Homestretch

future construction worker?

So far the semester has been kind. We're in the middle of midterm exams and I've managed to pull of my best grades thus far in Large Animal Surgery and Theriogenology. I still have Large Animal Medicine on Monday but I don't feel as prepared so far....I still have a full day of studying left tomorrow.

Today I met with the Ross Board. Apparently the CEO, President, etc. of DeVry (own Ross) wanted to meet with three Ross students. I'm not sure why I was selected maybe it was random. Regardless I showed up and expected only 5 or 6 folks. To my surprise it was like 20 or so folks ready to hear us share our background and experience at Ross. They asked us a few questions and then we were on or way. Nice people.

We had some very special visitors recently, Auntie Mek from Ventura, Uncle Dave and Auntie Carol from Bakersfield. Even though their visit was brief it was special to have them here. I know for sure Nicole very much appreciated seeing them. I'm not sure that she understands the way we are all related. She does however, understand that they look similar to Grampa and have a similar body language so she warms up to them immediately.

Auntie Mek and Nic

Uncel Dave and the girls

Nicole has been asking to go to school so we called around to see if we could get her enrolled. Now she's officially a Ross Prep School student. Occasionally I sneak over to their playground and see her from a distance in action....it's great to see her grow up, what a privelage!

let the education journey begin...

We got our surgery donkey and sheep last Tuesday. So far our donkey Burrhoda has a bad attitude. I've taken the time to look at other groups with their donkeys and it seems like they are so friendly. We SOAP (assess) our donkey and sheep in the mornings before class and at 4:30pm. This last Thursday Burrhoda gave us a glimpse of hope as she showed a little love to us. I'm sure my surgery partners thought the same thing......it's gonna be hard to see her go for our terminal surgery. Im definitely not looking forward to that day, but I remind myself that she is serving a noble purpose. I will make every effort to learn as much as I can from her in the hopes that my future patients will benefit someday.