Since last posting, so much has happened!

First, and most importantly by far, Danny came to visit for our long weekend. I picked him up from the airport on Thursday night and we had a delightful time. We visited Victoria Park for a walk along the boardwalk, saw Guardians of the Galaxy (which I begrudgingly liked), strolled through the Charlottetown Yacht Club and sat on the end of a giant pier just watching the water traffic, walked along the beach despite the frigid water, browsed a local artsy-fartsy place, cooked dinner together and just enjoyed each other's company. His flight left early Monday morning at all of Monday was fittingly dreary and rainy.

I went back home and laid in bed drowsing for an hour before my alarm went off again. Companion animal surgery started at 8:15am. To call the day "hectic" would be a gross understatement. Fortunately, all of the clinicians, technicians, student workers and my peers on the rotation have been fantastic. Although I have zero desire to be a surgeon, I don't hate the rotation. I don't care for the lack of organization or the break-neck speed of it all, but I'm keeping my head above water. And all three of my patients thus far have be absolute loves to work with. One even got to go home this afternoon!

Now that I'm back to working with clients again, I'm finding that the communication is slightly different than what I experienced in community practice. In community practice, I was either following up with owners on test results (which were often normal) or providing a post-surgery update (which were often good). While I'm very fortunate to have had relatively healthy animals on surgery so far, there's definitely an element of stress and concern that I didn't really deal with on community practice. It's a constant learning experience but I've been lucky to have truly wonderful owners to work with thus far.

The autumn is shaping up to be a crazy one but I can't wait until the end of November when I get to go home for good. Not that I haven't been enjoying fourth year, because I really have, but I'm ready to head to my externals!