Well, tomorrow is Exam #1 of the year! It's on the Endocrine portion of Small Animal Medicine...so tonight, hopefully I'll be dreaming about how cats with hyperadrenocorticism usually present with diabetes and dermatologic problems and how dogs that are diagnosed with hyperthyroidism usually have thyroid carcinomas. Is everyone convinced of my nerdiness NOW?!? :)
Thursday is Equine Medicine and Friday is Ag Animal Medicine...but then I'm flying down to Oregon for the weekend!! Yay!! 3 days!!
Ok. Must sleep now. :)
Monday, September 27, 2004
Friday, September 17, 2004
Arrrrr!!!
Ahoy me hearties!
Almost forgot to remind ye landlubbers that Sunday be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Be ye ready to follow the rules o' the day, er else ye'll be fixin' to find yerself in Davey Jones' Locker....
Arrrrr!!!!!
Almost forgot to remind ye landlubbers that Sunday be International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Be ye ready to follow the rules o' the day, er else ye'll be fixin' to find yerself in Davey Jones' Locker....
Arrrrr!!!!!
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The Kat House Quarter-Century Birthday Bash
[beep beep crackle beep crackle beep beep] "We are broadcasting to you today from the land of Sickies-United, where having a cold is FUN and not being able to breathe is even more fun!" Yeah! So, I came down with this cold (I'm calling it the Beth/Brandon virus, because I think that they were the source of infection...hehe) after our FANTASTIC weekend in Seattle. So even though today was sit-in-the-health-center-for-2-hours-on-a-nebulizer-so-I-can-breathe day, it was totally worth it!
Anyway, the weekend was organized by the lovely Kat House (Beth's roommate, who has become a very good friend) in celebration of her 25th birthday. We left Friday afternoon in the Jaime-mobile (which now sports a beautiful windshield war wound from a flying rock on the highway) and got into Seattle at about 5. We set up shop at the house of one of Kat's closest friends, Dan, a 2nd year med student at UW, who lives with two classmates, Levi & Chris (and now another guy, the infamous unseen roommate who moved in while our millions of belongings were strewn across the floor). As weekend party favors, Kat made t-shirts for everyone (which we wore on Saturday): across the front - "The Kat House (Est. 1979)...We don't quit until you do" and on the back were our nicknames (although some of them were totally un-deserved!! :)).
The players: Kat (Ms. Kitty), Beth (Beppy), Brandon - Beth's boyfriend (Monkey Bradah), Dan (Dr. Bezoar), Paul - Dan's brother (P Diddy), Keri - Kat's best friend (Doobie Scout), Levi & Chris (no names as of this trip, but next time!), and me (The Maneater...don't ask :)).
For our first night, we went out to dinner at Palomino, in downtown Seattle - excellent food, atmostphere and service. I give it two thumbs up. Kat brought a box full of wine to the restaurant - no, not box wine :) but an actual cardboard box filled with some of the best that the Palouse has to offer (Kat is quite the connoisseur). After dinner, we went out dancing at this pool hall/dance club, which was great except for the mirrors surrounding the dance floor. Something about seeing myself dancing that just seems weird - I KNOW that I look like a dork, why do I need a reflection to remind me? hehe
So, Saturday: WSU/Colorado football game, Vietnamese Pho for dinner, drinking 40's (yes, Jaime actually did this) and a med-school party (they're like vet-nerds, but they only have to worry about ONE species - heehee) complete with beer pong.
Some of the funnier moments:
-Keri and Kat getting hit on by random-guy behind us at the game with the greatest pick-up line "So...how are those nachos??"
-The endless stares that I received because of the words written across my back (come on guys, it's just a shirt!)
-The sheriffs that Kat made friends with at the game, who decided to come over and...be friendly?? "So..." (to me) "Are you the mean one?? hehehe" yeah. weird.
-Dick's hamburgers at 3 am
-Keri, Beth and I diving under the beer pong table to cuddle
-Kat picking a new best friend
-Having the greatest time with some of my closest friends and some very awesome new ones :)
So, after attempting to clean up a bit on Sunday, we left the crazy party house and headed back east (after another stop by Dick's of course), back to the real-world. But you know, if life were a constant vacation, how could we ever appreciate times like these? Yeah... :) (and also, as most of you know, I'm definitely the type of person that likes to appreciate ALL - or at least MOST of the other times as well :))
Check out the Picture Page for a few from the weekend...
Quote for the night:
"Wherever you are, be there." -Jim Rohn
Anyway, the weekend was organized by the lovely Kat House (Beth's roommate, who has become a very good friend) in celebration of her 25th birthday. We left Friday afternoon in the Jaime-mobile (which now sports a beautiful windshield war wound from a flying rock on the highway) and got into Seattle at about 5. We set up shop at the house of one of Kat's closest friends, Dan, a 2nd year med student at UW, who lives with two classmates, Levi & Chris (and now another guy, the infamous unseen roommate who moved in while our millions of belongings were strewn across the floor). As weekend party favors, Kat made t-shirts for everyone (which we wore on Saturday): across the front - "The Kat House (Est. 1979)...We don't quit until you do" and on the back were our nicknames (although some of them were totally un-deserved!! :)).
The players: Kat (Ms. Kitty), Beth (Beppy), Brandon - Beth's boyfriend (Monkey Bradah), Dan (Dr. Bezoar), Paul - Dan's brother (P Diddy), Keri - Kat's best friend (Doobie Scout), Levi & Chris (no names as of this trip, but next time!), and me (The Maneater...don't ask :)).
For our first night, we went out to dinner at Palomino, in downtown Seattle - excellent food, atmostphere and service. I give it two thumbs up. Kat brought a box full of wine to the restaurant - no, not box wine :) but an actual cardboard box filled with some of the best that the Palouse has to offer (Kat is quite the connoisseur). After dinner, we went out dancing at this pool hall/dance club, which was great except for the mirrors surrounding the dance floor. Something about seeing myself dancing that just seems weird - I KNOW that I look like a dork, why do I need a reflection to remind me? hehe
So, Saturday: WSU/Colorado football game, Vietnamese Pho for dinner, drinking 40's (yes, Jaime actually did this) and a med-school party (they're like vet-nerds, but they only have to worry about ONE species - heehee) complete with beer pong.
Some of the funnier moments:
-Keri and Kat getting hit on by random-guy behind us at the game with the greatest pick-up line "So...how are those nachos??"
-The endless stares that I received because of the words written across my back (come on guys, it's just a shirt!)
-The sheriffs that Kat made friends with at the game, who decided to come over and...be friendly?? "So..." (to me) "Are you the mean one?? hehehe" yeah. weird.
-Dick's hamburgers at 3 am
-Keri, Beth and I diving under the beer pong table to cuddle
-Kat picking a new best friend
-Having the greatest time with some of my closest friends and some very awesome new ones :)
So, after attempting to clean up a bit on Sunday, we left the crazy party house and headed back east (after another stop by Dick's of course), back to the real-world. But you know, if life were a constant vacation, how could we ever appreciate times like these? Yeah... :) (and also, as most of you know, I'm definitely the type of person that likes to appreciate ALL - or at least MOST of the other times as well :))
Check out the Picture Page for a few from the weekend...
Quote for the night:
"Wherever you are, be there." -Jim Rohn
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Britain for the weekend...
I know, I know. The blogging hasn't exactly been a regular occurrence for me! I'm sorry! Nothing terribly exciting to report over the past week, I suppose. But now.... :)
First off, school has been, well, pretty much the same. Still learning about renal function, pigs, and how to run the veterinary practice that we will all own one day (!?!?). Kirsten, Amanda & Beth had their first spay last week! Kirsten was the surgeon and did a fantastic job (yay Kirsten!). I wasn't there, but I saw pictures.
So, the weekend: (although I did not get to see Shelby this time, I'd have to say that overall, it ranked much higher than last year's Labor Day). Hamburgers at Kirsten's on Friday (Kirsten: "we like meat in this house!") and Shrek II ("Whatever happens, I must not cry!!") at the cheap theater on Saturday, followed by a fascinating (err, maybe I shouldn't go quite that far) few hours spent reading my surgery text.
Sunday was where the crazy weekend really started...I took a random spontaneous trip to The Dalles along the Gorge (now I've always wondered, is it THE Dalles or just Dalles? What ARE the Dalles? Where did they come from? How many of them are there?). The adventure began at 6:30 am, an hour that even Maia could not comprehend (you know it's early when even the cat continues to sleep on the bed after you've gotten up). Anywho, some of the highlights (aside from great company): the Maryhill Museum which is located off of Washington's SR 14, east of The Dalles and overlooks the Columbia. Beautiful area and some interesting exhibits (best of all, the chess sets from all over the world - perhaps slightly more entertaining for my chess-savvy friend, but I liked them nonetheless). The lawns surrounding the museum provided a perfect place for a nap-on-the-grass, and only once was I threatened by a bee (see post below). Word of the day with new meaning: scuttle (scut-tle) - verb used to describe the attempted "flying" of a peacock (demonstrated by the resident Maryhill Museum peacocks). The real excitement came when we drove up to Washington's very own Stonehenge!! Built as a memorial to the soldiers of Klickitat County who lost their lives in WWI, it is a full-scale replica of the original Stonehenge (and you can even rent it out to have parties, weddings, etc! Who knew?!). It was almost like being in Britain for the holiday... :) (well, I guess it wouldn't have really BEEN a holiday there, being that Labor Day is an American tradition :))
Very fun, unexpected weekend, for sure.
Today: class, a NAP (yay! I love naps!!) and then went to kickboxing and the abs class with Amanda. Ugh. Talk about being tired. A and I were trying to punch the bags but could barely get our arms up to hit them. It was almost like we were in some slow-motion scene in a movie - you know, when they edit it so the hit takes about 20 seconds to make contact. Yeah, that's us all right - "Kung Fu fighting...fast as lightning" :) But luckily we negated any positive effects that the working out may have had and went to Pizza Hut for dinner. And not only did we have pizza (but NOT naked pizza :)), we also ordered those so-bad-for-you-they're-good cinnamon stick things with frosting dip. Wow, do I feel healthy.
Last but not least, the quote-for-the-night (can anyone give me the origin? This one's pretty easy... :))
"Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had."
First off, school has been, well, pretty much the same. Still learning about renal function, pigs, and how to run the veterinary practice that we will all own one day (!?!?). Kirsten, Amanda & Beth had their first spay last week! Kirsten was the surgeon and did a fantastic job (yay Kirsten!). I wasn't there, but I saw pictures.
So, the weekend: (although I did not get to see Shelby this time, I'd have to say that overall, it ranked much higher than last year's Labor Day). Hamburgers at Kirsten's on Friday (Kirsten: "we like meat in this house!") and Shrek II ("Whatever happens, I must not cry!!") at the cheap theater on Saturday, followed by a fascinating (err, maybe I shouldn't go quite that far) few hours spent reading my surgery text.
Sunday was where the crazy weekend really started...I took a random spontaneous trip to The Dalles along the Gorge (now I've always wondered, is it THE Dalles or just Dalles? What ARE the Dalles? Where did they come from? How many of them are there?). The adventure began at 6:30 am, an hour that even Maia could not comprehend (you know it's early when even the cat continues to sleep on the bed after you've gotten up). Anywho, some of the highlights (aside from great company): the Maryhill Museum which is located off of Washington's SR 14, east of The Dalles and overlooks the Columbia. Beautiful area and some interesting exhibits (best of all, the chess sets from all over the world - perhaps slightly more entertaining for my chess-savvy friend, but I liked them nonetheless). The lawns surrounding the museum provided a perfect place for a nap-on-the-grass, and only once was I threatened by a bee (see post below). Word of the day with new meaning: scuttle (scut-tle) - verb used to describe the attempted "flying" of a peacock (demonstrated by the resident Maryhill Museum peacocks). The real excitement came when we drove up to Washington's very own Stonehenge!! Built as a memorial to the soldiers of Klickitat County who lost their lives in WWI, it is a full-scale replica of the original Stonehenge (and you can even rent it out to have parties, weddings, etc! Who knew?!). It was almost like being in Britain for the holiday... :) (well, I guess it wouldn't have really BEEN a holiday there, being that Labor Day is an American tradition :))
Very fun, unexpected weekend, for sure.
Today: class, a NAP (yay! I love naps!!) and then went to kickboxing and the abs class with Amanda. Ugh. Talk about being tired. A and I were trying to punch the bags but could barely get our arms up to hit them. It was almost like we were in some slow-motion scene in a movie - you know, when they edit it so the hit takes about 20 seconds to make contact. Yeah, that's us all right - "Kung Fu fighting...fast as lightning" :) But luckily we negated any positive effects that the working out may have had and went to Pizza Hut for dinner. And not only did we have pizza (but NOT naked pizza :)), we also ordered those so-bad-for-you-they're-good cinnamon stick things with frosting dip. Wow, do I feel healthy.
Last but not least, the quote-for-the-night (can anyone give me the origin? This one's pretty easy... :))
"Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had."
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