Not A Good Day

Didn't do as well as I had thought and hoped on my bio exam and talked to the professor which just made me more frustrated but I think it will work out and be okay. On the other hand look what we're doing!!

Oh yeah we're playing bubble soccer! Look it up on YouTube and you will wish you could play too!

While turning in our roster and working out someone thought it a brilliant idea to steal my phone!! After going to security and an hour and a half later found this gerk using my phone right in front of me!😡😡👿👿 glad I found my phone but not too happy he delayed my studying until 10pm and actually rook it. 

Finally started studying for our repro quiz on follicular genesis and the female. 

Barn Life

I can't seem to shake the pigs; somehow I am always working with them. This time I got to clean up after the pregnant sows and then into the nursery to clean up after these messy piglets. 

It's feeding time and they think that all of them can fit at the 4-5 pig head trough. In the farm crate they are all trying to stick their mouths outside of the crate to get some food when just behind them is a whole trough, but they haven't quite realized it yet. 

To end th night we moved the dairy calves out of their hutches and then to their first pen. It was quite a show to watch them all find their new freedom and use their legs for the first time to walk to the pen and run around and test out their legs.

To top it all off there was a beautiful sunset. We loved looking around the barn and seeing the different colored parts of the sky. At one end it was a dark purple and then on the other side of the barn it's blue and at the complete other end of the barn it's an orange color. 

Weekend!!

After a long weekend so far I took some time for myself and went for a long run, maybe too long of a run, also maybe as a reason to keep putting off my studying. Anyways was running and was cut a little short as the water is still really high on the other side of the river. 

For dinner I was invited to get together with the Japanese stidents here at findlay from Rakuno Gakuen and the students going this summer from Findlay along with my crew. We made our own American style of japanese food that tasted amazing and was super filling with just a small portion. 

And after so much fun and relaxation it was time to hit the books yet again as I studied biology for our exam on Monday. 

New Place; New Experiences

Had my first day of shadowing at the animal clinic of Upper Sandusky last Saturday. I got to help clean out cat and dog cages and give a few dogs a bath. My favorite was Cookie. Cookie is an Australian shepherd mix and needed a bath, he hated to walk on the leash to the back of the clinic so I had to carry him and then lift him up into the bath tub. Little did we know that he was petrified of water. So as you can guess that didn't last too long as we had to carry him back to the grooming room and each him with waterless shampoo. He was absolutely gorgeous though!

Later that evening, on my way back on the back roads from Walmart, we had a little dilema. After all the rain we had gotten the last few days the river had flooded over the road. We thought we could just drive through it, but were mistaken as we looked further ahead and there was a duck floating across the road and a crane standing right by. Guess we have to go a different way..

Backstage Pass

Last Friday I volunteered with student government association and helped put on the spring concert featuring parachute and Ben rector. Set up started at 8:00am and tear down ended at 1:30am. 

The lights and curtain hanging in the back was Nick and I's handy work. We are now certified electricians and putting together the lighting.

Ready for the show and waiting for the doors to open.

And here it goes!

After the performance I helped tear down and Nick and I again were picked to do the lighting tear down as we did such a great job putting the stuff up. It was a lot of fun and hard work as our hands got nicely covered in grease and dirt. 

The Freeze Has Lifted

Last week the weather was amazing! We were above freezing and in the 40s. When the weather gets that warm it means it's running season! Julie and I hit the roads and went for a 3 mile run to the park and stopped by the river. 

After a nice run I had barn duty and was made the pig entertainer. I stood at the back of the pen and let the pigs chew on my boots and shovel as someone else cleaned the front of the pen. I could just walk around in circles and keep them entertained that way as I took them for a walk around their pen.

On our way

Got to ride back to school with Julie and had a great time! We stopped in painesville for gas and took sometime for an adventure in search for the painesville falls. Unfortunately we couldn't find the falls, but had some fun playing on the playground and in the snow. We had to hike a little ways to get to the playground and over the bridge through 3 feet of snow. We won't be seeing much of that in Ohio later so we enjoyed it.

Starbucks rest stop on the other side of Cleveland....what are you wearing Julie?!