The final weeks of my undergraduate career are winding down. This is my last week of classes, then a week of finals, followed by "senior week" and graduation on the 18th. It has gone so quickly! I am certainly feeling nostalgic and melancholy these days.
A bust of excitement came this evening when I got an email that said I could register for my vet school courses! I will be taking:
Anatomy
Physiology
Immunology
Histology
Biochemistry
LA Husbandry
Professional Foundations
Ethology
And have the choice of two electives: Animal Domestication and Developmental Embryology.
I am a little on the fence about developmental embryology, since I really don't like development (probably my least favorite subject that I have had to learn about). I will definitely be taking Domestication though, since it is pass/fail and seems pretty interesting!
While it will be a lot (as I well recognize) I cannot help but be excited. I get to learn about these subjects as they specifically relate to veterinary medicine. All those questions I constantly pestered all my professors with at G-burg (especially in my human A&P class) will hopefully begin to be answered! I also pleasantly discovered that vet school only has one hour long labs, rather than the four hour labs that I am used to. That should be a nice change!
Back to studying ;-)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Up to Things
What have I been up to lately?
Well, besides celebrating ( I'M GOING TO VET SCHOOL IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) I have been doing normal things, including studying for three exams (vert zoo on Thursday, A&P on Friday (past) and Microbio tomorrow), keeping up with the house and animals, farm sitting for my neighbor, leading meetings for my Spring break trip to TN, organizing pre-vet things, searching for vet school scholarships, working, and spending what little time is left with my sun and stars.
We celebrated V-day on Friday by having dinner together. I made sirloin and flank steak from the farm, organic mac and cheese (Annie's... try it!!), and steamed broccoli, then topped it off with homemade banana nut bread. We ended the night by dipping chocolate covered strawberries; something we have done every year since we first started dating. J had just worked a double, so he was pretty much exhausted and went to bed at 6:30, so I finished off my night by studying the properties and metabolism of microbial beings in front of the fireplace.
We have had a ton of snow (for MD) over the past few weeks, accumulating to a grand total of about 2.5 feet. There was some ice thrown in there too, which has really made things a mess. While we had lost power for four days amidst the storms, we got lucky in that we didn't lose anything in the fridge/freezer, and were able to provide at least some heat via the large wood stove in the basement. I took showers at school in my friend's apartments prior to classes, and J took them down at my grandparent's house (they have a small generator). All in all it was nowhere near as bad as it could have been.
I am still waiting to hear from Wisconsin (not that I am going to go there, I just kinda want to know). I am still kind of torn between VA-MD and Mizzou, but I have been leaning toward VMR. The proximity to home is a huge thing for me, and by all accounts the programs are really awesome. While I really loved Mizzou's program and the environment/sense of community, I don't know that my overall happiness level there would be as high. At least if I go to VMR there is the possibility of visits from family and friends, and my support network is only 5 hours away. If I feel the need to go home for an emergency or just really need to see J, I can drive it in a night, or an early morning. I don't think either one is a bad choice; in fact they are both extremely GREAT choices which is the problem! It ended up being only a $10000 difference between the two (which seems like a lot but when compared to the total $150k really isn't THAT much). There are perks and downfalls to both, and I know that with the way I am I will get as much experience as I can no matter where I go. I just need to make a decision, and fairly quickly, so that I can start applying for the few scholarship programs that I found. But like I said, I am heavily leaning toward VMR, so that is probably where I will end up.
Alright, back to microbial metabolism..
~Melissa
Well, besides celebrating ( I'M GOING TO VET SCHOOL IN CASE YOU MISSED IT) I have been doing normal things, including studying for three exams (vert zoo on Thursday, A&P on Friday (past) and Microbio tomorrow), keeping up with the house and animals, farm sitting for my neighbor, leading meetings for my Spring break trip to TN, organizing pre-vet things, searching for vet school scholarships, working, and spending what little time is left with my sun and stars.
We celebrated V-day on Friday by having dinner together. I made sirloin and flank steak from the farm, organic mac and cheese (Annie's... try it!!), and steamed broccoli, then topped it off with homemade banana nut bread. We ended the night by dipping chocolate covered strawberries; something we have done every year since we first started dating. J had just worked a double, so he was pretty much exhausted and went to bed at 6:30, so I finished off my night by studying the properties and metabolism of microbial beings in front of the fireplace.
We have had a ton of snow (for MD) over the past few weeks, accumulating to a grand total of about 2.5 feet. There was some ice thrown in there too, which has really made things a mess. While we had lost power for four days amidst the storms, we got lucky in that we didn't lose anything in the fridge/freezer, and were able to provide at least some heat via the large wood stove in the basement. I took showers at school in my friend's apartments prior to classes, and J took them down at my grandparent's house (they have a small generator). All in all it was nowhere near as bad as it could have been.
I am still waiting to hear from Wisconsin (not that I am going to go there, I just kinda want to know). I am still kind of torn between VA-MD and Mizzou, but I have been leaning toward VMR. The proximity to home is a huge thing for me, and by all accounts the programs are really awesome. While I really loved Mizzou's program and the environment/sense of community, I don't know that my overall happiness level there would be as high. At least if I go to VMR there is the possibility of visits from family and friends, and my support network is only 5 hours away. If I feel the need to go home for an emergency or just really need to see J, I can drive it in a night, or an early morning. I don't think either one is a bad choice; in fact they are both extremely GREAT choices which is the problem! It ended up being only a $10000 difference between the two (which seems like a lot but when compared to the total $150k really isn't THAT much). There are perks and downfalls to both, and I know that with the way I am I will get as much experience as I can no matter where I go. I just need to make a decision, and fairly quickly, so that I can start applying for the few scholarship programs that I found. But like I said, I am heavily leaning toward VMR, so that is probably where I will end up.
Alright, back to microbial metabolism..
~Melissa
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Acceptance #2
I got into VMRCVM! The tricksters told us they would email tomorrow at 5 pm and sent out emails at noon today! I can't believe it!!
Now I have some choices to make... Ah!
Now I have some choices to make... Ah!
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Reblog
I am linking this because it is very well-written and well done. It is one vet student's response to one of the issues in vet med .
http://hoovesandheartbeats.tumblr.com/post/75384527646/the-crisis-in-pet-health-care
http://hoovesandheartbeats.tumblr.com/post/75384527646/the-crisis-in-pet-health-care
Friday, February 7, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Mailed
Missouri mailed decision letters today. Should get here in the next few days!
I have my first big neurobio quiz tomorrow, a huge micro quiz on Monday, and my first vert zoo exam on Thursday (I have to identify and name latin names of 27 different ethanol-soaked fish). Hopefully I will get some good news to boost my confidence!
I decided the other day to sell my old horse showing clothes (beautiful, blingy and barely used) from when I was 13/14 and showed a friend's gelding. It was fun, but not something I think I will ever get into again. So far I think I have interested parties for all my slinkies and show pants, so I am hoping to make a little money... enough to buy a new used saddle. A little consignment shop up the road has three synthetic saddles, all for around $100. One of them has never even been on a horse! My old leather saddle, while great, doesn't seem to fit my horse too well since she actually filled out and I also have neglected it some... the mice have done a good job on chewing it up, and I got too lazy to replace a strap with leather and tied it on with baling twine. All of these that I checked out at the consignment store look pretty nice, and I get a few day trial period to make sure it fits alright. Definitely the cheapest prices I have ever seen on saddles, even non-namebrand ones.
I'm cuddling with my kitties at the moment while studying for micro (or trying to). They are such cuddly little buggers that it makes not petting them rather hard!
~Melissa
I have my first big neurobio quiz tomorrow, a huge micro quiz on Monday, and my first vert zoo exam on Thursday (I have to identify and name latin names of 27 different ethanol-soaked fish). Hopefully I will get some good news to boost my confidence!
I decided the other day to sell my old horse showing clothes (beautiful, blingy and barely used) from when I was 13/14 and showed a friend's gelding. It was fun, but not something I think I will ever get into again. So far I think I have interested parties for all my slinkies and show pants, so I am hoping to make a little money... enough to buy a new used saddle. A little consignment shop up the road has three synthetic saddles, all for around $100. One of them has never even been on a horse! My old leather saddle, while great, doesn't seem to fit my horse too well since she actually filled out and I also have neglected it some... the mice have done a good job on chewing it up, and I got too lazy to replace a strap with leather and tied it on with baling twine. All of these that I checked out at the consignment store look pretty nice, and I get a few day trial period to make sure it fits alright. Definitely the cheapest prices I have ever seen on saddles, even non-namebrand ones.
I'm cuddling with my kitties at the moment while studying for micro (or trying to). They are such cuddly little buggers that it makes not petting them rather hard!
~Melissa
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