I woke up bright and early Saturday morning at met some fellow students at the anatomy lab around 9:30. We spent about an hour and half there and I felt reassured with my knowledge level. We also managed to take some good pictures for studying! Anyway, coupled with the studying I did on Friday evening, I had a very virtuous start to the weekend. The rest of yesterday was slightly less productive in the academic sense. I watched about an hour's worth of Youtube videos on the immune system (at least as far as we've gotten in class) which was helpful if not the most vigorous studying I've ever done. I did manage to do two-thirds of the dishes and vacuum the house though, so that counts for something, right?
The real fun began when I picked up two class mates and headed out to an orientation event at Red Shores racetrack! Unlike back home, racing here is done with Standardbreds instead of Thoroughbreds and they trot (or pace) and pull a cart behind them instead of being ridden. I've been to a couple Standardbred races before so that aspect wasn't new, but the special treatment was! The class had reserved the little clubhouse at the in-field: three stories, right in front of the finish line with a bathroom, bar, great view and its very own betting station. Unfortunately my instincts were of little help last night so I didn't make anything but it was great fun and for the first time I really felt like a part of the group. (Probably helped that I knew how to read the racing form!)
Today has been lazy so far: I read my book, which had nothing to do with vet stuff and talked to my sister and my mom on Skype. I'm leaving in an hour to take Ella to the last official orientation event this week which is the meeting at the dog park! Ella isn't exactly a social butterfly but she does like to watch dogs interact and meet people, so it should be fun. Only planning on staying an hour and then back home to do some real studying. All in all a good weekend thus far.
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