The New Picture Page!!!

So, in an attempt to further obsessively organize my life, I have decided to start a "picture blog". I know - it doesn't REALLY change anything - but I was bored, and having fun playing around online pretending to know how to change what my page looks like. :) So - you will find this new exciting link under my links section! And also, Beth has started her own blog! And also, baby duck hat is good for parties (that one's for you Beth!)

First week of classes were, in a word, BORING. But I have hope. They'll get better one day. Might be the last day, but it'll happen. Taking Ag Animal Medicine, Equine Medicine, Small Animal Medicine, Small Animal Surgery, Small Animal Theriogenology (reproduction stuff) and Practice Management. My surgery lab doesn't start until November (phew) so I still have a little time to panic about learning how to spay a dog.

Oh. And I was brutally attacked today by a bee. I didn't even make a rude gesture or say anything mean to it to provoke it - it just charged. So now I HATE BEES (at least the vicious ones).

Amanda, Beth, Minnie, Kirsten and I anxiously awaiting the Lentil Fest Parade...

The Birthday Post

Well, after a week of being back in Pullman, it is starting to feel a little like home again (could also be the rain...nothing like a bit of liquid sunshine to remind you of Oregon). My Intro to Clinics class was for the most part alright. It is a little scary to think that we'll have to remember all of this information 4 months from now, when rotations actually begin, but the clinical faculty seem optimistic that it'll be no problem at all. All 36 of us (in the OSU class) spent a day "shadowing" senior students in the hospital. I worked with the Referral unit, which was actually pretty interesting, and I saw the most amazing Irish Wolfhound in the hospital. (I just figured out how to put links into my posts!!!) Tomorrow at 8 am I'll be back in the classroom for Agricultural Animal Medicine (I know, you're jealous). Actually I think that'll be interesting, as I have this newfound love for pigs :) and know virtually nothing about any of the other large animal species. My schedule is fantastic: for most of the semester, I am out of class at noon for four days out of the week!

Last night Amanda and I had a joint birthday dinner at this Mexican restaurant in Moscow, which was so much fun! There were about 18 people there, and it was just really nice to see everyone outside of school. We were of course serenaded by the entire staff with the make-everyone-look-at-you birthday song, which came with two shots of who-knows-what. Since when did a free ice cream get replaced with alcohol?!? :) After dinner, Beth, Kat and I went to Shakers (the local college meat-market) to dance. That place always makes me laugh...and feel kinda old. The highlight of the evening was probably Green-Skirt-Girl, who was wearing the shortest, flippiest (yes, this is a new Jaime-word) bright green Britney Spears skirt that I've ever seen. And she was dancing/flipping the skirt for the entire night, for all to see. Quite the show. We were slightly grossed out. In addition to girls-with-short-skirts, another pet peeve about places like that are the tall guys (or as Beth called one last night, "Sasquatch") that run over you every 5 seconds on the dance floor. I mean, come on. I know that I'm short, but WATCH WHERE YOU'RE STEPPING!!!! We had Dance-Floor-Rage a few times but luckily kept it under control.

Today was a very lazy day. Slept in (although not at late as Beth: 3:15 pm!!), ironed (my life is so exciting) and watched The-Best-Movie-Ever-Titanic. It just felt like an appropriate thing to do today and it had been awile. Totally brought back the memory of Shelby, Aaron, Jenny and I filming our own version 6 years ago. Aaron played Rose and Jenny played Jack. Ahh...good times.

Ok - off to the gym I go...perhaps I'll luck out and see Green-Skirt-Girl there and can ask her where she shops :)

Picture Posting Fun!

Shelby and I at Bepe & Gianni's (spelling?) in Eugene for my birthday...



At the Snake River...pre-top-falling-off-incident. FYI: My toes are actually touching the [natural body of] water (I HAD to get a picture to commemorate the THAT!)

The Carpet Cleaning Queen

Yes, Jaime Ueda, Ms. Anti-Domestic herself, has mastered the... RUGDOCTOR!! Yesterday was an exciting day for me, as I determined that I can now add to my list of skills: "Can pull an automatic rug-cleaning machine across the living room floor without tripping over the cord." Anyway, the Rugdoctor really did the trick and now the ghetto carpet looks a little less so.

Went down to the Snake River with Beth, Kat, Kirsten and Amanda this afternoon, which was VERY fun. I even went swimming (which as some of you may realize, is a BIG thing for me, being that I have some issues with natural bodies of water). It was great catching up with the girls and Beth and I even had a chance to pretend that we were cliff-dwelling alpacas (we can do their little sound pretty well) while we oh so gracefully hiked back to the car. Oh, and my swimsuit top just decided to fall down as I was getting up from my towel. Yeah. That must have been interesting for the truck that was driving by at the time.

Introduction to clinics starts tomorrow! I'm not sure if I'm ready to pretend to be a doctor yet. I am after all only fourteen :)

Cougars and Lentils

This is my first official post from Pullman, which is not only the home of yours truly for the next 7 months, but also the WSU football team, and other very exciting things such as wheat and the curious little lentil.
As some of you may know, the 16th Annual National Lentil Festival is coming up very soon and I for one am extremely excited about this year's festivities, which include the Lentil Parade, the Lentil Cook Off, the Tour de Lentil 100K bike race and of course, the cooking of the largest bowl of lentil soup. I know, everyone wants to come now, right? Not to worry; there will be enough soup for everyone (and it's free!).
Anyway, the drive from Eugene only took a little over 7 hours. 460 miles. Not bad for slow traffic AND a restroom break AND a Dutch Bros stop. Maia of course decided NOT to appreciate the carseat that I ordered and continually tried to jump off of it (despite the harness) while meow/howling and panting for added effect. It was great.

Tomorrow is Put-Away-Everything-That-Will-Just-Have-To-Be-Packed-Up-Again-In-7-Months Day. A mobile home is starting to sound more and more like a good idea.

It's pretty hot here. Maia and I are finding it difficult to move, which makes unpacking especially fun. So far, everything is still sitting in the middle of the living room. Personally, I think my bags would make excellent new furniture...

My beautiful cat Maia

"So...you're in highschool, right?"

Oh my gosh.
Do I honestly look like I'm still a backpack-toting, SAT-studying, college-planning, underage HIGHSCHOOLER?!?!
I've always known that I look younger than I actually am (the height, etc) but highschool?! I can't even tell you how many times I've been asked about this over the past 3 months. Have I suddenly visited the fountain of youth? Are people just now coming out and asking me, while before they just assumed?
The best one came from the innkeeper at the B&B we stayed at on the Cape last month...he wanted to fix me up with his FOURTEEN year old son. No, he wasn't trying to have me commit a crime, he actually thought I was that age. Sorry sir. That's a ten-year difference. And the decade rule most definitely does not apply in that direction.
Anyway, the reason for this short rant is that I was just asked *again* about this matter. Maybe I should just make a shirt that says "I'M 24!" (well almost).

The First Post

Alright, so as all of you know, I'm NOT a beauty school dropout (although if I HAD gone to beauty school, that most certainly would have been my ultimate fate) but for some random reason the title came to me...call it a flash of creativity or whatever (also may have been the fact that I saw the movie "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" in the video store last night and I saw that part in "Grease" on TV the other day, where Frenchy sings "Beauty School Dropout"...ok, so maybe I'm not THAT creative :)). Anyway, I realize that this should be called something a bit more appropriate, like "Vet Student Goes Crazy Due to Lack of Sleep" or "Vet School is Like Living in a Sorority/Convent" or "Jaime's Weirdness Published For All To See" but "Confessions..." just seemed funnier. Perhaps I'll live to regret that. We'll call it "bloggers remorse".
So, being that my best friend Shelby has had a blog for ages now, and I seem to be her only friend without one, I decided to join the ranks of bloggers all over the world. Makes me feel a little like I belong to some sort of blogger society. A secret society...with lots of members...and no private meetings...and public access from any computer with even the slowest of modems. All we need now is a secret handshake (that could of course be googled in .05 seconds) and I'd say this society would be complete.
A blog site is also a nice alternative to actually having a real (hard-to-create-for-non-computer-girl-Jaime) webpage. And being that my life is SO exciting (hey, even in vet school...it's possible ok?) I thought it would be fun to do...I'm hoping this won't be too boring.
Ok. That's my story. More to come soon (I know that you're all dying of anticipation) :)