Hairballs

I got a trichobezoar (hairball from the stomach of a cow) from the vet school today. Not entirely sure what I'm going to do with it but it looks pretty cool.

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Just back from driving lesson number 11. Hands still shaking.

Stupid rain.

23 days to Christmas

Never trust easyJet. They say your flight is delayed by 20 minutes, then leave you sitting in the departure lounge for another hour. On the plus side, my bags didn't get searched this week when I went through security, which makes a change (do I really look like I'm plotting to blow something up?!). But enough of last weekend.

Sheep lectures continued this week with neurological disease on Monday, respiratory disease on Wednesday and skin diseases on Thursday. In CAS we're still doing alimentary conditions - although we did move on to horses, with colic and dentisty lectures. I'm finding CAS quite frustrating at times, because we kept getting told about fancy surgical techniques and treatment protocols, but as we haven't done anything on surgery/suturing/therapy yet, nobody understands what the lecturers are talking about.

Practical-wise I had a free afternoon CAL session on Monday, and Public Health Practical 3 on Thursday. I'm one of the few people in my year who actually like vet public health, and I always enjoy the chance to get to the PM room (though my family would argue I spend more time in the PM room than I do in the flat...). This week we had chickens (of the feathered, and not the scared, variety) and more pathology specimens. I thought I was up to scratch with my meat inspection, but I'm starting to forget stuff that I know I knew a few weeks ago. And the exam isn't for four months!!!

Went to the vet school panto last night - this event is held every year by the fifth years (so our turn next year) and both final year and the staff have a sketch were they take the mickey out of everyone and everything. It was worth going to just to see some of the outfits (think pink and ballerina-like) - just wish I'd remembered my camera!