Is there any such thing, really? It occurred to me that I should start using this nifty blog which Bryan set up for me long long ago. I had no free time then and I never posted. Plus, I thought, what on earth could I possibly write about that would be interesting? I pretty much have my routine down – school, barn, home. School, I have learned, is only interesting to other vet students. Non-vet school people are usually bored out of their skulls when out with us, as school consumes our lives and the little bits of juicy gossip through which we live vicariously are all involving – who else? Other vet school people!

Ditto the barn thing. Horse girls like to talk to other horse girls about horses. Nobody except the aforementioned horse girls wants to hear about it. Once I was out with a fellow horse girl/classmate and her husband. He served us with a double-whammy by initiating a “no-vet-school-or-horse-talk” rule. After exchanging pleasantries and getting the update on his life, Wendy and I sat there in utter silence exchanging helpless looks until we finally broke down and began talking about horses AND school simultaneously. Fortunately her husband is easily pacified with ice cream and we were eating dinner right next to Cold Stone.   

So I never have much to talk about. As you can see. Unless you are a fellow vet student or horse girl. But this summer I have experienced several revelations, all of which have combined to bring me to my current state. Essentially I found myself possessed of some free time, an event which has not occured since I began vet school in August of 2003. Knowing now what a gift that is, I was determined not to waste it. In doing so I finally feel that I have some things to say.