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I'm pulling an all-nighter for a History of Texas government exam 🙁 I SUCK SUCK SUCK at dates! Also, why would I ever need to know that La Salle, french explorer, was killed by his own men because of a fight over buffalo meat? Sighhhhhh
 
As a bit of OCD person, I'm freaking out at looking at the Tufts thread. Early acceptances merrrr (sometimes, I'd like to be ahead of that curve, not behind it).

Sorry, I'll try not to make it a pity party today cause I'm alive, healthy, breathing, not incapacitated......but there's nothing wrong for wanting a bit of love, right?? (It is the rest of my life basically after all...) :cry::cry:
 
This rant has been a while coming. Sorry to whine 🙁

I can't stop feeling exhausted both physically and mentally. I haven't been sleeping well, I have to hike up a couple of big hills/steps to class every day and my knees/ankles/feet/toes are killing me all of a sudden. I almost feel like I have stress fractures? But I've never had them (or known of them) before so it isn't like I can do anything about it.

Classes are frustrating. My insects professor pronounces things wrong (pharynx is fair-inx NOT fair-rin-nix) and it drives me up the wall. She lectures like she's teaching an elementary school class and while I'm sure it'll be an easy A I just want to gouge my eyes out with my pencil or kick the whispering people in front of me. Soils is just boring as all hell on fire but at least the professor has some amazing pictures from his travels and is pretty funny. Just as I start to enjoy biochem, I realize that I have a ****load of material to catch up on before our midterm which is the same day as another exam and the day before I leave for my interview.

I have a mock interview with my awesome advisor tomorrow, though, which I could be more prepared for but I'm not totally clueless so I hope it goes well. I just want this semester to end, vet school or not to look forward to 🙁
 
that redhead said:
My insects professor pronounces things wrong (pharynx is fair-inx NOT fair-rin-nix) and it drives me up the wall.
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My equine exercise physiology professor pronounces larynx and pharynx as lar-nix and fair-nix, respectively. I can't stand it; it's like nails on a chalkboard.

My rant.

I have been just... unmotivated this year. I'm into vet school, and I want more than anything to just be there. I've only got 12 credit hours this semester, 3 of them out of the classroom (undergrad research), to finish up my Animal Science major, and I can't get motivated.

Top this off that the man I thought was "the one" ended a year and a half relationship out of the blue... on the day of my OSU interview... and I am not even close to beginning to get over it. I think way more about that than I do school. I am uninspired and frustrated with the whole situation, not to mention being a bit miserable.

I'm a mess organizationally as well, both at home and in school... related to me being unmotivated in general. I'm a hot mess kids. It's kind of nice to have an anonymous way to :bang:and :cry: and :lame: and :boom:all at the same time.
 
On the tiredness, I'm so frustrated to be so exhausted right before what I know to be an awesome weekend (yay anonymity!) I also can't stand that I'm getting sick now, and that I won't be able to catch up on sleep for another 2 + weeks.
 
TheEvilShoe said:
I feel the same way 😳 However I'm currently not healthy and am having a heard time breathing since NOW I HAVE THE FLU literally one day after recovering from 2 weeks of some mystery upper respiratory illness.
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Get better, TES. LIKE SERIOUSLY!!! :laugh: :biglove: But yes, chem does suck in a huge way....(I took it since I was a sophomore so I *think* I have a handle on it after tutoring it since forever but....ugh)

that redhead - don't know about stress fractures....but I can say failing health is worse than anything in the galaxy (seeing as I have a bunch of dr. appts lined up, I will be maxed on med insurance real soon.....and my parents will kick me out!) Want to PM me about interview questions??? I can give you exact questions that I got from Tufts if you want or just try and prep with you via PM!

l2vet: I was in a similar situation in the past with "the one" and it practically destroyed me (literally, I was on the verge of suicide 24/7...not good). If you want to chat, please let me know. I'll try and cheer you up if I can 🙂

:biglove: to the SDN gang! You girls (&guys😛) are so beyond awesome. Words can't even describe how much I want all of us to make it!
that redhead said:
I can't stop feeling exhausted both physically and mentally.

Classes are frustrating.

I have a mock interview with my awesome advisor tomorrow, though, which I could be more prepared for but I'm not totally clueless so I hope it goes well. I just want this semester to end, vet school or not to look forward to 🙁
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l2vet said:
I have been just... unmotivated this year. I'm into vet school, and I want more than anything to just be there. I've only got 12 credit hours this semester, 3 of them out of the classroom (undergrad research), to finish up my Animal Science major, and I can't get motivated.

Top this off that the man I thought was "the one" ended a year and a half relationship out of the blue... on the day of my OSU interview... and I am not even close to beginning to get over it. I think way more about that than I do school. I am uninspired and frustrated with the whole situation, not to mention being a bit miserable.

I'm a mess organizationally as well, both at home and in school... related to me being unmotivated in general. I'm a hot mess kids.
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kaydubs said:
l2vet: I was in a similar situation in the past with "the one" and it practically destroyed me (literally, I was on the verge of suicide 24/7...not good). If you want to chat, please let me know. I'll try and cheer you up if I can 🙂
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Thanks hon... I may take you up on that.
 
RANT: If today was my first time posting on a sort of non-school thread, I would probably never come back. Maybe it's the kind of day I've been having but I posted on a thread and tried to cheer someone up about vet. And, immediately, I got torn to shreds (I could be overly sensitive today but...). I do not think it's okay to snack on children while they dream. Sure, maybe not everyone is realistic about vet medicine. "Let's frolic with bunnies, puppies and kitties" is not the best way to go to an interview or even the application process. But, honestly, you have no idea about who I am beyond how I come off as posting. Calm thyself. I like talking to pre-vets and giving them the big picture. I do not endorse ridiculing people because they aren't full fledged veterinarians at 18-22 years old....

If I didn't know better, I would think I was in pre-med land. That's where the dream munching really happens! 🙂laugh: JK PLEASE TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT - many of my friends are pre-meds and those that aren't I know how they can be stereotypically!)

Still love SDN.....just not everyone as equally :biglove:
 
I think our corner of SDN has been a little "off" this past week. I wouldn't take it personally. 👍
 
scarcelyheard said:
... you won't text or call the person and say "Hey, we were supposed to go for ice cream now. Just wondering if we we still going?"

I forget sometimes. My friends forget sometimes. We've both got a full course load and things come up. Half of the time, it's an error in communication ("Oh, you mentioned you would like to go for a coffee on Sunday, but I didn't think you had actually made plans with me to go. Sorry!". If I didn't call/text them to verify, I'd be upset longer than I needed to be too.
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I did. Tuesday and yesterday. No repsonse. Facebooked her Tuesday night. No response.

Oh well.
 
My new hamster, Peanut, is driving me INSANE. His testicles descended over the weekend and he has been a testosterone driven freak since. He has been wheeling so hard and fast that his wheel becomes unhinged and makes a racket at 4am. So, while I was taking his wheel away, he took a chunk out of my thumb. Here I was, 4am and my thumb is gushing blood. Argh. He starts chewing on the bars of his cage like a frickin' maniac. So I gave him the wheel back thinking the chewing behavior was some form of retaliation 🙂rolleyes🙂. I barely slept that night. These manic episodes at 4am continued for the next few nights. I was ready to pull my hair out from lack of sleep. Roommate suggested I put him in my closet (we live in the dorms, and don't have another room to put him in, so this seemed like a good option). I put him in my closet, which is pretty big, last night. I felt bad. I left the door cracked so fresh air could continue to flow into the closet. Woke up this morning and opened the closet, and he was still wheeling. Little guy didn't realize it was daylight yet. I guess he didn't mind the closet? He is going to stay with my SO for the next two weeks while we try to find him a bigger cage and sturdier wheel. Ohhh, Peanut..😡
 
🙂 I'm trying to keep that outlook. I do love our pre-vet corner but whenever I go on different kinds of threads that are sort of off-topic threads, people get sooo easily offended and defensive.

But, with vet med: isn't the point to save life? Not snuff it out all the time?? Just a thought to think of for everyone struggling with euthanizing (or not struggling to euthanize).

Cautionary Tail said:
I think our corner of SDN has been a little "off" this past week. I wouldn't take it personally. 👍
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kaydubs said:
But, with vet med: isn't the point to save life? Not snuff it out all the time?? Just a thought to think of for everyone struggling with euthanizing (or not struggling to euthanize).
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In an ideal world, yes, that's the point of vet med... and we should do it as much as possible. But when presented with an impossible choice, what is the better option? To let a 16 year old (otherwise healthy) cat starve to death because its mouth is full of fractured, rotting teeth or to euthanize it? To let a 5 year old lab that is 30# overweight, showing signs of CHF, and has torn an ACL hobble around on NSAIDs, in pain, for the rest of its natural life, or to euthanize it?

I wish vets never had to euthanize an animal. I think they day you stop feeling saddened by the need, the day you stop caring about the enormity of your actions, is the day you need to stop practicing (not my words, the words of a very, very helpful vet of 30 years... but I agree with her completely). But you also need to understand that while euthanasia is and always should be a serious and profound act, that the need to euthanize will arise, and you have to consider the consequences that not euthanizing will have.

Sorry about the book. That's one thing I think I feel very, very strongly about.
 
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kaydubs said:
🙂 I'm trying to keep that outlook. I do love our pre-vet corner but whenever I go on different kinds of threads that are sort of off-topic threads, people get sooo easily offended and defensive.

But, with vet med: isn't the point to save life? Not snuff it out all the time?? Just a thought to think of for everyone struggling with euthanizing (or not struggling to euthanize).
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I'm sorry that you're feeling like that kaydubs. Sometimes the littlest thing sets someone off. You just never know where someone is coming from and/or what they're thinking. Well, I think you did a great job in cheering me up today,so there is your good deed for the day. Forget those 'little things', like you told me to...🙂
 
I think that everyone has been spending a liiiiittle too much time on SDN lately and our cycles have synched up.
 
:laugh::laugh:Yeah, about that 😉 I've been rocking out to Gaga (now we know we have an issue bigger than vet school 🤣)
withoutane said:
I think that everyone has been spending a liiiiittle too much time on SDN lately and our cycles have synched up.
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thedogisgreen said:
Hormones travel really well through internet waves.
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I know exactly what you're saying, l2vet. But, for me personally, when it comes to life, I'm not okay with just killing a healthy animal. I am mature enough to know the difference between an animal who deserves a peaceful death and one who deserves a peaceful life. Life has become too important to me (still not my own, but...) so the day that I get "okay" with euthanasia is the day I will realize that I need to re-evaluate my life before I join the stats of suicide vets (and I say this not in a flippant manner at all, I promise!)

(Then again, I'm someone who would have voted for my own euthanization. Sad but true. Good thing I didn't get that vote🙂)

l2vet said:
But you also need to understand that while euthanasia is and always should be a serious and profound act, that the need to euthanize will arise, and you have to consider the consequences that not euthanizing will have..
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I will vouch that this is probably the... um... bitchiest? that the forum has ever (collectively) been. I would just avoid the assorted doom-and-gloom threads and s***-stirring threads. Eventually, things should return to a more normal equilibrium.

In the meantime, work on getting some thicker skin - it could definitely come in handy later, too. 🙂
 
twelvetigers said:
I will vouch that this is probably the... um... bitchiest? that the forum has ever (collectively) been. I would just avoid the assorted doom-and-gloom threads and s***-stirring threads. Eventually, things should return to a more normal equilibrium.

In the meantime, work on getting some thicker skin - it could definitely come in handy later, too. 🙂
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Thanks, TT! This thick skin that I need to grow....it is a daily struggle but I work at it😀 And so much is happening in my life (it's taking off like a jet plane!) that cranky people on SDN isn't getting me down. ...too much😉 I've met so many wonderful people through SDN and continue to do so. But, best advice that I've had lately: if people have s*** on you in the past, never become the one s***s on others, ya know?

WOO FRIDAY CLASS!
 
I feel awful. Absolutely awful. Today is crap and I just want to crawl back in bed and cry.

My SO has some pretty huge personal issues that we're going through.

My dog has been having issues and mentally I've been trying to tell myself "it's not as bad as I think it is".... well... yeah... it probably is... and she very well might not make it through surgery. *sigh*

:cry:
 
Advisor forgot about our meeting. Waited a couple of minutes, went to study some rocks and minerals (REALLY. AM I REALLY IN A CLASS WHERE I HAVE TO MEMORIZE A BUNCH OF FLEEPING ROCKS?! askdjaslfk) and came back about 45mins later. Still not there.

Jesus Unicorns on a rotisserie, people! It's a good thing its Friday or I'd be tempted to take a long hot shower, climb into bed and sleep until Saturday morning. Except then I'd have to get up and study my ass off. And then the helpful people point out that vet school is going to be hard too. Well no ****, Sherlock! But it's the direct schooling I need for my career/life, NOT A BUNCH OF ROCKS AND DIRT AND CROPS THAT I WILL NEVER EVER EVER SEE AGAIN IN AN ACADEMIC CONTEXT.

Too many capital letters. Sorry.
 
Just a note to say that I'm sorry to read about all the troubles and downers here. It would seem that the universe is ever so slightly out of alignment these days... Here's hoping that things start to look up for everyone soon!!! :luck:
 
Dear adcoms at the schools I am waiting on,

Why are you torturing me by sending notifications to everyone but me?
Please just tell me so I can go cry.

-Whyevernot 😡
 
But, for me personally, when it comes to life, I'm not okay with just killing a healthy animal. I am mature enough to know the difference between an animal who deserves a peaceful death and one who deserves a peaceful life. Life has become too important to me (still not my own, but...) so the day that I get "okay" with euthanasia is the day I will realize that I need to re-evaluate my life before I join the stats of suicide vets (and I say this not in a flippant manner at all, I promise!)
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Don't worry too much about euthanasia at this point; I think with time and experience you will definitely be able to come up with a protocol you can live with. For example, "I won't do convenience euthanasia but I'll euthanize a sick pet for economic reasons", or wherever that line is for you. Neither of the clinics I've worked at would euthanize a healthy animal with no physical or behavior problems (an "I just don't want this dog anymore" situation).

PS - stay positive! 🙂
 
so I am way down today: My SO dropped the kids at daycare, but he forgot to take wipes. I planned on taking them when I went in to town for class. When I got there my baby was screaming! He had been doing that for like 45 minutes! The caregiver said she was just about to call me because she couldn't get him to stop. Well I had to go into town and switch vehicles with SO to be able to take him home. So I did. Got him home gave him some water and he was letting off some gas, and now he is all better. So, I feel all frumpy and wrong for missing class today.🙁

On top of all that, the waiting is driving me insane. :'(
 
Whyevernot55 said:
Dear adcoms at the schools I am waiting on,

Why are you torturing me by sending notifications to everyone but me?
Please just tell me so I can go cry.

-Whyevernot 😡
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This. This exactly. Thanks for making me feel a little less crazy and alone.
 
I missed it. I missed the damn call. I could potentially lose the opportunity to get in this cycle because I dropped off a urine sample, trimmed some dogs' nails, and went to the effing grocery store on the wrong afternoon.

I have lots more to say... but it's kinda not fit for print.

🙁
 
Cautionary Tail said:
I missed it. I missed the damn call. I could potentially lose the opportunity to get in this cycle because I dropped off a urine sample, trimmed some dogs' nails, and went to the effing grocery store on the wrong afternoon.

I have lots more to say... but it's kinda not fit for print.

🙁
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What call did you miss CT?
 
Cautionary Tail said:
Western offered me an interview next Tuesday. They wanted me to respond by 5 pm PST... I got back at 5:56. They're out until Tuesday. 🙁

Epic fail.
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Arrrghh. I hope it works out that they reconsider 🙁
 
kaydubs said:
Yeah........It's been a long insanely hard journey this past year. A complete stranger acted happier for me than he did. FML *sigh*
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I'm sorry dude.. one of my friends (I believed to that point, anyway) actually got angry when I got into my first choice because it wasn't where she is a current student.. I went out that night to celebrate with Thai by myself and they were so excited for me, asked tons of questions and bought me a dessert.. Yea, it's awesome when that kinda junk happens. Whatever I'M HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!

:hardy:
 
rosyreef said:
I'm sorry dude.. one of my friends (I believed to that point, anyway) actually got angry when I got into my first choice because it wasn't where she is a current student.. I went out that night to celebrate with Thai by myself and they were so excited for me, asked tons of questions and bought me a dessert.. Yea, it's awesome when that kinda junk happens. Whatever I'M HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!

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Thank you🙂 That's very sweet. I'm trying not to let my brain explode.... An acceptance & a rejection in a few hours span. Dunno what to do with it all right now....:cry:
 
kaydubs said:
Yeah........It's been a long insanely hard journey this past year. A complete stranger acted happier for me than he did. FML *sigh*
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Super lame. Look at it this way: now you have more room in your life to fill with people who are more supportive! And you GOT INTO VET SCHOOL!!!!!! 👍
 
kaydubs said:
Thank you🙂 That's very sweet. I'm trying not to let my brain explode.... An acceptance & a rejection in a few hours span. Dunno what to do with it all right now....:cry:
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A zillion men out there and only 28 vet schools in the US. I don't see DOCTOR K-W having any problem with dates.

Seriously sorry to read the personal problem but very happy for you about Tufts, I know it was a solid #1 for you.
 
Withoutane & AuRevoirFinance: Thank you both! I don't mean to monopolize this rant at all - but I really appreciate the loving that I know SDN is soooo capable of😀

withoutane said:
Super lame. Look at it this way: now you have more room in your life to fill with people who are more supportive! And you GOT INTO VET SCHOOL!!!!!! 👍
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AuRevoirFinance said:
A zillion men out there and only 28 vet schools in the US. I don't see DOCTOR K-W having any problem with dates.

Seriously sorry to read the personal problem but very happy for you about Tufts, I know it was a solid #1 for you.
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kaydubs said:
Broke up with my boyfriend. FML.
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I'm sorry about that, sweetie. Throwing that offer of talking right back at you if you want. My "one" did the exact same thing...
 
My sympathies, Nstarz. I've been lucky enough to never have had a migraine, but I've had headaches so bad that I pretty much can't get out of bed and nothing but time or codeine makes them go away (two Tylenol-3s dull the pain enough that I can function, but that amount of codeine pretty much knocks me out).
 
Thanks Coquette. This is actually my first real migraine, but I've been in and out of hospitals for years with severe headaches. I'm not a happy camper, because I thought this problem was mostly fixed, whereas it seems to be getting worse.
 
NStarz said:
Thanks Coquette. This is actually my first real migraine, but I've been in and out of hospitals for years with severe headaches. I'm not a happy camper, because I thought this problem was mostly fixed, whereas it seems to be getting worse.
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🙁 Boo. Hope you're recovering okay! Is it sensitivity to light, sinuses..? (Migraines kind of perturb me. I dunno what causes them or what they actually consist of - like, I never know if I have a headache or a migraine....) FEEL BETTER :biglove:
 
Had a nasty fall off a horse yesterday. Worst part was is that it was the dumbest tumble, mostly my fault. Horse nicked the jump, stumbled, broke, and I lost balance. Tried to hang on, but it was a feeble attempt. Came crashing down to the ground right on my back. Embarrassing.
I have had much cooler falls than this one, but this one has caused the most injury.
Now I am sidelined on the couch all day, so much for a productive Sunday.
Sorry for the rant, I think I am bored... 😳
 
kaydubs said:
🙁 Boo. Hope you're recovering okay! Is it sensitivity to light, sinuses..? (Migraines kind of perturb me. I dunno what causes them or what they actually consist of - like, I never know if I have a headache or a migraine....) FEEL BETTER :biglove:
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Thanks Kaydubs! I think I actually caught it early with my meds, so it's not as bad as it should have been. I got an aura (swirling lights in my peripheral vision), which made me certain it was a migraine (my mom gets them so she knew what it was). But you can have a migraine with the aura as well, so I'm not really sure how to tell the difference otherwise. It ruined my plans for yesterday and I have a developmental bio test on Wednesday that I should have spent yesterday studying for (but didn't because I had a minor emotional breakdown at the thought of needing more hospital stays). *Sigh...*
 
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