It's rather chilly here (for December, as my supervisor pointed out; it's like this all the time in January and February), with the mercury at -3 when I woke up this morning. I stubbornly waited until it got to zero before venturing out. A girl's got to have limits. Indiana doesn't understand this concept at all. Apparently a natural fur coat really is the best thing in the world, because we just got back from our long walk and she was happily lying in the frost with her stick-cicle when I decided I was approaching frostbite threshold. Wussy humans.
We've now entered "dead" week, AKA the Week Before Finals, and as of yesterday night I had turned in my final paper for a class, so that's my first official vet school course out of the way! I was pretty excited. Next week will be a doozy but I'm doing fine in all my classes so far and if I can just keep it up everything should be all right. We're already ordering books and signed up for next semester's classes, so the juggernaut is on autopilot now. I'm excited/terrified about it.
This past weekend was a kick, just the right thing before finals hit. Friday night was our Game Night for my friend's birthday, and we had such a blast that nobody left until two in the morning when Eli had to practically drag my sleepy butt to the car. I had forgotten how much fun board games are! So I bought Mexican Train (technically dominos; close enough) and you better believe that anyone visiting here from now on will be playing that ad nauseum. We also stopped by the WSU Ski Swap (in the same manner that a cocaine addict might be able to 'stop by' a crack house), and I got a pair of goggles to keep me from squinting so much or getting any insane sunburns on our Mt. Baker trip. It was very, very difficult not to reallocate my student loans into a ski and snowboard fund but somehow I refrained (Eli: "I have more important things to spend my money on before it goes into skis." It's no fun to shop with a kill-joy, sir). Saturday morning I went in to school for a lab on neurological examinations and procedures, and got to try high and low spinal taps and nerve blocks on cadavers (I so greatly appreciate the cadavers--let anyone who's been thinking of donating their animals to science when they pass that they are invaluable to us and get a second life as the best possible teachers!). Sunday we went to the Nutcracker on campus as performed by the Eugene, OR ballet company. It was lovely, and they were very creative with their sets, costumes and the rather limited space. We're so spoiled in Seattle to have the live orchestra there, and nothing makes up for that, but it was great and now it really feels like Christmas. Or almost...four more finals to go!
Ta for now from the Palouse.
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