Don't say awww

I got new guinea pigs and they are the cutest things ever! They are little babies (3-4 weeks old). They are very talkative, especially when apart. They are brothers/litter mates. They are always pushing each other around, going under each other, taking the other's spot, and trying to flip the other one over- what little stinkers! Them seem to have a "can't with with him, can't live without him" attitude about each other.   But they are soooo small and soooo cute. Jefe ("boss" in Spanish) is the brown one and Bruno is the white one.

It's going to be a fabulously gross summer

Put on my flowered scrubs again today to go volunteer at the animal hospital. I was nervous to go back because, let's face it, my memory sucks and I figured they would expect me to remember how to do stuff. Which they did, and I totally didn't remember. Plus, they expected me to so stuff that they didn't realize I hadn't even learned last year. Guess they didn't realize they had me mainly doing cleaning and office work last summer.

But of the few things I learned over the course the whole summer last year I think I did them all today and then some. I was all like cleaning exam rooms, doing laundry, restocking, preparing vaccines, restraining dogs and doing cytology stains.

Though, the restraining didn't go very well. I was holding the dogs how the vet tech told me but I think all the scratches on my arms and chest are good indicators that it was insufficient. The embarrassing part is that they were small dogs.

I also got to see the grossest thing I've ever seen: an abscessed tumor on a cat's mammary glands. The skin around it was all black, it was big and puffy and pink, and it had a hole in the middle that bled continuously.

Although I haven't the slightest idea how their new computer system works, despite being taught, I'd have to say today was a good day for me at the vet clinic. And back there on Wednesday!

Awkward moments on the bus

Doesn't there always have to be an awkward moment of the day? The answers is yes, yes there does, whether you want it or not.

This morning I got on the bus and it was crowded so I had to stand. As soon as a seat opened up near me I took it because my hands were starting to hurt from the death grip I had on the bars in the bus due to my lack of balance. Well shortly after I sat down, two people moved to stand in front of me. I don't know what they were talking about, because they weren't speaking English, but the guy looked liked he had a thing for this girl. He was like joking around and leaning towards her, she didn't seem bothered about it because it was obvious they were friends or at least close acquaintances.

It did however, bother me. You see, this guy, who was a skinny Asian man, (whom I did not find attractive at all by the way) was standing right in front of me. I was sitting, this means his crotch was right in front of my face. This guy also did not have the best balance for standing up on the bus. His body kept on swaying back and forth. Now, most people try to control that so they are not moving around too much on the bus, but not this guy. He was really into it. With each sway as the bus paused at stop signs and such he really threw his hips into it. The end result (remember he is standing right in front of me, facing me) was that he was essentially thrusting in my face. I tried to turn my head, but there was no escaping it.  #Awkward. Oh yeah, and since he was reaching up to hold onto the pole, his shirt was raised, so I got to see his need for a belt and his undies. #MoreAwkward

Guess I can't complain though. When we took the bus in Chicago over winter break, it was so crowded that my hand was on some Indian lady's ass the whole time.