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[breenie]

I should really be studying muscle functions in the pectoral limbs but I really don't want to!!!!!!!

Why?!?! Don't do it.

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[psilovethomas]

SHE TOLD ME THAT TOO! and i'm doing fine. ignore everything she says.
In fact, I really want to send her an email right now to let her know how hurtful the things she says are, and since they are NOT TRUE she should stop spreading lies. because i remember her saying those exact words to me 3 years ago and going home and just crying. what a ****

Thanks. This makes me feel a lot better. I had to hold my tears back as we finished our conversation and started crying when I got outside the lecture hall. I really hope I prove her wrong!

 

[DVMDream]

Took my kitty to the vet a couple days ago because her lower lip was red and swollen. She looked like some little kid who stood up to the bully and was punched. So the vet said it looked like she may have had a little allergic reaction to something and sent her home on some prednisolone. Well, this morning I wake up at 6:30AM and discover that she must have just made it into the kitty litter box and because she had barely made it she had urine all down her back legs and on her belly. So, I ended up giving my cat a bath at 6:30AM on my Saturday off.

I love this kitty. She is so cute and so evil but sweet when she wants to be. Stupid steroid side effects. At least her lip isn't as red but it is still swollen. I really hope she is feeling better soon although she acts like there is absolutely nothing wrong with her and continues to torment the other cat and runs through the house like a maniac...

 

[that redhead]

Whoever thought that scheduling midterms and finals in a spread out fashion was an awesome idea was really, really wrong. I'm just mentally drained right now and I have to take the histology final tomorrow. And I am really freaking close to not passing (literally) and it scares me.

Also, I'm done with winter. It's currently snowing AGAIN and blowing sideways as million mile an hour winds pelt the island. I miss home. Pout.

 

[bigkittinteef]

I'm super pissed. I think someone tried to spike my drink last night. We were out celebrating my friend's bday at a bar and suddenly I felt weak, lightheaded, and like I was going to pass out. One of my friends took me home immediately but a couple hours later, I got a private call from some guy calling me "his baby" over and over. I hung up obviously. I'd like to think it's a coincidence but it freaks me out. One of the people at the event had been really creepy and tried to get my number. I left my phone in my jacket on a chair so he could have taken my number? Not a good night.

 

[Abnerrs]

I'm super pissed. I think someone tried to spike my drink last night. We were out celebrating my friend's bday at a bar and suddenly I felt weak, lightheaded, and like I was going to pass out. One of my friends took me home immediately but a couple hours later, I got a private call from some guy calling me "his baby" over and over. I hung up obviously. I'd like to think it's a coincidence but it freaks me out. One of the people at the event had been really creepy and tried to get my number. I left my phone in my jacket on a chair so he could have taken my number? Not a good night.

GASP!!!! SUPER CREEPY!!!!!

 

[hedgiehog]

I'm super pissed. I think someone tried to spike my drink last night. We were out celebrating my friend's bday at a bar and suddenly I felt weak, lightheaded, and like I was going to pass out. One of my friends took me home immediately but a couple hours later, I got a private call from some guy calling me "his baby" over and over. I hung up obviously. I'd like to think it's a coincidence but it freaks me out. One of the people at the event had been really creepy and tried to get my number. I left my phone in my jacket on a chair so he could have taken my number? Not a good night.

Oh man scary! It's a good thing you had friends looking out for you. If you have Verizon you can use the website to block the number from contacting you for the next six months and update it as long as you want (you can probably do this with all carriers I just know I've done it with verizon and it works). Stay safe bigkittinteef!

 

[Peperoncini]

Just interviewed at VMRCVM yesterday which was awesome.
Not as awesome: 8am flight out of roanoke was canceled, so united sent me on a three hour bus ride to the dulles for a 5:15 pm flight back to sacramento. That flight just got delayed to 8:15 pm departure.
If I plot my bad luck, I can see a trend of decreasing severity...?

Just want to get home and see my wife!

 

[bbeventer]

I'm super pissed. I think someone tried to spike my drink last night. We were out celebrating my friend's bday at a bar and suddenly I felt weak, lightheaded, and like I was going to pass out. One of my friends took me home immediately but a couple hours later, I got a private call from some guy calling me "his baby" over and over. I hung up obviously. I'd like to think it's a coincidence but it freaks me out. One of the people at the event had been really creepy and tried to get my number. I left my phone in my jacket on a chair so he could have taken my number? Not a good night.

Wow that is really creepy!! I am really glad nothing more serious happened!

 

[bigkittinteef]

Thanks guys. I think I'll call AT&T and ask if they can do what Verizon does. :\

 

[jmo1012]

Oh man scary! It's a good thing you had friends looking out for you. If you have Verizon you can use the website to block the number from contacting you for the next six months and update it as long as you want (you can probably do this with all carriers I just know I've done it with verizon and it works). Stay safe bigkittinteef!

that is a very nifty little fact!

 

[equinerider26]

Physics.

Physics II is the worst class EVER. I don't understand any of the concepts. I'm sitting here trying to figure out the homework so that maybe I wont' fail the exam on Tuesday, but trying to work through it just makes me want to cry. I have never been this unable to understand the words or rules or concepts of ANY class. I'm sitting here trying to figure out how three different rules work within each other and then apply the RHR2 to it, and all I end up doing is sitting in the corner of a room going and and looking like a complete idiot.

I don't understand how I'm going to get through this class without failing. I am just beyond unprepared for the test on Tuesday.

 

[nyanko]

Today at the farmer's market I was just standing around and some little kid grabbed my pant leg and was standing there looking at me. It was terrifying and my first instinct was to swat it like one would a mosquito that had landed.

I think I might be a terrible person.

But that's okay with me.

 

[sooprnova]

Today at the farmer's market I was just standing around and some little kid grabbed my pant leg and was standing there looking at me. It was terrifying and my first instinct was to swat it like one would a mosquito that had landed.

I think I might be a terrible person.

But that's okay with me.

I had a similar encounter with a girl scout in a grocery store lobby last night. I was horrified and then felt like a leper when I realized everyone else thought it was "cute".

 

[jemappellejane]

Boyfriend was in NYC two weeks ago for 3 days. Boyfriend was in NYC this past week until yesterday. Boyfriend leaves for NYC tomorrow night for another 3 days. Boyfriend goes to California for 4 days next week. Rant over.

 

[PetPony]

Boyfriend was in NYC two weeks ago for 3 days. Boyfriend was in NYC this past week until yesterday. Boyfriend leaves for NYC tomorrow night for another 3 days. Boyfriend goes to California for 4 days next week. Rant over.

Aww, how come?

I understand not seeing the bf much even if you live together/kind of close. Mine is away at horse shows all the time. Or he has lots of private, custom jobs to do, so with him living two hours away, when he's busy he can't really just come. So I go weeks without him while knowing he's so close.

 

[Abnerrs]

New life plan!! Drop out of school. Quit my job. Move out of my apartment into a double wide refrigerator box in an alley behind one of the casinos here in town.

 

[PetPony]

New life plan!! Drop out of school. Quit my job. Move out of my apartment into a double wide refrigerator box in an alley behind one of the casinos here in town.

Could be worse. Could be a microwave box instead..

 

[Abnerrs]

Could be worse. Could be a microwave box instead..

Oh no! I have super sweet box already picked out!!! Besides, still gotta have room for the cat and the dog!!! I'll be begging an awful lot though!! They eat expensive food!!!

 

[jmo1012]

New life plan!! Drop out of school. Quit my job. Move out of my apartment into a double wide refrigerator box in an alley behind one of the casinos here in town.

vet roomie and i decided today (while studying frantically for midterms) that we should quit school, become housewives, and bake and cook delicious foods all day long together. it would be much less stressful

 

[Emiloo4]

Boyfriend was in NYC two weeks ago for 3 days. Boyfriend was in NYC this past week until yesterday. Boyfriend leaves for NYC tomorrow night for another 3 days. Boyfriend goes to California for 4 days next week. Rant over.

Sounds like a lucky guy with a lonely girlfriend . Is it for work? Sorry you have to miss him so much.

 

[jemappellejane]

Yep, for work. If anything, it is helping us practice for when/if I go away to vet school... It still sucks though

 

[Emiloo4]

Yep, for work. If anything, it is helping us practice for when/if I go away to vet school... It still sucks though

I did a LDR for almost 3 years.... there were times I actually enjoyed it but I'm sorry to hear you are missing him . It will be good practice though. And it makes seeing him that much better each time .

 

[Emiloo4]

Rant: I have an early morning date with my FAFSA

 

[DVMDream]

Rant: I have an early morning date with my FAFSA

Your rant has reminded me that I was supposed to do that today. Well, it will be added to the tuesday to do list, which is already 3 miles long....

 

[psilovethomas]

My Mom drives me CRAZY. She gets so frustrated when our 17 year old dog refuses to take her pain medicine (BECAUSE IT TASTES AWFUL!) and calls me whining and complaining "Come home and give it to her because she won't take it from me!" Then she starts yelling at Biscuit, calling her stupid and "why won't you just die?" Came home from my boyfriend's to give Biscuit her pill. She took it from me right away- I put it in some salmon cream cheese. I told my Mom to do this or even peanut butter, but being the stubborn woman she said "no, she always takes it with the chicken." My poor puppy. She doesn't need all of this stress

 

[Emiloo4]

My Mom drives me CRAZY. She gets so frustrated when our 17 year old dog refuses to take her pain medicine (BECAUSE IT TASTES AWFUL!) and calls me whining and complaining "Come home and give it to her because she won't take it from me!" Then she starts yelling at Biscuit, calling her stupid and "why won't you just die?" Came home from my boyfriend's to give Biscuit her pill. She took it from me right away- I put it in some salmon cream cheese. I told my Mom to do this or even peanut butter, but being the stubborn woman she said "no, she always takes it with the chicken." My poor puppy. She doesn't need all of this stress

I'm so sorry to hear that . I had a boxer that started having seizures when she was 6. My parents called me and said "We made an appointment to put the dog down tomorrow. She's having seizures." This dog was the love of my damn life. I raised her from 7 weeks old and we were pretty much obsessed with each other, but my parents have never been huge at "trying all they can" for a dog. Luckily I was in the middle of my research on idiopathic epilepsy and was able to educate them enough in 15 minutes on why not to put her down, and how cheap phenobarbital is . My mom kept saying "But she looks like she's dying when she has them"... my mom works at a early childhood education center and I asked her if a kid there had a seizure, would they want to put the kid down?? And that was what saved my sweet old girl's life. My parents realized when I put it into a human aspect that it's silly.
We did end up putting her down a few years later, she just became less able to function after each seizure and her quality of life was suffering.
Sorry to hear your sweet old pup is dealing with stubborn grandparents as well. Do what you can for her. Kisses to the pup from me

 

[BearKat17]

Our town's only police dog boards with our clinic fairly often. He's been with our clinic for years. No one really trusts him, because he's a nutcase to be honest. But I'm the only one that works on the weekends and he's gotten used to me to the point where he lets me in his cage and love on him. Well he was boarding this weekend and was doing great this morning. Then I came in this afternoon and he was just laying there in the cage, unresponsive. His breathing was really shallow and he wasn't wanting to get up at all. His abdomen was really bloated and tight... So i called the Doctors and neither one of them answered. So i went to check on him again and he took his last breath and was gone, no heartbeat or breathing.The Dr. finally called me back and I told him the news and he got a hold of the officer/owner. He said to put a sheet over him and he'll do a necropsy in the morning to confirm what he thinks it is. He thinks the dog's stomach flipped. As much as I'm excited about doing a necropsy with him tomorrow, our town just lost a great officer.

RIP Quintus.

 

[Emiloo4]

Our town's only police dog boards with our clinic fairly often. He's been with our clinic for years. No one really trusts him, because he's a nutcase to be honest. But I'm the only one that works on the weekends and he's gotten used to me to the point where he lets me in his cage and love on him. Well he was boarding this weekend and was doing great this morning. Then I came in this afternoon and he was just laying there in the cage, unresponsive. His breathing was really shallow and he wasn't wanting to get up at all. His abdomen was really bloated and tight... So i called the Doctors and neither one of them answered. So i went to check on him again and he took his last breath and was gone, no heartbeat or breathing.The Dr. finally called me back and I told him the news and he got a hold of the officer/owner. He said to put a sheet over him and he'll do a necropsy in the morning to confirm what he thinks it is. He thinks the dog's stomach flipped. As much as I'm excited about doing a necropsy with him tomorrow, our town just lost a great officer.

RIP Quintus.

So sorry to hear this. My boxer I was just talking about almost died from it too. We were able to get her into surgery on time, but it is very sad. RIP Officer!

 

[hedgiehog]

My betta has developed popeye and columnaris. He was totally fine yesterday and today he's just not doing well. Of course I notice all of this after petco closes so I have to try and get meds from Walmart. They didn't have what I really needed so I got something that should help but I just feel bad for Frost. I've had him for almost two years now.

 

[DVMDream]

I have this little tiny gray speck floating around in my left eye. At first, I kept thinking that there was a gnat in the vet clinic today, but this thing is definitely in my eye. It keeps moving around with my eye and floating up and away and then it appears back center. It is so annoying. I felt silly at work trying to kill this gnat that really doesn't exist. I hope it is gone in the morning.

 

[Abnerrs]

I have this little tiny gray speck floating around in my left eye. At first, I kept thinking that there was a gnat in the vet clinic today, but this thing is definitely in my eye. It keeps moving around with my eye and floating up and away and then it appears back center. It is so annoying. I felt silly at work trying to kill this gnat that really doesn't exist. I hope it is gone in the morning.

EEP!! I hope it does go away!!! When something is wrong with my eyes it really freaks me out!!

 

[Abnerrs]

$4.20/gal for gas!?!?

 

[drwildlife]

During one of my lectures at the APVMA Symposium, a girl kept talking up how big of a nerd she was to the entire room, how she wanted to go into research, etc etc

When we started talking about tick borne diseases and feral cats, she raises her hand and asks "What is a feral cat? What does feral mean?"

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[Emiloo4]

During one of my lectures at the APVMA Symposium, a girl kept talking up how big of a nerd she was to the entire room, how she wanted to go into research, etc etc

When we started talking about tick borne diseases and feral cats, she raises her hand and asks "What is a feral cat? What does feral mean?"

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[fromthebox]

$4.20/gal for gas!?!?

I paid $4.30 and that was with the 10 cent Vons discount at the cheapest station in town (The Vons) The station next to my house is $4.59

 

[NStarz]

During one of my lectures at the APVMA Symposium, a girl kept talking up how big of a nerd she was to the entire room, how she wanted to go into research, etc etc

When we started talking about tick borne diseases and feral cats, she raises her hand and asks "What is a feral cat? What does feral mean?"

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That's all I have to say.

 

[hopefulinva]

I have this little tiny gray speck floating around in my left eye. At first, I kept thinking that there was a gnat in the vet clinic today, but this thing is definitely in my eye. It keeps moving around with my eye and floating up and away and then it appears back center. It is so annoying. I felt silly at work trying to kill this gnat that really doesn't exist. I hope it is gone in the morning.

So I don't mean to terrify you but my dad had that happen to him last summer. He said it didn't really bother him but he thought he'd go in to his eye doctor anyway; turns out the gray stuff in his eye was red blood cells, and his retina was separating from the back of his eye. They did emergency surgery to fix it before it became unfixable (with the way his retina was peeling off, it was flopping over in such a manner that the laser they use would not have been able to get under the loose part to put it back in place - if that makes sense; I know my technical terms can be confusing ).

So you may want to get it checked out ASAP!

 

[Abnerrs]

Oofda FTB!!!! That's horrendous!!!! I'm stressing about gas prices because I drive 50mi each way to get to my job. I would look for a new one but I've been there 5 years and "hopefully" I will be moving for school soon ....

 

[bigkittinteef]

During one of my lectures at the APVMA Symposium, a girl kept talking up how big of a nerd she was to the entire room, how she wanted to go into research, etc etc

When we started talking about tick borne diseases and feral cats, she raises her hand and asks "What is a feral cat? What does feral mean?"

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genius...

 

[Fireflysushi]

So I don't mean to terrify you but my dad had that happen to him last summer. He said it didn't really bother him but he thought he'd go in to his eye doctor anyway; turns out the gray stuff in his eye was red blood cells, and his retina was separating from the back of his eye. They did emergency surgery to fix it before it became unfixable (with the way his retina was peeling off, it was flopping over in such a manner that the laser they use would not have been able to get under the loose part to put it back in place - if that makes sense; I know my technical terms can be confusing ).

So you may want to get it checked out ASAP!

Not that I am a doctor or anything, but to ease you from the horror of this comment (I'm sorry for your dad hopefull, I hope is eyesight is better now and he was very lucky to have caught it in time!!). My boss and a co-worker of mine have this happen every once and a while their eye-doctors have told them that it is very common and that they just have debris floating in their vitrius humor. That said be cautious incase what hopefull mentioned is the case, but don't freak out. There are other possibilities.

 

[bigkittinteef]

I have this little tiny gray speck floating around in my left eye. At first, I kept thinking that there was a gnat in the vet clinic today, but this thing is definitely in my eye. It keeps moving around with my eye and floating up and away and then it appears back center. It is so annoying. I felt silly at work trying to kill this gnat that really doesn't exist. I hope it is gone in the morning.

Did you get it checked out? I hope it's nothing serious!

 

[equitate]

I am so tired of employers telling me the reason they won't promote me or hire me is because I "might be leaving to start vet school this fall". Sure, I'm on ONE waitlist this year, so there's a chance I might get accepted and leave. At the same time, though, I was on TWO waitlists last year and never got in despite the months of torture! I understand from their side not wanting to invest time into someone who could only be around for a short period. However, there's no guarantee that another person they hire will be a long-term employee, either. I can't seem to actually get into vet school and yet my plans to go to vet school keep screwing me out of jobs and being able to support myself in the interim. x 1000000000000

The above issue is just the tip of the iceberg. I know life has its ups and downs and I try to be grateful and keep things in perspective, but it has been a huge struggle these past few months. I have been feeling so darn deflated lately

 

[LMMS]

I have this little tiny gray speck floating around in my left eye. At first, I kept thinking that there was a gnat in the vet clinic today, but this thing is definitely in my eye. It keeps moving around with my eye and floating up and away and then it appears back center. It is so annoying. I felt silly at work trying to kill this gnat that really doesn't exist. I hope it is gone in the morning.

Only piece of advice - go to your eye doctor and have a dilation done. I have the occasional 'floater' and it's no big deal... My retina is quite in tact but I have a small spot on it that sometimes causes visual disturbance. Also, I've been told by more than one doctor that it's 'normal' for folks with higher prescriptions (above the -7.5 mark) to have floaters. I personally get them when I look at a Christmas tree w/o my glasses or look out an airplane window. It's almost kind of fun to watch the little circles dance. Good luck!

During one of my lectures at the APVMA Symposium, a girl kept talking up how big of a nerd she was to the entire room, how she wanted to go into research, etc etc

When we started talking about tick borne diseases and feral cats, she raises her hand and asks "What is a feral cat? What does feral mean?"

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Dear lord. Shades of my supervisor... And people wonder why I'm worried about the future of research and lab animal medicine. **sigh**

I paid $4.30 and that was with the 10 cent Vons discount at the cheapest station in town (The Vons) The station next to my house is $4.59

Yikes! My deepest sympathies. However, be grateful neither of you live in Needles... My mom was there once a few years ago and it always has the highest gas prices in the nation for some reason. Just checked - it's at $4.999. Really makes the price on the east coast not seem so bad.

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My rant? The usual... Coworkers and work place:

I really do love what I do; but where I do it and the people I take orders from drive me up a wall on a regular basis... Today's case in point: Diabetic animal. Started on oral meds a while back. Didn't titrate them properly (IMO) and just stopped them today because 'they don't seem to be working'. Oh yeah, that's a really swift move.

 

[fromthebox]

However, be grateful neither of you live in Needles... My mom was there once a few years ago and it always has the highest gas prices in the nation for some reason.

That's because everyone needs the gas to get the heck out of Needles....

 

[jmo1012]

for those with gas woes, just found gas in grenada is a whopping $7 US per gallon. woah

 

[SnowyRox]

Back story: I have been traveling since graduating in May and my parents offered that I could use their mailbox and they would let me know any snail mail updates. Otherwise I would have taken another year off, and they are very supportive of me going to vet school next year (I think they're afraid I will marry some hippie and run off into the woods of New Zealand. Which is pretty accurate).

Present day: I am waiting (impatiently) for a variety of snail mail letters from the schools I've applied to. I call my mom yesterday and she tells me that they got confused where to send their mail (they have 2 houses) and so now there's 3 weeks of mail I can't access until next week!!!!

ARGHHHHH!!!! I really really really hope that there's nothing time sensitive in there. I would call the adcoms, but I'm waiting for scholarship info so that's not the right office. I have no clue who to even contact about whether I should have received anything in the mail!

 

[fromthebox]

Back story: I have been traveling since graduating in May and my parents offered that I could use their mailbox and they would let me know any snail mail updates. Otherwise I would have taken another year off, and they are very supportive of me going to vet school next year (I think they're afraid I will marry some hippie and run off into the woods of New Zealand. Which is pretty accurate).

Present day: I am waiting (impatiently) for a variety of snail mail letters from the schools I've applied to. I call my mom yesterday and she tells me that they got confused where to send their mail (they have 2 houses) and so now there's 3 weeks of mail I can't access until next week!!!!

ARGHHHHH!!!! I really really really hope that there's nothing time sensitive in there. I would call the adcoms, but I'm waiting for scholarship info so that's not the right office. I have no clue who to even contact about whether I should have received anything in the mail!

Do you have access to the internet?
Go to the school's pages and see if you can find a number for financial aid. If not, call the office of the dean or admissions (whichever you are comfortable with ) and politely ask them who you should contact re: scholarship stuff. Then contact those people and tell them you have no access to your mail for the next 3wk and is there anything you need to be aware of that could come via snail mail and is time sensitive?

And breathe, in. out. calm...

 

[Emiloo4]

I am so tired of employers telling me the reason they won't promote me or hire me is because I "might be leaving to start vet school this fall". Sure, I'm on ONE waitlist this year, so there's a chance I might get accepted and leave. At the same time, though, I was on TWO waitlists last year and never got in despite the months of torture! I understand from their side not wanting to invest time into someone who could only be around for a short period. However, there's no guarantee that another person they hire will be a long-term employee, either. I can't seem to actually get into vet school and yet my plans to go to vet school keep screwing me out of jobs and being able to support myself in the interim. x 1000000000000

The above issue is just the tip of the iceberg. I know life has its ups and downs and I try to be grateful and keep things in perspective, but it has been a huge struggle these past few months. I have been feeling so darn deflated lately

If you're getting screwed, just don't mention the vet school thing... they don't need to know that. I know it is an internal conflict thing, but it is not something that should be getting in your way, and if it is, just take it out of the equation!

 

[LMMS]

That's because everyone needs the gas to get the heck out of Needles....

OMG! That's priceless! I'm going to have to share that one w/ mom. She hasn't been feeling well recently & could certainly use the laugh. I can remember her saying they probably called it Needles because it was so far out that it wasn't even worthy of being 'the sticks'.