update...

So yeah...sorry it's been a while since I've written in this blog but I have had lots going on that demanded my attention elsewhere...

So I saw Star Wars Episode III...it was good and tied everything together nicely...it was a bit corny at times but for the most part it was a good movie. I especially liked the "making of Darth Vador" at the end!...he's my fav...

Anyway, I have had parties to go to for the past few weekends and they were fun...last Saturday my cousin had her annual Chowder party...so we ate food, sat around, drank beer and then got eaten alive my mosquitoes! Last Sunday my friend Bob from work had a seafood party that was kewl...the food was good and it was fun...the punch got me a bit loopy too!...haha....

Moving on to this past week...I worked lots and ended up with 5 hours of overtime! yeah! On Friday I was in dog surgery and while I was waiting for a dog to wake up from anesthesia, I decided to pick her up and bring her to her kennel and wait for her to wake up in there so that the next dog could be put on the OR table...well usually this works out good...but this time as soon as I went to pick up the dog, she started flailing and arching her back (this is common behavior when they are waking up) and just when I was about to lift her, her head totally knocked into my cheekbone/ eye on the left side...it hurt like hell, so much so that I almost dropped the dog, but I got a hold of her and moved her back to her kennel. My face still hurts and it's 2 days later...and a black eye is forming slowly! eekk!

Last night I went to an Einstein party at Leslie & Paul's house...(Leslie is one of the doctors that I work with). Some people from work showed up and we all had a great time. After all of the people from work left around 10:30pm or so, I ended up staying until 12:30am. I started talking to Leslie's neighbors and friends and everyone was very nice. It was the best and most fun party that I have been to in a while! My carrot cake went over ok...although it tasted kinda funny to me!...oh well I don't know if people were just being nice or if they really liked it. I made it a theme cake though, i wrote on it with edible markers and it said "Einstein Rocks"...hehehe.

Today I am off to another party...Tina, my friend and fellow technician from work, is having a 2nd birthday party for her son...he are going to hang out, eat, swim and play volleyball...I hope it doesn't rain! A bunch of people from work are going, so we all will have a blast! Plus, I took tomorrow off from work just because I felt like it, so I won't have to wake up early!...woohoo!

As for the Vet School stuff...I registered to take the GRE again on August 24th...wish me luck! I am in the process of filling out the applications...they are all online so its kind of a pain in the ass!...I have also asked a bunch of folks to write letters of recommendation for me and they are working on them now so I can get my applications in my September! I am so nervous...but I am already thinking of specializing after I graduate from Vet School in something like Surgery, Dentistry or Pathology...I don't know...I guess I'll find out eventually!...

The list of schools where I am applying has been revised too...here are the schools where I am applying:
Cornell (in Ithaca, NY)
University of Illinois (in Urbana, IL)
Auburn (in Auburn University, AL)
Virginia-Maryland Regional (in Blacksburg, VA)
so that's it about Vet School for now...I am chugging along with the application process...my whole day off tomorrow will be devoted to my applications...eeekkk...it seems like I will never be done with all of this stuff!

One last thing...my scottie dog Travis was chosen to be in the 2006 Greenies Calendar! Greenies are edible bones for dogs that are green and shaped like a toothbrush at one end and like a bone at the other! They are great, and they help to freshen breath and break off dental calculus from the teeth...they are like doggie crack, all dogs love them. Travis loves them, so I entered him in the contest and he was chosen! You can look back at my May 30, 2005 post to see Travis eating a Greenie!

So that's it for now...I felt the need to update since I have been away a while from the blog! I will post pictures soon from all of my events, etc as soon as I use up the 10 pictures that I have left on my roll of film!...catch ya later...