), I'm not sure if I want to play next semester or not. I probably should, but it's getting to be that miserable time of the year down here.
Friday night was the AAFP's semester-ly trivia night, and I was asked to emcee it since I'm the vice president. It was pretty nerve-wracking, but it worked out well... better than the prior ones I had gone to. I taught myself how to use TurningPoint (the clicker system that we use on campus to answer quiz-like questions during lectures), so we did the trivia night based on those. I had 6 categories, 5 questions each... 4 subjects were vet-related and 2 (and the final question) were more fun trivia... like, what was the name of the cat actor in The Godfather seen in the opening scenes? (He was a random stray that walked on set, so he didn't have a name.) Hopefully we can keep it going that way next semester as well! Lexi won the "fastest" response and the team MVP award. As usual, there was a good variety of dishes to try there (it was a pot luck dinner).
Yesterday was the last P.A.W.S. adoption day of the semester. Our total of adopted pets for the term is 32 (16 cats, 16 dogs), so it went rather well. :) We also started selling bumper stickers, which seem to be a big hit. They say "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated," "saving the life of one animal may not change the world, but it will surely change the world for that one animal," and "save a life, adopt a shelter pet." It's been an interesting semester... so let's see where the next takes the group. (That's a picture of my friend, Lolly... she was so happy to have a handful of kittens.)
After that, Lexi, Steven, and I took Gus and Lia to the beach to meet up with Alexis and her foster dog, Flora. Lia's terrified of the ocean, but Gus and Flora (for the most part) seemed to love it. At least it got Lia to burn off some energy and she slept rather well for the night once we got home. While the rest of the group played in the ocean, I took to trying to take some more artsy-like photos... like the paw print I have on here, and then some of shadows.
And today, I woke up late... (9:30am!) made some breakfast, and just spent the day cleaning and studying. Gonna catch a movie with Heather and Katy in a little bit... although I forget which one it is. Haha.
See ya in a week!
The Unknown won our second game of the season. We've gotten progressively better and have started playing more like a team. It's a blast now... but with the weather getting more hot (and the sand burning your feet while waiting to get on the court), I'm not sure if I want to play next semester or not. I probably should, but it's getting to be that miserable time of the year down here.
Friday night was the AAFP's semester-ly trivia night, and I was asked to emcee it since I'm the vice president. It was pretty nerve-wracking, but it worked out well... better than the prior ones I had gone to. I taught myself how to use TurningPoint (the clicker system that we use on campus to answer quiz-like questions during lectures), so we did the trivia night based on those. I had 6 categories, 5 questions each... 4 subjects were vet-related and 2 (and the final question) were more fun trivia... like, what was the name of the cat actor in The Godfather seen in the opening scenes? (He was a random stray that walked on set, so he didn't have a name.) Hopefully we can keep it going that way next semester as well! Lexi won the "fastest" response and the team MVP award. As usual, there was a good variety of dishes to try there (it was a pot luck dinner).
And today, I woke up late... (9:30am!) made some breakfast, and just spent the day cleaning and studying. Gonna catch a movie with Heather and Katy in a little bit... although I forget which one it is. Haha.
See ya in a week!
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