Sometimes it's good to study in pairs. Or maybe even pairs of pairs. It's not cool, though, when the partner in your pair crashes, becoming of no significant use for studying! With just a little more than a week to go before the end of my last semester in the classroom, I settled in tonight to catch up on some pathology reading. The topic was swine pathology. Living in Iowa (to my knowledge the number one swine producing state in the nation), I suppose understanding swine medicine and pathology could be very lucrative. Unless life throws me a curve ball, though, (which it's been known to do before) I plan on moving south and practicing medicine on four-legged companion animals under 200 pounds. That gives me enough range to treat puppies and kittens and the slobbery, yet ever adorable, Mastiffs and Danes, among others.
Nonetheless, what I want to practice after I leave is irrelevant to what I am expected to learn as a student. So, I made myself comfortable in the living room, opening the patio blinds to allow what little sunlight there was into the room. It's been raining on and off all day, but the sun was trying hard to make an appearance earlier this evening. My iPod rested next to me on the couch. My black binder made for a portable desk. Armed with highlighters of two different colors, I began reading and highlighting. And the most important task for the evening was refreshing all those acronyms in my mind...PRRS, PRCV, PDNS, PCV, TGE, etc., ETC.
I had not even made it all the way through the first section on respiratory diseases before I had company. My study partner arrived. Well, not so much as arrived, but relocated from my roommate's bedroom to the couch. Whether nosy or just wanting to be with human company, he made himself comfortable on the couch. A touchy-feely type, he rubbed his head against my thigh, and wanted attention. Boys! I tried highlighting with my left hand, and scratching his head with my right. I found I was not adept enough to continue this for very long and get any significant studying done. My highlighting looked as if I were drunk and trying to study (never a good combination - though I've never personally tried it). Realizing he was not getting any more love from me, he promptly lay down on his right side, entrapping the first couple pages of my notes underneath his body. Stretching his paw out over my leg, he made it impossible to move much without disturbing his sleep. It was as if he were saying "so there."
Some studying partner he was tonight. Maybe the topic didn't interest him. He didn't even offer to hold the rest of the notes. Instead, he just fell asleep, studying only the back of his eyelids. I forgive him though...only because he's so darn cute.
I wish I had a study partner that was that cute. Good luck with your midterms!
Posted by: Mike | April 27, 2005 at 08:19 AM
I like that cat!:) He's got some spunk!:) Cute as a button too!:) I think he might be a keeper!:)
Posted by: Gus from Minnesota | April 27, 2005 at 08:48 AM
Yeah I know how that goes Addison does it all the time. Makes it immpossible to do anything. She is thinking about doing it right now. Her favorite spot is to just sit on the laptop where your palms go. Right now her head is just on the side of the computer and body up against my leg. Great studying partner. HaHa I'm done tomorrow last final! Yeah for me! Love you!
Posted by: Jessica | April 27, 2005 at 10:04 PM
hey andrea,
who needs a study partner when you've got naked juice? hope all is well.
jeff
Posted by: Jeff Johnson | April 27, 2005 at 10:10 PM