Dream Product?

Looks like the perfect product to help out my little baby with occasional accidents where the aim is not quite as accurate as it should be. I'll update and let you know how it goes.

Now, if I could only find something for Nuala....

Central Park North

I took the new camera down to the north end of Central Park the other day to get some pictures of the snow remaining from the blizzard before it disappeared completely. I think the north end of the park is really the most beautiful part.

Downward Facing Pug

This is a true story. Whenever Nuala sees one of us roll out our yoga mats, she instinctively runs over to the center of the mat and IMMEDIATELY does her version of the yoga pose "Downward Facing Dog." It never fails. Of course I'm never quick enough with the camera to catch her in the act, but here she is sitting on the mat while Ceci is talking to her on speakerphone.

I promise this will be the last one!

You CAN see my fingerprints!

Love this camera!

You can practically see my fingerprints!!! And this is only on the 3.0 megapixel setting. It goes up to 5.2!

Best Valentine's Day Gift EVER!

F. gave me a new a camera to replace the one that I destroyed over the weekend. (It had pretty much outlived its useful life anyway, and it was four calendar years old, which is like 60 digital camera years!) Nuala was my first willing model:

Biggest Blizzard in NYC History

The National Weather Service said 26.9 inches of snowfall was measured in Central Park at 4:10 p.m., exceeding the previous record of 26.4 inches, set in December 1947.

Looks like we're really getting snow...

The forecast seems to have held out for a pretty big storm. I'm excited about it. I love snow. I wish it would snow every day of the year.

Update - February 10

What a week. Two huge exams, both of which were Anatomy & Physiology. The focuses were blood, the heart, blood vessels, and blood pathways through the body. I don't know if I just got lucky and these tests were made to be easier than I expected, but I think I did pretty well. I ended up with an A- on the first exam, but the grade on the second one isn't available yet. My gut tells me that I'm going to end up with an A- on that too. I just can't seem to break into A territory with A&P. (I finished last semester with an A- for the course, too!) We'll see

Last night was a lot of fun. A few of my friends from school and I went and had some drinks after class in Union Square. Ceci joined us a bit later on. And then Ceci, Amy, Buddy (Amy's boyfriend), and I went to see Aimee Mann in an acoustic show at Town Hall on 43rd Street. It was an incredible show. She has such a crystal clear angelic voice. Her sense of humor is terrific, too...very self-deprecating and dry. Huge talent. I think Ceci enjoyed herself, despite not really knowing Aimee or her music. After the show, the four of us went to Virgil's BBQ around the corner from Town Hall. The food sucked, but it was a really nice night, nonetheless. It was the first time I had met Amy's boyfriend, and it was great to get to know him.

Today would have been a great day to catch up on some reading and get a head start on some studying for upcoming exams, but of course I wasted more time than can ever be forgiven. I am a first-class procrastinator. (Thanks for that gene, Dad!) Well, I will have nothing to do tomorrow, since we're expecting a "big" snow storm tomorrow. I'm not going to hold my breath for that, though. I get my hopes up for snow and cold weather, and always end up chronically disappointed. I'm somewhat certain the storm will "take a turn" and we'll end up with 82 degrees and sunny skies with light winds from the north/northwest. :(:(:(

Broken Pug for sale

Poor Nuala. She had a rough day yesterday. We went to the vet to get her ears checked out. She's been scratching and clawing at them for days. It turns out that she has a massive yeast infection in both of her ears. She had to have them irrigated and cleaned out. It turns out that she ALSO has allergies and some kind of dermatitis brewing in her paws, which is why she lickes them for hours until they're raw all the time. She ALSO had to have a vaccination shot, but since she almost died from this particular shot the last time she had it, they had to give her two additional shots of benadryl and cortisone in advance to offset any dangerous effects. Three shots! And then, to add insult to injury, she had to have her nails clipped...they were really long, and she ended up bleeding with nearly every clip. She just kept looking up at me as if to say, "Why? Why?" Overall, she was incredibly patient.

She's recovering today. I think all the meds coursing through her body may have tired her out a bit. She was incredibly patient and well-behaved throughout the ordeal.

IV Admininstration

I can administer IVs now. I can't start them yet, but can administer them once the vein is tapped, meaning adding meds, changing tubing, changing out solution bags, etc. Inching one stop closer each and every day to having enough knowledge to kill somebody.

Another show I swear I never watched. I swear.