Re-Acquaintance

I stopped posting this spring because my beloved Horace died and everytime I thought about writing something about it I'd just get all teary-eyed and weepy. It was rough. I had to put him down because he developed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and nothing we were trying worked to make him better long term. So we put him to sleep and that was the all-time suckiest thing I've ever had to do.

Maybe because he was my last tangible link with Texas and my mom and family is why it hit me so very hard. Whatever the reason, it was horrible.

School starts back up next week and I'm a jellied, terrified mess over it. Second year is supposed to be easier, but the fact is I don't feel like I've held a whole ton of the info from last year in my brain for easy retrieval. I've tried to review the info from last year and end up rubbing my eyes and cussing instead of getting anywhere. I'm going to take advantage of the LAP(Learning Assistance Program) this year as much as I possibly can. I know I said that for a semester or two last year, but this year I MUST do so.

The first half of the first semester I'm going to be on a Med/Surg floor instead of OB for my clinicals, which is kind of a disappointment. I'm not sure what is going to be different about that compared to the Med/Surg floors we were on last year... but I'll find out. The super news about that is that the hospital where I'll be is within five minutes of home. FIVE. That makes a massive difference in my ability to sleep before clinicals. The second half of the semester I'll be back up in Cinci at Christ for OB. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about both parts of the semester. I'm just tickled to death that I get to sleep in an extra hour for the first half.

Rusty and I adopted a pup from the Boone County Animal Shelter over in Burlington after Horace passed. Since Rusty's gone at night, I feel better having a dog with me while I'm sleeping. She's alert at least and draws my attention to any little noise outside the bedroom. Boudicca is her name and she's a gorgeous girl. We have no idea what her actual lineage is, but I suspect either Smooth or Border Collie with some spaniel of some sort. There could be some shepherd in her also. People always ask what kind of dog she is and I answer, "Animal shelter special!"

Lots of people don't really get it. My humor:often a failure.

Bodie's been to obedience class at Petsmart and I was most pleased with both the teacher, the class structure, and the results. To be honest, the classes were about teaching the owners how to teach the pups more than focusing on the dogs themselves. It was a good thing too. The instructor's dogs were huge and very well trained. One of these days Bodie too will be able to pretend sneeze on demand.