Yes, I have an immunology exam tomorrow. Lucky me! Although I must say (and hopefully I'm not jinxing myself) I don't think the material is terribly difficult. There seems to be a lot of repetition and building on concepts, rather than 82 pages of varied concepts. I guess it will mostly depend on how the exam questions are presented.
We had our first bacteriology lab today. Nothing too exciting on day one, just some Gram stains and streak plating. Practice for future exercises. The lab is very nice. The equipment and benches are new and well taken care of. The fact that the entire room was white gave off the feeling of sterility. It was kind of strange. I managed to only get stain dyes on one small spot on my finger (usually i walk out with purple and pink splotched hands) and it's mostly faded now. We stained cultures of Staphylococcus aureus, Eschrichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa for slides full of pretty purple cocci and pink rods.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Google, Grenadian Independence Day, and More Laundry
Okay, this has to be pretty quick because it's already past my bedtime and I have soooo much immunology studying to do tomorrow.
So. Google has decided to wage war with my computers. Something to do with it being confused about constantly being in Grenada (wi-fi) and NYC (wired) all the time? Not really sure. Anyhow, what it really means is that it won't load ANY programs on my computer. Gmail, blogger, talk, G+, documents, calendar, voice, nothing! Makes me very grumpy and a little panicky, because I feel almost completely cut off from the rest of the world! Why couldn't it just hate facebook, or something more wasteful of my time?? Thankfully my main computer is still registered with a VPN connection to Virginia Tech, so I am able to connect through them and get all of my Google services.
Today is Grenadian Independence Day! While a very exciting holiday for the Grenadians, my favorite part is that we had no classes today. This meant not having to wake up early, not having to rush to bed last night, having more time to study during the day, and the most important part, going to the beach! Finally got to go with beautiful weather for a little bit! Despite my sunscreen, I am of course a tad burnt. Mostly just my shoulders and upper back, but apparently when I let a 2 year old apply sunscreen to my face, the results were lackluster. Too bad there isn't actually a 2 year old around to blame for the wickedly awful sunscreen job on my face! Sort of looks like I just robbed some around my eyes? Really not sure! But my face is very burnt, except for having some nice raccoon-y eyes and two lovely pale smudges above my eyebrows. Like I said, not a clue how I managed that one! The weather and the landscape were beautiful as always.
Lastly, it appears that the key to our laundry room is only broken on the weekends. It was open last night and tonight with no problems. REALLY don't know what the issue is on the weekends, however, I will absolutely be squeezing in laundry during the week nights now as long as it remains open!
So. Google has decided to wage war with my computers. Something to do with it being confused about constantly being in Grenada (wi-fi) and NYC (wired) all the time? Not really sure. Anyhow, what it really means is that it won't load ANY programs on my computer. Gmail, blogger, talk, G+, documents, calendar, voice, nothing! Makes me very grumpy and a little panicky, because I feel almost completely cut off from the rest of the world! Why couldn't it just hate facebook, or something more wasteful of my time?? Thankfully my main computer is still registered with a VPN connection to Virginia Tech, so I am able to connect through them and get all of my Google services.
Today is Grenadian Independence Day! While a very exciting holiday for the Grenadians, my favorite part is that we had no classes today. This meant not having to wake up early, not having to rush to bed last night, having more time to study during the day, and the most important part, going to the beach! Finally got to go with beautiful weather for a little bit! Despite my sunscreen, I am of course a tad burnt. Mostly just my shoulders and upper back, but apparently when I let a 2 year old apply sunscreen to my face, the results were lackluster. Too bad there isn't actually a 2 year old around to blame for the wickedly awful sunscreen job on my face! Sort of looks like I just robbed some around my eyes? Really not sure! But my face is very burnt, except for having some nice raccoon-y eyes and two lovely pale smudges above my eyebrows. Like I said, not a clue how I managed that one! The weather and the landscape were beautiful as always.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Vet Student Life
Want a brief run down of what a typical vet student weekend is like? Here you go!
-Wake up from sleeping in because that time is precious!
-Maybe eat, maybe just crack the books open
-Eat breakfast, lunch, or both at some point
-More studying
-Small sanity break, not that it does much because we signed over our sanity when we sent in the deposit!
-More studying. Stuff like anatomy, bacteria, physiology, drugs, etc.
-More studying
-Some dinner, hopefully you've had time to get food from the grocery store, have money to order food, or have time for eating in general
-More studying until quite late
-Go to bed exhausted.
Repeat.
Very exciting, huh? I believe there was a football game tonight? Wouldn't know much about that, I have a bacteriology exam tomorrow! Oh an physiology hw due as well. Fun times!
-Wake up from sleeping in because that time is precious!
-Maybe eat, maybe just crack the books open
-Eat breakfast, lunch, or both at some point
-More studying
-Small sanity break, not that it does much because we signed over our sanity when we sent in the deposit!
-More studying. Stuff like anatomy, bacteria, physiology, drugs, etc.
-More studying
-Some dinner, hopefully you've had time to get food from the grocery store, have money to order food, or have time for eating in general
-More studying until quite late
-Go to bed exhausted.
Repeat.
Very exciting, huh? I believe there was a football game tonight? Wouldn't know much about that, I have a bacteriology exam tomorrow! Oh an physiology hw due as well. Fun times!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A Delicious Dinner and More Laundry Drama
My vet roommate and I went to Dodgy Dock for dinner tonight. One of her classmates was supposed to join us but backed out at the last minute. It's the first time I've been this semester and my roommate's first time ever going. It still remains my favorite restaurant in Grenada!
Tonight was BBQ night. You ordered a meat off the menu (steak, ribs, chicken leg/breast, shrimp, skewers, fish, etc.) and then they had a little buffet salad area and buffet entree area. After ordering, you went up and got some salad, potato salad (although it was more of a spiced mashed potato dish), and a plantain dish. All were delicious! We enjoyed the relaxing dock atmosphere with live music (they had an amazing singer and saxophonist-you know she must be good when I'm complementing her!) over drinks (a tasty chocolate milkshake for me!).
When our meats were ready (chicken for me and ribs for my roommate), we went up and got to pick sides for our dinners. Spiced rice, macaroni pie, corn on the cob, and mixed sauteed vegetables were our options. We opted to try it all of course-might as well! The rice was a bit to spiced for my taste, but the macaroni and cheese "pie" was very tasty and the corn was served in an excellent sauce. The meats were extremely tender and the BBQ sauce was the best I've ever had!
I wish I had brought my camera so that I could share pictures of the food with you, but unfortunately I forgot! It was an excellent meal. A very relaxing and delicious dinner!
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So remember when I swore off doing laundry on Sundays after last weekend? Well yesterday and today, I tried to do laundry. Unfortunately, our laundry room door remains locked. I gave it last night just to see, but called security to have them open it for us today. When I called, I was informed that they were already working on the request, but were having trouble with the key and they hoped to have it open sometime this afternoon. Well apparently they failed, because the door is still locked. Annoying. Typical Grenada too. I'm also sort of amused. I mean, this laundry room has been around since last August, is it really just now becoming a problem? And even if that's the case, it was clearly an issue last weekend because the door was locked for 2.5 days then as well. Wouldn't you think they would replace the lock if it was an issue? Duh, of course not :-p. Oh Grenada...
Tonight was BBQ night. You ordered a meat off the menu (steak, ribs, chicken leg/breast, shrimp, skewers, fish, etc.) and then they had a little buffet salad area and buffet entree area. After ordering, you went up and got some salad, potato salad (although it was more of a spiced mashed potato dish), and a plantain dish. All were delicious! We enjoyed the relaxing dock atmosphere with live music (they had an amazing singer and saxophonist-you know she must be good when I'm complementing her!) over drinks (a tasty chocolate milkshake for me!).
When our meats were ready (chicken for me and ribs for my roommate), we went up and got to pick sides for our dinners. Spiced rice, macaroni pie, corn on the cob, and mixed sauteed vegetables were our options. We opted to try it all of course-might as well! The rice was a bit to spiced for my taste, but the macaroni and cheese "pie" was very tasty and the corn was served in an excellent sauce. The meats were extremely tender and the BBQ sauce was the best I've ever had!
I wish I had brought my camera so that I could share pictures of the food with you, but unfortunately I forgot! It was an excellent meal. A very relaxing and delicious dinner!
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So remember when I swore off doing laundry on Sundays after last weekend? Well yesterday and today, I tried to do laundry. Unfortunately, our laundry room door remains locked. I gave it last night just to see, but called security to have them open it for us today. When I called, I was informed that they were already working on the request, but were having trouble with the key and they hoped to have it open sometime this afternoon. Well apparently they failed, because the door is still locked. Annoying. Typical Grenada too. I'm also sort of amused. I mean, this laundry room has been around since last August, is it really just now becoming a problem? And even if that's the case, it was clearly an issue last weekend because the door was locked for 2.5 days then as well. Wouldn't you think they would replace the lock if it was an issue? Duh, of course not :-p. Oh Grenada...
Friday, February 3, 2012
Happy Friday!
I am very excited that it's Friday again because it means I can sleep in tomorrow and not have to get up early!! Getting up early wouldn't be such a big deal if I was capable of getting myself to sleep in a timely fashion, but I swear it gets late without me even noticing!
The anatomy exam this morning didn't seem too bad. I'm thinking maybe a mid-B grade, but I'm not sure when we'll get them back. Hopefully we'll be allowed to go in to his office and review them because I'd love to know what I missed!
Having class after an exam is just torturous. I just feel spent and sleepy the whole time. At least today's line up was of classes I like, but we've got a new pharmacology professor for this unit, and I am less than enamored by her presence. For one, we really like Dr. Werners and his adorable Netherlands region accent. And the other thing she has going against her is that her voice reminds me of Dr. Hariharan in Bacteriology (although she does at least use inflection). There is just something about their voices that makes my brain automatically tune out, nothing personal against either of them! Today's pharmacology lecture made me feel like Charlie Brown listening to his teacher.
We finally got our SGUSVM fleece jackets that we ordered last term through SCAVMA. I am very excited (I just LOVE fleeces and sweatshirts!). At the very last second, I happened to remember my vet school roommate last semester, so I ordered her one too. Her classmates are going to be very jealous!
The anatomy exam this morning didn't seem too bad. I'm thinking maybe a mid-B grade, but I'm not sure when we'll get them back. Hopefully we'll be allowed to go in to his office and review them because I'd love to know what I missed!
Having class after an exam is just torturous. I just feel spent and sleepy the whole time. At least today's line up was of classes I like, but we've got a new pharmacology professor for this unit, and I am less than enamored by her presence. For one, we really like Dr. Werners and his adorable Netherlands region accent. And the other thing she has going against her is that her voice reminds me of Dr. Hariharan in Bacteriology (although she does at least use inflection). There is just something about their voices that makes my brain automatically tune out, nothing personal against either of them! Today's pharmacology lecture made me feel like Charlie Brown listening to his teacher.
We finally got our SGUSVM fleece jackets that we ordered last term through SCAVMA. I am very excited (I just LOVE fleeces and sweatshirts!). At the very last second, I happened to remember my vet school roommate last semester, so I ordered her one too. Her classmates are going to be very jealous!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Anatomy
Exam tomorrow, eek!! I shift between moments of thinking I am doing okay with the material to moments of utter panic, feeling like I know absolutely nothing! Dr. Aire has promised over and over again that it will be easy, that it is not a difficult exam, but I don't think I believe him! I'm kind of tired of studying for this silly anatomy exam too. Enough about the horse already! The neck, thorax, abdomen, and reproduction. Blah.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Wind
This two-exams-per-week thing is already starting to wear on me, and it's only the first week of it! Knowing there's an exam every couple of days is already becoming exhausting. Some times I feel more motivated to study and get things done than others, and when I'm not interested at all and am procrastinating like crazy, I feel frustrated. I'm just very good at sitting still for long periods of time (and admittedly the computer can be a bit distracting!).
This afternoon I was having trouble focusing, so I decided that since it's a lovely day out, I'd go out to a pick-nick table to study. Well, that was a great plan...except that nowadays we have quite a tropical breeze blowing at all times. Although my papers were fairly well contained, it still got to be very annoying after only a few minutes. I gathered my things back up and stalked back inside. What good is it living in such a beautiful (warm) place if I never get to see it?!
In addition to not being able to study outside well, the wind has made the water more choppy, the air cooler, and the water murkier. I am not a fan. A light tropical breeze is nice, but some days I feel like I'm still in Blacksburg just with warmer temperatures!
This afternoon I was having trouble focusing, so I decided that since it's a lovely day out, I'd go out to a pick-nick table to study. Well, that was a great plan...except that nowadays we have quite a tropical breeze blowing at all times. Although my papers were fairly well contained, it still got to be very annoying after only a few minutes. I gathered my things back up and stalked back inside. What good is it living in such a beautiful (warm) place if I never get to see it?!
In addition to not being able to study outside well, the wind has made the water more choppy, the air cooler, and the water murkier. I am not a fan. A light tropical breeze is nice, but some days I feel like I'm still in Blacksburg just with warmer temperatures!
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