End of May

It has been a while since I posted, but a lot has happened and I have been very busy!

The trip over to PEI went very smoothly. I drove all of the way except onto and off of the ferry, and I only stalled when I got into downtown Charlottetown at 5pm! I've settled into my old residence with two of my old roomates and one new one. I have the "closet" room, but it is sufficient for the 4 weeks I will be here. If I had brought all of my stuff, it would be a different story!

My AVC interview went very well. I got many compliments from the interviewers about how they were impressed with how much I have changed in the past 2 years, and how they hope to see me in the fall :) Obviously they don't not get final say over who gets in, its all controlled by numerical ranking of your whole application. But I am hoping my connections will pay off in having the upper hand on the interview this year, where most people were probably not aware of the changes. I will find out next week hopefully... keep your fingers crossed!

My externship is divided up each day into a new department. Occasionally we get to repeat a department. We also have a few planned talks or special events planned. I've enjoyed getting to observe some cool cases, but am a bit disappointed that we haven't been able to do much hands on work.

My driving skills have been improving, it is getting to be a habit and I don't have to think so much about the clutch vs gas etc. I am lucky to be able to borrow Dad's car ;)

I have been able to get into a running routine, since I no longer have a horse to take care of/ride. Its kind of a nice distraction from everything going on. This week I have built up to 4 miles, which is closer to my goal :) I may not be fast, but I like being able to finish without walking.

Tonight I start my night shifts, which I am not really looking forward to. I am afraid it will be very boring and I will be falling asleep. Is it wrong to hope that emergencies come in??

One more week!

I have one week until my vet school interview! I am excited and nervous about it... I know I have the best chance that I've ever had, and if things go well in the interview I will have a good shot at getting in. I have been practising answers to behavioural questions, and trying to come up with strong examples of experiences that show my good qualities and that I have thought about these experiences. Some of the types of questions are really difficult and hard to come up with examples... especially if you were put on the spot! But I think my 9 pages of questions should prepare me for just about anything they could ask me... and I can always modify my examples to suit the questions being asked.

Can't wait!! :)

Thea left Saturday, and I have been feeling a little odd about it. I am used to going to the barn and doing 1-2 hours of chores every day. I didn't mind that actually, I enjoyed it. So it is weird not being able to do that anymore. I have a lot more free time, and can be more flexible (I used to have to decline doing anything when it was supper time for Thea). But I still wish she was here...

I've started running more again. I'm back up to about 30 minutes. I have a map of a race course for a 5K that I have been doing, which is a loop from around the campus, up college rd, across to pictou rd and back. I've done the loop both ways, since I figure its good to have some variety. I like knowing how far I've actually gone in comparison to how long I've been running. I actually did the whole loop in 35 minutes tonight :) Something to improve on! Although I will be leaving on Saturday for PEI, so I will have to come up with a new route... I could use the confederation trail, as it has Km markings, but its not really a loop, rather a straight line...

That is all for now! I will update with pictures of our adventure with the car and trip to PEI this weekend!!

Last day with Thea

Thea is leaving today for Fredericton for a month trial. So yesterday I recruited a photographer to do a mini photo shoot, and get all dressed up :) Here are the results...