I thought some of my readers might be interested in what the academic calendar for A&M's vet school program looks like. Here's some highlights from the year 2005-2006 calendar (found [here]):
Fall 2005
Aug 18 - Aug 19 New Student Orientation
Aug 22 First Day of Fall Semester Classes
Oct 10 - Oct 14 Mid Term Examinations
Nov 24 - Nov 25 Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec 2 Last Day of Fall Semester Classes
Dec 5 - Dec 9 Fall Semester Final Examinations
Spring 2006
Jan 9 First Day of Spring Semester Classes
Jan 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday for 1VM, 2VM and 3VM
Jan 31 Completion of Applicant Interviews *note that this relates directly to me*
Jan 31 Notification of Non-Resident Applicant Offers
Mar 13 - Mar 17 Spring Break
Mar 15 Notification of Applicant Offers *note that this REALLY relates directly to me*
Apr 28 Last Day of Spring Semester Classes
May 1 - May 5 Spring Semester Final Examinations
May 8 First Day of New 4VM Clinical Year *note that you don't get a summer break after your third year*
May 11 DVM Commencement at 2:00 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
New TV
Last Friday we had Luke and Emily over for movies, video games, and pizzas. After playing 4-player Mario Kart on the 27" TV, Luke and Matt put their heads together looking at big-screen TVs on the internet. Matt and I did some research ourselves at electronic stores, but not surprisingly, the best deals by far were online (also nice - no sales tax and free shipping!). So we got the TV ordered (a Samsung 50" widescreen HDTV, HLR-5067W) from buy.com. Monday of this week, Matt and I switched cell phones in case they called to set up delivery (Matt's number was the one on record and he is in training all week and thus inaccessible). They did call on Monday, while Emily was over here hanging out, and said they could bring it the next day (Tuesday). Well, both Matt and I were going to be at work, but Emily said she could be here to receive it. We also hatched a plan to keep it a secret from Matt. Yesterday Dad covered the last hour and a half of my Cisco shift so that I could come home (the TV was supposed to come by 3pm). Well, at 4pm Emily and I called the company up and asked what was up...and the TV hadn't even been picked up because they'd gotten the name wrong. Luckily, the TV got here by 5:30pm, by which point Luke had joined our vigil (which was great because he helped carry it up the stairs!). Luke also got it all set up, even bringing us some higher-quality cords to greater enjoy the awesomeness of our TV. We watched a little bit of Star Wars Episode III to appreciate the quality, and also checked out Mario Kart (BIG!) and Dragon Quest to see how they looked. I really appreciated the help of Emily and Luke making the surprise happen! They couldn't stick around until Matt got home (not until 8:45 or so). When he did get home, he was happily surprised to see the TV in our apartment and all set up...and called me a big fat liar for having kept him in the dark =P It was great. :) We even got to watch some TV on it before he had to go to bed.
I've updated our picture website with tons of Piper pictures, pics of the TV, and other things. Check them out!
I've updated our picture website with tons of Piper pictures, pics of the TV, and other things. Check them out!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Yes, well, updates are highly overrated
*waves* Remember me? I think I didn't update after my interview immediately because I was tired of telling the same story over and over. And then it was Christmas...and then I was tired...and finally, I think I've mustered the energy to post!
So first, the vet school interview recap:
I spent the night before in the duplex with Emily. It was a very nice and comforting place to be (we watched "Finding Nemo" Wednesday night and I found myself echoing Dory's "Just keep swimming" while I was waiting to start my interview). Oh, yes, well, nice and comforting except for the alcoholic roommate who stormed in and out of the duplex about 3 times during the wee hours of the morning and had several loud, lengthy conversations on her cell phone just outside Emily's bedroom. Then I drove myself to A&M's Medical Sciences Library Thursday morning for my interview. It went okay. Not great, not horrible. There were three interviewers, and one in particular asked some hard questions. If I'd known the questions in advance, I'd have certainly answered his questions better than I did in the room. One of the interviewers was my anatomy professor, and it was weird because in the classroom she was always rather intimidating, but when I saw her in that interview room, I was like "yay! A friendly face!" The interview lasted 30 minutes, and while I didn't shoot myself in the foot or anything, I don't think I really helped myself a ton either. Afterwards, Emily and I ate at IHOP and she accompanied me to the mall where I got my ear cartilage pierced (it was something I'd been thinking about doing for years now, and I figured I was owed a reward - one neat thing: the 12 weeks I have to wait before I can change the earring is just about exactly the duration I have to wait until I hear about vet school). Then I headed back to Dallas, having a lovely phone conversation with Amanda on the way. /end recap
So then, suddenly Christmas was upon me. I had to work my lunch shift at Cisco on Christmas Eve, which made me feel rather grown up and in the real world. I went back to the apartment and Matt and I gathered our things to prepare for a whirlwind two days. We had the traditional Hall family Christmas Eve dinner with Mom, Dad, Leslie, Bryan, and Carolyn. Then Carolyn went home but the rest of us headed to the Roberts' to play games and chat before tucking ourselves into bed. Leslie and I slept together as we have for the last 20 years or so, while Bryan and Matt were both slightly put out (but in matching pajama bottoms that Leslie and I had gotten for them, which we felt more than made up for the inconvenience). Christmas morning we all opened presents (highlights: some neat things for our walls, new hiking boots, family home movies on DVDs, a video game, and furry pillows for our sofa). Then Matt and I headed over to his house to join their present openings. There Matt got new hiking boots, we got some DVDs, and I got an awesome North Face jacket, among other things. After some spectacular grilled cheese sandwiches and a check-in on Miss Pipes, Luke, Emily, Matt and I headed to College Station for Christmas #3 (this one with Susie's family). Matt had to work Tuesday-Wednesday (well, I guess I had to work Tuesday/Thursday too). Thursday night was Christmas #4 (John's family this time), and after that we were *finally* done with Christmas!
Matt and I had an awesome four-day weekend together over New Years. I was supposed to work at the EAC for Stephanie, but she found someone still employed there to work it instead, and Mike said he didn't mind still working my Saturday Cisco shift anyway. We had Luke and Emily over for games and watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Friday night, and the rest of the time we chilled, relaxed, and recovered. I've been playing lots of Dragon Quest VIII (PS2 RPG game from Leslie and Bryan) in the past week, and it's been great. And Matt has been digging all the bowl games on TV (as I write this Texas is beating USC 16-10 in the Rose Bowl). Also, I had breakfast with Brittany on Monday and saw Brokeback Mountain on Monday with Debbie (from Cisco).
...I guess that's it. New Year's Resolution: to not have another blogging month like December!
Oh, and here's a trivia question for my readers: what significance does the value 10% have to Cameron's life relating to the year of 2005? The winner will receive, as Matt would say, $1.
So first, the vet school interview recap:
I spent the night before in the duplex with Emily. It was a very nice and comforting place to be (we watched "Finding Nemo" Wednesday night and I found myself echoing Dory's "Just keep swimming" while I was waiting to start my interview). Oh, yes, well, nice and comforting except for the alcoholic roommate who stormed in and out of the duplex about 3 times during the wee hours of the morning and had several loud, lengthy conversations on her cell phone just outside Emily's bedroom. Then I drove myself to A&M's Medical Sciences Library Thursday morning for my interview. It went okay. Not great, not horrible. There were three interviewers, and one in particular asked some hard questions. If I'd known the questions in advance, I'd have certainly answered his questions better than I did in the room. One of the interviewers was my anatomy professor, and it was weird because in the classroom she was always rather intimidating, but when I saw her in that interview room, I was like "yay! A friendly face!" The interview lasted 30 minutes, and while I didn't shoot myself in the foot or anything, I don't think I really helped myself a ton either. Afterwards, Emily and I ate at IHOP and she accompanied me to the mall where I got my ear cartilage pierced (it was something I'd been thinking about doing for years now, and I figured I was owed a reward - one neat thing: the 12 weeks I have to wait before I can change the earring is just about exactly the duration I have to wait until I hear about vet school). Then I headed back to Dallas, having a lovely phone conversation with Amanda on the way. /end recap
So then, suddenly Christmas was upon me. I had to work my lunch shift at Cisco on Christmas Eve, which made me feel rather grown up and in the real world. I went back to the apartment and Matt and I gathered our things to prepare for a whirlwind two days. We had the traditional Hall family Christmas Eve dinner with Mom, Dad, Leslie, Bryan, and Carolyn. Then Carolyn went home but the rest of us headed to the Roberts' to play games and chat before tucking ourselves into bed. Leslie and I slept together as we have for the last 20 years or so, while Bryan and Matt were both slightly put out (but in matching pajama bottoms that Leslie and I had gotten for them, which we felt more than made up for the inconvenience). Christmas morning we all opened presents (highlights: some neat things for our walls, new hiking boots, family home movies on DVDs, a video game, and furry pillows for our sofa). Then Matt and I headed over to his house to join their present openings. There Matt got new hiking boots, we got some DVDs, and I got an awesome North Face jacket, among other things. After some spectacular grilled cheese sandwiches and a check-in on Miss Pipes, Luke, Emily, Matt and I headed to College Station for Christmas #3 (this one with Susie's family). Matt had to work Tuesday-Wednesday (well, I guess I had to work Tuesday/Thursday too). Thursday night was Christmas #4 (John's family this time), and after that we were *finally* done with Christmas!
Matt and I had an awesome four-day weekend together over New Years. I was supposed to work at the EAC for Stephanie, but she found someone still employed there to work it instead, and Mike said he didn't mind still working my Saturday Cisco shift anyway. We had Luke and Emily over for games and watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith on Friday night, and the rest of the time we chilled, relaxed, and recovered. I've been playing lots of Dragon Quest VIII (PS2 RPG game from Leslie and Bryan) in the past week, and it's been great. And Matt has been digging all the bowl games on TV (as I write this Texas is beating USC 16-10 in the Rose Bowl). Also, I had breakfast with Brittany on Monday and saw Brokeback Mountain on Monday with Debbie (from Cisco).
...I guess that's it. New Year's Resolution: to not have another blogging month like December!
Oh, and here's a trivia question for my readers: what significance does the value 10% have to Cameron's life relating to the year of 2005? The winner will receive, as Matt would say, $1.
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