-
(Untitled)
I finished two very long days of collection. I am in lab now though....again....because we still have one more week of study to go. more 6a feedings, more cleaning, more pig weighing...more ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Day 3/4 of pig study ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
After being here for almost 18 consecutive hours, I have almost all my piglets born. We have one sow who refuses to give birth. She will probably go this weekend. We needed her to go YESTERDAY. ugh ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Its 2:30a. Im in lab. I have 7 sows in the animal facility next door. They are all pregnant and we induced 2 of them this morning. They have yet to give birth but I am here in case they do. I am on sow watch tonight. I have to check on them every so often, i have chosen every hour on the hour until I see some changes. My shift ends at 6a and then, ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Another long day. I got up extra early this morning to finish grading some projects so that the kiddies would stop hounding Barb for their grades. I think they liked getting them back early ( Read more... ) -
this past weekend
so. this past weekend while it was a nice, semi blistering 80 degrees outide, I was stuck inside grading and cleaning my apt. exchanging summer clothes for winter clothes, going through bags of stuff i had put off for ages, etc. ALSO, as i had mentioned before 4 of my windows in my apt are painted shut so i cant open them. it was nice and balmy in ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
the windows in my apt are painted shut. the dumbass painters that were here in Oct of last year didnt bother to avoid the hinges that allow my windows to move freely. instead they covered them with layers upon layers of ugly, vomit colored paint. so while its warm outside and there are nice breezes, i cant feel them. a-holes ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
i have been spinning down the blood i collected this morning for the past 7.5 hours. I still have more to go. that is crazy.
i need a massage. my neck is all cramped up from lab work.
need to run tonight. so glad its warm outside :)
back to the spin-down... -
(Untitled)
"So, Emily, what did you do this morning ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
My days have been filled with piglets these days. I got 5 new ones in. the littlest being half the size of the rest (a mini pig...I call him "mini"). I have been getting up REAL early and staying up even though im tired. I think its the warm weather ans sunshine that have got me kind of invigorated ( Read more... )