I was away from home for 358 days. I started missing my dog, my family and friends the moment I stepped on the plane to Scotland. What I did not realize was how much I missed being home, like the physicality of being in Los Angeles, until I was sitting in an …
I have spent the majority of the past two months on a farm of one type or the other as I work my way through the remaining weeks of our Extra Mural Studies (EMS) requirement. This brings the sum total of my lifetime farm experience to….drum roll, please….two months! There …
Flowers are blooming everywhere you turn in Edinburgh which means that Spring is here! School is out for the next four weeks and vet students are dispersing around the world. A lot of us will be on Extra Mural Studies (EMS) placements during this break. I am excited to be …
“No, I’m sorry I can’t right now, but maybe later? You see, we have an exam coming up…” If I had a 2-pence for every time I’ve said that in the last few weeks, I would be able to buy enough coffee to keep myself awake until March — which …
Welcome back! And if you know where January has gone, could you let me know? These days are going by so quickly I feel like I’m already playing catch-up. Speaking of catch up, wondering what a vet student’s break looks like? Here are some postcards from my Extra Mural Studies …
I was once told that Napoleon had a two-part battle plan: first show up and then see what happens. I am a big fan of this plan. After hearing that, most people will remind me about how things turned out for Napoleon. I have a two-part response: first I sing …
Hi! My name is Lisa and I am about halfway through my GEP year at Edinburgh. Right now, we are about a week away from exams. What I can tell you for certain from my three-ish months of experience is that school is…hard. No matter where you go, vet school …
