Dog Boxing

I feel like I talk about school a lot (a lot!), but two people just emailed me, wanting to know how it's going and why I haven't blogged about it for a while. Okay, whatever. I obviously don't mind yapping about me. XD

School is all good and gravy. I enjoy my Lab Animals/Exotics/Pocket Pets class, but I know now that field is not for me. As cute as I think bunnies, G. Pigs and other little animals are, they make me feel like I have GIANT hands and that I'm going to break them. LOL! But I still have an open mind about it and find that type of medicine fascinating.

My radiology class is way cool. Regardless of what field I go into, I'll be using what I learn in this class so I study my butt off for it. I wish I could somehow post pics of some of the x-rays I've taken because they're way cool! In my last class we did a "Barium Series" on a dog. Of course, we thought it was cool! The dog? Not so much. I got to restrain the back end of the dog while we were taking x-rays and it was a fight! At one point, I lost one leg and was rewarded with a kick to the face! My professor freaked out that I had possibly got hurt, but I couldn't stop laughing that I'd just gotten a swift uppercut to the chin...from a dog! LMAO!

Yep. School is goooood. :)

T.S.O. - tooooyyeeeeeezzzzz!

In an effort to distract The Grizz while I clean, I dumped her whole basket of toys out in the living room. I think I put her in Toy Sensory Overload - a real condition, not something I just made up.

I was cleaning the tub and I kept catching her out of the corner of my eye, running from room to room with a different toy each time. She's now collapsed on the kitchen floor. Heh.

New Blog Background

Thanks, Jen! :)

http://jenarooblogs.blogspot.com/

Miranda Lambert, "Revolution" 09.29.09

YESSSSS!

New music from MIRANDA LAMBERT!!!
WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

09.29.09

*I've know about this for a while, but figured I should finally blog about it. My blog was in definite need of happiness after yesterday's craptacular day. :)

bleh

I hate today. It's stupid. Why does the saying, "when it rains, it pours", have to be so true? It can never be one thing that sets you off. No. It has to pile...all in one day. I either need to indulge in the pot luck lunch my work is having, which I've so far managed to resist...or I need a massive cry. Yep. This day is stupid.

Viva Las Vegas!

I'm feeling very giddy right at this moment so I figured I'd write that I'm going to Las Vegas in less than two weeks!

WOOOOOOO! VEGAS!!!

My baby brother Zachee's getting married so the whole fam is going down. Ahhh! I can't wait!

I've been tanning and buying some fun clothes. I'm so ready to go lay by a pool, bake in the heat, gamble and drink some obnoxiously large drinks!

Yeah! VEGAAAAAASSSSS!!!! XD

The Brother

love him. :)

YUM!

I just registered for next quarter. I'm taking taking Basic Hematology, Microbiology & Urinalysis, and Parasitology...or...blood, urine, and parasites. YUM! Haha! I was told that all of my "-ology" classes are pretty intense, so next quarter will be tough...but I'm totally stoked! I'm starting to get into the hardcore stuff now! WOO!

Midterms tonight and tomorrow... :/

Farmin'...Part 2

I was out watering the garden last night. It got pretty muddy, so I took my shoes off and just went barefoot while I picked veggies. I guess Lola saw this as a free pass to wallow in the mud. Greeeat. Something about the mud ignited a spark because she literally went "hog wild"! After a couple barrel rolls, she got this wild look in her eyes and started running and flipped mud all over me! I was laughing too hard to yell at her, but I got my revenge when she got a bath later...with the hose. HA!

I don't need a pet pig...I apparently already have one. LOL!

Stampede!

Worked with Guinea Pigs in my Exotics class last night. Ah...they were so cute! Mine just nestled up in my lap while I did an exam on her. Cuteness factor aside, they're hilarious little animals. They get excited and do something called "popcorning" which is essentially them just getting really, really excited and jumping up and down out of pure happiness! :D Oh and they "stampede". LMAO! When G. Pigs get scared, they kinda circle and run and stampede like little cows. Funniest thing ever. I love them. I'm pretty sure I need to add them to my menagerie of farm animals. :)

Takin' care of the family farm...

ME: Walking through pasture to turn on waters.

COWS: MOOO! AHHHH! ALIEN! RUN! MOOOOOO!

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ME: Walking towards cows with white grain bucket.

COWS: MOOO! HEY! BEST FRIEND! MOOO! OVER HERE!! MOOO!

Impressionist X-Ray Art

I took my first "live" x-ray last night. It was good times fo sho! I don't know why I get so excited about this stuff, but I suppose it's a good sign. :) My lab partner and I decided to not play it safe and chose to do a thoracic (chest) view on a big dog. Our first x-ray...not so good. When you push the foot pedal to take the picture, the machine starts whirring. The dog was actually pretty calm until he heard the machine start up, when he tried to bail and roll off the table. The x-ray looked like blurry bones rolling through the film! We deemed it "art". LOL! Our professor wanted to show the class what movement on the film looked like, so it was actually a score for us. HA! Our second film turned out AWESOME. Our dog held still (and we had a better grip!) and the x-ray turned out perfect. :D

I already have midterms next week. EEEP! This quarter is seriously flying by!

jog jog jog

Just finished a 5K this morning with my mom for the

Ching Farm Rescue & Sanctuary:
http://chingsanctuary.org/index.php.
Craziest, but the best weather ever right now in Utah.

Seriously...60 degrees in August?!

Lola just informed me we're going to the dog park now.

Heh!

I'm cranky today. I stole this quote from Jonas & Devon's blog.
It makes me feel better. :)

SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES:
NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING,
BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE
WHEN YOU PUSH THEM DOWN THE STAIRS

Eric Church, "Love Your Love the Most"

LOVE this song! :)

X-ray THIS!

I had my first practical/hands-on lab last night in Radiography. WOOOO! So much more fun than I expected!! We got to take x-rays of random inanimate objects we brought from home. I brought one of my high heels, a toy pig, a Miranda Lambert key chain and some string cheese. Yeah...that pretty much sums me up in a nutshell. LOL! We learned how to reload cassettes, light-identify our x-rays and develop them too. We were also able to mess around with the settings on the machine to get different effects. My high heel and the toy pig turned out AWESOME! I wish I could somehow post pics of the actual x-rays, but yeah...that requires way more brain power than I have available today. The class was over by about 9:45, but my professor said we could stay and do whatever, so a couple of us stayed and worked in the dark room until about 11 PM. It was way fun, but I am definitely tired today.

We start x-raying actual live animals next week! WOO! Also, I have lecture tonight then a lab tomorrow night on bunnies. BUNNIES!! EEEEE! Oh and there's a dog at the school right now that is seriously the happiest little thing in the world. His name is Harrison, he's a little terrier mix and soooo cute! He's my buddy. We hang out on my breaks. Ummm... Have a I mentioned how much I love what I'm doing? ;)

Harry Potter: love it!

I went and saw the new "Harry Potter" movie with my mom yesterday. In the words of Harry Potter: "Brilliant!" :)

UPDATE: I forgot to mention how much I loved when during the scary part of the movie, as in a creepy hand grabbing Harry, my mom freaked out and grabbed me. Screaming during "Harry Potter" is cool. LOL!

sad

I go days and days without thinking about it. But then, despite being busy and loving my current life and sooo many other things to distract me, it comes back with a vengeance. It's been over a year. Is it ever going to stop?