There have been some highlights like playing with the rescue greyhounds l, seeing long lost ZM as well as spending my time with two other classmates. Some of the lectures have been interesting. Others such as the backyard chicken one that included a 20 minute triad on the evils of commercial poultry production were not so much. I just wanted to know what to do for an egg bound hen. However, even if this is a working vacation, it's been worth it.
One of the things that I detest is the exhibitors hall. If I owned my practice and could make some financial decisions about new equipment or medications, I would be all over it but as an associate, I don't have that power. So instead, I sneakily pick up brochures on things that might be nice to give to my boss. Also I tend to get ignored. I'm not assertive or look old enough to have any power. Eventually, I settled on sneaking in and swiping a t-shirt and plush FeLV toy from different booths.
The food has been good. Last night was a big block party which was good times. We got Zach to come and that was fun.
I've enjoyed being at the conference with my friends and even more running into TS. She's so awesome. I think in the future I might consider a solo hotel room so I can do my two guilty pleasures-cranking the ac up, sitting in only my undies under the covers and watching HBO and ordering room service. We did hit up some nice restaurants including an amazing build your own salad place and a breakfast place where I had a lox bagel sandwich. Yum!
Yesterday, I was in a lot of pain because I had a huge blister on the bottom of my foot from walking to the hospital and back. Last night, my foot and ankle was swollen. I think it had to do with a subtle change in my stride because it's the foot where I think I broke my two last month. Today, my calves are killing me but my foot is not.
Here are some pictures.
Pretty excited there was no undies action. That could have been weird. We need to all become wealthy vets so we can afford adjoining rooms instead.
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