Busy Bee!

Bleh!!! That is kind of how I feel since my last post. I cannot begin to describe all of the things that have happened since my last post. So here is a brief list....

• Anatomy Lecture exam - woo-hoo 95 A
• Anatomy Palpation exam (live animal) - 90 A
• Anatomy Lab - er not so good (yes I passed but lets just say there is a reason i needed to make A's on the next two exams.
• Parasitology Lecture Exam - B
• Physiology II exam - A
• and of course the daily neurology quizzes!

wait there is more to the list...

• the washing machine exploded with my clothes in it.
• Tonsil surgery scheduled (short version of this story...the dr. who was supposed to do it has retired and I had to find another one that could do a consult and surgery in a two day window when I am home for Christmas...thanks dad and anna for sorting that out)
• almost caught the microwave on fire (that one is kinda my fault)
• chased a cow off of the porch (completely true story: I came home between classes because I forgot my power cord to my laptop and this young bull was standing on my porch. He looked like he was just checking out the scenery! I have no idea where he came from but I was terrified he was going to swing his head into one of the glass panes on the French doors.)
• horrible sinus infection
• went to the St. Kitts doctor (I swear this guy is AMAZING!!! he was extremely thorough and very professional. He took his time to discuss options, side effects of options, concerns and did everything that a good doctor should!)
• got two shots from said Dr.
• played a volleyball game where i got hit in the head and bruised my knee :(
• grocery shopping and grilled some chicken.

I know that these things don't sound like a lot but it really is when you consider how much i study all the time.

I had meant to put up this picture of sea glass earlier. I had collected most of it a while back from the beach right down from my house. I really am starting to love sea glass because it is such a unique thing and probably the only thing good that ever came from not recycling!

A brief history of Sea Glass (from Wikipedia)

Sea glass (also known as beach glass, mermaid's tears, lucky tears, and many other names) is glass found on beaches along oceans or large lakes that has been tumbled and smoothed by the water and sand, creating small pieces of smooth, frosted glass.

The color of sea glass is determined by its original source. Most sea glass comes from bottles, but it can also comes from jars, plates, windows, windshields, glasses, art, flasks, containers, and any glass sources that have wound up in the ocean.

The most common colors of sea glass are kelly green, brown, and clear. These colors come the bottles used by companies like Heineken, Sprite, Canada Dry, Clorox, Anheuser-Busch, and others. The clear or white glass comes from clear plates and glasses, windshields, windows, and assorted other sources.

Less common colors include jade, amber (from bottles for whiskey, medicine, spirits, and early Clorox bottles), golden amber (mostly used for spirit bottles), lime green (from soda bottles during the 1960s), forest green, and soft blue (from soda bottles, medicine bottles, ink bottles, and fruit jars from the late 1800s and early 1900s, windows, and windshields.) These colors are found about once for every 25 to 100 pieces of sea glass found.

Uncommon colors of sea glass include sea foam, which comes primarily from early to mid-1900s Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, and RC Cola bottles, as well as beer bottles. Soft green colors could come from bottles that were used for ink, fruit, and baking soda. These colors are found once in every 50 to 100 pieces.

Purple sea glass is very uncommon, as is citron, opaque white (from milk bottles), cobalt and cornflower blue (from early Milk of Magnesia bottles, poison bottles, artwork, and Bromo-Seltzer and Vicks VapoRub containers), and aqua (from Ball Mason jars and 19th century glass bottles.) These colors are found once for every 200 to 1,000 pieces found.

Rare and extremely rare colors include pink (used for plates during the Great Depression), gray, teal (from Mateus wine bottles and other places), black (very dark green glass from as early as the 1700s, made into bottles for gin and other substances. Some black sea glass is found around Australia, originating from 1940s beer bottles. Its rarity is due to the obscure materials that were used with glass to make the bottles, which increased its rate of decomposition.), yellow (mostly from Vaseline containers and used in the Depression era), turquoise (from tableware and art glass), red (found once in every 5,000 pieces), and orange (the least common type of sea glass, found once in 10,000 pieces.) These colors are found once for every 1,000 to 10,000 pieces collected. "Black" sea glass is rarely found and often originates from pre-1860 glass that is actually dark olive green.

So yeah that is about all that is interesting in my life right now! Sorry if I am boring but that kinda is the life of a serious vet student!

loving the caribe...
laura

oh and the question of the day: What is the single effect of the Loop of Henley?