I'm waiting for yoga class

I just got out of my anatomy lab. Today we dissected the cat's respiratory system and looked at relating slides under the microscope. I'm attaching a view of hyaline cartilage (stained purple) in the larynx. The cells are so beautiful!!

I enjoyed lab today for many reasons. One, my group did a picture perfect dissection :) Two, we got out early! And three, we got our midterm results back.... and I set the curve!!! I studied so hard but it was a really difficult test.. I'm just ecstatic to have made a 100%. That should really ensure me an A for the semester :)
This week was a big one for midterms. I had anatomy on Tuesday. I studied a lot an feel pretty confident that I made an A, at least after the curve. Anthropology and psychology were on thursday. I REALLY prepared for anthropology because the last test surprised me by being three pages of essay style questions. I was ready to write everything under the sun about subsistence strategies. But surprise! The test only had one essay question. Hahahaha I was actually disappointed.. But I surely made an A in that as well :) Psychology I'm not so sure about because my teacher is old and didn't go over the information that was on the exam. Have I posted a picture of his terrible board scribbles?? I hope I have. If not, I'll be sure to. Then you'll see why I wasn't prepared for the exam. I should get my results in the next week, so I'll update later :)
I'm super excited for this weekend- Halloween! I'm dressing up as a Spartan queen. Specifically, Queen Gorgo from the movie 300. Matthew is going to be a Spartan warrior :) that is, if our costumes make it here! His shield came today so hopefully they'll be here tomorrow. If not, it will be funny to have to scrounge something up last minute :P
Last night after my last test I celebrate with the girls by ordering pizza. Then we went to Walmart and shopped for Sydney and Lucie's costumes. Sydney is going to be the season spring. Her boyfriend is summer, and another couple will be winter and fall :) Lucie is going as a dragon! She bought paint last night and we painted cardboard spines for her back and then we practiced painting her face. I used my fingers instead of brushes and it ended up turning out so funny.. Nothing like a dragon, hahaha. Hopefully it all comes together and she looks as awesome tomorrow as I'm imagining :)
Oh, I almost forgot the most exciting news of my week!! On Wednesday I worked out back with my boss Kui going through all the christmas stuff that we sell and/or use in arrangements. We had to organize it all and it took all day but it was fun because I wasn't the one deciding what to keep an where to put it. I was basically manual labor :P ok back to my story. So I was in the storage unit with Kui and she turns and starts to praise me for being such a hard worker, and she says 'I've decided that you deserve a raise so you'll see that on your next pay check.' !!!!! :D I couldn't be any happier. What a great week :)
Yoga starts in three minutes, gotta go!

This week

I've had a lot of homework this week. Right now I'm stressing out a bit because I have a big lab practical tomorrow night that covers both the muscles of the cat and the human- and we haven't even learned them in class yet! But it will be okay. Matt has been helping me study and I intend to do well :)
Today during my break between classes I used Photoshop to design a flyer for Natalie, my boss from Vagabond Trader. She offered me a generous amount of money to make one up for her really short notice- and of course I went for it! Here's how it turned out:

After I got out of my night class Lucie and I went grocery shopping. We were disappointed to find out that no fruit was on sale this week so we couldn't afford the oranges we've been enjoying recently- they were $2.99 a pound! :( But we found deals in canned beans and frozen vegetables, so it was still a successful shopping trip. I made fish for dinner but it was gross. I don't think I'll be buying frozen fish anymore... the texture was terrible.
Now for my best news yet- I've put over 300 miles on my bike now!!! Just over a month ago I posted that I was at 136 so I am just stunned. Well, actually, it shouldn't surprise me that much because these days I feel like I live on my bike :P
I better go. I work at 8 tomorrow morning so I'd like to get to bed a little early.

Great news!

So I took my entrance exam for nursing school today... and... (drum roll please)... I scored in the 99th percentile nationally!! I made a 91 and my school wants above a 70 so I think I'm a shoe in! We'll find out for sure when I apply in January.
The second best thing to happen this week was the arrival of a package from mom and grandma! Grandma sent so much kitchenware, I couldn't believe it. My favorite? The three baking dishes pictures below. We didn't have anything like those and we're already putting them to good use. Mom sent my very favorite brownie mix. Those didn't last very long :P
I took another anatomy test this week and it was surprisingly easy! We haven't gotten the grade back yet. We continued the cat dissection yesterday, looking at its muscles. I've still decided to spare you all a picture, you can thank me later :)
After lab last night Matt, Lucie and I stopped by a party that one of our friends from ethnobotany class was having for his friend's birthday. We didn't stay for long, but it was so much fun. They had a talent show on the spot where everyone wrote their talent on a piece of paper and put it in a bowl and they drew the talents out one by one. The best was two boys that put their arm over the other's shoulder and did the Macarena as one person. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time! Then the cops showed up an sent everyone home because the talent show was too loud and the neighbors had complained.
Now it's the lazy weekend and I'm just going to catch up on homework and take it easy :) Love you all!

Nothing much..

This week I had my first Anthropology test, which surprised me by being nearly all short answer based on his lectures, not the chapters in the book it was supposed to cover. He said the average grade on his tests is about a 60%, so he curves the grades about ten points. So there's nothing to worry about :) In Anatomy this week we started cat dissections... We had to skin the cat and pull back the skin, cutting away at the cobweb-like fibers that hold the skin to the muscle tissue. It was surprisingly tough work! What wasn't surprising was that it was nasty and I wished it could be anything but a cat. I'd rather dissect a human than something furry. But don't be thinking that these cats are cute because they're the furthest thing from it. I entertained the idea of taking a picture to post, but I decided it was just too graphic. The cats all had their mouths open and their throats slit and I don't think anyone would enjoy that. Yet I have that to look forward to for the rest of the semester, haha.
Today I went to work, then went grocery shopping. I managed to get $91 worth of groceries home on my bike, somehow! I was glad that I remembered to bring an extra tote bag in my book bag.
Update on my bike mileage:

That's right, 265 miles!!!

Other than that... hmm... Lucie and I have been going to Yoga on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights after my anatomy class. That's been reallllly nice- it clears my head and loosens my muscles. We started learning head stands! Lucie and I were having fun practicing one day in the gym until I got overly confident and tried about two feet from a wall- I fell over backwards and whacked my knee, haha. Now I have a big nasty bruise. 

I'm looking forward to tomorrow so much- my day off!! But I have an Anatomy test on Monday so I will unfortunately be spending a majority of it studying.

Until next time!