Exams Over!

So this is a tad late following completion of my last examination. On Friday we had our last examination of the dog and cat clinical course and it sure does feel great to have 4 months of Summer ahead of me and getting to work at the clinic for a much longer period than the last time. This time around, I will have my very first clinical case to work up! Yeah, that's right, my own dog Brownie will be the guinea pig for a clinical work up for Cushing's disease, which I feel he may have based on his clinical signs. So, once I am back in AZ, I plan on getting that done straight away.

Going back to Friday, the day of the final exam, I spent the remainder of the day walking around Edinburgh and taking some photos since it was so nice out. On Sunday I decided to take a train to North Berwick and go hiking along the coastline. I started out on the main beach in North Berwick near the Scottish Seabird Center and walked 11.4 miles (according to mapmyrun.com) along the coast and back into town. I tried to make it to Tantallon Castle but the last entry was at 5pm and I arrived at 5.04pm and the closed sign had been put up on the door. Oh well, I got amazing views of Bass Rock and there are beaches along the coast that I walked along that were secluded with no one but myself. I've uploaded some new photos of the beaches for you all to see so go check them out in the Picassa web albums link on the side.

Also, while in North Berwick, I have NEVER been exposed to such extreme wind!!! I mean, as I was walking along the beach, the wind was blowing from behind (luckily) and the wind was blowing the sand so hard that it actually hurt when it hit my hand! It was like I was being sand blasted! I took several photos to show you what I mean about the sand being blown about. On the way back into town, it was about 5-6 miles going into the wind which made it extremely difficult to walk. I got blown around quite a bit, especially when I was walking on the beach on boulders, the wind was blowing so hard that it would knock me off balance. Needless to say, it was nice once I was back on the train and heading back to Edinburgh. Yesterday I went for a hike with my buddy to prepare for our big hike at the end of Summer. I had a free bag that someone was lending to me from class and when I got outside with it I went to adjust the strap and it just fell off! So, we had to take the bags back to his flat and just go hiking without the rucksacks. I went down to the shopping centre later because there was a big clearance sale on rucksacks and I got a new one for £29 originally marked at £99. So I saved quite a bit!

I am now packed and ready to leave for AZ tomorrow. My flight is at 9am, so I need to leave the flat around 6am. So I better finish cleaning the flat and drying my laundry. I'll see everyone very soon!