aud's vacay log

ahhh, home again! there is no place furrier!

winter break was awesome... got to do christmas with all three fams~ whoopee!

went home to Mass/NH after ophtho and arrived just in time for the huge Hannukkah party! too tired for words, Christmas was a smaller, quieter affair this year. once we had regained our momentum, we went hiking, to the human body exhibit at the museum of science, and all around boston in our continuing trek thru the freedom trail. left boston with temps in the 70's (why? why did we leave a warm and happy place?)

curt's fabuluos parents braved the cold, 20 degree weather to pick us up at the airport and fill us up with warm, tasty food.

early the next morning, curt drove me back to the airport for my flight to florida. yes, i went on vacation without him! no, i don't feel guilty. he's been troipsing about the country on interviews without me, and now i am merely returning the favor... hehehe. so, i met up with carrie, one of my good friends from vet school, in orlando for a week of R+R. we went to seaworld, epcot, animal kingdom, ripley's believe it or not museum, la nouba (fantabulous show from circ du soleil), the magic kingdom, horseback riding (i see no animal trend here, do you?), the makahiki luau, food at wolfgang pucks, and even a movie on the one morning it rained... not to mention plenty of time poolside and lounging in the hottub with a frosty, alcoholically enhanced chocolate milkshake.... mmm, heaven!

carrie's aunts are wonderful, and gave us a timeshare at this fancy hotel for a week to make the trip affordable, as well as the most perfect seats for la nouba. we could see the performers glisten (certain people don't sweat) and see details from the costumes... and there was a long trampoline that came right at us!

needless to say, it was difficult to leave heaven behind, since the temps had just climbed back up to nice warm 80's... but i dutifully flew home to the 17 degree weather and icestorms... michigan is not my favorite state right now... AND i know what i will do with my life when i fail out of vet school or run screaming from it to never return again (whichever). i am going to go train dolphins and swim with them every day in shows at seaworld! i am only 6 credits away from the degree, and they'll probably give it to me for all the work i've done in vet school! mwah hah ha ha ha!

a couple relaxing days at home, then i went down to kentucky with curt for another of his interviews... it went well, and i really like the lexington area. they still have 4 seasons, but you can plant a garden in february... there are hills, mountians, the red river gorge (good for rockclimbing and camping). we were going to camp after, but an approaching ice storm made us think better of trying to drive home on icy roads and i am now cozy on the sofa, asphyxiating on belle's hair. i love being home!

and now for the official counts:
breakdowns with crying about having to go back to CVM (only during this break): 9
days until graduation: 103 (including weekends)
number of days off left before graduation: 0

we have posted new pictures for the year! go see them at www.msu.edu/~dyercurt
there are lots of people we visited that we don't have good pics of, and lots of people we haven't seen that we have no recent pics of. if your pic is missing from our frigde, and we didn't get one in the mail this past month or so, send us one and we'll add it to the collection of happy faces!

loving you all.