"Don't say that you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteu, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein." -- H. Jackson Brown.

That quote always puts life into perspective for me. It's so easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information we have to learn, the endless list of things to do. I think that third year thus far has been the busiest I've been...ever - even more than the first two years, or wedding planning, or moving up to Canada for the first time. Even so, we all find a way to make it work.

This past week was probably the busiest of the semester (so far, at least). Diagnostic imaging exam, blood drawn for rabies titer, awards ceremony night, exotics final, surgery lab and all of its trimmings and equine health exam. I came home yesterday afternoon and just read my book for hours on end, nary a thought to productivity. We have a paper due and an exam (opthamology and some neuro) both on Tuesday, which I need to work on this weekend and I'm surgeon for our first live surgery lab this week. Danny gets into town Friday afternoon, though, for the long (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend. Unfortunately I'm due in to school every day before 8am to get our patient's paperwork filled out (including the weekend and holiday) but as I've come to tell myself: it is what it is, no use fretting about it. I think I will be so happy to see Danny for a few days that I won't care anyway.