Today was the last of three midterm exams this week and finally I have some room to breathe. We have two midterms next week but they're the lab and lecture portion of the same class so it won't be quite as bad as having to study for completely different subjects back to back like we did this week. Then one exam the week after that and one the week after that and midterms will be done.

Although I've been swamped with studying, I got the chance to do a captive bolt wet lab on Wednesday evening. It's a pretty popular lab and I've signed up (and never been picked) every time it's offered so when I got chosen the night before a big exam I definitely had to stop and think. My week started off poorly with surgery lab and I felt pretty dejected about school and life in general; I needed to do something to re-establish the connection between being a veterinary student and becoming a veterinarian. So I went to the lab and learned how to use a captive bolt gun and got to captive bolt a couple of cow heads (that were no longer attached to living cows). It was an awesome lab and I'm really glad I went. I did have to stay up later studying that night but I think I did well on my exam the next day so it all balances out in the end.

Now that it's the weekend I just feel exhausted. I know I'm not going to study today but there is a bunch of other stuff I could and/or should be doing- namely cleaning the house and getting my wedding invitations together. But I think I may just take the rest of the day off and be a worthless blob.

Last but not least, it's a new month which means it's time to start my next mini-resolution. I think February's resolution to eat less meat went quite well, actually, depsite a bit of laziness over our semester break and it kind of ties into March's resolution, which is to be more environmentally friendly. I consider myself to be relatively eco-friendly already but I know there are things I can improve on. Some of the things I will do include:

• Leave the lights off as long as possible and just use the natural daylight
• Not crank up the heat when I get home and/or before I go to bed
• Re-use my plastic shopping bags at the grocery store each week
• Limit the length and hot water use of my showers
• Donate a bunch of clothes I don't wear anymore
• Make some "natural" cleaning products to use
• Clean out car and check tire pressure to optimize gas mileage

These were all suggestions I found just by Googling tips on being more eco-friendly. We shall see how the month progresses!