This last week has been quite hectic with practical after practical. Since exams are getting close (about 6-7 weeks from now) they are starting to have revision sessions for handling cattle, sheep, etc. So all last week most of the days were from 9am - 5pm with a small break in between. Lectures and practicals all week long! On Thursday, something hilarious happened while on the way home from the small animal veterinary clinic out at Easter Bush. The driver for our private bus that takes us to and from Easter Bush decided to take us down a VERY small road on the way home. About a 1/4 mile down the road, two cars were headed straight for us. Normally, you just pull over to the side and let the cars go by but this bus was too large to do that. The lady in the second car decided to go in reverse and pull into the road that was about 100 yards back. The lady in the first car, however, was having second thoughts. She kept trying to go in reverse and then she would put the car in 1st and go forward. She kept looking at the bus driver as if you should reverse or move further to the side (neither of which he could do). So what does this lady do next? She decides to try and squeeze between the bus and the barricade on the side of the road. Of course she ends up slamming into the barricade and immediately begins to dial on her cell phone. Now, wouldn't she be at fault? So, there were a couple of Irish guys behind me and they were talking about getting out and moving the car for the lady because she didn't know how to reverse. Well, the one Irish guy gets the driver to let him out of the bus to go move the car for this lady. The driver gets out as well and when he gets out, he and the lady begin to have a yelling match. Meanwhile, while the lady is not looking, the Irish guy jumps in her car and throws it in reverse and steps on the gas quite hard. The lady turned around and saw that her car was being driven away and began running after it. The Irish guy pulled into the road where the second car had gone and was still waiting and got out of the car. The driver got back in started the bus engine. We started driving and passed the running lady and picked up the Irish guy and then onward we continued. The lady was still back there and the police were probably laughing at her because she didn't know how to reverse and instead decided to attempt to "squeeze" through... Was the highlight of last week for me. Oh, I also placed a mouth gag in a cow on the first attempt! Woohoo! I was unable to the first time a while back (well, was unsure that it was placed properly or not). I felt it touch the molars and I quickly shoved the gag in the mouth and got it to stay! Needless to say the cow was not very happy with me and I was pretty much wrestling its head and being moved around quite a bit.
This weekend was great! Kristen and I got together on Saturday and cooked an excellent pasta recipe. It was Penne pasta with vodka sauce. If anyone that reads on here loves to cook (MOM!), here is the recipe:
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/penne-with-vodka-sauce.html
Is a very rich recipe and very filling. We used whole wheat pasta. We exchanged our Valentine's Day gifts and I gave Kristen a Rome travel book for when we go to Italy. I got a card and some homemade cupcakes! Yummy! Oh, and also I got a little stuffed bear that is dressed up like a Bee and the front of it says "Bee Mine". Was cute and very thoughtful. Sunday, Kristen and I met up again around noon and decided to go to the Royal Botanic Gardens. There were not many flowers at this time (except the special high altitude flowers that they had). I added pictures to my Picasa account, so be sure to check the pictures there (CLICK THE LINK ON THE SIDE OF THIS BLOG). I'm going to keep posting that for a while, but there will be a link on the side where you can access all my photos. I may not announce new photos I post, so keep checking for new stuff! Anyway, today I had dissection lab from 9am - 12pm. I finished, got some groceries and am now writing a new entry in the blog. I have to work on a clinical case report on Hypothyroidism and Hydrocephalus. I finished my consultants report last night and I did it on Animal Health Services. Basically, I had to analyze the animal safety and welfare of boarding animals at AHS. Took me about 2 hours to write. Glad I am finished with that report. Anyway, I should get going to work on my report and study for exams. Hope everyone is doing well! Happy Valentine's Day late!
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