My new friend

So I was cleaning during my study break and Hollywood was outside. She started acting weird and looking around. I opened the screen door and this is what I saw:
He was eating all the flowers. He was so funny with Hollywood...kept teasing her and jumping around on the fence. :) Anyway, off to the catamaran trip tonight. Miss you all. I will try to make a longer post tomorrow!

Luau

So I spent all day today studying in the library. I was sad because everyone else went to the Marriott beach, but if I want to stay here and achieve my main goal, I have to have discipline. Growing up sucks! Actually, I felt really good when I left the library. So good, in fact, I am going to go back and live there again tomorrow too! :)
Here are some pictures of one of the many tortoise's we have on campus. We have a whole herd and they love to eat the hibiscus flowers. This is me feeding a flower to one of them. :)




























Jack and Hollywood decided to share her bed.














Yet Hollywood doesn't feel like she fits in her bed alone:














This is what one of the many bars/resturants that we go to looks like. This is Mr. X's Shiggidy Shack




























Friday night was the welcome back party/7th semester fund raiser. It was a luau theme. Chris really got into the costume...haha. From left...Andrew, Jaclyn, Me, Irka (behind me), Chris, Ashley, Sarah, Ashkon, Jaclyn.














Caroline, John, me.














Chris, me, Ashley G., RJ














Chris, me, Ashely, Andrew














Ashley has more of the pictures...apparently where I just look hammered. What do you expect after a long, hard week and a bunch of generous guys willing to aid in the "get Hayley drunk" goal :)!? I will post those as I get them from her.

I had a fun time out, but I couldn't stop stressing about studying. I need to find a happy medium of work and play. Soon it will all just work out.
Anyway, off to bed so I can have a long, productive day tomorrow.

So I know some of you have been emailing me but I have been terrible at replying. Let's just say that vet school is no vacation, despite my location. So yesterday (the 3rd day of classes) I pretty much freaked out in the middle of my gross anatomy class. This is supposed to be one of the most difficult classes and I can't understand a THING that this professor is saying. There are 3 or 4 different professors that teach anatomy to us, and two have very difficult to understand accents. My physiology teacher isn't an easy one either. So there I am, TOTALLY lost in the front row and seriously about to burst into tears. I studied so much monday and tuesday (wednesday too) and just felt like I didn't get a thing. I began thinking, "I should just leave now! If I leave now, I won't be out as much money versus if I fail out at the end of the semester. I am not cut out for this. I should just move to some small town and get a job at walmart where I can be this complete idiot that failed out of vet school, and no one will care!" Trust me, I was totally freaking out. I talked to Ashley...she said she felt the same way and thought the same things. Apparently, a lot of people do. Not that I want everyone to be freaking out, but I am glad I am not the only one feeling completely overwhelmed. There is just SO much to learn and I don't know where in my small head I am going to put it all.

Anyway, today in class was a lot better. I went to the gym after class, went home to see Hollywood, and left to head back to school. On my way there, I see this dog standing and staring at a small tree. I look at the tree and there is a monkey sitting up there taunting the dog. I laughed. Then I drove further and had to break for a mongoose that decided to run across the road. A little further towards town, there is a cow, just standing right on the side of the road, happy as can be. As I pass through town I dodged a few dogs as they flew out into traffic in an attempt to mate with the female. As I neared school there was a herd of goats on the road eating. I realized that every animal I passed left a big smile on my face. This is what I am meant to do. No matter how overwhelmed I feel and how tough it gets, I have to just keep my focus and remind myself that this is still my dream and I would NOT be happy giving it up. Needless to say, I feel better now and I am not packing my bags. (ask me again when midterms come around though..haha) And thanks to those of you that I got to talk for calming me down.
Anyway, that is the update. I go to school from 8-4, gym 4-6, eat, then study from 730ish to bedtime. I have TA sessions on Saturdays so I am basically going to be at school 6 days a week. I MIGHT go out this Friday for the welcome luau party...but only if I can crack this anatomy stuff. Still not having an easy time memorizing all these latin words. I know I need to have fun, but I want to make sure I can settle into a routine before I bring in the parties.

I will try to update with pictures, but I haven't had time to take any since classes started. Love you all and miss you. And Riley, send me a video of you laughing...so sad I missed that moment.

Last bit of fun before school starts!

Hey guys. I have been busy/lazy so I haven't updated. I left off at Brimstone Hill on Wednesday I think. Well, Thursday we had a full day of orientation and that night we went to a bonfire on an isolated beach. That was a lot of fun and I got to meet a lot more awesome people. Like them:
















































Then I got too drunk to take anymore pictures, so that is all I have from that night. But I had a really fun time.

Friday we had the catamaran trip to Nevis. I was NOT feeling well but Destiny gave me some advil and I felt a little better...drank too much rum the night before :(. The cat trip was awesome. We went snorkeling for an hour in (Kristin, you will like this) Shitten Bay. I saw some awesome fish but I almost ran into a jelly fish. A classmate stopped me just in time...thank you to her for that. Look how clear the water is...and so warm!
I followed a school of squid for a while until they got pissed and swam too fast for me to keep up.












Jaclyn, Me, Ashley, and Jaclyn after snorkeling













Then we go to Nevis:
We ate lunch and then had time to walk to a bar and get a drink, then walk back before we had to get back on the catamaran.














The golf course at the four seasons resort on Nevis.










And the beach at the four seasons.














The little bar we walked to and had "killer bees" at. It is the signature drink of Nevis.














Went to dinner with Mom and Destiny when we got back at Bobsy's. The food was okay but was too gingery for me. I went out to Ziggy's beach bar after for a few drinks with the classmates. No pictures from that night...sorry!
Yesterday I got a rental car because there are apparently a LOT of things wrong with my car and it will take at least a week to fix. After that we did an island tour with Mr. Rogers, our taxi driver for orientation week. It was really pretty. Here are a few pictures:








































































Destiny, Me, Mom















Last night we went back to Godfather's and had a lot of drinks :). It was the last night for us all to let loose for a long time to come. Had to go out big.

Sarah, Ash, me.




























Me, Ash, Jaclyn














Sarah, Jaclyn, Ashley, RJ.














Me, Caroline, Ashley, Sarah














RJ, Frankie, Ash, Chris, Sarah :)














Mom left at 5 this morning :( No more cooked meals and now my apartment is lonely. We registered today and everything went as planned for me. I got my financial aid check but I can't cash it today because the bank is closed. You can't do an ATM deposit here and the banks close at 2. I get out of school at 4. This will be interesting...I might have to RUSH to the bank during lunch. It sucks having a large amount of money you can't even use!

Well I am off to the beach, nap, cleaning apartment...no particular order. XOXO