Tuesday, May 20th (day 9)

I can't believe I've been here three weeks! Or at least this is the start of my third week.

Today was overshadowed by one very important event that kept me up till 3 am the night before (I get up at 6am): my dog was skunked. I've never seen it as bad as he had it, it was yellow and dripping off his chest, with a slightly swollen red area where it hit him. Thinking I was being smart, I rushed him inside to get it off of him before it dried....and instead stunk up the entire apartment. Me, my dog, my two cats, my apartment, my car, my clothes, and even my shoes, smell like skunk. The first thing I heard when I walked into work? 'Did a dog come in that got skunked?' 'Do you smell skunk?' 'Was an animal skunked?' All day long was that joke, and really, I DID smell. Skunk Off is probably one of the best substances known to man. I came home today and cleaned everything, bagged what I couldn't clean, and hope for the best. Funnily enough, Murph smells better than I do at this time.

-Did more blood draws today, and tried to step in and do what I could, but the highlight of my day was performing (partly, since I was learning), a cat neuter. Man, when they say to tug...they really mean it! Definitely an interesting experience. The cat was a total sweetheart, woke up and wanted to love everyone...although he was growling during the procedure!
-Today went fast, and very well. I think it was my best day yet, I felt like I kept busy without even trying and did okay. I seem to have some sort of scale dyslexia, and keep mixing up the numbers, though.
-We have meetings on Tuesdays, and I feel so bad, but I keep almost falling asleep to them! They're interesting, like today we talked about online pharmacies versus regular perscriptions and filling our own with an online option.
-Staying up to deskunk a dog takes a lot out of you, I'm wiped.