Tractor show and Happy Birthday Krista

Me and Allis


This weekend was a very busy one for Tony and I. Friday night we packed up the dogs, and headed to Tony's parent's house in Belle Plaine. We had pizza for dinner and then spent the night. Nothing extremely exciting, but it was really nice to sit around and relax with nice people. Tony's mom set up a little fenced in area so that the dogs don't have to be on the leash all the time while there. Allis and Cloe had so much fun running around and being goofy pugs, that by the end of the weekend they were exhausted, which is just the way I like them!



Saturday we got up really early, me at 5:30am, Tony at 6am. Tony, his dad, and I all headed out to Hutchinson, MN to an antique tractor show called Orange Spectacular. I have attended this with them for the last couple years now and I enjoy it. You don't really do much, just walk around, look at tractors, and all the stuff the vendors are selling, but it's a good way to spend quality time with them.



Then Saturday night was the best part. My best friend Krista turned 30, so Tony and I drove down to Mankato to help her celebrate. Most of our friends from school drove down too, which was really nice. Quite a few people showed up and I would say all in all it was a really good time. Of course there were lots of goofy pictures of us taken, because that's just how we roll. Tony and I headed out at about 11pm, drove back to Belle Plaine to get the dogs, then continued on our way back to Northfield. We ended up getting home a little after 2am, and I went straight to bed.



Now it's Sunday and the only thing I'm doing is finishing up homework, and studying for a couple tests that are happening tomorrow in class. One of them is our math competency that we have to pass with 100%. I passed on the first try last quarter, so I think I'll be fine on this one too. Then we have a test on medical instruments, since I'm in surgery too this quarter. That one I'm not feeling so confident about, but we will see how it goes. I have the rest of today to do more studying for it.

Lots of little updates!

The past couple days have been busy ones!


Jenni P's baby shower!

Saturday the 17th I went to a baby shower for my friend Jenni. She already had her baby, who is a very cute little boy named Alex. She was only 25 weeks along so Alex will be staying at Children's Hospital for a while until he is a little bigger. Her and her husband John are really good people and have a huge support system of friends, family, and staff at the hospital to help them through these stressful times, and they are in everyone's thoughts and prayers. It was great to also see a bunch of friends at the baby shower, whom I hadn't seen in quite a while. From me, little Alex got 3 of my favorite books that I picked up at target....Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See. It will be nice for Jenni and John to be able to bring the books to the hospital and read to Alex. After the shower I headed up to Moms house to get my school books. There were a bunch of tornado warnings out so then I just headed back to Northfield and laid low for the night.

Sunday was no big deal. Tony and I just relaxed around the house.

Monday marked the start of summer quarter at school. I am taking 3 classes, which totals out to 12 credits. Surgery, Anesthesia, and Comparative Hematology. Classes occur Mondays from 8am-10pm and Wednesdays from 8am-2:10pm. I am really excited for these classes, but it will be a fast, hard 10 weeks of classes. I'm ready for it though. This also means that there will be lots more fun pictures gracing my facebook page of me and my bff Krista, and tons of animals of course! It makes me so happy that I only have 9 months of classes left, and then a 3 month internship. This puts me on track to graduate end of June 2011.


Typical picture of us!

The only other new thing going on right now is I'm waiting to hear back from a potential employer. I interviewed at Lexington Pet Clinic 2 weeks ago and they said they will let me know sometime this week either way. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they want me because they see dogs, cats, and exotics. I have a working interview on Friday morning, but I really don't want to go to it. It's for mostly kennels I think. I've done that in the past and hated it, so we will see what happens. Then there is yet another clinic that said they want to interview me in August for an assistant position that will open up at the end of that month. Things are looking up so I know I will get 1 of those 3 possible jobs!

Dairy Barns

For the last three weeks I have been on break from school before summer classes start up. I quit my job here in Northfield because we are moving soon and it wasn't worth the pay and 3 hours per shift for a 30 minute drive. I'm still finding though things here and there to do to make some money until I can get a job in Burnsville.

My aunt and uncle own a company that builds and maintains milking parlors. My cousin usually goes an route with one of the guys there and helps him replace inflations/liners and deliver chemicals to lots of different dairy farms around the Rochester area. This past week though Alex was on a mission trip and my aunt and uncle needed some help. I told them that I would be more than happy to help them.

So for the last week I worked my butt off, sweated like crazy, built some muscles, and got lots of cow poop on me! I went on route with a guy named Tony who is in his 50's, delivering all kinds of chemicals to farms, and fixing and changing equipment in milking parlors. It was actually a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. I was exhausted and sore at the end of each day, but it was nice.

I learned a lot about dairy farms, and even though I wasn't directly working with animals, it still dealt with the animal world and that makes me happy!

I would definitely do this job again if Karen and Mark need help in the future!