23 needles, 1 dog

Tanzi received her first acupuncture treatment!

One of my clinicians is getting certified and needed to practice, so I offered up my pup. She is getting older and has some arthritis, plus a history of anxiety, so I figured she could benefit from it.

She was a champ and did great. I think she even started to like it towards the end!

Almost done, I believe the 23rd needle was being placed just as I took the photo

Quite a few in her legs...

Can you see the one on top of her head? It was a calming point.

She started to fall asleep towards the end of the session!

In a couple of weeks she will have a second session. Hopefully it helps!

Also, I ran some blood work on her today too. Not quite as pretty as I was hoping for, but nothing specific yet. Mostly just old dog changes. Sigh... I'm not ready to accept that my pup is getting to be an old lady!

Opportunity lost

A smart traveler shops around for flights.

A smart traveler wait to see if prices are dropping or rising.

A silly traveler waits too long and ticket prices jump $500+. Oof.

Smart traveler finds acceptable airfare, for slightly less ideal itinerary, waits no longer, and books it. Specifically, from Dec. 27th until Feb. 25th.



Moral of the story? Don't wait too long when you find the *perfect* flight, but just aren't quite ready to commit. Who wanted such an easy itinerary, anyway??

So what did $2207.40 get me?

Approximately 15,000 miles traveled.

Approximately 40 hours of travel.

A tiny seat in a metal tube full of strangers.

The start of an amazing 2-month long adventure.

:)

June 10th, 2013

Mark your calendars, I'm graduating!!

Well, my graduation date is January 2013, but the ceremony is in June.

The big hoopla will occur at the Lincoln Center in NY, NY. (http://lc.lincolncenter.org/)

So excited. This is going to be awesome. :)

In the mean time... I've been busy.


Palpating cows. Castrating lambs. Dehorning calves. Draining abscesses. Tattooing ears. Studying for boards. Researching for a paper. Loving life.

Having a blast palpating cows (checking for pregnancy)

Hiking on Mt. Hood. Yes, that is Robbie on the left.

Wojtek and I

Jayme and I during her engagement photo shoot. Wojtek was the photographer. He did such an excellent job on her and her fiance's photos!

More to come later...