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So so sorry, DVMD. Thinking of you and the rest of his family. 🙁
 
I can't sleep. I'm exhausted and want to sleep for days on end, but can't even manage to get a few hours. Last time this happened I stopped functioning like a normal human being. Even my benzo isn't helping me anymore
 
I'm being a whiny little punk, but I have a nasty head cold (I'm pretty sure it's affecting my brain...because it seems to be broken) and two exams today. 🙁
 
my mother is obsessing over some frito-lay petition to get a notice on bags about the hazards of suffocation to pets. she's at least realistic about it (she doesn't think it'll happen), but she's kind of going crazy wanting to spread the word about the dangers of chip bags. while i appreciate the sentiments, i don't really feel drawn to the cause. it was a freak accident. i dont think knowing that there was a possibility something so bad could come out of my dog stealing snacks would have deterred me to put it away (as lazy and terrible as that might sound). i dont know, i guess i just feel like its continuing to rehash what was arguably the worst moments of my life and since theres nothing i can do about the outcome i just want to move on.

on a more positive note, my classmates and friends have been phenomenal over the last few days. such a wonderful support group even though theres really nothing anyone can do. i've received some gorgeous artwork from friends depicting Lucy having fun somewhere. i've received donations to cover medical costs. very very sweet.

i feel mostly a steady state of dull. the flashbacks are awful but my memory is kind of famous for that so i think its just something i'm going to have to learn to live with. i am mostly out of tears but there are still random things that'll get me from time to time. one day at a time.
 
I'm sorry to hear about your dog jmo.

you know, I've actually heard of 2 other cases of the same thing happening. I've mostly heard people use it in the context of arguing for crating or x-penning dogs when the aren't being supervised though.
 
Sent my computer off on the 4th to get its HD replaced, I stressed I needed it back asap and they said they wouldn't let me pay rush fees or anything, but it would be back within 7 business days.. Today is the day, so I called in asking when I could pick it up. The guy at the repair center claimed he emailed me an invoice a week ago asking for permission to make the repairs (he did) and that I didn't respond (I did) so they had just left the laptop sitting there without ever following up on it. 😡 I double checked and I definitely responded to him within an hour of his email okaying the invoice and asking for it to be done asap, but now I have to wait another two days for them to just order the part in, and then another day or two for them to mail it back. Gah. Considering they're charging me a service fee that is nearly the price of the part, I am very dissatisfied. Never using this company again!!




Aside from that, I am very very sorry to hear about your loss DVMD 🙁
 
very sorry about your loss DVMD 🙁
and sending all the good thoughts your way from TX & CA jmo <3
 
Dear third surgery group member:

You know the rules. Please follow them. It doesn't matter if we have an exam or classes don't start until 9:30, your records still need to be done by 8 am. 🙄
 
This week = mucus and sinus pressure along with 5 exams and distinct feelings of lethargy and hopelessness.

Good thing Friday after lab begins date-weekend! 🙂
 
I got a 71% on my Microbio midterm (worth 25% of my grade) because my professor loves to use double negatives and doesn't proofread his exams. 😡

Granted, English is his second language, but he should at least have someone look at them before he distributes them. A lot of his questions were also vague, contained information we never talked about, and had answers that didn't make sense! The general consensus was that the exam was horrible - everyone did poorly except for a handful. I'm hoping he keeps the curve he promised at the beginning of the semester. I have never relied on it in any other course, but this may be the first... :scared:
 
Nothing stings quite like passing a 5 credit class with a 79% and then getting a class-wide non-pology from the profs when they refuse to round up.

(Well, except for failing with a 69%. I suspect that might sting a *little* bit more.)

*sigh* Yeah, it was my stupid fault for not organizing my studying better, but it still hurts to take a GPA hit from what comes down to one or two exam questions. 🙁
 
Stupid rant, but here you go...

I have been doing really well in my classes this semester. And my endocrine midterm killed me. I am so upset. And we only have 2 exams in that class, so there's not much chance to bring it up. And I honestly don't know how to study more effectively for the class since I thought I knew the material pretty well going in. UGH.
 
After 7 weeks (yes, 7) and 3 emails, I finally got my first assignment back from the professor for my online genetics class. It was supposed to be graded, it was not. In the email he said I got a 19/20, but I have no idea why....grrrr :annoyed:
 
Telling me that dosages were given in the first lab of the semester doesn't really help me 🙄 If I remembered, I wouldn't be asking. But thanks for your helpful comment!

Hellacious blood draw on surgery cat. Our group is 0/2 on kitty blood draws so far.

Sister called to tell me my other grandmother is on her way out. As bad as I feel for my mom, I selfishly can't help but wonder when the hell I'm going to find the time to fly home.

Calling the house a mess would be the understatement of the year. I barely have time to do anything important, let alone keep it looking half-way decent.

I don't know why this semester has been so bad for me. Not that the others have been a walk in the park, but this one is really kicking me. Can't wait for it to end 🙁
 
Went to an open house for the college I teach 1 day a week, ran into someone I work with - not ready to see him yet. Still on my medical leave and it was just a reminder of how much I don't want to go back to work.
 
I can't get rid of this cough... Have had it for three weeks now.

Also, don't think I did well on the first half of my midterm. At least the second half wasn't too bad.
 
DVMDream said:
I can't get rid of this cough... Have had it for three weeks now.

Also, don't think I did well on the first half of my midterm. At least the second half wasn't too bad.
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my school health clinic would tell you that you are not drinking enough orange juice, don't bother with meds. 🙄
 
Half our class has surgery this semester. Surgery in itself is enough for about 3 other classes. I am in the half that has surgery. This means that no matter how much I like the people in the other half of he class, when they complain about "no time to study" or they're "so tired and busy", I kind of want to hit them.
 
Coquette22 said:
Half our class has surgery this semester. Surgery in itself is enough for about 3 other classes. I am in the half that has surgery. This means that no matter how much I like the people in the other half of he class, when they complain about "no time to study" or they're "so tired and busy", I kind of want to hit them.
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Oh good, I'm not the only one.
 
that redhead said:
Oh good, I'm not the only one.
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Someone that I like a lot was just saying that she's barely looked at the material for tomorrow's midterm. I had to bite my tongue so I didn't yell out, "You had all last night and all bloody morning! You didn't have to be here until 1:30 this afternoon, I had to be here at 6:15!" 😳
 
So my grandmother passed away last night. I talked with my mom and told her I'd look up traveling arrangements (which I did) but it's really just unrealistic to get home - time, expense, etc. I didn't make it home for my other grandmother's funeral last year, or to my SO's grandmother's last year. I feel like such a rotten person even though it isn't really my fault for not being able to get back. My mom told me not to feel obligated or guilted into coming, but I know it would mean a lot if I could be there just to be supportive. My sister and I were the only grandchildren and that side of the family is pretty tightknit so I feel extra bad. I know my husband will be there because he's close with my family, but I feel so awful. I'm dreading hurting my mom's feelings, more because I think she'll play it off as not a big deal when in reality it does hurt her. If I were back in the States it would be so much easier, even if I had to get there from the other side of the country. Which then makes me feel rotten for not working hard enough in undergrad to get into my IS where I could see my SO more frequently and be home for important family things like Thanksgiving and funerals and weddings.

Just 1 and 3/4 years left. Sigh.
 
Told my landlady very clearly that I would begin moving my stuff out of my old apartment on October 12 and would fully vacate and return the key on October 17.

Went there today to pick up the last of my stuff and discovered that the landlords had been messing around in the apartment, despite the fact that I was not completely out of it yet. Some of my stuff had been moved around, and they took one of the beds out of the place. Worst of all, the downstairs was a total mess because I'd been planning on cleaning it today, and I'd just been stacking garbage and recycling in a corner to take out before I finally left. The landlords took out the garbage and tidied up some things - a nice gesture from most people, but I'm worried they're going to turn around and use that as a reason to keep my security deposit.

It really pisses me off that they just went wandering in there without notifying me at all. Granted, it's been a couple days since I was last there, but I was still a tenant of that apartment until today and they're supposed to give me 24 hours notice before they just go waltzing in like that. That's basic tenant rights, not to mention just plain old common courtesy. And they had absolutely no reason to be moving my stuff around. And of course they weren't actually home for me to drop off my key, despite the fact that they've known for weeks that I'd be turning it in today. 😡

Plus, I'm really sad that I didn't get a chance to see my friend the incredibly adorable but extremely neglected barn cat while I was there. Usually she would come running when she heard my truck pull in, but I didn't see her today. I'm disappointed that I didn't get to say goodbye. 🙁

And we have our immunology midterm tomorrow. Kill me now.
 
finally looked into turning the ascent rate alarm off on my dive computer - turns out you can't, which means i am doomed to listen to it beeping at me when ever i move a few suddenly or swing my arm up to adjust something. gahhhhhhh😎
 
that redhead said:
So my grandmother passed away last night. I talked with my mom and told her I'd look up traveling arrangements (which I did) but it's really just unrealistic to get home - time, expense, etc. I didn't make it home for my other grandmother's funeral last year, or to my SO's grandmother's last year. I feel like such a rotten person even though it isn't really my fault for not being able to get back. My mom told me not to feel obligated or guilted into coming, but I know it would mean a lot if I could be there just to be supportive. My sister and I were the only grandchildren and that side of the family is pretty tightknit so I feel extra bad. I know my husband will be there because he's close with my family, but I feel so awful. I'm dreading hurting my mom's feelings, more because I think she'll play it off as not a big deal when in reality it does hurt her. If I were back in the States it would be so much easier, even if I had to get there from the other side of the country. Which then makes me feel rotten for not working hard enough in undergrad to get into my IS where I could see my SO more frequently and be home for important family things like Thanksgiving and funerals and weddings.

Just 1 and 3/4 years left. Sigh.
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I'm sorry 🙁 That's so difficult to go through. At least they do understand it's a difficult process to get home. Doesn't make it much easier that you can't get there. *hug*
 
For **** sake! I have 30 minutes to run home and let my dogs out. They ****ing got under sink and got into the dishwasher pouch things?!?! I really hope they didn't eat any. How is that even ****ing appetizing?!?!?!
 
classmate (multiple people commented actually): "wow you look nice today. whats the occasion!?"
me: "i went to pick up my dogs ashes from the crematorium this morning..."

awkward. good to know i normally look crummy (particularly highlighted this week!) :laugh:
 
Oh man TR I'm so sorry. I didn't see your comment earlier. 🙁 I'm pretty confident saying that the people who love you are so proud of you, regardless that you're farther away.
 
Abney said:
For **** sake! I have 30 minutes to run home and let my dogs out. They ****ing got under sink and got into the dishwasher pouch things?!?! I really hope they didn't eat any. How is that even ****ing appetizing?!?!?!
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Just took my toxicology finally today. I hope they didn't eat any of it.
 
Ok, I really need to rant.....

Just got my written feedback and grade for my simulated client interaction last week. Coming out of that scenario, I felt really good. Peer review was great, coach (volunteer veterinarian) was great, client feedback was great. Everyone had nice things to say and provided detailed examples of what specifically I said or how I phrased questions that were good.

Yet according to my written evaluation, I received a failing grade from the client.

From reading her comments, I know that she did not bring up primary criticisms last week when she was provided the opportunity to give feedback. The whole point of allowing that time is so we all (as a group of students) can learn from each other's mistakes and can continue gaining information on things the clients did or didn't like even when we're not sitting in the "hot seat". This also provides an opportunity to clarify or for there to be a group discussion on the specific problem that was mentioned and the opportunity to strategize on how to address it. In my opinion, it hinders the learning of everyone to only provide flowery compliments and then slam someone in the written evaluation. I also feel like it's dishonest.

So now I'm terribly depressed. As if these things weren't stressful enough already. If a situation that I thought went really well still earns me a failing grade, I don't know how I'm going to pass the OSCE. :cry: This week has just been awful.
 
Curse you dog. I got up for a couple minutes to fold my laundry in my bedroom (was studying in the living room) and my roommate's dog mauled my headphones. Yeah, I may have had them for over two years, but they were still going strong...and they were over $200 :cry:
 
When a surgery is performed on an animal, you should do your best to keep the incision small. A 5 inch incision on a spay is huge. HUGE. And I'm not entirely sure it was necessary.
 
Car won't start. This isn't surprising since my car is old enough to go to high school, but the timing is *really* bad. This is the only spare time I'm going to have all week, and I should have used it to pick up a new space heater, since the one I have now sets off the fire alarm and the temperature is dropping into the fifties. So, now I have to figure out how to get the car and/or the space heater fixed. I have AAA, fortunately, and they can jump it, but they won't tow it unless I fork up $$$. Here's to hoping it's just the battery.

The dog spent all morning huddling under my throw blanket. Philly people, anybody know a place within walking distance of U City that sells space heaters?
 
Parents are separating at least temporarily, may get a divorce. It's not a huge issue for me because I'm out of the house, but I have a 7 year old baby brother who is going to be very confused. 🙁
 
dyachei said:
When a surgery is performed on an animal, you should do your best to keep the incision small. A 5 inch incision on a spay is huge. HUGE. And I'm not entirely sure it was necessary.
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Whoa.
 
By all means, please give us a list of topics to study and then ask for something completely unrelated on the actual midterm. That's not a d*** move at all. 😡
 
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