Summer Begins

Summer is upon me! So I've no excuse for not writing... other than the fact that I'm treating myself to being quite lazy. Finals have been done and over with for a little over 2 weeks now. I'm starting to feel the strain of doing nothing. Actually, it's only been about a week of me doing nothing... I went to Utica right after finals to do my food animal mentorship. I've still been out and about, doing things.. but I can feel that tugging... it starts to nag at me when I don't have a "job" to do. It's funny how people function no? When we're busy and stressed and pushed to the brink... all we can think about is relaxing. But when given nothing to do.. we eventually start to feel that something isn't quite right. It's just about finding that balance I suppose.. funny thing of life and people. I'm still glad for the summer though. I've started working on little projects. I picked up a pet perch that someone was giving away. It's a lot bigger than I thought it would be. It's basically a giant white wooden 2-step set and the cats already love it to pieces of course. But the paint is chipping, so I went and got paint from Ace Hardware a couple of days ago. I'm going to repaint the base white and add red paw prints to the step... I think it will be cute. :)

Yesterday we went shopping for a sectional sofa. It's hard finding a good fit! We ended up ordering one from Ashley Furniture online. We went to their store, but they didn't carry what we wanted... so this will be delivered to our house late June...
Isn't it beautiful? I really love it. :) I'm buying the sofa for our house.. so technically, it's mine.. ALL MINE!! hehe. ;) The only downside is that we don't know what it feels like... but it essentially is all we want in a couch.. the back pillows are attached, the color is perfect for camaflouging various amounts of pet hair, it's got a contemporary look and it's got that lay away at the end... just perfect. I hope it feels as perfect as it looks. We've still got to buy a bed frame, build the inside of our walk-in closet and budget for building a fence for our backyard. Our backyard isn't very impressive, but I think will be something cute after we're done with it. Official move-in date is June 12th. Katie and Brittnay will be moving in August so Mike and I will have the house to ourselves for a little bit before we get roomies. I think for where I am right now in life, the idea of roomies is only going to add to it.

I just finished watching The Motorcycle Diaries tonight. It was a very touching movie. I really enjoyed it. And Gael Garcia Bernal (the guy who plays Ernesto "Che" Guevara aka Fuser) is just beautiful in this movie.
Can't deny it.. totally gorgeous. Aside from that, the movie was truly wonderful. It's something that is heart-wrenching and uplifting at the same time. I wouldn't say that it's a very "happy" movie. It has a somber mood to it, but it's an eye-opening surprise... really wonderful and something that can be felt with the heart.

I think I'll end with that note for the night. "You gotta fight for every breath and tell death to go to hell."

Utica, KS --> population: 150

Hey there.. Long time no talk. Place all the blame on me. Currently, I am in Utica, KS.. and that's right, like the title says.. population: 150, if even that! Kelly and I are here for our food animal mentorship. We've been here since Sunday night and we're leaving this Saturday. Thus far we've gotten to do a lot of cool stuff. Drawing blood on a steer is a heck of a lot easier than any dog or cat, since their jugular vein is about 2 inches wide! We're doing a lot of palpating... female cows I think are a lot harder than males if you're trying to find the cervix, horns and right ovary because you have to follow the horn up to the ovary and it can very easily fall out of your hand. With males, there's the prostate, then the seminal vesicles, and BAM, you're done! The Norton doc's are super nice. Life is definitely a lot different here... even more different from Manhattan, which I already thought was way different than southern California. There's a lot of things that don't exist here.. like homeless people, a movie theater, a high school, snobs or lazy people. I tell ya... it's different.

Anyhow.. I'll elaborate on this different-ness at a later time.. cause right now.. sleep calls... Good night...

Annoying!

You know what’s the worst? People that are in love with talking about themselves. I’m sitting in Starbucks right now studying… when two girls (obviously undergraduate students), come in and sit down on the couches next to me. Now I’ve no vices about people coming into coffee shops and talking. It’s not a library for goodness sake. Besides, I like a little bit of chatter noise in the background. It actually helps me focus on what I’m studying. But since they’re pretty close, I can hear their conversation. And sometimes, I really do wish that I had selective hearing, because I don’t want to hear the crap that people have to say sometimes. So anyway, one of the girls talks way more than the other (it always seems to be that way)… and she says, “you know, I really don’t want to study anymore. I feel like I don’t really have to. [laugher], I got the highest grade on the last test, a 98%, AND I got a 93% on the first exam, so I’m not really too worried.” Other girl says, “good for you” and tries to go back to studying. In my opinion, she is obviously annoyed by how proud of the other girl is of her test scores. I mean, what the hell does she want? A fucking gold star? You want a goddamn trophy? I despise it when people start boasting about what they got on an exam. It’s totally ridiculous and uncalled for. Anyhoo, no later than 3 minutes, the loud one heaves a huge sigh, and starts talking about her life and how she’s having troubles with some friend of hers. And literally, I think I’ve counted her saying “I” about 30 times in 5 minutes. It’s totally dumb. Get over yourself for fuck’s sake! While the other girl sits in silence except to say, “uh huh… Okay…. Sorry to hear that… Good for you!”

You know what I’d say? Go fuck yourself! Okay, no, you're right. I wouldn't say that. But I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking it....

Wohoo!

Finals week.

I'm almost a 25% bonafide veterinarian!!!

Then I can examine radiographs such as these...


Fun!