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SkiOtter said:
Iā€™m just starting a collection of people to bug in May to add me to different things :laugh:
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Yeah, if you or anybody else bug me in May I can also add you to quite a few groups as I'm in a zillion of them for some reason. Including, if anyone is interested, separate pig and poultry groups lol. I think the only big one I'm not on are the horse groups and that's just because I try to keep those away as patients

Oh, and I know this applies to you but also if it does for anyone else, I'm in a Veterinarians with Chronic Disease support group as well if anyone is interested down the road
 
Did the website update for anyone else this morning? Iā€™m not sure how I feel about it lol
 
Iā€™m just plain pissed at this point. Iā€™m going to have myself a frikin pity party right here and misery loves company so letā€™s have a good time.

-December 2021

ā€¢Received 4 vet school rejections in a row
(Grades arenā€™t to die for, but not to vomit at. My experiences are pretty darn good)

ā€¢My childhood dog died from cancer
(Found out she had cancer same day.)

ā€¢Got bit by a pet sitting clients dog same night

ā€¢Fell down pet sitting clients stairs next day and bout broke my bum.

ā€¢Betty Freaking White Died.

ā€¢Started showing symptoms on New Years and currently sitting in bed pissed off with the suds (spongebob reference, but hopefully you all know what I mean at this point.)

ā€¢Iā€™m missing work right now because of the suds and donā€™t know what to do with myself.

Sorry for my gleaming positivity and I hope everyone has a good month. šŸ’›
 
CoffeeQuestionMark said:
What is that process like? That's what I'm planning for my future
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You write a letter of intent about how you want to be the best specialist in the world because the specialty is the best and youā€™re the best at it. Send them a CV too. Get people with clout who hopefully like you to fill out reference sheet things on the website. You read lots of listings trying to read between the lines to see which will suck the least. You pick which ones youā€™d be willing to tolerate for 1 or 3 years and your app is sent to them. Then you come up with some way to objectively rank all the ones youā€™re willing to go to from ā€œone I want mostā€ to least. Meanwhile, the clinic has a giant stack of apps, they review and rank people theyā€™re willing to accept in order of ā€œperson I want mostā€ to least. Then thereā€™s some magic interwebs happenings that are decently well explained in some medical school based match process videos. On the day of reckoning you log into a website on a certain date and they tell you if someone you wanted on your list wanted you back. If you do match, Where it says is where you have to go. And if you donā€™t want to go there anymore then youā€™re banned from this process for like 3 years minimum. If you didnā€™t match with a clinic itā€™s then a crazy free for all where people call clinics that didnā€™t fill their spots theyā€™re now desperate enough to consider and clinics call people they might have originally passed on to try to fill spots.

Itā€™s very stressful.

But then the real stress of residency starts.

Edit: It is better after boards though, in my opinion.
 
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So we got a package delivered to our house incorrectly yesterday...well the address was ours but the person definitely wasn't. So we kept it unopened hoping the owner would come by or I messaged the person I believed to be the package owner via facebook and we were planning on going around our block to see if we could find the owner but we didn't get around to it yesterday. Fast forward to today when I get home from the VTH.
A lady comes over and was like did you get a package yesterday-I replied what's the name on the package very politely because she did not look like the person I messaged on facebook. She then proceeds to berate me and be very rude. I very politely told her that we did get a package, but that I just wanted to make sure we were giving it to the right person (packages get misdelivered here all the time). She finally tells me the name so I go in and get the package. She continues to be abrasive and acting like we were trying to steal her package and accusing me of saying she was there to steal the package. I politely told her no and that we didn't know who it belonged to since it had our address on it trying to let her know why we hadn't found her and she aggressively replied like I was stupid "yeah it was a mistake."

Lovely meeting our neighbor. Sometimes I wish I was more hot tempered than I am. I usually try not to judge, but you'd think they'd be more appreciative and not a b****. Happy freakin New Year šŸ™„
 
abbielovescats said:
my dad just tested positive for Covid and my mom prob has it. Iā€™m not feeling anything right now but I have 2 interviews coming up ugh. And Iā€™m at work right now. Covid is fricking insane.
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If your interviews are within the next 2 weeks and are in person, I would contact the places you are interviewing with and see if you are able to do a zoom interview. Iā€™m sure they would rather set up a time to do a zoom interview than have you miss it because you had to quarantine or bring COVID there unknowingly. If theyā€™re already virtual, there is still no harm in contacting the schools and asking if there is a chance to push your interviews back and let them know that a family member you live with (I assume? Since youā€™re concerned about getting it too?) has COVID and you are unsure if you will get it so that you can be in good health when your interview comes around if you do get COVID and need time to recover before interviewing.
 
SkiOtter said:
If your interviews are within the next 2 weeks and are in person, I would contact the places you are interviewing with and see if you are able to do a zoom interview. Iā€™m sure they would rather set up a time to do a zoom interview than have you miss it because you had to quarantine or bring COVID there unknowingly. If theyā€™re already virtual, there is still no harm in contacting the schools and asking if there is a chance to push your interviews back and let them know that a family member you live with (I assume? Since youā€™re concerned about getting it too?) has COVID and you are unsure if you will get it so that you can be in good health when your interview comes around if you do get COVID and need time to recover before interviewing.
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SkiOtter said:
If your interviews are within the next 2 weeks and are in person, I would contact the places you are interviewing with and see if you are able to do a zoom interview. Iā€™m sure they would rather set up a time to do a zoom interview than have you miss it because you had to quarantine or bring COVID there unknowingly. If theyā€™re already virtual, there is still no harm in contacting the schools and asking if there is a chance to push your interviews back and let them know that a family member you live with (I assume? Since youā€™re concerned about getting it too?) has COVID and you are unsure if you will get it so that you can be in good health when your interview comes around if you do get COVID and need time to recover before interviewing.
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Yes theyā€™re both virtual, so thatā€™s a plus. And yeah thatā€™s my concern. My first interview is on Friday so I think Iā€™ll be fine (?) I just donā€™t know. My dad has probably had Covid for a few days now he just didnā€™t know cuz there were no tests available. I might contact the school and see if I can push it, but I donā€™t want to be seen as difficult. And the other interview is more mid January being around the 20th so I think Iā€™ll be good for that one. Thank you for your response, weā€™ve all been so careful with my mom in education and my dad in healthcare so makes sense we got it now with the more contagious variant. Just sucks, Iā€™m already super stressedšŸ˜­
 
Rant here: I (first app cycle) was looking through my vmcas app just to see what admissions was seeing and I realized I didn't add 90% of my volunteer experience (clubs, extracurriculars, etc.) like omfg I really sent them a dry *ss app šŸ˜µ Guess I'll do better next app cycle (with all of those essays omg let's not think about it yet too early too early). But for real, this may be a mad question and everyone probably did better than me but has anyone else had forgotten experiences and felt like their app was less than what they wanted it to be? as much as 90% of a certain category of experiences??? lol this NEVER happens to me I triple check everything... maybe I got sidetracked with the million essays and the fact it said "volunteer" rather than "extracurricular"
Rant over
 
IvyMoose said:
Rant here: I (first app cycle) was looking through my vmcas app just to see what admissions was seeing and I realized I didn't add 90% of my volunteer experience (clubs, extracurriculars, etc.) like omfg I really sent them a dry *ss app šŸ˜µ Guess I'll do better next app cycle (with all of those essays omg let's not think about it yet too early too early). But for real, this may be a mad question and everyone probably did better than me but has anyone else had forgotten experiences and felt like their app was less than what they wanted it to be? as much as 90% of a certain category of experiences??? lol this NEVER happens to me I triple check everything... maybe I got sidetracked with the million essays and the fact it said "volunteer" rather than "extracurricular"
Rant over
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I forgot 100% of my research experience and left that entire section blank... Whoopsies ĀÆ\_(惄)_/ĀÆ
 
IvyMoose said:
Rant here: I (first app cycle) was looking through my vmcas app just to see what admissions was seeing and I realized I didn't add 90% of my volunteer experience (clubs, extracurriculars, etc.) like omfg I really sent them a dry *ss app šŸ˜µ Guess I'll do better next app cycle (with all of those essays omg let's not think about it yet too early too early). But for real, this may be a mad question and everyone probably did better than me but has anyone else had forgotten experiences and felt like their app was less than what they wanted it to be? as much as 90% of a certain category of experiences??? lol this NEVER happens to me I triple check everything... maybe I got sidetracked with the million essays and the fact it said "volunteer" rather than "extracurricular"
Rant over
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Iā€™m right there with you! I forgot to log my Sigma Alpha (profession agriculture sorority) leadership experience, my pet sitting business, and my volunteer work with our state wildlife organization. I felt like an idiot BIG TIME. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø
 
futurewildlifedoc said:
Iā€™m right there with you! I forgot to log my Sigma Alpha (profession agriculture sorority) leadership experience, my pet sitting business, and my volunteer work with our state wildlife organization. I felt like an idiot BIG TIME. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø
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Weā€™re in this together lol. Unfortunate for both of us but glad there is someone else out there (who also applied to Cornell?) that didnā€™t fully log hours haha
 
PippyPony said:
I made the terrible mistake of going to Whole Foods at 5:15pm the day before a major snowstorm ā„ļøšŸŒØļø

My gelato is melting before my eyes šŸ˜­šŸ˜­
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RANT CANCELLED -- the cashier gave me the gelato for freeeee because it's her favorite flavor and I guess they can do that??
 
PippyPony said:
I made the terrible mistake of going to Whole Foods at 5:15pm the day before a major snowstorm ā„ļøšŸŒØļø

My gelato is melting before my eyes šŸ˜­šŸ˜­
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When I got back from my parentsā€™, the local store was absolutely empty of food. I was very confused. And the store itself was super overrun with people. So, did they buy all the food at that time? Orā€¦.
 
that redhead said:
We also had snow here yesterday so I was pleasantly surprised there wasnā€™t a huge wait for grocery pick up time slots. Although apparently my husband (the account holder) was getting a bunch of texts about substitutions so I guess weā€™ll see what they come up withā€¦
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Last week I had someone helpfully substitute red beets for my requested red onions.

But when they didn't have the exact kind of apple I wanted they just said sorry, not available, no substitution. I was very ??? :laugh:
 
SARdoghandler said:
Last week I had someone helpfully substitute red beets for my requested red onions.

But when they didn't have the exact kind of apple I wanted they just said sorry, not available, no substitution. I was very ??? :laugh:
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Haha, my wife asked for dinner rolls (like crusty baguette style) and they subbed whole wheat hamburger buns lol
 
SARdoghandler said:
Last week I had someone helpfully substitute red beets for my requested red onions.

But when they didn't have the exact kind of apple I wanted they just said sorry, not available, no substitution. I was very ??? :laugh:
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JustPaws said:
Haha, my wife asked for dinner rolls (like crusty baguette style) and they subbed whole wheat hamburger buns lol
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Ha! I donā€™t feel so bad about my mixed-berry-not-strawberry yogurt substitution and the different scented body wash :laugh: Last time I tried this (a year ago) I got green beans instead of brussel sprouts but I figured at least the thought was thereā€¦
 
So I got COVID again and had to trade my on-call weekend with my boss, giving her three in a row. Before that, I had asked if I could have off the weekends of the 22/23 (my birthday is that Monday) and the 29/30 (working at my SAGP job). I texted my boss today that I was planning to take the on-call for 22/23 in addition to this coming weekend but said I still can't do the 29/30. She texted me back to let her know if I will be back Wednesday from COVID and that she has me on the next three in a row.

I acknowledge it sucks that she had to do three in a row. However, it's not my fault I got COVID and was told I couldn't do the on-call for the weekend (which wouldn't necessarily require me to go in). I feel like I'm being punished and that my clearly-stated-continued-unavailability for the third weekend was just ignored, which is straight rude. I have such a tough time with her in general - she is very mercurial and while I have learned a ton from her, her unpredictability is really hard for me to manage. It's clear to me that she doesn't trust my judgement and she treats me more like a baby vet than someone who has been doing medicine and surgery for almost 7 years now. I'm not the only one she treats like this, but I'm the only other vet and it's tough to feel like we're both doctors but that she's somehow better than me.

I'm not going to text her back about the weekend; it'll be better to have the conversation in person I hope. I'll offer to do three in a row after that weekend, not a problem (despite it being my kids' birthday) but I'm just frustrated.
 
that redhead said:
So I got COVID again and had to trade my on-call weekend with my boss, giving her three in a row. Before that, I had asked if I could have off the weekends of the 22/23 (my birthday is that Monday) and the 29/30 (working at my SAGP job). I texted my boss today that I was planning to take the on-call for 22/23 in addition to this coming weekend but said I still can't do the 29/30. She texted me back to let her know if I will be back Wednesday from COVID and that she has me on the next three in a row.

I acknowledge it sucks that she had to do three in a row. However, it's not my fault I got COVID and was told I couldn't do the on-call for the weekend (which wouldn't necessarily require me to go in). I feel like I'm being punished and that my clearly-stated-continued-unavailability for the third weekend was just ignored, which is straight rude. I have such a tough time with her in general - she is very mercurial and while I have learned a ton from her, her unpredictability is really hard for me to manage. It's clear to me that she doesn't trust my judgement and she treats me more like a baby vet than someone who has been doing medicine and surgery for almost 7 years now. I'm not the only one she treats like this, but I'm the only other vet and it's tough to feel like we're both doctors but that she's somehow better than me.

I'm not going to text her back about the weekend; it'll be better to have the conversation in person I hope. I'll offer to do three in a row after that weekend, not a problem (despite it being my kids' birthday) but I'm just frustrated.
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It is an employees world, go find a job that trusts you and doesn't have on call. On call should be rather obsolete at this point.
 
DVMDream said:
It is an employees world, go find a job that trusts you and doesn't have on call. On call should be rather obsolete at this point.
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Appreciate the sentiment, but I'm not in SAGP anymore so it's not that easy unfortunately. I absolutely love my job and almost everyone there, and I'm not willing to leave at this point.
 
that redhead said:
What, do you have a real life or something? šŸ˜‰
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Something. I also have a killer sinus headache post sinus surgery and I'm stuck at a car dealership feeling like I've been sucker punched in the face but can't take pain meds until I get home. I just needed my tires filled with air and one checked to be sure no leak it has been over an hour.
 
DVMDream said:
Something. I also have a killer sinus headache post sinus surgery and I'm stuck at a car dealership feeling like I've been sucker punched in the face but can't take pain meds until I get home. I just needed my tires filled with air and one checked to be sure no leak it has been over an hour.
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All I can think of when I hear sinus surgery is the time in vet school I watched an equine trephination surgery. Talk about blood! I hope you get home to your pain meds soon šŸ™
 
that redhead said:
All I can think of when I hear sinus surgery is the time in vet school I watched an equine trephination surgery. Talk about blood! I hope you get home to your pain meds soon šŸ™
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It was fairly bloody the first day after, that stopped rather quickly thankfully. I'm now just having killer headaches and sinus pressure. Along with my nose is both congested and running faster than Secretariat at the Kentucky Derby at the same time, these wouldn't be a big deal except you're not allowed to blow your nose because of the stints sutured inside. Honestly this is the worst part. Stints get removed soon so hopefully I can blow my nose again. I've never realized how amazing blowing your nose can be. šŸ˜‚
 
that redhead said:
Appreciate the sentiment, but I'm not in SAGP anymore so it's not that easy unfortunately. I absolutely love my job and almost everyone there, and I'm not willing to leave at this point.
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Hopefully a chat with the boss will clear things up for you. Would she be receptive to you mentioning how you feel like you're not trusted and that you feel you're being babied despite being an experienced vet?
 
DVMDream said:
Hopefully a chat with the boss will clear things up for you. Would she be receptive to you mentioning how you feel like you're not trusted and that you feel you're being babied despite being an experienced vet?
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My gut says that she would be surprised I felt that way. I think that would unfortunately be followed by defensiveness. The conversation needs to be had but Iā€™m negative-capable of standing up for myself and always have been. Ugh!
 
that redhead said:
My gut says that she would be surprised I felt that way. I think that would unfortunately be followed by defensiveness. The conversation needs to be had but Iā€™m negative-capable of standing up for myself and always have been. Ugh!
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Yeah, I am horrible about it too. Honestly only staying in vet med to get my loans paid off then I might abandon ship really fast. I've gotten to the point I have just settled for the least evil I can find, putting my head down, getting my job done each day, making the money I need. I try to not rock the boat too much, though I have SO much I want to say.

Maybe I will explode one day and tell everyone to feck off. Who knows.

Maybe baby steps first start with recovering from stupid effing covid. (Can't covid die in a fire aleady?). Then start with talking about the day off you need. Then give it time to let things settle and get back to some sense of "normalcy" (at least covid normalcy) and then if she is still treating you like that, try approaching it then, but like slowly, with small examples. Maybe start with one thing that makes you think she doesn't trust you or makes you feel like she is hovering "babying" you and say "hey I noticed you tend to do this, is there something I am doing that concerns you? Do I need to change something?" Start from a baby step position and then slowly work into discussing the bigger issue. That is, if you want to address it, if you can live with it, then sometimes it is just not worth rocking the boat.
 
that redhead said:
So I got COVID again and had to trade my on-call weekend with my boss, giving her three in a row. Before that, I had asked if I could have off the weekends of the 22/23 (my birthday is that Monday) and the 29/30 (working at my SAGP job). I texted my boss today that I was planning to take the on-call for 22/23 in addition to this coming weekend but said I still can't do the 29/30. She texted me back to let her know if I will be back Wednesday from COVID and that she has me on the next three in a row.

I acknowledge it sucks that she had to do three in a row. However, it's not my fault I got COVID and was told I couldn't do the on-call for the weekend (which wouldn't necessarily require me to go in). I feel like I'm being punished and that my clearly-stated-continued-unavailability for the third weekend was just ignored, which is straight rude. I have such a tough time with her in general - she is very mercurial and while I have learned a ton from her, her unpredictability is really hard for me to manage. It's clear to me that she doesn't trust my judgement and she treats me more like a baby vet than someone who has been doing medicine and surgery for almost 7 years now. I'm not the only one she treats like this, but I'm the only other vet and it's tough to feel like we're both doctors but that she's somehow better than me.

I'm not going to text her back about the weekend; it'll be better to have the conversation in person I hope. I'll offer to do three in a row after that weekend, not a problem (despite it being my kids' birthday) but I'm just frustrated.
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Is it just the two of you splitting on call? Is it possible to hire a contract relief vet to just help with on call things? If you have any lab animal residencies in your region I'm sure a resident would love to pick up some extra cash if its an option. I'm sorry btw, that sucks.
 
Looks like I'm about to finish out my second round of applications without a single interview invite, once again šŸ™ I know for a fact that I truly shine in interviews, but it seems that no one wants to give me a chance, much less even take a look at my app-- and I've never felt so discouraged in my life. šŸ˜¢
 
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