DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!

With 6th semester!

(Hopefully)

Grades will be posted on Saturday, so until then I will live in bliss knowing I don't have to study for a whole TWO weeks!

Finals weren't so bad this semester, I only had three! Yes, just 3 little finals. Can you imagine? It's hard for me even, and I'm the one who took them.

While I wait for Saturday, which is both the day I get my grades and the day we fly back to the sweet (read: rainy but currently sunny) land of Oregon, I've complied a list of things I am excited for. Please do enjoy, comment, or add to the list.

1. TANZI! Gotta love that adorable face and endless supply of fur.
2. Family! (Oh wait, this is supposed to be before the dog, right?) and Friends. Them too.
3. Fresh berries. Yup. It made my #3.
4. Mexican/Thai/Chinese/Sushi deliciousness
5. Rock climbing!!! As long as no one pokes fun at my weak muscles. I've been sitting 24 hours a day pretty much for weeks on end. Disuse atrophy to the rescue?
6. HAIRCUT. Remember when I posted about being able to put my hair in the tiniest ponytail anyone has ever seen? It has gone waaaaaaaaaaaay beyond that. Dare I say I now sport MEDIUM length hair. Seriously. Time to buy some hair ties!
7. Enjoy the amazing brews that Portland has to offer. St. Kitts' excuse for beer no longer makes the cut.
8. Be active again for once! I would like to enjoy Oregon's awesome array of ..... terrains? Brain is still mush. But I'd like to go on hikes or enjoy some frisbee in the park, something of that sort.
9. TANZI!!! Oh wait, already said that.... well she is awesome enough to be on there twice.
10. FRIENDS!!!! and family. They are also worth putting on here twice.

Tanzi in 2010. My brother Robbie took this picture when playing with a new macro lens.
  (Thanks Robbie!)

Thank you everyone for reading my babbles and supporting me during my time in vet school. I'm very thankful to have such amazing family and friends at home, and I can't wait to see you all.

Next update: OREGON!!!!!!! Or maybe I'll post about Paris and Barcelona. (Ooooops...)

No sweatshirt babies for this Rossie!

I passed my mock spay procedure! Yay!!

The Rossie model we "spay" is mostly made from PCV piping, tubes and fabric. It's pretty high tech. No really, it is! We're (as far as I understand) one of a few schools using such a model before throwing students at live patients. Pretty cool, right?

Here I am the night before my exam practicing as best I can with the limited supplies I have. The power kept going out that night because of the stormy weather we've been having. Matt assisted by holding up a flashlight for me. It was an OISK (only in St. Kitts) moment to be sure.

Ironing board = surgery table

Extra hemostats = towel clamps

Imaginary over-drape = sterile field

Sweatshirt tube thing = dog

Oh noes! My patient is already cut open and bleeding! (See the red dots sticking out of the "incision"? Those are the bleeding vessels in the skin that I have to ligate before continuing with the procedure)

Creating my sterile field with quarter drapes. Except that I only have two...

I think I was looking for the uterine horn. No snook hook to practice with at home so the end of a curved kelly hemostat it was! 

That is all the exciting news I have for now. Time to really buckle down and prepare for finals. Uuuuuugh.

100% chance of a tropical storm

Just kidding!

It was downgraded to a 90% chance this morning and has probably changed since then. All I know is, *fingers crossed* no hurricane for St. Kitts. So far.