Wow, that sucks so bad BD. I hope you find something (and I hope the landlord gets some bad karma coming hir way for doing this on such short notice.)
Eff them. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do what you enjoy on your birthday, and not what other people think you should do. I had class on my 21st and work the next day, so I treated myself to skipping my biochem lecture (probably not the best idea in the long run, but it is what it is), ordering some chinese food, and playing video games. I didn't drink either, still haven't since my birthday, and don't care to. I hope you have a good birthday, and just ignore the haters
Birthdays are for doing whatever you consider fun/relaxing. If that includes drinking, great. If not, great.
Eff them. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do what you enjoy on your birthday, and not what other people think you should do. I had class on my 21st and work the next day, so I treated myself to skipping my biochem lecture (probably not the best idea in the long run, but it is what it is), ordering some chinese food, and playing video games. I didn't drink either, still haven't since my birthday, and don't care to. I hope you have a good birthday, and just ignore the haters
You'd like this. They suspect lymphocytic choriomeningitis from a hamster biteWhat the actual eff?
You scored top of your class in gen chem. I doubt anyone thinks you're dumb.
And more importantly, you know you're not dumb. Just do your best in o-chem and the rest of your prereqs, and don't be afraid to go to the professor's office hours or your TA's office hours or tutoring/workshop time if your school offers that, if you need any help. O-chem is tough for a lot of people. And you never know, maybe you'll like it. 
Anisocoria is the word. Take a pic at home and show your vet. My Artemis had it when someone was particularly rough on a jugular blood draw and it took ~72 hrs to disappear
You scored top of your class in gen chem. I doubt anyone thinks you're dumb.
I'm so sorry, that is really crazy
Just like, document everything and send it to me
Just PM me and I'll tell you all about itI don't want to like it...but I'm really, really intrigued! Hope you feel better soon though
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That's a wee bit freaky. And may possibly give me nightmares.View attachment 183271 This just happened.....what the actual heck
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I love that you put a pencil next to it for size comparison. Unless that already happened to be there.Don't click if you don't like creepy crawly bugs!
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Definitely there for size comparison!
It really looked like a small snake when it was crawling around...ugh thank god it wasn't in my bedroom, I don't think I would have been able to sleep
When we lived in Hawaii we had so many of those. I hate them so much.Definitely there for size comparison!
Don't click if you don't like creepy crawly bugs!
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Oh don't worry you're not weird at all. I spent my 21st bday doubled over in pain (turns out I had viral meningitis and mono at the same time), as my whole family went out for my bday dinner without me. That's how the cool kids do it.
I know you're looking for support, but sometimes euthanasia IS the right answer. Rehoming an aggressive dog is not really a good alternative. She's dog aggressive even with training it sounds like.
(I work as an assistant at an SA clinic.) I don't want to go into detail both for privacy reasons and because I'm embarrassed, but long story short I tried to do too many things at once, and made a mistake that compromised a dog's health. I feel terrible about it, and I apologized profusely and had to go take a moment to cry after it happened (there were more dogs that needed walked, luckily, so I had an excuse to go outside), but the thing is no one had told me the extent of this dog's health issues, and I would have been much more careful with her if I'd known. 
I got written up at work this week.
I've been working at this clinic for about 3.5 months now, so I've gotten used to the routine a lot more than when I first started. However, I'm not trying to blame anyone else for my mistake, but it seems like a lot of my recent mistakes are because things get lost in communication and I don't know what's expected of me. For example, no one tells me what's going on with certain hospitalized patients, and then I don't know how often to check on them or what to look for, and then I get chewed out because something got missed that shouldn't have. This one tech in particular seems to dislike me. I do everything she asks me to, I listen when she gives me instructions or corrections, and I try to apply those corrections and not make the same mistakes twice, but she still always seems annoyed with me. I don't know if I need to ask more questions so I know what's expected of me, or what.
It's especially disheartening because I worked at a different clinic before this one, and they loved me and trusted me to do a lot of things there. It was a smaller clinic, and I was the only college-age employee there, but I feel like I fit in a lot better there than at my current job. They only needed me during summers there, and I need a year-round job, so I can't go back, but I don't know if I'm struggling here because of clashing personalities/mindsets, or if this is a sign that I'm not cut out for vet med. :/ We have had quite a bit of employee turnover recently at this clinic, including a new vet, so I wonder if my training just wasn't as thorough as it should have been. I'm just scared because if another major incident like this week happens, I'll get fired, and I really need this job not just for the pay, but for the experience, and because I'm hoping to get an eLOR from one of the vets there within the next couple months.
Sorry for the long post, but well, this is the rant thread. I'm trying to just buckle down and apply myself and not let fear or a lack of confidence get the best of me, but any advice or encouragement would be appreciated.
That's a really good idea, I'll have to come up with a way to suggest that. It's come up in staff meetings before that things need to be communicated better between the day and evening techs (I work in the evenings), but not much has really been done about it. Also part of the problem is they forget that I'm not familiar with all of the regular boarders/patients and their special needs yet like the techs who have been there for years are.
At the hospital where i work, we have cage cards for every animal that is staying with us where we write any special notes about them. The boarders also have sheets where we sign off when they are walked/fed/medicated. Hospitalized pets have treatment sheets on their charts where any medications, fluids, and special diet they're supposed to receive is written and we sign off on those too.
We do have cage cards for checking off when dogs are walked, if they urinated or passed stool, and checking off when animals are medicated, or if they aren't eating. We also mark on the cage cards what medications they get and if they have a special diet, and we have a meds sheet where we check off each individual medication as it's given. However, it's the details that sometimes not everyone gets filled in on. It's one thing for me to know that an animal gets X medications at X time, but if I don't know what those medications are for, or what specific issues I need to watch for with that animal, it becomes difficult. Today we had a cat recovering from a declaw who was chewing at her paws, and I didn't know so I didn't think to check on her all that often, and the tech I mentioned chewed me out because the cat was bleeding and I didn't notice.
We do have cage cards for checking off when dogs are walked, if they urinated or passed stool, and checking off when animals are medicated, or if they aren't eating. We also mark on the cage cards what medications they get and if they have a special diet, and we have a meds sheet where we check off each individual medication as it's given. However, it's the details that sometimes not everyone gets filled in on. It's one thing for me to know that an animal gets X medications at X time, but if I don't know what those medications are for, or what specific issues I need to watch for with that animal, it becomes difficult. Today we had a cat recovering from a declaw who was chewing at her paws, and I didn't know so I didn't think to check on her all that often, and the tech I mentioned chewed me out because the cat was bleeding and I didn't notice.
That sounds much more organized than how we do things. :/ The day techs have often already left when I get there, and if they haven't, they may or may not think (or have time) to tell me or another of the evening techs any special instructions for patients. Patients aren't really assigned to an individual tech, everyone is just supposed to keep an eye on everyone. There are usually three techs working at all times; one assisting with one doctor's appointments, the other assisting the other doctor (we have three doctors at the clinic, but only two working at a time), and the third in the back cleaning. The other two help in the back whenever they have time. But if I'm helping in the back and no one went over any special care instructions with me, I kind of get screwed sometimes.
