One week down!

I've spent the last week sitting in class and getting a ton of information thrown at me, and I still want to be here so I guess I'm sticking around! People seem to be surprised when I tell them that they really don't ease you into things here, but I wasn't expecting anything else - this is vet school after all!

Anatomy is definitely the course that requires most of my time so far, but that  may be because I have basically zero anatomy experience. I really like it so far though, there are a million nerve/muscle/bone names to remember already, but most of them are logical and I bought cue cards which I find super helpful. Our first anatomy lab involved radiographs, skeletons and dissected remains of several species, and really made me think "holy crap I'm in vet school".

"learn all of this now, ok cool bye"

The best part about this experience so far is that I get to sit in class and learn relevant information that I actually care about - no more useless courses that I would take in undergrad either because I had to or because I was trying to boost my average. It's also awesome (and nerdy) that our profs can make jokes that only vet students would understand and appreciate - coming from a university where 99% of students wanted to be human doctors, this is a much welcomed change!

We also had a tour of the brand new Primary Healthcare Center on campus which is the nicest vet clinic I've ever been in. It's a teaching hospital and has amazing facilities like hydrotherapy and underwater treadmills that are used in small animal rehabilitation programs. We get to do some shadowing shifts there throughout the semester, and I'm looking forward to getting back in a clinic!

Some cats aren't too fond of it, but it helps!

I got my first of 3 rabies vaccines on Friday, so I don't end up looking like this:



Matt visited this weekend (my fiance, for anyone reading this who doesn't already know me) and it was nice to take a little break from shoving information into my head. We drank wine, did some exploring of downtown Guelph, and now he just made me dinner (there's a reason I agreed to marry him).

Having a conversation with the Guelph Gryphon

Feeling his nipples (so sexy)

I'm excited to get into more of the live animal components of the program, but until then I'm content with sitting in class with my coffee and learning as much as I can :)