I think my glass has just stuck itself in the nearly full position!

I have so many things to be happy about.

Except that it is early. And that I am typing this on my couch because it's cold out and I don't wanna go outside. Or that I gave blood for the first time yesterday.

Oh, you think that is a good thing?

Well it was good, hit the vein on the first try, but because there was a tissue plug or something keeping the blood from flowing, it wouldn't flow and they dug in my arm for like 15 min. Then they couldn't even get the blood! So my arm is bruised and sore and I didn't save anyone. Sad day man, sad day.

But! In anatomy lab we are going over lab animals, which meant hearing a lecture on pocket pets like guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, and rabbits. We also dissected rats in lab and I never thought I would be in a room where you would hear girls squeal things like:
"Look at that teeny,tiny uterus!"
"Oh my goodness! That is the sweetest little spleen I just can't belie- Loooooook the bitty little KIDNEYS!"
I was one of the worst offenders. I have a thing for miniatures.

I also had my first day and AHCC which actually went really well. They showed me what I needed to be shown and it was fine! Except for the technician I had been warned about who treats you like you are a complete moron. Which was fine, because it was nice to have a refresher course, however I had already had training and also am not a complete moron. I mean 1 or 2 practice rounds of checking the patient and writing in the charts was probably ok, but after 4 or 5? I think I can probably do it on my own. But it was fun and I got to buy a sweet digital watch so I could time heart rates.

AND - best thing ever! - One of the dogs had one of the only diseases I have learned anything about. Like seriously it has been talked about in like 3 classes and we just had it on a test. Big big big moment for me. To recognize a disease and have some idea of how it happened and the symptoms? So cool.

And my daddy won tickets to Reba and The Band Perry in St. Louis which is so amazingly cool. I don't love Reba like dad does, but the show should be amazing and I do love The Band Perry. Plus it is me, mom, dad, and my brother, so it should be a blast. And my momma made me oatmeal cookies just cause I said I wanted some.

What a mom :-)

so now I should go study for my anatomy quiz and eat some breakfast. As a rewward for...being busy (?) I am gonna buy lunch at Zou and not make it, so I did have time to type this post.

Everyone have a great weekend!

-OH! and also I am going to walk in the Dog Jog tomorrow morning with some of my girlfriends. It's a 5K and I would love to run it, but I have been doing more Zumba and less running lately and am not sure that I can. Next year I will. But nonetheless, it'll be fun and I believe the money goes to our local humane society.

AND the roomies and I are carving pumpkins on Sunday.

AND I have to make a dalmatian costume because our Halloween theme is 101 Dalmatians so our whole class will be rocking spots on Monday.