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You are not a failure!!!
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You are not a failure!!!
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"The victim heard a knock at her door. When she opened her door, a white male (no further description) entered her apartment and punched her on the side of the head. The suspect then fled the scene."
Sorry, but
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We've had a string of assaults at my school too! Mostly right outside the building that my office is in. Awesome. And I am entirely too trusting and naive. And the sad thing is I know that about myself but I'm still that way.
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I hate to say this but I guffawed.
And Abney, me too! My sister always gets on me because I'll talk to anyone. I told my mother they should allow me to bring my dog on campus. She went for blood on a man who tried to pick my pocket at one point. Too bad she doesn't like people and students are bad about fondling service or assistance dogs. 😛
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Last week I had a man claiming to be a window salesman come up to me while I was working in my garage. Im usually very friendly but the man seriously invaded my personal space (pretty much barged right into the opening of the garage) and said he was from some window company blah blah blah and asked if I was the homeowner. I said no but we are not interested in windows. He then asked me if the homeowner was home, and then asked where the homeowner was...? It was very bazaar and I straight up told him it was none of his business. He then continued on, asking directions to some random bar I have never hear of and how to get to a road. He kept asking the same questions over and over and I eventually told him I wasnt from around here (lie, I grew up here) and he needed to leave. He continued to ask questions and I really started to get sick to my stomach and uneasy. All I could think about was where my CW was in the house and the easiest way to get to it quickly. The mailman pulled up and said something like "Are you two okay?" and when i looked up he was looking RIGHT AT ME as if to say "is this man scaring you?" and then looked down at my hand, which I had apparently placed by my hip in anticipation of drawing my weapon that wasn't there.
The man got really flustered and continued to walk down the street, in the opposite direction of the place he was asking about. The mailman gave me a "knowing" look and drove of. I still regret not reporting a suspicious person. I told this story to my roommate when he got home and he was equally unsettled. Either he was a horribly awkward salesman or he was scoping our house out to see if I was here alone.
As sad as it is, I am too scared to be in my own damn garage without my CW. I dont even live in a bad area, at all. 😕
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I have literally 6 lines of defense before someone could even get close to me, and I'm not paranoid. Just aware, and ready to defend myself.
Speaking of, this is a direct quote from a campus alert we got this morning... "The victim heard a knock at her door. When she opened her door, a white male (no further description) entered her apartment and punched her on the side of the head. The suspect then fled the scene."
Sorry, but
Our campus once had an assault on Halloween night and the suspect was described as "white male wearing a hot dog or banana costume."
Then the local media got involved and all this crap was published about how horrible it was that this nice young man was beaten unconscious on Main Street on the busiest night of the semester and not a single student tried to intervene or even call the police. But quite honestly, if I saw a guy getting the crap kicked out of him by a banana, I'd probably laugh and just keep walking too. 🙄
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There's been a bit recently about our campus' notifications, especially after an arson/multiple-shootings episode last week. I'm only taking one class (evenings, twice a week), but still get all the emails from campus safety. I completely understand some of these things and how it is important to be aware what's going on, etc., (and VT is always referenced in these discussions), but I get like 3-4 of these a day sometimes and they are often "suspect apprehended" or "all clear" or "street light burnt out" type things that are taking place off-campus and don't make a big impression and really do make me feel like I'm more likely to ignore them. Anyway, not sure what my point is here, but, folks, don't ignore these things and please stay safe, y'all.
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Please clarify CW?
When I google "cw weapon," all I get is like, nerve gas and other scary s*** like that and I know that's not what you're carrying around.
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Concealed weapon?
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well that would make sense.
I live in/adjacent to jurisdictions where you essential can't conceal carry slash functionally can't get a gun permit in general, so, not something I'm too familiar with or ever hear about people actually having. yay for learning about different things right now.
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Permits are given out liberally here in FL. Too liberally, in my opinion. All you have to do in order to get a permit is to pass a background check, and shoot your firearm ONE TIME and a few weeks later you have a CW permit.
Very scary. Luckily I found a class that teaches you the ins and outs of the deadly weapon you will by carrying, and how to be proficient in hitting your intended target if need be.
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I'm freaking out. I hate reading about the future of vet med - it looks so grim for us. I want to be able to retire with money in the bank. My parents just retired with more than a mil and are currently in australia. My mom has been a nurse for 40+ years and my dad has been in accounting. How am I ever going to retire with the way the job outlook is? I'm so distraught.
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I like how a month from obtaining my psychology degree, the only response that comes to mind is "bystander effect" and statistics say they'd probably respond the same way. 🙄 The costume is a nice touch, though. I think I'd probably take it less seriously and assume it was a drunken scuffle or something.
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I would probably start with asking your millionaire accountant dad for a plan... 😛
In all seriousness, there are tons of options for paying off student loans. You can talk to someone that does educational debt advising about it... we had someone come to school and help us each come up with the type of repayment plan we should use.
It is definitely worth thinking ahead, doing your best to go to a cheap school, making as many connections as you can before and during school to help you come out with a job waiting. Or even looking into human med or a completely different field if you look at all your options and feel like it's not an acceptable financial outlook for you.
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I don't know. I'm just very easily overwhelmed lately. And I'm falling behind in classes already, no matter what I do. I already don't have a good GPA and really just can't afford not doing well anymore. 🙁
Last night I was hysterical about giving up on vet school and today I'm not sure what to do. That's always what happens. I really don't want to do anything besides be a vet, but I really wish there was something else I could focus on. 🙁
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Just focus on finishing undergrad dont worry about the vet school thing. Looking back I wish I hadnt been so go go go about it I think that it contributed to my lower grades. It took me longer to get her but I made it eventually.
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Bleh. I'm sorry. I had problems with my old one throughout undergrad pretty frequently and spilled water/gatorade on mine last weekend and it no longer works. That was perfect timing considering I have finals today and tomorrow and then a mid term on Friday...
Luckily, it's insured so I'm going to get it fixed when I'm home for spring break, but I'm currently borrowing one from our library until Friday, cause I'd be screwed otherwise. Just glad they were willing to give me one since our IT department was out. If they can't fix it right away, maybe they have ones they can lend you or know of somewhere that might rent one to you cheaply. If not, maybe look into the cheaper ultrabooks in the meantime and get an external hard drive to save things too. Might be cheaper for now and then you can buy a decent laptop for school.
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Car wouldn't start again this (cold) morning... pretty sure it's time for a new battery.
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So my bad run with banks continues. When I set up my new account, they accidentaly gave me a form that transfers funds from my checking to my SAVINGS if I get too low 😕, and when I called to ask them to change it, they said they had to send me the form in the mail and have me sign it and send it back. Anywho, they never did and I forgot to transfer funds from savings to checking and two checks got returned and I got charged not only the overdraft fees, but the returned check fees. 😡 I will be calling and giving them and earfull this morning.
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Diagnosis is the hard drive is trashed. It was working beautifully Friday..... I can buy a new hard drive or just bite the bullet and buy a nice new one now. Decisions decisions....
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I would say if you know you're not going someplace that has a required computer you might as well just get a new one now. Not sure how much a hard drive would be, but if you're already going to get a new computer in a few months you might as well get it now instead of spending extra money.
Which reminds me, I need to decide if I'm going to get a new laptop for vet school. Hm!
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I know you haven't decided yet, Welsh, but UF doesn't require computers, just FYI. And to be honest, I haven't touched my laptop in months. But that's mostly in part to my ipad and iphone being around me at all times 😳
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Yeah Kansas provides laptops and given how expensive they are they should. Lol.
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I know EXACTLY how you feel, and I'm sure alot of others have felt the same way at some point in undergrad. Try really hard not to focus on what is coming up, and focus more on what is happening right now. I have a hard time disconnecting from the big picture so I understand. Focus more on what you're doing right now, at this moment. Go one semester at a time.
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I've been trying to just focus on now, but it hasn't worked too well. I'm a planner when it comes to the future and just can't stop thinking about it.
I'm thinking about trying something else for a semester or two but still take the prerequisites as planned and decide what to do then. That means I'm pushing back applying a year, but oh well. I have been extremely unhappy for a long time and maybe I just need a break. And maybe I'll find something else.
(I'm not saying I don't wanna be a vet. I really don't doubt me wanting to be a vet at all, but I really do wish there was something else I liked that costs less money and where I can relax a bit more. haha)
I'm thinking about trying something else for a semester or two but still take the prerequisites as planned and decide what to do then. That means I'm pushing back applying a year, but oh well. I have been extremely unhappy for a long time and maybe I just need a break. And maybe I'll find something else.
(I'm not saying I don't wanna be a vet. I really don't doubt me wanting to be a vet at all, but I really do wish there was something else I liked that costs less money and where I can relax a bit more. haha)
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I am too....you should see my color coded spread sheets and lists. Sigh, trust me, try to set all that anxiety and wanting for things to happen fast aside. I was unhappy due to that for a long time and even pushed my social life and family away. It took me realizing that worrying is not going to make it come any faster and worrying wont help pay off the loans when you graduate. Its hard but you gotta take it one semester at a time.
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Soooooo just came home to police cars, forensic units, and medical examiners at my apartment building 
Walked the dogs and asked the maintenance guy and he said someone was found deceased in their apartment. Ya know, typical Monday afternoon shiz.
Walked the dogs and asked the maintenance guy and he said someone was found deceased in their apartment. Ya know, typical Monday afternoon shiz.
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Soooooo just came home to police cars, forensic units, and medical examiners at my apartment building
Walked the dogs and asked the maintenance guy and he said someone was found deceased in their apartment. Ya know, typical Monday afternoon shiz.
😱 Scary!
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I just spent 20 minutes typing out what I considered to be a helpful post only to go back to read the post I was responding to and see that it had been posted in May 2011. Apparently I didn't choose to go to the last/most recent posts page when clicking on the thread. 
Also, why is it that the cat somehow keeps finding my W-2 form? And why is it that my W-2 is omgthebestpieceofpaperever?! Me thinks it's a sign I need to go file it if I can drag myself away from the internet and my studying.
Also, why is it that the cat somehow keeps finding my W-2 form? And why is it that my W-2 is omgthebestpieceofpaperever?! Me thinks it's a sign I need to go file it if I can drag myself away from the internet and my studying.
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Soooooo just came home to police cars, forensic units, and medical examiners at my apartment building
Walked the dogs and asked the maintenance guy and he said someone was found deceased in their apartment. Ya know, typical Monday afternoon shiz.
That kind of happened to me not too long ago. Woke up to someone crying in the hallway and didn't think much of it because we have a loud neighbor so just figured something was wrong with her.
Five seconds later, ambulance, fire department, police whoever show up at our building. Apparently one of other neighbors upstairs hung himself and the person crying was a friend who came over to check up on him. We were late to class since we had to be question about when we last saw our neighbor.
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Yeah...not really the best way to start the day. Hoping your situation isn't anything like that.
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I may or may not have been really dizzy, I may or may not have blacked out, I may or may not have fallen down the stairs due to blacking out and I may or may not have spent 40 minutes talking with a nurse on the phone at the 24 hour NHS line for her to tell me that I seem fine now.... 
I'm so sick of this... Ugh, going to bed...and hoping this doesn't occur again... First time in around a month...
I'm so sick of this... Ugh, going to bed...and hoping this doesn't occur again... First time in around a month...
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Had a rough night.
I spent 2 hours suturing a dog back together. Literally had the skin right next to its' jugular vein ripped and macerated. I placed 8 penrose drains. I had a signed estimate. The owners did not pay. Dog looks like frankenstein and I am exhausted with nothing to show for it
I spent 2 hours suturing a dog back together. Literally had the skin right next to its' jugular vein ripped and macerated. I placed 8 penrose drains. I had a signed estimate. The owners did not pay. Dog looks like frankenstein and I am exhausted with nothing to show for it
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holy smokes!! 8 drains and 2 hours?!?! yikes!!!😱
how do they get away with not paying?? whats wrong with people!!😡
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We kept having this happen at our practice, so the vet had to make it a requirement put down a deposit of 1/2 the cost of surgery before doing anything. It's incredibly harsh, but most people find a way to get the money. We still don't get the rest of the payments sometimes, but half is much better than none!
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Got offered a job that I don't particularly want. The hours are lousy, the hospital staff seemed incredibly dull and unhappy, and after touring the hospital I would never ever ever take my own pets to this place, ever. Coming from my last job at an AAHA accredited hospital where the surgical suite was maintained to human medical standards, seeing the surgery at this hospital double as an office with the doors wide open all day and open cups of coffee sitting on the operating table made me 😱 !
On the other hand, the pay is really good. Too good to walk away from. And I've heard their training program is excellent, meaning I could learn the skills I'm still lacking (somehow I've never learned to do blood draws or catheter placement . . . ) and then be qualified to apply for a better job elsewhere. Plus I'm hearing rumors that the economy is heading for another downturn, at least in this area.
I'm leaning towards accepting the offer, but I really don't want to. 🙁
On the other hand, the pay is really good. Too good to walk away from. And I've heard their training program is excellent, meaning I could learn the skills I'm still lacking (somehow I've never learned to do blood draws or catheter placement . . . ) and then be qualified to apply for a better job elsewhere. Plus I'm hearing rumors that the economy is heading for another downturn, at least in this area.
I'm leaning towards accepting the offer, but I really don't want to. 🙁
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Having worked in a soul sucking clinic and hated it and myself for a while, sometimes the money just isn't worth it if you have other options.
If you do take the job, don't let yourself get dragged down. Go to work, stay out of the office drama, and find a way to just forget about work when you are home.
Are you MA or NH? I can't remember. I know a couple NH clinics hiring at the moment. I think most of them advertise on NHVMA.
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I am worried that I might know this place. :S
There seem to be a load of small animal clinics in the area - one for every town. Have you tried handing in your resume to any other places?
I volunteered at a SA animal clinic in Maine one summer. It was pretty much the worst experience ever and kept me from considering vet-med as a career path for quite a while. Everyone was unhappy and the vet seemed more out to build his business then for the animal care and staff happiness. Five years down the road, I think the vet had a break down and the practice was sold.
You could take the job, get the skills you need, and flee! Sometimes it's very difficult to get your foot in the door without job experience and you need to start low. On the other hand, if you could find a job where the people are happy, the clinic has proper policys and procedures, and it pays then, well, that's the best of both worlds.
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Well, 6th semester is almost halfway done and I'm incredibly disappointed in myself because I started out a really good student 2 years ago and now I've had a run of very mediocre/barely passing exam grades. I used to study weeks in advance for every exam, dedicated a few hours every night to reading my notes, and generally felt more motivated about school on a daily basis, but that's all gone completely the way of the Dodo.
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I was sleeping really hard this morning. And in my dream a phone kept ringing.. I answered the phone and suddenly woke up to my phone ringing. Before I could answer it stopped buzzing..
I had 5 missed calls and a voicemail.. Of course it is my fiancé calling from Afghanistan whom I haven't spoken to on the phone in over a month .. And of course he didn't call back 🙁 🙁
My heart is hurting.. He seemed very disappointed in his voicemail. I feel bad for not getting to talk to him. I miss him so much. And just the tone of his voice seemed bummed out 🙁 🙁
I had 5 missed calls and a voicemail.. Of course it is my fiancé calling from Afghanistan whom I haven't spoken to on the phone in over a month .. And of course he didn't call back 🙁 🙁
My heart is hurting.. He seemed very disappointed in his voicemail. I feel bad for not getting to talk to him. I miss him so much. And just the tone of his voice seemed bummed out 🙁 🙁
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In NH currently, but I'm looking for jobs in MA as I'm planning to move back home soon, hopefully within the next month.
That's kind of what my plan is: take the job for the time being and continue job hunting while hopefully getting a few more essential skills under my belt. I just hate the idea of being that girl, who takes the job and then quits a month later. I get the feeling that this clinic has a pretty high employee turnover rate though, so I probably shouldn't worry about it.
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Seriously so disappointed. I had an interview with the practice manager of the local clinic. She said she wanted me to volunteer in exchange for observing, but she said they could get me in immediately/that week. Received a call the next week from one of the technicians who said she'd talk to the other RVT and call me on Wednesday with a time to come in. I do a follow-up today because I haven't heard from her and she tells me she spoke to the PM and they're too full up with volunteers for me to come in right now but I can try "calling back in the spring." Did I miss something? I feel pathetic cause I'm in tears of disappointment but as far as I knew, they were setting something up. Everyone - the vet, the tech, the PM - told me they were setting something up and then I learn they're too full and that's why they didn't call? Why weren't they even going to call to tell me not to come in? 🙁
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This has happened to me before and I remember the heart dropping, suck at life feeling. He will call again and I'm sure he'll understand, it happens to the best of us! Hang in there 😳
