Time flies when you're having "fun"

Rhyley and I are about to head out for some birthday adventures (she turned 5 today!), but I wanted to get in a quick post beforehand since it's been way too long!

This semester is literally flying by, I can't believe we only have 5 weeks until finals (and one of those is thanksgiving break!). I'm loving school, but I'm ready to go home and see my friends and family. I miss them so much :( In relation to that, the past few weeks have been really rough, but I'm finally feeling like myself again. I'm just ready to kick the rest of this semester's butt!

Near the end of October I attended the early admit induction ceremony, where I met my freshman mentee! She's awesome, and I'm really excited to help her throughout her undergrad career. She is supposed to be joining me tomorrow in anatomy lab, which I hope will be exciting for her since we're working on the detached head of the dog!

I've also joined the intramural CVM volleyball team, both co-rec and women's! I've had a blast so far (even though I've only played two games) but it's really great to get on the court and play! I'm no pro...but it's one of my favorite things to do. It doesn't hurt that my teammates are awesome!

On another note, this past week was BRUTAL - I procrastinated way too much in Anatomy and basically had to learn the entire forelimb/hindlimb vasculature and nerve plexuses, the entire abdomen (including vasculature), male and female repro anatomy, plus all of the lecture material. Somehow I made it through; I haven't gotten my lab grade yet, but I'm satisfied with my lecture grades. So far I've managed to keep my goal of getting nothing lower than a B...let's hope that continues!

This weekend has been super productive - I did a deep clean of the entire apartment on Friday (it looks "beautimous"...hahaha), ran a ton of errands yesterday (all done before noon!), and today I gave Rhyley her birthday "cake" and gifts, ran a few more errands, and finished up my scheduled school work. Now I can relax for the rest of the day and spend some time with Rhyley, then kick some butt on the v-ball court tonight!

And I must add that I felt my first earthquake last night! (Yep, felt nothing in California, haha). I was getting in bed to go to sleep, and the entire thing was shaking back and forth...I was convinced there was a ghost in my apartment, and even called my mom freaked out about it hahah. I got out of the bed and still felt something weird, probably because my apartment was trembling! I'm pretty sure Rhyley felt it too, she was acting really strange. Then I find out this morning there was a pretty big earthquake in Oklahoma! So crazy!

Time to go spend the rest of the day with the birthday girl :)