Where did my weekend go?

Published on August 29, 2004 By CoffeeCrazy In Just Hanging Out

After some struggle, I'm finally back online! This new radio wave internet thingy is great... when it actually works. Hopefully I'll stay online from now on because I need the internet for e-mail (and my classes!).

Speaking of which, the first week went pretty well. Anatomy gets easier the more time you spend in the lab, although it's still a lot of material. Once you figure out the naming system (thoracic for things attached to the thoracic vetertebrae, etc.) then it's a matter of organizing it all in your head. Organization is key. But I still hate knowing that the scapula has 15 different areas with different names. If you're able to take an anatomy class (or if you can read a book and understand it without having to dissect anything) then do it! It will really help in the long run.

We had our first neurobiology class on Friday. That's going to be a lot of remembering names, structures, etc. too, but I find it very interesting. Actually, it's all kind of interesting. The professors try to throw in some clinical references here and there to help us stay focused on WHY we're learning all this stuff. Plus we got to start dissecting a sheep brain, which was really neat. Literally, neat. No messy drippy nastiness, just a nice little brain.

I went to the wildlife clinic on Friday and Saturday mornings and evenings to take care of our team's 2 cases: a mallard (duck) and a snapping turtle. They are definitely wild animals that are recovering, as they both are very hard to restrain! The duck has a broken wing and wounds on both wings, and the turtle is recovering from having a huge fish hook in its mouth. Ducks are messy creatures, and snapping turtles really do snap... don't ever try to handle one if you don't have to.

First years are really pretty hard core... maybe 1/2 to 2/3 of our class were all in anatomy lab this afternoon, and it's a Sunday! But it really did help my understanding of the muscles and it's nice to chat with my lab group and get to know them better, especially since I missed the big sib party on Saturday. My big sib is out of town (conference in San Diego) but I already have met her a couple times. Hopefully we'll have lunch when she returns because I'd love to hear about her experience in Africa this summer!

I'm sort of at a loss if there's anything else worth mentioning to people... let me know if there's anything you want to know about.

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