I'm not gonna stay and watch you circle the drain

I've been on a theoretical roller coaster lately.  So many things have been happening.  


I found my next apartment.  I am just going to be moving into the building directly behind mine (so I'm REALLY at the top of the hill now), but I'm pretty excited about it.  It's a cute little apartment, PD has a huge yard to run around in, I only have to pay for A/C, I still get to stay up on the hill where I get an AMAZING breeze and I don't have to move too terribly far.  The landlord seems great, so hopefully this is the LAST time I have to move (until I move back to the states).  I'll post pictures once I move in (hopefully at the beginning of August).


Two of my good friends are transferring into vet schools in the states.  I'm super happy for them, but I'm also really sad that they are leaving.  They will be leaving at the end of the semester (which is only like, 7 weeks away, thank dog) :(  Very bittersweet.  One of them (I make a point not to mention names in my blog, even if everyone already knows who I am talking about) is married and she is going to be much closer to her wife (really, you can't get much farther unless you go to Africa or something) and the other one's wife is currently pregnant, so they are going to be able to be in the states and closer to both of their families when they have a tiny new baby.  It's awesome for both of them.  I'm also extremely jealous because I have been really wanting to go back to the states recently and they actually get to go.  I still like it here but some things are just so difficult and it would really be easier if I were in a country that had neurologists and sleep specialists...


I recently got not one, but TWO As on recent exams!  I got a 100% in pharmacology (to be fair, it was a pretty easy exam and I definitely wasn't the only one to get a 100) and an A in virology :)  I'm super excited about both of them because we only have 2 exams for those two classes, so at least now I have a cushy grade going into the final.  It's about to get WAY harder though, so there will be no slacking off for me, don't you worry, baby birds.


This weekend was our midsemester break (really, we only get one extra day to our weekend) and my weekend was actually very relaxing.  On Friday, I did my usual volleyball thang, then saw my pregnant friend (the wife of the aforementioned transferring student) who just got back to St. Kitts after 6 weeks or so in the states.  She was just revealing the sex of their baby (which is a boy!) and another friend of mine made this adorable cake with three different shades of blue inside and then the outside frosting said "Ten fingers and ten toes" or something along those lines, because she had just had her ultrasound that confirmed that the baby isn't an alien or a tumor.


Saturday I studied a bit (studying on a break?  What?  Welcome to vet school.) and then went on the hash.  It wasn't as fun as the one I went on a couple weeks ago but it was still good to get out and get some exercise (I've been stress eating like it's my job lately).  It was pretty much all uphill and we were walking through these trails that I'm sure some guys hacked with a machete the day before, but the grass was still really tall so PD couldn't really walk it and I didn't want him getting ticks.  On the way down (at the very end), we were walking on a really dusty trail behind this guy wearing flip flops (I mentioned this was a hike, right?  Flip flops?  For real, fella?) so PD inhaled quite a bit of St. Kitts dust, not to mention, everyone was covered in a layer of dirt at the end.  All in all, not my favorite, but not enough to turn me off on hashes altogether.


Sunday I laid around my friends' apartment watching their dogs, enjoying their free A/C and watching their numerous tv channels.  I also studied a bit, but it was way more fun than it sounds.  Those dogs are adorable.


Monday, I went to the beach, caught up with some friends I haven't seen in a while and just relaxed.  I hadn't been to the beach in a while (like, 3 weeks.  Ha!) and I really missed it.  I'll probably miss it a lot if I go to a school for clinics that isn't near a beach.  Overall, it was a great, extremely relaxing weekend.  Just what I needed after studying my ass off for two huge exams.


Last night, I got to see my friend, the wife of the OTHER aforementioned transferring student, who came for a visit over midsemester break.  It was so great to see her.  I miss her a lot :(  I really hope both couples who are transferring come back to visit after they leave.


Two of my friends from home are coming to St. Kitts for a visit in August!  I'm so excited to see them and to have visitors!  I'm already trying to think of fun things we can do when they are here.  I probably should keep studying though, since that's a bit more pressing...


I leave you with an adorable picture.  Because, why not?