The end of February is upon us, don't forget to say "Rabbit Rabbit" tomorrow morning. After a bit of a slow start, the work is starting to pile up, I'm currently in the midst of procrastinating a paper on the Jacobites and Highlanders in Scotland for my history course. Other than that, my classes are quite engaging and enjoyable. After my years of having an amateur interest in folk music, my music class has been very useful in teaching me the theory, the instrumentation, and the performing of that genre, in addition to giving me a taste of Scottish classical music, something I had little experience in before. In my first of two biology labs, I was given the task of drawing hemolymph from the joints of crabs, which was an interesting new challenge. I suppose it's a little like drawing blood from one of those tiny cat veins, which is another point in favor of equine medicine; I have drawn blood from a horse, it is remarkably easier.
I've also figured out what I'm doing for my spring break, and I'm excited about it. After a weekend visit to a few friends in Edinburgh, the two weeks will be divided into a 5 day tour of the Higlands (it is a package tour, but looks like a fun worthwhile one), and the rest of the time spent with a vet in Yorkshire. Yes, I do want to be James Herriot, so what? I'll be sure to photograph my adventures in both areas.