Start of a new school year!

I've always loved the first day of school and this year it wasn't any different. The instructor's didn't cut us any slack... as suspected. But I'll go into that later.

Horse!! =)

Last time I wrote was after horse day. On Thursday we got to handle cows. Cows were excellent. The best part of dealing with them is that they are placed in a contraption called a crush to hold them still. I must say, it made the job about 500 times easier. My favorite part was learning how to grab their nose as a form of restraint (think of a bull nose ring... it's the same but you use your hand to do it)

On Friday I learned how to flip sheep. It's a fun way to keep them still and they look really cute when they're flipped (at least I think they do). I was pretty sick this day and I didn't have a voice. I was going to sit this practical out but then I changed my mind. I am happy I did because it was so much fun to catch and flip sheep. 

I'm really relieved I don't look too sick in that picture. I credit much of my brightness to the Vicks nasal inhaler I persistently inhaled all day long. So what if I looked a little funny, it was a live saver. 

That brings me to the weekend.... FINALLY. It was a long week and the weekend went by too quickly. I finally got to buy a knit wool sweater I was eyeing up for a week and I got to revisit the Guinness factory and the Dublin Zoo. =D. It was so much fun. Yay new friends! 

Then comes Monday, the first day of school! It was a jam packed day... 4 classes... lots of review material, all of which I forgot from undergrad. Needless to say I have been spending a lot of time reviewing material that I should already know. Luckily, it is coming back fairly quick. Not as quick as I'd like... but fast enough. Also, on monday housing was on lockdown. Apparently in Ireland (maybe elsewhere too, I don't know) something called "Black Monday" exists. It's a time for students to celebrate the first day of class by getting completely wasted. Rumor has it, in the past it has gotten completely out of control, hence the wristbands to get in and out of the dorms. For the record, I did not participate (maybe I should have =P). 

Today I only had to go to 2 classes, with a 4 hour break between the two. I spent the break in city centre picking out a pair of wellies for anatomy lab and printing pictures to hang up in my room. I think my room may almost be ready to show off to the curious (aka the grand tour). I look forward to that blog post. =D. Anyway, I am super proud of my board, yeayea. It has a little bit of stuff from back home that makes me happy. 

After class was done I finally got some laundry started and ate dinner with awesome people. Now, I have to go review biochem.... weeeee...

That's all for now. =D

Note to self: Don't touch plastic hearts in roommates room, they will fall down off the wall and she will write hate mail on my facebook wall. =P