It's a Leiopleurodon, Charlie, a magical Leiopleurodon!

This is for you Ms. Gants!!!

Oh! When you're down and looking for some cheering up then just head right up to the candy mountain cave. When you get inside you'll find yourself a cheery land such a happy and joy-filled and perky merry land. They've got lollipops and gummy drops and candy things. Oh so many things that will brighten up your day. It's impossible to wear a frown in Candy Town! It's a mecca of love and candy canes!

They've got jelly beans and coconuts with little hats, candy rats, chocolate bats, it's a wonderland of sweets! Ride the candy train to town and hear the candy band! Candy bells! It's a treat as they march across the land.

Cherry ribbons stream across the sky into the ground. Turn around, it astounds! It's a dancing candy tree! In the Candy Cave the imagination runs so free! So now Charlie please will you go into the cave?



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Please enjoy your tour, but mind your step and the radioactive equid.

So pre-illness days of recent I was fulfilling my duties as a student ambassador for the college of vet med. We've been doing tours etc for the 100 out of state interviews that came in over the last three days (obviously I missed day three doing to my rapid onset disease state). So beyond that fine experience I had two days of non-stop walking and talking.

My first tour mishap came when I was in our food/production animal area. The path of our tour is rarely interupted and I had been informed that it practically never would be since it never had been so when "Mr. I've given the most tours of anyone" told me he had never run into a problem. So it was a nice change to come to a dead end half way through since they had to seal off part of the hospital due to a loose Bull .... hmmm "Let's go to the equine clinic and come back to food animal later shall we?"

My tribulations did not end here. On another tour, thankfully not the same one with the Bull incident, we had come to the point of the tour of the equine clinic where we visit our treadmill. This fine contraption is mostly used for research but is also utilized in the diagnosis of equine lameness. It also happens to be at the very back of the equine portion of the hospital. Our tours are restricted on the areas we can go, especially in equine (contamination can be a real bitch), so when you reach the treadmill the only thing to do is turn around an go back the way you came. But WAIT!! What is this??? While my group was checking out the treadmill of lameness the clinitians were bringing a horse back from radiation therapy. Good thing for us proximity is a problem. It's not usually a good idea to expose your tour group to radioactive animals, as everyone with this animal was clothed in their haz-mat esk suits. Needless to say my tour group was stuck at the end of a long hallway with nothing to do but stare at eachother for about 10 minutes. Awesome.



Does anyone have any questions while we wait??? No??? Damn.

Allergies ROCK!!

So most people attribute allergies to having stuffy sinus problems. How lucky those people are that they can take fantastic medications such as phenylephrine or pseudoephedrine to give them the glory of breathing again.

I on the other hand, am blessed with the reverse situation. I only recieve sinus problems due to non-allergy associated causes and am allergic to the fine decongestants that would give me a smidge of relief.

(Can you tell this is a fabulous venting post? LUCKY YOU GUYS!)

So as the infection has spread from my sinuses to my left ear, which is now excedingly painful to the touch, I get to continue on with my missery. My only outpost on this journey of discomfort is the lovely substance refered to as mentol. AHHHH menthol, my only sollus, I can almost breath when I slather it all over my face so I look like a wet fish.



Yup, this about says it all.

New Years Shindig

So after all my traveling over this fine holiday break I decided I didn't want to do anymore driving for New Years. Result? A happenin gettogether at my house. Here's the resulting photo spectacular from last night. Enjoy! Hope everyone is having a fantastic new yar of their own.




Enjoy the spread, and the photos.

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