OK friends, step down off those ledges: It's time for an update. Your worlds can resume turning, etc.
I'm a month into school now. Where did the time go? No, seriously? I have no idea how 4 weeks have passed so quickly, but evidently they have. I've been busy, busy, busy. Classes are going well, and I'm really enjoying the material this term. I've had two midterms so far, Pharm and Clin Path (which was just today), and both have gone really well. Diagnostic imaging is pretty daunting, but I'm working on feeling more caught up with it this week, before a couple of big scary midterms next week. I've gotta say, sometimes when it's late at night and I'm hunched over my 46 lb textbook and trying bitterly to identify every stupid bump and bone and muscle attachment of the equine distal limb (not to mention all of the zillions of things that go wrong with them), I secretly yearn for the time when a lame horse didn't get dorsomedial palmerolateral oblique x-ray views...it just got the shotgun. It would save me a whole lot of study grief. ;) Haha, just kidding- it's a good thing I love 'em! I had a prof at Murdoch once say that never will you find an animal so incredibly determined to off itself, and I would have to agree there. Still, it's pretty incredible to learn firsthand about the advancements that have been made in the field of veterinary medicine, particularly with our large animal friends.
I've been enjoying the company of Emma's little old Cairn terrier, whose name is Adrian. He's been my little shadow and constant companion for the past month while Ems has been in Cambodia being her usual incredible self. We go for nice long walks and he is my little foot warmer when it's cold at night. I'm going to miss him when Emma takes him home! The idea of adopting my own dog has been more than a passing thought recently, but then I think of the amount of time I'll be away this coming summer, as well as the fact that I'm single now, and I realize that now is probably not the right time. We'll see how that goes- single or not, I've been adapting my whole adult life to having dogs, and I've always managed. I definitely can't see spending any significant period of time without a dog in my life, but I'm going to concede that right now, I have no idea what things will look like 3 hours from now, let alone 3 days or 3 weeks or 3 months, so I'll let the universe give me a little nudge when the time is right.
I've been going to the gym a lot here, and that feels amazing. I'm doing dance classes, and am getting back into belly dancing. There's a restaurant here in town that has hosted a weekly performance night every week for over 20 years! So if anyone even needed yet another reason to visit the bustling metropolis of Corvallis, there you go...you can come watch me on stage shakin' stuff. So exciting! I've also been trying out martial arts classes, because I would like to make that a part of my life again. My perfect recipe for well being has always been the combination of dance and martial arts- both feed different, but equal important, parts of my happiness.
Lately I've been dreaming about spending time in Ireland when I'm done with school. I don't know why, but it feels important to live there for a period of time. That might have something to do with Aidan Turner. While I'm there, I would like to take advantage of this dual citizenship thing and spend some time in England and Scotland, as well. Maybe I should spend some time working in rural practice, simply so I can work with the Cutest Cattle In The World, Highland cattle. Yes, you should probably google Highland cattle immediately. While you're at it, you should probably google Aidan Turner as well. I've got the major travel bug right now, but I'm trying very hard to be present and enjoy vet school. Sometimes that takes gritting my teeth and reminding myself that I signed up for this (says she, who is running on 3 hours of sleep and so very much coffee). That said, sometimes I feel like I have to pinch myself to make sure that this is all real. I am LIVING MY DREAM. I am the luckiest girl.
You're welcome for the most disjointed, uninspired blog post ever! I'm pretty sure this reads like my 13 year-old self's diary. Except without the lovingly-applied scent of Elizabeth Arden's "Sunflowers" perfume, and without the tear-stained pages and declarations that no one understands me. Fine, ok...NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME! *sob*
Aaaand, there it is. :)
