RANT HERE thread

[psilovethomas]

Thanks, everyone, for reassuring me that I'm not being irrational in my feelings. It has come up a few times, and we have talked about it a lot. But it still happens. I don't think she respects me or our relationship. She said some pretty snarky/b*!ch things about me before she even met me, and I'm sure she still does. He is also the godfather of her baby. It's just a snafu. I hate thinking about it, but I think about it often..

I also didn't get a call from him yesterday...on Valentine's Day. I called him, he didn't answer, but texted me. Frustrating. Stupid. Boys.

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[fromthebox]

Or maybe they love the balding, overweight, video game obsessed dude? You have no idea from a glance what other personality traits they have that are more positive than their perhaps slovenly appearance. I understand being bummed on Valentine's, but try not to be tooooo shallow.

Not bummed, actually had a great birthday/V Day with my boy. And the intent was not to characterize the relationships based on looks. The bald and overweight thing, not an obstacle to love, the porn addiction though... I'd pass. That's different than video games. I was trying to say that dsMoody's experience has some roots in what we are being fed by media.

Regarding looks though, I do find that there is a heck of a lot more pressure and negativity directed at overweight or slovenly women than men. Men it's like "oh yeah, he's got some great redeeming inner characteristic, of course it's ok that he does x or is overweight etc" Women... not so much. Not always, but less often.

 

[Trilt]

Not bummed, actually had a great birthday/V Day with my boy. And the intent was not to characterize the relationships based on looks. The bald and overweight thing, not an obstacle to love, the porn addiction though... I'd pass. That's different than video games. I was trying to say that dsMoody's experience has some roots in what we are being fed by media.

Regarding looks though, I do find that there is a heck of a lot more pressure and negativity directed at overweight or slovenly women than men. Men it's like "oh yeah, he's got some great redeeming inner characteristic, of course it's ok that he does x or is overweight etc" Women... not so much. Not always, but less often.

Haha yes, I'd also pass on the porn addiction. Definitely agree on the stronger media emphasis on it being ok for men to be overweight vs. females, too. (Actually have a lovely scarring childhood memory related to that one). I just date a slightly overweight, starting-to-bald software engineer so I had to stand up a bit

 

[nyanko]

I like dudes who are kind of jerks. But that's because dudes who are kind of jerks are really the only ones who can put up with me kind of being an jerk too.

edit: without my feeling like I'm walking all over them, anyway. I have a...strong? personality...

 

[Emiloo4]

I live in a house older than that.

haha me too... well until yesterday at least . Our house was built in 1875 and I it! It was rather heartbreaking to leave lol... lots of old charms with modern day renovations... I'm gonna stop thinking about it now

 

[Bisbee]

haha me too... well until yesterday at least . Our house was built in 1875 and I it! It was rather heartbreaking to leave lol... lots of old charms with modern day renovations... I'm gonna stop thinking about it now

You will find another house...one that has a lock on the front door so you can feel like it's really home.

 

[Lab Rat83]

Along with vet school this year, I've also applied to Pharmacy at two different universities as a part of my back up plan. I sent all of my materials away and thought all I had to do was wait.

I get a call from one of the universities to notify me that I still have to pay an $80 application fee on top of the $75 I had already paid for the Pharmacy application. Their reason: you have to apply first to the school ($80 application fee) as well as the Pharmacy program ($75). I've never heard of a school doing this before. Has anyone else have a school operate like this?

 

[Emiloo4]

one that has a lock on the front door so you can feel like it's really home.

bahaha!!!

 

[jemappellejane]

Ugh. Allergy testing is the worst. Especially when you're allergic to everything. Cats, dogs, every other kind of animal, dust mites, every type of mold, ragweed, pollen....! Starting on asthmanax and nasonex. Good thing I picked the right career! :sarcastic:

 

[princesspeaches]

My Valentine’s day plans weren’t a lot—I was going to stay late at work for journal club, then have my boyfriend over for dinner and then go see Star Wars 3D! (nerdy plans, I know.) But at 5, when I’m heading out to journal club, boyfriend sticks his head out of the lab (we’re coworkers and dating in secret! The scandal!) and calls me over… because he had just stuck himself with an electrode (we do primate research) and was now exposed to herpes B.

Herpes B is generally fatal in humans if untreated. So as the lab safety person (and concerned girlfriend), I was now in charge of getting him to the ER, then stay way late to meet the on-call vet to sedate and test the monkey. Boyfriend is on prophylactic antivirals for a few weeks.

And! Because the ER doc didn’t know the answer… he had to ask our boss if it was safe for him to have sex post-exposure. I wasn’t there but I heard it was a really awkward conversation. And the verdict is that we have to wait. Better to be safe, but a trip to the ER and no sex for weeks is not the valentine’s I had planned.

But! We still made it to Star Wars. I’m eating the dinner I made yesterday and didn’t have time to eat for lunch today. It all could have been worse.

 

[FutResearchVet]

My Valentine’s day plans weren’t a lot—I was going to stay late at work for journal club, then have my boyfriend over for dinner and then go see Star Wars 3D! (nerdy plans, I know.) But at 5, when I’m heading out to journal club, boyfriend sticks his head out of the lab (we’re coworkers and dating in secret! The scandal!) and calls me over… because he had just stuck himself with an electrode (we do primate research) and was now exposed to herpes B.

Herpes B is generally fatal in humans if untreated. So as the lab safety person (and concerned girlfriend), I was now in charge of getting him to the ER, then stay way late to meet the on-call vet to sedate and test the monkey. Boyfriend is on prophylactic antivirals for a few weeks.

And! Because the ER doc didn’t know the answer… he had to ask our boss if it was safe for him to have sex post-exposure. I wasn’t there but I heard it was a really awkward conversation. And the verdict is that we have to wait. Better to be safe, but a trip to the ER and no sex for weeks is not the valentine’s I had planned.

But! We still made it to Star Wars. I’m eating the dinner I made yesterday and didn’t have time to eat for lunch today. It all could have been worse.

Ouch!!! That sucks. I understand your pain. I got bit by a rhesus monkey 2 years ago right before Valentine's day. My boyfriend is a non-scientist, so I had to explain to him the whole simian herpes B thing and the no sex/no exchange of any kind of fluids (my doctor even told me that I couldn't kiss my BF on the lips or french kiss) for practically 2 months. It totally sucked, but in the end it made the relationship stronger because we had to be creative in how we showed each other affection. Good luck and be patient.

 

[Escalla]

Not sure if this is a rant....but I couldn't believe how many people were offended by a meme posted by the AVMA facebook page regarding pet owners. They are supposed to be a humorous representation of exaggerated perceptions of different groups. I thought it was funny anyways.

I'm not sure about content rules, so I won't post it -- but it's on the AVMA facebook page. I guess VIN contacted the person too about why they posted it. Ohhh the drama!

 

[Marsala]

Not sure if this is a rant....but I couldn't believe how many people were offended by a meme posted by the AVMA facebook page regarding pet owners. They are supposed to be a humorous representation of exaggerated perceptions of different groups. I thought it was funny anyways.

I'm not sure about content rules, so I won't post it -- but it's on the AVMA facebook page. I guess VIN contacted the person too about why they posted it. Ohhh the drama!

I saw that, and I like the tech one, too!

 

[princesspeaches]

Ouch!!! That sucks. I understand your pain. I got bit by a rhesus monkey 2 years ago right before Valentine's day. My boyfriend is a non-scientist, so I had to explain to him the whole simian herpes B thing and the no sex/no exchange of any kind of fluids (my doctor even told me that I couldn't kiss my BF on the lips or french kiss) for practically 2 months. It totally sucked, but in the end it made the relationship stronger because we had to be creative in how we showed each other affection. Good luck and be patient.

2 months?! Eek! He's only on antivirals for 2 weeks and then getting tested--I'm hoping it won't take that long. And our PI didn't say anything about kissing...

I know this is kind of a silly rant... but still! Sometimes a lady needs more than snuggles.

 

[FutResearchVet]

2 months?! Eek! He's only on antivirals for 2 weeks and then getting tested--I'm hoping it won't take that long. And our PI didn't say anything about kissing...

I know this is kind of a silly rant... but still! Sometimes a lady needs more than snuggles.

I think mine was more extensive because I had multiple bites from a monkey, so much more chance of contracting herpes B, then a prick from an electrode. And maybe different academic institutes have different policies (although I had had an exposure a few years prior to this one at a different university and the policy was pretty much the same).
The day I got bit, I had blood drawn as a baseline level, but then I had to wait 6 weeks (plus ~2 weeks to get results back) after I got bit to recheck my blood for herpes B. During those 8 weeks, I was told to follow the "no fluids exchange rule," including french kissing, even though I was on antivirals for 2 weeks. Believe me... it was tough to wait that long to kiss my guy, but any time we were tempted I just reminded him about simian herpes B and that was pretty much a turn off. I remember asking the doctor specifics about the intimacy rules (skin on lip contact is okay as long as not cuts... etc), cuz 8 weeks was a long time to wait... so PM me if you have anymore questions.

 

[psilovethomas]

This week just sucks. My boyfriend is being stupid. I have no appetite and I felt like a zombie today. I want to know how poorly I did on my eukaryotic exam.

I just want to go home and hold my puppies. That would make me so happy. But, I will be looking at various animal boobs (mammary phys) tomorrow in lab instead..

My sister sent me a picture of my babies today. Made me smile.

 

[Emiloo4]

This week just sucks. My boyfriend is being stupid. I have no appetite and I felt like a zombie today. I want to know how poorly I did on my eukaryotic exam.

I just want to go home and hold my puppies. That would make me so happy. But, I will be looking at various animal boobs (mammary phys) tomorrow in lab instead..

My sister sent me a picture of my babies today. Made me smile.

Puppies make everything better... and they won't tell their exes they love them
Feel better!

 

[devyn]

I am going to try to start posting more and lurking less...wish me luck lol

Anyhow for a rant.... I have my first date tomorrow night (in a long time) and I am semi-sick. It started yesterday and is continuing. All I can hope is it is some 24 hour bug that will just disappear before tomorrow night. Ugh! It is not like any cold I have ever had. Just a bit of a sore throat and my ears are a little clogged sometimes - and then my head just feels a bit loopy. Not even sure what to make of it really. But I really don't want to be sick and miss my date cause then it probably won't get rescheduled and would never happen. =(

 

[LMMS]

Eff Valentine's Day.

Also, today was the perfect day for the girl I've been tentatively seeing for the last few weeks to decide on a policy of complete radio silence.

After about 6 excellent dates, (seemingly) mutual attraction, and a plan for a casual non-valentine's day themed date this evening... she stood me up for dinner and never called.

Why is it that every woman vocally and incessantly pines for the theoretical guy with manners, brains, a sense of humor and basic standards of decorum, but runs away screaming when he's actually in front of them? I know it will come as a surprise to forum readers here, but my real life persona is absolutely nothing like the stupid stuff I do on the internet. I'm actually a pretty decent human being.

I'm not Brad Pitt, but I'm not a mutant either. I bring flowers and I hold doors. I fit in my clothes. I don't try and get in your pants on the second date. I'm a funny son of a bitch, too.

Valentine's Day is a fantastic holiday for looking at the couples surrounding you and wondering 'Why the hell is the guy who's 40lbs overweight, with the George Costanza bald spot, the porn addiction and the video game obsession in a normal relationship and I'm home with my goddamn dogs again?"

So, to reiterate: Valentine's Day is for Assh*les.

DSM, dude, I'm sorry she turned out to be such a bitch. I've spent the last, oh I don't know, 15 Valentine's Days with either my gay best friend or my cat. I don't give the holiday a second thought. Works so much better than actually thinking about the 'others'. Valentine's Day (at least to me) is nothing but a Hallmark Holiday. Don't let 'em get you - you'll find somebody. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. If not, there's always the unconditional love of your dogs. Face it, they're better company than most people you know, aren't they?

 

[Emiloo4]

I am going to try to start posting more and lurking less...wish me luck lol

Anyhow for a rant.... I have my first date tomorrow night (in a long time) and I am semi-sick. It started yesterday and is continuing. All I can hope is it is some 24 hour bug that will just disappear before tomorrow night. Ugh! It is not like any cold I have ever had. Just a bit of a sore throat and my ears are a little clogged sometimes - and then my head just feels a bit loopy. Not even sure what to make of it really. But I really don't want to be sick and miss my date cause then it probably won't get rescheduled and would never happen. =(

Sounds pretty identical to my allergy induced sinus infections! Feel better!

 

[Emiloo4]

RANT:
For the first time in this entire app process I am being admittedly selfish and completely unhappy for everyone who just got accepted to Auburn . I am throwing a 4 year old temper tantrum over here. I am not this person, I am always happy when good things happen to people, but I guess it just hurts seeing everyone as happy as I wanted to be. I WANTED AUBURN SOOOOOO BAD!!!!! :cry::cry::cry::cry:
Congrats to everyone who did get in, for real that's awesome.
I just need some time and people to stop telling me "there's still a chance" Stop raining on my pessimistic parade!!!!
I need my negative space please!

The bottle of wine I started last night as a toast to myself and UF, is gonna be finished tonight... as a drowner of my bitter emotions with Auburn . Thanks Robert Mondavi, for your many services all in one bottle!

 

[Trematode]

Tiny rant:
I had two midterms yesterday. For my environmental microbiology course, I was able to BS what I did not know. I completed the test and felt rather good about it, although I wish I had more time to put into studying for it.

I really needed to increase my physics grade on my application, so I am taking astrophysics (vet school advised it). I am slow at math and did not finish the exam in the 75 minutes we had. Nobody left the room, so I do not think very many people got it done either. The two questions I needed more time on were worth like 24 points each. I am freaking out a little. I studied quite hard, I just needed extra time to wrap my head around those two problems due to my energy drink intake and lack of sleep. I am very disappointed in myself. I HOPE there is some kind of curve. I doubt it though. I have only taken one class in my entire undergrad that graded on a curve.

I was aiming for an A (85-89), which would have increased my pre-req average nicely. As long as I improve upon my 68 (whatever the heck THAT is according to the scale... B-/C+ here? I spent 4 years at a university that gave us numbers, now I am at one that gives letters ), I will be okay I guess.
I am sad though.

 

[LMMS]

RANT:
For the first time in this entire app process I am being admittedly selfish and completely unhappy for everyone who just got accepted to Auburn . I am throwing a 4 year old temper tantrum over here. I am not this person, I am always happy when good things happen to people, but I guess it just hurts seeing everyone as happy as I wanted to be. I WANTED AUBURN SOOOOOO BAD!!!!! :cry::cry::cry::cry:

Aw, Emiloo, don't worry about it. EVERYONE is entitled to get frustrated/envious during this process. Heck, if I see one more 4.0 GPA'er post their 100th acceptance with an 'OMG! I never thought that I would get in!' I'm liable to seek them out to stuff them down a rabbit hole. No, not really. But, you see where I'm going... It's a natural emotion to become envious when you see someone else get what you wanted when you did not. It sucks; and it can be hard to be happy. You're not necessarily unhappy towards the individuals, just the circumstances. So, keep sucking down the wine; and remember that no matter what happens with Auburn, you got into Florida and thus will reach your goal regardless. Hang in there. This too shall pass. Promise...

 

[Katie8]

RANT:
For the first time in this entire app process I am being admittedly selfish and completely unhappy for everyone who just got accepted to Auburn . I am throwing a 4 year old temper tantrum over here. I am not this person, I am always happy when good things happen to people, but I guess it just hurts seeing everyone as happy as I wanted to be. I WANTED AUBURN SOOOOOO BAD!!!!! :cry::cry::cry:
Congrats to everyone who did get in, for real that's awesome.
I just need some time and people to stop telling me "there's still a chance" Stop raining on my pessimistic parade!!!!
I need my negative space please!


The bottle of wine I started last night as a toast to myself and UF, is gonna be finished tonight... as a drowner of my bitter emotions with Auburn . Thanks Robert Mondavi, for your many services all in one bottle!

I'm right there with you. While I'm quite pleased with Minnesota (and seriously shocked. seriously. totally unimpressive GPA), I really wanted MSU to accept me. It's my alma mater, and d*mmit, tell me you effin like me!! Pretty sure that thin envelope of doom is on it's way to me. I know it's silly, but I totally get where you're coming from...sigh we can't win them all. I'll toast one to you tonight emiloo!

 

[Emiloo4]

Aw, Emiloo, don't worry about it. EVERYONE is entitled to get frustrated/envious during this process. Heck, if I see one more 4.0 GPA'er post their 100th acceptance with an 'OMG! I never thought that I would get in!' I'm liable to seek them out to stuff them down a rabbit hole. No, not really. But, you see where I'm going... It's a natural emotion to become envious when you see someone else get what you wanted when you did not. It sucks; and it can be hard to be happy. You're not necessarily unhappy towards the individuals, just the circumstances. So, keep sucking down the wine; and remember that no matter what happens with Auburn, you got into Florida and thus will reach your goal regardless. Hang in there. This too shall pass. Promise...

Thanks LMMS! I am one of those people that just needs to be pissed off for a few days and then I'll be over it.

I'm right there with you. While I'm quite pleased with Minnesota (and seriously shocked. seriously. totally unimpressive GPA), I really wanted MSU to accept me. It's my alma mater, and d*mmit, tell me you effin like me!! Pretty sure that thin envelope of doom is on it's way to me. I know it's silly, but I totally get where you're coming from...sigh we can't win them all. I'll toast one to you tonight emiloo!

I'll have one for me and two for you! Thanks!

 

[kaydubs]

When it rains, it pours....

Our kitty, Harper, passed away today. she was diagnosed with feline lymphoma over a year ago. still breaks my heart though. she almost made it to 12 - such a trooper....

for the record, after last month's middle week and this one's? I kind of want to skip the rest of these weeks for awhile.....:cry:

 

[StartingoverVet]

When it rains, it pours....

Our kitty, Harper, passed away today. she was diagnosed with feline lymphoma over a year ago. still breaks my heart though. she almost made it to 12 - such a trooper....

for the record, after last month's middle week and this one's? I kind of want to skip the rest of these weeks for awhile.....:cry:

So sorry kaydubs. Is that Harper in your picture? Cute!

 

[kaydubs]

So sorry kaydubs. Is that Harper in your picture? Cute!

Thanks, SOV. My picture is of my living angel kitty, M&M, the stray who wandered into my life after my puppy died a few years ago. I gotta find a lovely picture of Harper to share.

 

[orca2011]

RANT:
For the first time in this entire app process I am being admittedly selfish and completely unhappy for everyone who just got accepted to Auburn . I am throwing a 4 year old temper tantrum over here. I am not this person, I am always happy when good things happen to people, but I guess it just hurts seeing everyone as happy as I wanted to be. I WANTED AUBURN SOOOOOO BAD!!!!! :cry::cry::cry::cry:
Congrats to everyone who did get in, for real that's awesome.
I just need some time and people to stop telling me "there's still a chance" Stop raining on my pessimistic parade!!!!
I need my negative space please!

The bottle of wine I started last night as a toast to myself and UF, is gonna be finished tonight... as a drowner of my bitter emotions with Auburn . Thanks Robert Mondavi, for your many services all in one bottle!

Don't worry. I'm still that way about my Penn rejection. It's actually affecting how I feel about my Glasgow acceptance (as well as a few other things). Hell, I'm even pissed about getting rejected from Auburn, even though I'm not sure it was the school for me. And I feel like my desire to go to Penn makes me keep finding faults in other schools that I feel are unacceptable.

On a different note, I have a skills assessment for a lab technician position with Merck tomorrow (which is a rave since I'm currently unemployed) but I'm freaking out that I'm going to not pass the test especially the way this month has been going. Got laid off day before Penn interview. Got rejected from Penn day before Glasgow interview. Left keys in ignition of the car at airport (luckily it wasn't stolen). Lost ticket to the parking lot. Backed into something and put a huge dent in the back of my car. And then got rejected from Auburn today. This all happened during the past 1.5 weeks so I feel like I'm doomed for tomorrow. I don't even know what to attempt to review, if anything.

 

[sunnex3]

When it rains, it pours....

Our kitty, Harper, passed away today. she was diagnosed with feline lymphoma over a year ago. still breaks my heart though. she almost made it to 12 - such a trooper....

for the record, after last month's middle week and this one's? I kind of want to skip the rest of these weeks for awhile.....:cry:

so sorry kaydubs i know how hard it is to lose a pet from illness, or heck lose a pet period.

lost my puppy about 9 months ago after he battled for about 6 months with a type of inflammatory/autoimmune brain disease. he is the one in my avatar. i miss him every day still. they say time makes it better...

:hugs:

 

[Emiloo4]

Don't worry. I'm still that way about my Penn rejection. It's actually affecting how I feel about my Glasgow acceptance (as well as a few other things). Hell, I'm even pissed about getting rejected from Auburn, even though I'm not sure it was the school for me. And I feel like my desire to go to Penn makes me keep finding faults in other schools that I feel are unacceptable.

On a different note, I have a skills assessment for a lab technician position with Merck tomorrow (which is a rave since I'm currently unemployed) but I'm freaking out that I'm going to not pass the test especially the way this month has been going. Got laid off day before Penn interview. Got rejected from Penn day before Glasgow interview. Left keys in ignition of the car at airport (luckily it wasn't stolen). Lost ticket to the parking lot. Backed into something and put a huge dent in the back of my car. And then got rejected from Auburn today. This all happened during the past 1.5 weeks so I feel like I'm doomed for tomorrow. I don't even know what to attempt to review, if anything.

NO NO NO!!! You canNOT go into that assessment with this attitude or you WILL flunk it! Even if you have no confidence in yourself right now (which you TOTALLY should but that's besides the point), you can't let the assessment know that. You have to kick it's A**!! Fake it out, it has no idea you had a bad week, and you can't let it notice! Put the past behind you for now, and go rock the hell out of it! Something good is bound to come your way, but don't give up right before!! We are all rooting for you, Orca!! YOU GOT THIS!!!!

 

[sunnex3]

NO NO NO!!! You canNOT go into that assessment with this attitude or you WILL flunk it! Even if you have no confidence in yourself right now (which you TOTALLY should but that's besides the point), you can't let the assessment know that. You have to kick it's A**!! Fake it out, it has no idea you had a bad week, and you can't let it notice! Put the past behind you for now, and go rock the hell out of it! Something good is bound to come your way, but don't give up right before!! We are all rooting for you, Orca!! YOU GOT THIS!!!!

we're all rooting for you!!!!!!! we gotcha back orca!!!!! don't let anything faze you now!!!!

 

[orca2011]

NO NO NO!!! You canNOT go into that assessment with this attitude or you WILL flunk it! Even if you have no confidence in yourself right now (which you TOTALLY should but that's besides the point), you can't let the assessment know that. You have to kick it's A**!! Fake it out, it has no idea you had a bad week, and you can't let it notice! Put the past behind you for now, and go rock the hell out of it! Something good is bound to come your way, but don't give up right before!! We are all rooting for you, Orca!! YOU GOT THIS!!!!

we're all rooting for you!!!!!!! we gotcha back orca!!!!! don't let anything faze you now!!!!

Thanks and you both are definitely right. I just wish I had somewhat of an idea of what to expect. The fact that a calculator is provided with the test is freaking me out. I can do calculations and stuff if I've done them recently, but it's been almost 10 months since I've done any sort of major lab related calculations so I don't remember anything. And I'm not sure how much reviewing anything from college will help. There's so much of it!

 

[DVMDream]

Ok...

Work today was CRAZY!!!

Too many surgeries (I think it was 8 surgeries) and a fully booked appointment schedule. We are short about 2 technicians and they decided to open up more appointments because a third doctor came in..ok we don't have enough technicians and are already running around like crazy, bad move.

I was supposed to work an 8 hour shift today, it ended up being 9 hours (which is not too bad considering I have had 10 hour shifts turn into 12 hour shifts) BUT...

I left at around 11AM to help the doctor with an in home euthanasia, we got back just before noon...

Had to take a 30 minute lunch

Come back and have to help the doctor with surgery on this dog... surgery ends up taking until just around 2:20PM (I am supposed to leave at 3:15PM)

I have to:
-finish invoicing said surgery
-get post-surgery instructions together
-fill all medications
-finish filling out cremation paperwork for euthanasia earlier
-finish logging a recheck that came in earlier... couldn't finish it because we were busy
-finish invoicing the supervisor's pets stuff (employees can't invoice their own things, company policy)
Before I can do any of the above I have to completely clean up the dental table where we were doing the surgery so the other doctor who is doing surgery on another pet can do a dental on this pet....while I am cleaning and setting up the supervisor comes up and says... can you help "other tech" with dental or are you busy? NO..not busy... just have 10,000 things to do in now less than 40 minutes... nope I have all the time in the world.

I end up getting dental patient hooked up to all monitoring equipment, re-do the blood pressure because none of the other techs could manage to get it, check-in a client for vaccines because we still have appointments coming in. THEN, the tech working on the dental comes up to me at 3:45PM and says can you help with dental x-rays I have no one else to help....! So, she is trying to position everything and is completely lost at how to do it... Then she asks me to TEACH her how to take dental x-rays when they were supposed to be done with surgeries 2 hours ago and still have one more surgery to do and I still have at least 3 more things to do on said list above. NO! I end up taking the dental x-rays (luckily the doctor was only needing to check two teeth for specific reasons, so it was quick, really quick). Then, I still end up helping more with the patient that is next to go into surgery and I ended up helping to discharge a couple of other patients that were done with surgeries and ready to go home. OH almost forgot... I also helped with crazy dog that was having x-rays taken and would not cooperate and was flying urine everywhere (could not sedate dog because it was too sick).

I am unsure of how I managed to get everything on my list done, help out as much as I did and made sure that nobody else was running around like a chicken with their head cut off by 4:15PM when I left...it was absolutely amazing that I was able to complete all the work I did in that amount of time. Now, hopefully I will acutally get out of work on time tomorrow... not counting on it.

Ok..end rant...
Just starting to get tired of insanely busy days
Especially, when there are other techs that sit around and do as little as they possibly can while everyone else is incredibly busy.

 

[Bisbee]

When it rains, it pours....

Our kitty, Harper, passed away today. she was diagnosed with feline lymphoma over a year ago. still breaks my heart though. she almost made it to 12 - such a trooper....

for the record, after last month's middle week and this one's? I kind of want to skip the rest of these weeks for awhile.....:cry:

Oh Kaydubs, that's a sad one. I know how you feel because I lost my 15 1/2 year old kitty in December. Sorry for your loss.

 

[kaydubs]

Oh Kaydubs, that's a sad one. I know how you feel because I lost my 15 1/2 year old kitty in December. Sorry for your loss.

so sorry kaydubs i know how hard it is to lose a pet from illness, or heck lose a pet period.

lost my puppy about 9 months ago after he battled for about 6 months with a type of inflammatory/autoimmune brain disease. he is the one in my avatar. i miss him every day still. they say time makes it better...

:hugs:

thanks Bisbee & sunnex!! changed my avatar to feature the lovely lady herself

 

[LittleWiz]

thanks Bisbee & sunnex!! changed my avatar to feature the lovely lady herself

She was a very beautiful girl indeed. Sorry for your loss kaydubs

 

[orca2011]

I'm so sorry for your loss Kaydubs...it's never easy to lose a furry friend. =(

 

[jmo1012]

med school roommate

dear med school roommate:

you cannot live with 2 other people in a tiny apartment and expect silence all the time. i will also not be told when i am and am not allowed to talk. sorry, but you just dont get to schedule me and my other roommate two one hour breaks a day where you'll leave so that we dont bother you. also, med school is not harder than vet school, so please stop your whining. you have 3 fewer classes than i do and 5 fewer credits, sorry that i dont feel sorry for you. also, while vet roomie and i appreciate that you dont cook at 4am, we didnt ask you not to make any noise. and as a side note, your steady weight gain that you keep complaining to us about? its probably because you eat 6 full meals a day and the food is not healthy (let alone safe for eating, but thats a whole other rant). it is unreasonable to ask us to only talk behind closed doors or if we absolutely have to, to whisper in the kitchen. we understand, you want to study undisturbed, but if you really want total silence, you should probably go to a silent study hall. that's what theyre there for.

sincerely
your very disgruntled roommates

 

[Emiloo4]

Thanks and you both are definitely right. I just wish I had somewhat of an idea of what to expect. The fact that a calculator is provided with the test is freaking me out. I can do calculations and stuff if I've done them recently, but it's been almost 10 months since I've done any sort of major lab related calculations so I don't remember anything. And I'm not sure how much reviewing anything from college will help. There's so much of it!

I'm not sure how helpful this is toward what you are doing, but I work for a pharmaceutical company (Bristol Myers Squibb) and we have to do a lot of "percent deviations" [ (x-y)/y ] *100 or "% RSDs" (Standard Dev/Mean)*100 ....and crap like that. I know its simple stuff, but when you haven't done it in a while, you can tend to do stuff backwards. Either way, just do your best and keep your head clear and straight, you'll do great!

 

[LMMS]

Kaydubs - I am SO very sorry to hear that your buddy passed away. I wish I had some words to make you feel better, but I doubt anything would help right now. My sympathies.

And Orca - Just go in like the piece of dynamite you are and blow the roof off of that snobby pharma company. You're going to do great!

 

[kaydubs]

She was a very beautiful girl indeed. Sorry for your loss kaydubs

Kaydubs - I am SO very sorry to hear that your buddy passed away. I wish I had some words to make you feel better, but I doubt anything would help right now. My sympathies.

I'm so sorry for your loss Kaydubs...it's never easy to lose a furry friend. =(

Thank you so much for the kind words! :hugs: I truly appreciate it. SDN support & love always lifts my spirits

orca2011 - have faith in your abilities!! I'll keep you in my thoughts, sending all of the positivity that I can your way Best wishes and let us know how it goes

med school roommate

Bum roommates are the worst Hang in there, jmo!!

 

[LDConsidering]

The more I learn about the state of veterinary medicine, the less it feels worth it to give up pretty much every spare minute of my life for the next 5-6+ years... I'm sure some will say I just don't want it bad enough and maybe that is true. No, I don't want to lose the small amount of time that my husband is non-deployable attempting to be good enough to enter a profession where it seems I will be no better off financially than I am now. I don't want to waste years and be hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to potentially be jobless unless I pay for more school. No, I don't want to go through all of that to be disrespected by the majority of society, and I definitely don't want to give up everything only to be rejected over and over again. With the way things are, I just can't justify all the sacrifices anymore.

I don't know what I'm going to do now, this was all I had in the way of a dream, goal, aspiration etc...

 

[Bisbee]

thanks Bisbee & sunnex!! changed my avatar to feature the lovely lady herself

So pretty.

 

[wildcatj]

The more I learn about the state of veterinary medicine, the less it feels worth it to give up pretty much every spare minute of my life for the next 5-6+ years... I'm sure some will say I just don't want it bad enough and maybe that is true. No, I don't want to lose the small amount of time that my husband is non-deployable attempting to be good enough to enter a profession where it seems I will be no better off financially than I am now. I don't want to waste years and be hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to potentially be jobless unless I pay for more school. No, I don't want to go through all of that to be disrespected by the majority of society, and I definitely don't want to give up everything only to be rejected over and over again. With the way things are, I just can't justify all the sacrifices anymore.

I don't know what I'm going to do now, this was all I had in the way of a dream, goal, aspiration etc...

I think if you weren't struggling with this there would be a problem. I know I re-evaulate my desire to go to vet school at least once a week. If you really don't think it's going to be worth it, then maybe it won't be. But here are the things that I try to remind myself of. (and I'm not trying to be all puppies and kittens and rainbows)
- A lot can change in the next 5-6 years, for better or for worse. The economy sucks, and that is where some of the problems stem from. I'd like to hope that it will have at least marginally improved by the time I've graduated (provided I can get in of course).
- At least you're not trying to be a lawyer right now...
- You could be one of those people who spent 50-60k a year in undergrad on a degree that might never make you more than 50k a year.
-The deal breaker for me, as I'm sure it is for most people, is that I just can't imagine myself doing anything else. If you can think you could be happy in another field that won't involve so much investment (time and monetary wise) then maybe that's a better option.
-There is also an intelligent and not so intelligent way to do vet school debt obviously. So being 100k in debt versus 300k in debt is going to make a big difference.

Now I don't mean to say that I'm not terrified, it's just that right now the good outweighs the bad. I'm sure you've thought about these things, but I just thought I'd share how I keep things in perspective. If life changes (or the industry changes) and I can't validate the sacrifices I will have to make, then perhaps I'll choose a different field. But for the time being this is how I keep myself from running away terrified. Good luck in your soul searching, do what's best for you, even if it's not vet med.
(Also sorry this is a little long!)

 

[Trematode]

My dad had a heart attack at 50 this summer.
Doctor called today and his cholesterol is not going down, according to his bloodwork.

All my parents use are excuses. Excuses, excuses, excuses.
But your father eats more fruits and veggies than he did!
But your father climbs the ladder everyday at work for exercise!
But you cannot expect people to give up eating EVERYTHING. That is unrealistic!
But it could take years to change his metabolism!
But I know a raw vegan. She is too skinny.
But it is genetic!
Your father may have not lost any weight but it is because he gained more muscle! (from doing what, mom?)
I lost weight! But I am big boned! I do not want to lose too much weight because I won't like how I look.
The heart attack was probably caused by too many Tums.
Etc, etc.
(So, you are expecting dad to cut back a little on the indulgences, not exercise outside of work and be healthy?)

I am vegetarian, mom. I resisted candy, ice cream and soda even before I cut out meat and fish. Am I too skinny? Am I going to get heart disease like my grandparents and great grandparents because it is "in my genes"?

Forks Over Knives got transferred to her computer, so she could at least see where I am coming from (even though I do not follow it, I still found the studies interesting). People are usually so quick to put ME down and they refuse to look at any of the sources that made me choose to live the way I live). I made the comment that I have been the same weight, within 10 pounds, since going vegetarian. Here is the kicker: "But you exercise!" I only started exercising one month ago. Before that, I was a lazy person and I still did not put on the weight I had prior to changing my diet.

I realize that vegetarianism/veganism etc. is not for everyone (when I tell mom that dad needs to get healthy, she automatically assumes that he has to live just like me). But I have no pity on people who sit around and complain about their weight and their health problems when they refuse to make any changes to their diet and exercise levels.

All I know is that I do NOT want to lose my dad. I do not care how he does it, but I want to see my dad healthy and with us for the next 30 years. It kills me to see him sitting around all of the time, hoping the medication will take affect.

 

[LDConsidering]

I think if you weren't struggling with this there would be a problem. I know I re-evaulate my desire to go to vet school at least once a week. If you really don't think it's going to be worth it, then maybe it won't be. But here are the things that I try to remind myself of. (and I'm not trying to be all puppies and kittens and rainbows)
- A lot can change in the next 5-6 years, for better or for worse. The economy sucks, and that is where some of the problems stem from. I'd like to hope that it will have at least marginally improved by the time I've graduated (provided I can get in of course).
- At least you're not trying to be a lawyer right now...
- You could be one of those people who spent 50-60k a year in undergrad on a degree that might never make you more than 50k a year.
-The deal breaker for me, as I'm sure it is for most people, is that I just can't imagine myself doing anything else. If you can think you could be happy in another field that won't involve so much investment (time and monetary wise) then maybe that's a better option.
-There is also an intelligent and not so intelligent way to do vet school debt obviously. So being 100k in debt versus 300k in debt is going to make a big difference.

Now I don't mean to say that I'm not terrified, it's just that right now the good outweighs the bad. I'm sure you've thought about these things, but I just thought I'd share how I keep things in perspective. If life changes (or the industry changes) and I can't validate the sacrifices I will have to make, then perhaps I'll choose a different field. But for the time being this is how I keep myself from running away terrified. Good luck in your soul searching, do what's best for you, even if it's not vet med.
(Also sorry this is a little long!)

Thanks Wildcat, I'm really trying to hold out hope that things will change and the economy will turn around. It makes me sad how undervalued vets are and I think that is part of my problem. I feel so incredibly lost right now because I don't know if I will be able to find something else I would be happy and satisfied doing. It took me a long time to realize that I would be happy being a vet and that it wasn't impossible. It's just so frustrating, I don't want to be back at square one...

 

[bigkittinteef]

I'm so sorry for your loss Kaydubs. It's always so difficult to lose our kitties. I hope you feel better soon.

 

[Emiloo4]

My dad had a heart attack at 50 this summer.
Doctor called today and his cholesterol is not going down, according to his bloodwork.

All my parents use are excuses. Excuses, excuses, excuses.
But your father eats more fruits and veggies than he did!
But your father climbs the ladder everyday at work for exercise!
But you cannot expect people to give up eating EVERYTHING. That is unrealistic!
But it could take years to change his metabolism!
But I know a raw vegan. She is too skinny.
But it is genetic!
Your father may have not lost any weight but it is because he gained more muscle! (from doing what, mom?)
I lost weight! But I am big boned! I do not want to lose too much weight because I won't like how I look.
The heart attack was probably caused by too many Tums.
Etc, etc.
(So, you are expecting dad to cut back a little on the indulgences, not exercise outside of work and be healthy?)

I am vegetarian, mom. I resisted candy, ice cream and soda even before I cut out meat and fish. Am I too skinny? Am I going to get heart disease like my grandparents and great grandparents because it is "in my genes"?

Forks Over Knives got transferred to her computer, so she could at least see where I am coming from (even though I do not follow it, I still found the studies interesting). People are usually so quick to put ME down and they refuse to look at any of the sources that made me choose to live the way I live). I made the comment that I have been the same weight, within 10 pounds, since going vegetarian. Here is the kicker: "But you exercise!" I only started exercising one month ago. Before that, I was a lazy person and I still did not put on the weight I had prior to changing my diet.

I realize that vegetarianism/veganism etc. is not for everyone (when I tell mom that dad needs to get healthy, she automatically assumes that he has to live just like me). But I have no pity on people who sit around and complain about their weight and their health problems when they refuse to make any changes to their diet and exercise levels.

All I know is that I do NOT want to lose my dad. I do not care how he does it, but I want to see my dad healthy and with us for the next 30 years. It kills me to see him sitting around all of the time, hoping the medication will take affect.

Wow! I am going through the SAME THING, minus my mom making excuses, it's all my dad. He can't stop eating. We call him the garbage disposal because when we finish eating dinner, he will clean everyone else's plates! Then he gets "bright ideas" when he sees that Special K protein bars have 180 calories... "So I can just eat like 6 of these a day and nothing else, and I'll lose weight". Sure dad, cause that's healthy...let me know how that goes for ya! My dad is the only one of his 6 brothers who hasn't had a heart attack yet, and it's probably only because he's the youngest!

The only time he really lost a ton of weight and kept it off for a few years was when I wrote him a letter asking him who he would like to walk me down the aisle when I get married because he won't be around to do it. (Harsh, but it worked! At least for a few years) .
And then I pulled the "You won't be around to see your grandkids" another time and that worked for a while too. I know it's not right to say those things (even though I mean them), but if it keeps my dad around longer then fine!

My BF's (damnit, ex BF) mom is a HUGE cigarette smoker and she is constantly complaining about her "asthma" and how she's dizzy and her "bronchitis" she's had for 10 years (She has a very obvious case of emphysema). We were constantly picking her up from doctor appointments and taking care of her. According to her, her life is "so stressful that [she] has to smoke"...... coming from a woman who has never worked a single day in her life, never went to school, doesn't have **** to worry about! EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES!!!!! He finally told her that he is going to start distancing himself from her so it will hurt less when she dies in 5 years (if she even has that long).

It's frustrating to watch people you love be selfish and self destructive and not care about how it's affecting themselves or the people that love them....
I'm sorry you are going through this!

 

[wildcatj]

My dad had a heart attack at 50 this summer.
Doctor called today and his cholesterol is not going down, according to his bloodwork.

All my parents use are excuses. Excuses, excuses, excuses.

All I know is that I do NOT want to lose my dad. I do not care how he does it, but I want to see my dad healthy and with us for the next 30 years. It kills me to see him sitting around all of the time, hoping the medication will take affect.

Gosh do I know where you're coming from Trematode, my father has been told for the last 3 years that he was pre-diabetic. My father's father died from complications due to diabetes, it runs in his family, he just ignored it. He eats like complete crap, doesn't exercise and feels terrible all the time. My dad went to the doctors 2 weeks ago for a physical and they told him he was finally diabetic, surprise surprise... Instead of accepting this he says, "well my numbers are actually better. They just changed the references ranges because they want to make more money." Uh, hold on, a) that doesn't make any sense, b) I saw your bloodwork! it is worse than last time! And then he gets all kinds of irritated when I give him a dirty look when he eats fried clamstrips and icecream! Or when I tell him to choose something other than ramen noodles for dinner.
I have to say, thank goodness my mother is on board to make changes, it doesn't make any difference, but I think I would lose it if I was fighting both of them on this. Good luck, I know how much it sucks.