Friday, January 31, 2003

that was really, really scary...

i just got let out of my lab animal science lab early b/c one of the girls in my class started seizuring uncontrollably. i called 911, but it took me 3 dispatchers before i got through to the UConn emergency line (i guess if you call 911 from a cell phone, you get routed to state police, then somewhere else, then finally wherever you need to be). at any rate, it was the most helpless feeling in the world, to see that girl on the floor like that and to just have to wait while the phone rang and people put me on hold. three cheers to my professor, Dr Milvae, who had the physically and emotionally draining job of holding the poor girl down so that she didn't hurt herself too badly. once the ambulance came, we were all in zombie mode, so there wasn't much point in continuing on with class. my hands are still shaking...

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

well, i found out the other day that i got nominated for the new england outdoor writer's scholarship. i have to get dressed up tomorrow for my interview regarding it. that would be a nice monetary bonus toward grad school...cross your fingers for me.

work was pretty blah today...slooow early on, then crazy for the last 2 hours. i'd go into detail, b/c it was rather interesting, but i've learned that my work stories tend to gross people out sometimes. suffice it to say that i've never seen a dog pee from anywhere other than where it's supposed to until tonight...very, very strange.

tomorrow i get to sleep in with mike...i can't wait. i really, really feel like i need it...

Friday, January 24, 2003

well, the semester is back in full swing...only this time, it's my last one. ack! i mean, technically, i'm hoping to get into grad school for the fall, so i won't *really* be done...but on may 17th, 2003, i will be the proud owner of a bachelors in natural resources management and engineering, and a bachelors in animal science. i've worked my butt off for the past 5 years, and i'm finally going to have something to really show for it.
classes this semsester: GIS (geographic information systems), lab animal science, physics, natural resources seminar, and animal science seminar. i get to do real live surgery for lab animal--administering anesthesia, the whole shebang. so that should be neat. bummed about GIS, though...i really wanted to learn how to use the total station (those tripod looking things you always see surveyors using), but since only 6 people are allowed, they don't teach it during class time. they teach it on saturday mornings. and guess who works every single saturday morning? you betcha. me. so it's hand-held GPS units for me, baby.
i got my unmotivated arse in gear and actually went to the gym after work tonight. i cannot even tell you the difference my inhaler makes. i feel like a marathon runner. well, maybe not...but relatively speaking... at any rate, it's a vast improvement from pre-inhaler krista trying to run. and it was incredible in patagonia, being able to go hiking and not be the breathless wheezer in the back. it probably should have dawned on me a little earlier, eh?

oh, and here's a bit of happiness: i made deans list again last semester! hoo-hah! :D

...needing to do my physics homework now...

Tuesday, January 21, 2003

safely back from patagonia, despite the fact that our saturday night santiago-atlanta flight was cancelled b/c there was a hole in the plane...

patagonia was unbelievable...better than i ever could have imagined. once i get my pictures developed i'll do a better write up of the trip--right now, there's just so much that i could say that i don't even know where to begin (except for saying CONGRATULATIONS, again, to chris and jody, who got engaged while we were down there...). this is such a slacker entry, but i have so much to do today...

Wednesday, January 01, 2003

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

every time i edit my html, this program decides to change it. and not what i've edited. if i go in and say, change the picture in the right menu (which is currently eddie vedder), the code erases the labels for the blog menu (this) and the right menu divisions, making it look how it looked a few days ago. every single time. so every single time, i have to go in and redefine the divisions, reset the alignments, and retype the source for the graphic in the right menu. this is a huge pain in the ass. i can't even tell you. it never used to this, and i don't understand why it's all of a sudden doing it now. garrrr.....

at any rate--i leave for patagonia TOMORROW!!! so this is probably my last entry until i get back. hasta luego!
everytime i edit my html, this program decides to change it. and not what i've edited. if i go in and say, change the picture in the right menu (which is currently eddie vedder), the code erased the labels for the blog menu (this) and the right menu divisions, making it look how it looked a few days ago. every single time. so every single time, i have to go in and redefine the divisions, reset the alignments, and retype the source for the graphic in the right menu. this is a huge pain in the ass. i can't even tell you. it never used to this, and i don't understand why it's all of a sudden doing it now. garrrr.....

at any rate--i leave for patagonia TOMORROW!!! so this is probably my last entry until i get back. hasta luego!