On my way back to Edinburgh

Well I am back in London Heathrow Airport for another layover.  It is hard to believe it but my Christmas break is already over.  But I will be back in Canada for my Easter break to do some clinical placements.

Although the break felt too short I had a great time spent with family, friends and pets.  It started with a trip to Nathan Phillips Square to go skating.  Only problem was is was 12 degrees.  So the ice had a layer of water about an inch thick on top.  So when we finished skating I actually dumped a good cup or two of water out of my skates.  Even though my feet ended up pretty much as wet as if I had gone swimming, it was still so much fun.  In my mind you can never go wrong with skating!

A little more comfortable than the rental skates in Glasgow last year

Christmasy CN Tower

Christmas was spread out over both Christmas Day and Boxing Day with some family and friends only able to make it to one day or the other.  This meant double the excitement for the dogs resulting in some very tired puppies.

Our attempted staged dog Christmas picture

Opening presents is tough work!

I was incredibly fortunate to get a new camera for Christmas.  So of course that meant I wanted to try it out.  The pets were my somewhat obliging models.  The results of my pictures were mixed.  Some of them I was very pleased with, like these three.

Others...  had poorer results.

He always looks half asleep in his pictures!

I think he might just not be naturally photogenic

I spent most of the break wishing for snow and towards the end of my break I finally got a little bit of snow.  Friday there was a mini blizzard that didn't last very long but it was very pretty.  After having incredibly warm weather it finally felt like winter in Canada.  And I got to go skating in more traditional skating weather.

Jenny was loving the snow

Skating at Mississauga Celebration Square

School starts up again on Tuesday (Monday is a public holiday in Scotland).  This semester I have just one course, Integrated Clinical Course: Cat and Dog (I also have Professional and Clinical Skills which goes on year round, but it doesn't have a formal exam and there is only a practical once a week or every other week).  By the end of May I will have finished all the lectures I will get on Cat and Dog medicine.  That's an exciting but also terrifying thought.  I'm starting to get to the point in my studies where I should theoretically be able to start diagnosing some cases when I go on placement.  This whole becoming a vet thing is starting to get more and more real.