Two Weeks and 112 days

Two weeks left of undergrad and the stress of finals is setting in. Prayers I learn some biochem and finish strong. One more exam.. I can do it. 112 days left until orientation :) scary and exciting! This week my mom is coming!!! Haven't seen her since the end of January.. Miss her like crazy. We are moving into my new house where I'll be living with a fourth year vet student. Hopefully he has good advice for me.

I want to make some goals for summer. My last summer of freedom.
1. Get fit and be happy
2. Find good ways to deal with stress
3. Read real people normal books!
4. Enjoy the beach and the ocean
5. Travel to Texas to see the world's best boyfriend
6. Find out how to freeze home cooked meal so the boyfriend doesn't starve until 2018 when I graduate
7. Cook new and complicated things!
8. Have fun and relax. Spend time with family

I don't think I'll really feel like a vet student until finals are done. Pray I do okay!
GG

Happy Friday

Friday! Wahoo! Very excited for a weekend full of studying biochemistry and A & P. Last weekend was Open House at KSU. I went to the vet school and got some freebies. I was also able to talk to some students about how nervous I am! The overwhelming support from vet students I don't even know was awesome! They all told me it'll be challenging but nothing I can't handle. That made me feel great. 130 days till orientation begins.. Amazing.

This past week I made some great recipes. The one I would really push is Pioneer Woman's lasagna. I'm sure I'll post lots of her recipes because I love her and I've made about 15 of her recipes. Ree says she channels Lucille Ball, well I channel her. I absolutely love the rural life she lives and the family woman she is. Here's the link. I used Ricotta instead of cottage cheese... Sorry I'm an Italian girl always and forever. I also used sauce I made instead of diced tomatoes. Everyone really loved the Sunday night supper, I hope it inspires you! I love love to cook. I think it'll be a big help during my vet school stress.


 http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_lasagn/

Blog title

I've been getting a lot of questions about the blog title so I think I should explain. And I'm totally kidding about getting questions.. I have about two readers and they probably know why so I just made the first statement up. Growing up many people called me G or my father's personal favorite, GG. When I began my fantasies of being a veterinarian driving along the country side in a big ole pick up truck it only made sense my personalized license plate would read "Dr. GG". And while I haven't actually began my actual journey of becoming Dr. GG, not till August, as many pre-vetters would agree the journey to becoming a veterinarian is very long so I feel confident that I can now sign documents as "Dr. One-day GG" because I am actually going to vet school!

So here's what I'll be studying all of next year! Hope I survive and maybe, hopefully, possibly thrive?!
Almost Dr. GG

First Year
Fall Semester	Hours		Spring Semester	Hours
AP 700 Gross Anatomy I	5		AP 705 Gross Anatomy II	6
AP 710 Microanatomy	5		AP 740 Integration II	1
AP 730 Integration I	1		AP 747 Veterinary Physiology II	6
AP 737 Veterinary Physiology I	5		DMP 705 Veterinary Immunology	3
DVM 700 Career Development	0		DMP 708 Principles of Epidemiology	2
Electives	3		Electives	2
	19			20

Learning how to do this

I realized my post yesterday seemed incredibly long so I apologize. I need to learn how to format! I can't promise my punctuation and grammar will ever be correct but I'm okay with that. Six weeks left.. I can't believe it! Only 38 days until finals and my undergraduate career will be over. As I mentioned in my first post I am going to veterinary school a year early because I applied and was accepted as a junior so I am not receiving a degree. My classes for my last semester are...

Cow-Calf Health Systems: this class is awesome and taught by a vet. We go over health issues in cattle production.

Biochemistry: my last science pre-req for vet school! Wow!

Anatomy and Physiology: very important for next year because it'll be the basis of everything I'm learning.

Livestock and Grain Marketing: fun teacher, economic stuff

Lambing: lots of babies, they are cute.

So it's a pretty fun semester. I'm not stressing or working extremely hard like I have in the past and I'm happy with that. 4 years of stress are in the near future :)

Come one, come all.

Time for blogging! And seriously, it's about time. I have been an avid blog reader for the past three years or so. I vowed to begin blogging once I thought my life was interesting enough for some sort of platform but even if my mom only reads these entries, I'll be a happy camper.

So here goes! I'm a 21 year old New Jersey native with a whole lot of sass and not enough humbleness for the Midwest where I currently reside. At the ripe age of five or so I decided to become a veterinarian. My poor parents, they really are saints. For the next thirteen years I bothered them for every animal under the sun.. From skunks, horses, sheep, and dogs I've asked for it all. So, I grew up showing sheep in 4-H and being involved in agriculture anyway possible despite my east coast roots. My parents are full on city people and I spent my childhood dreaming of one day living in Montana surrounded by nature and animals. I dreamed of caring for animals. Guess what? I still dream of it.

I moved to Kansas at eighteen to pursue veterinary medicine at Kansas State University. Three years of crying over chemistry, physics, and worrying about admission to vet school later I am in! Did I just say that?! I am beginning vet school a year early in August and hopefully graduating Kansas State University in 2018 with my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine! I hope this blog keeps track of my vet school days and shares some of my many passions with the world. These include but are not limited to: my God-like mother I was blessed with, agriculture, coffee, cooking, God, and the most amazing small town boy I am head over heals in love with.
Get ready world,
G