Snow, Reptiles, and My 23rd.

This winter has been pretty weird. We've had hardly any snow and the temperatures have been fairly warm for the midwest with a few below freezing days scattered in there.

Last Friday was exceptionally snowy, however, and I was stuck driving in it.


It usually takes me 45 minutes to 1 hour to/from school, but last Friday it took me over 4 hours to get home. It was awful. When I finally got home, I ran to the bathroom and then got ready to meet up with Tristan, Ninna, and Sean for a movie date.

At least four people ditched their kennel duty that night at school, and a few people from my cohort who weren't scheduled decided to stay and help out. I'm glad my cohort actually cares about the well-being of our animals, unlike the newbies. (But I won't get into that.)

This past week at school we were able to perform ultrasounds and we got to see the reptile show. 
Ultrasounds are more complicated than one might think. There's a lot that goes into getting the best image for a particular organ. 
The reptile show was put on by Traveling World of Reptiles. They put on a wonderful presentation and they let us hold, pet, and photograph their animals.








Last Sunday was Gina's birthday and yesterday was my birthday, so our friends gave us goodies throughout the week at school.
Kaytlyn made us each a goodie bag:


And she got us a "poo cake":

Rachel made me cookies:


My actual birthday was pretty low key. I didn't really feel like planning anything this year, so I just spent the day out and about with my love.

He got me a pretty, yet silly, cake:







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