Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Now, I realize that I don't have children to post pictures of, but none-the-less, I felt left out of the blog loop, and thought there might be some people out there who may enjoy hearing a little bit of my life! 

My hope is that this will be a nice hobby for me, since I will hopefully have some more spare time! As some of you may already know, I have completed 2.5 years of my 4 year program for veterinary school - I have completed all of our "core" classes - yay!  So on Monday, I start "Large Animal Block" - which means that I will spend all of January - March out at Penn's Large Animal Campus doing lots of hands on stuff.  So the next few months will be a welcome break from the monotony of sitting in a classroom for eight hours a day and then coming home and studying until I fall asleep at my desk!

Greg and I recently moved outside the city - we're so much happier to be out of the bad part of West Philly! My commute is a little longer now, but it's definitely worth it.  We were on the 7th floor, now we're on the 1st - we have a little patio, and we can let the dogs right out to go outside and play on the grass.  Doogie (the puppy) has made a ton of friends that he likes to run around with outside.  The cat (Chevy) also LOVES to be able to watch the birds and squirells outside the windows.  Greg and I also gained a lot more living space, too! 

I thought I would post some pictures to catch everyone up... 

This is one of me and my beautiful niece, Vinnie Darlin!

Here are my two "kids", Jaz (left) and Doogie (right). They were very festive this year!

This one is me and my boyfriend, Greg, at my "White Coat" ceremony - we got our first doctor coats! They are not as long as the actual doctors - this is so people can distinguish the little peon students from the real deal in the hospital! None-the-less, they are super official with our names on them and everything! 1.5 more years...

Here is another of our little Darlin!!

Here are some from my first surgeries - the other girl in the picture is my close friend, Molly - she's also a huge steeler fan, so I'm sure more pictures of her will pop up! The last two pictures are from our large animal campus - it's so much fun to actually get to DO stuff!!

That's it for now, hope you guys enjoy my pictures and stories!