Top O' the Morning!--Week 2

As you might be able to tell, we are currently celebrating St. Patrick's Day in our little house. Sarah was once an Irish dancer, so she loves all things Irish. We are cooking corned beef and potatoes for dinner. Yum.

I had another busy but exciting week this week.

Tuesday was my second day of shadowing. I didn't see too many interesting things, but it was an okay day. Very calm and whatnot. I did see a cryptorchid dog neuter, which was something new and a little more complicated than a normal neuter because you cannot just make a couple of nice snips and get the job done.

Wednesday was my first anatomy test. It was just on some basic terminology, so I felt like it went really well.

Thursday was a really awesome day shadowing because I got to see some pigs! Dr. W went out to a farm to castrate a few future show pigs. I did not realize how curious the pigs are. They kept coming up to the side of their enclosures to sniff me. They were simply adorable! They looked so charming when they were sleeping in piles or yawning. Of course, they did not like the procedure that was being done to them, but they seemed okay once it was over. They must be very hardy and thick-skinned creatures.

Last night, we had some people over for pizza and games. These were girls that Devon and Sarah knew from last year and freshman year, so there were a few people I did not know (but most of the girls I have seen around). We all had a great time, and I really hope we can get together again soon.

I suppose I should tell you a little bit about last weekend, too, because I wrote my blog post so early. We got all of our Hunger Games gear--t-shirts, posters, and keychains. We also successfully got our midnight premiere tickets, so I am very excited about that. We took Devon out to Olive Garden on Saturday for her birthday, where I introduced Devon and Sarah to my favorite wine, the Sicilian red wine Nero D'Avola. They liked it so much that they want to buy it to drink at home!

Sunday night, I had a chance to hang out with some of my London friends. It was so good to see them again! We are hopefully getting together this coming weekend for that LOTR marathon (at last!), but it was still really fun, and I'm glad we were able to throw together our little gathering.

This morning, I volunteered at the Million Trees Project at the  Quad City Expo Center with Circle K. We got cool t-shirts this year, which was so awesome. I spent most of the two hours wrapping baby pin oaks in newspaper and dunking them in water to be passed to one of the baggers. And I actually have pictures! Yay! I think the rest of this weekend is going to be pretty low key, which I am okay with because I really need  to get some homework done.

Attractive...

I'm on to the photographer this time!!

Posing with our new shirts at the end of our service!

More good stuff is on the docket for this coming week. Tuesday is my first speech in Argument and Oral Advocacy. I am nervous for it, obviously, but it is just supposed to be a casual introduction to speech-giving where we all tell a story about ourselves that teaches a lesson/makes an argument (I bet you can't guess the subject of my speech!). I'm sure that with a little more practice, I will feel more prepared and less afraid. I also have another Circle K meeting on Tuesday and a speaker broadcast for NSLS. I only need two more to qualify for induction, and there will be two more this year, including the one on Tuesday. I am really happy about this because I missed a lot when I was in London, and I was afraid that I would not be able to get inducted until last year. However, everything seems to be working out just fine.

Thursday is also going to be a big day because it's the premiere of The Hunger Games!! We are probably going to get to the theater a couple of hours before the movie starts, and I think we are meeting up with some other people who are going, too. It will be such a neat experience to see the movie with so many other fans because I am sure that almost everyone in the audience will have read (and loved!) the books as much as my roommates and I have.

Well, that is everything that is going on in my life right now. I'm excited for the true beginning of spring on Tuesday, but the weather has been positively summery for about a week straight now (in the 70s and 80s), so life has been pretty sweet. I hope that you all are enjoying fine weather wherever you are. Until next time!