What a semester it has been! My only regret is that I haven't updated you all during this long marathon of studying. I also apologize in advance if my spelling/grammar is not up to par. My brain is losing brain cells to veterinary medicine at an exponential pace. I can spell equine protozoal myencephalitis but I can't seem to know simple basic words that used to be in my vocabulary.
My days have basically consisted of waking up, class, eating, studying, sleep. There has been the occasional(very very rarely) break on a Friday evening but for the most part it's been studying like crazy.
The way 2nd semester has been setup, schedule-wise, there isn't a lot of room for getting behind. After the third week, you basically have an exam/quiz in one or more of your classes every week until 3 weeks before finals. So you are always studying or preparing for an exam. Whether it be all arteries/veins/nerves of the dog/cat/horse/bovine, or all of the immunological mechanisms used throughout the body. My mind is basically on overdrive.
This semester has also been a very humbling one. Because of this type of studying I feel like I haven't been able to give my best effort towards learning the material and instead basically study for exams. This has led me to getting some subpar scores on these past progress exams. I will be going into final exams with more trepidation than I would have hoped. It's not a good feeling but unfortunately it's not like I haven't been trying to put in 100% everyday for the past 4 months. So it gets a little nerve racking at times. I can only speak for myself but I question myself at times if "this is really what I should be doing." I know I'm not alone with this thought but it still gets to me at times. Then of course I answer back with "yes of course, now get back to studying those parasites!!!"
With that thought I will leave this here until after finals. Hopefully I will have enough brain power left to have some intelligent comments to say about everything else that's going on, plus give a prequel to this post and talk about Halloween and TurkeyDay down here on the rock.
I will definitely post pictures as well... I promise.
