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Not sure what it is but lately I've been having like 2-3 cripplingly bad headaches a week. I'm not sure what migraines are supposed to feel like, but I can feel these headaches pulsing in my eyes for hours and they make me want to lay down and/or puke. Aspirin seems to hardly touch them sometimes. :grumpy:
 
WhtsThFrequency said:
Speaking of baby rants.

I'm sick of all the dumb cutesy **** that people put on Facebook to announce they are pregnant. Like little pairs of shoes with numbers on them and a "guess what lol omg" and stuff like that. Great, you're knocked up again. Congratulations, you are succeeding at one of the most basic functions a normal human female can perform. To me that's a personal and family announcement,not something you dress up and plaster all over FB for affirmation and likes.
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:bow::clap:😆 Babies - mostly bleh
 
vetmedhead said:
Not sure what it is but lately I've been having like 2-3 cripplingly bad headaches a week. I'm not sure what migraines are supposed to feel like, but I can feel these headaches pulsing in my eyes for hours and they make me want to lay down and/or puke. Aspirin seems to hardly touch them sometimes. :grumpy:
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For awhile, I got extremely bad headaches like that too. Almost nothing helped. Once I finished my PhD and had much less stress and got my vision checked, they became much less common. Still get one every now and then, but not as often as 3-4 times a week.
 
vetmedhead said:
Not sure what it is but lately I've been having like 2-3 cripplingly bad headaches a week. I'm not sure what migraines are supposed to feel like, but I can feel these headaches pulsing in my eyes for hours and they make me want to lay down and/or puke. Aspirin seems to hardly touch them sometimes. :grumpy:
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I can describe my migraines and sinus headaches to you if you'd like. I'm sorry you're not doing well, I can give you some suggestions if you would like. :biglove:
 
WildZoo said:
I should just stop trying to cook things. Burned a pan really bad (finally got that clean today), can't flip a crepe to save my life, and now I've got oil all up in my oven because of overflowing Yorkshire pudding. I can't win!
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If you're new to cooking I think I'd start a little simpler than crepes and Yorkshire pudding 😉
 
that redhead said:
If you're new to cooking I think I'd start a little simpler than crepes and Yorkshire pudding 😉
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I'm not new to cooking though, I think my apartment just hates me :laugh: oven is clean now and i finally had a successful crepe though 😀
 
WildZoo said:
I'm not new to cooking though, I think my apartment just hates me :laugh: oven is clean now and i finally had a successful crepe though 😀
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You also have to figure out new ovens/stoves. They are not created equal. The temps may say one thing, but are actually something else.
 
Lupin21 said:
You also have to figure out new ovens/stoves. They are not created equal. The temps may say one thing, but are actually something else.
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I think that was the problem with the crepes, stove was too hot. I've gotten used to mine at home so I know where to set things, still adjusting to this one. Plus though I'm not new to cooking I am new to cooking these particular things. Figured I would try out some more fun stuff 😀
 
Lupin21 said:
You also have to figure out new ovens/stoves. They are not created equal. The temps may say one thing, but are actually something else.
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I know that electric ovens are more precise than gas and cook more evenly, but I miss my gas oven. Mostly I miss the broiler. I need an electric oven but a gas broiler. And I love cleaning my induction cooktop, but I still miss my gas one for cooking. Although, induction is light years better than regular electric.
 
twelvetigers said:
I know that electric ovens are more precise than gas and cook more evenly, but I miss my gas oven. Mostly I miss the broiler. I need an electric oven but a gas broiler. And I love cleaning my induction cooktop, but I still miss my gas one for cooking. Although, induction is light years better than regular electric.
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Agreed. I love my gas. I miss my gas.
 
Lupin21 said:
You also have to figure out new ovens/stoves. They are not created equal. The temps may say one thing, but are actually something else.
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Well, and sometimes a far enough move can mean you need to adjust cooking and baking techniques for altitude and humidity and when I make cheese, room temp can matter too.
 
twelvetigers said:
I know that electric ovens are more precise than gas and cook more evenly, but I miss my gas oven. Mostly I miss the broiler. I need an electric oven but a gas broiler. And I love cleaning my induction cooktop, but I still miss my gas one for cooking. Although, induction is light years better than regular electric.
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This times a million. I miss my gas stove top 🙁
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Well, and sometimes a far enough move can mean you need to adjust cooking and baking techniques for altitude and humidity and when I make cheese, room temp can matter too.
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I am not very excited to see how my baking experiments turn out at 5000' above sea level. I'll get there, it'll just take some getting used to.
 
vetmedhead said:
Not sure what it is but lately I've been having like 2-3 cripplingly bad headaches a week. I'm not sure what migraines are supposed to feel like, but I can feel these headaches pulsing in my eyes for hours and they make me want to lay down and/or puke. Aspirin seems to hardly touch them sometimes. :grumpy:
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I've found that I get really bad headaches when I'm dehydrated. Probably not as bad as what you're describing, though. I hope you get it all figured out. 🙁
 
Work itself was a lot better today. I talked to my boss last night and we had a long, much needed conversation. The work atmosphere was completely different today than it has been.

But . . . we had a HBC dog with a spiral fracture in his femur. Prepped for surgery several hours later than we wanted to get started, because that's how things go. It was my first time scrubbing in, and co-worker's first time monitoring. Surgery went well. His respiratory rate had been on the low side, so we turned the gas lower, and lower, and when he was finally off co-worker couldn't find his heart anymore. I listened and it was very faint. Then it was just gone. My boss did everything she could but he didn't make it.

It's just so weird, it doesn't even feel like a rant. Everything was normal until it wasn't, and then he was just gone. I feel like I should be more sad, or angry, or something, but I'm not.

I had concerns about the surgery yesterday when my boss scheduled it. The doctor who's on vacation is the one who does all of our surgeries (boss does some lump removals, laceration repairs, etc.). My boss has had issues with her eyes and I know it's been years since she last did a surgery like this. I feel so bad about this now, but I said something to my boss about being uncomfortable w/out other doctor here. I have no qualifications to make any sort of judgement call or anything like that, and I hate myself for saying anything to her. I wish I could go back and not mention it.
 
vetmedhead said:
Not sure what it is but lately I've been having like 2-3 cripplingly bad headaches a week. I'm not sure what migraines are supposed to feel like, but I can feel these headaches pulsing in my eyes for hours and they make me want to lay down and/or puke. Aspirin seems to hardly touch them sometimes. :grumpy:
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I used to get migraines constantly. I only get them on occasion now. Lights are too bright and it hurts to open my eyes, sounds reverberate through my entire body, I'm nauseous and throw up sometimes, I can't even speak it hurts so badly
 
PrincessButterCup said:
Work itself was a lot better today. I talked to my boss last night and we had a long, much needed conversation. The work atmosphere was completely different today than it has been.

But . . . we had a HBC dog with a spiral fracture in his femur. Prepped for surgery several hours later than we wanted to get started, because that's how things go. It was my first time scrubbing in, and co-worker's first time monitoring. Surgery went well. His respiratory rate had been on the low side, so we turned the gas lower, and lower, and when he was finally off co-worker couldn't find his heart anymore. I listened and it was very faint. Then it was just gone. My boss did everything she could but he didn't make it.

It's just so weird, it doesn't even feel like a rant. Everything was normal until it wasn't, and then he was just gone. I feel like I should be more sad, or angry, or something, but I'm not.

I had concerns about the surgery yesterday when my boss scheduled it. The doctor who's on vacation is the one who does all of our surgeries (boss does some lump removals, laceration repairs, etc.). My boss has had issues with her eyes and I know it's been years since she last did a surgery like this. I feel so bad about this now, but I said something to my boss about being uncomfortable w/out other doctor here. I have no qualifications to make any sort of judgement call or anything like that, and I hate myself for saying anything to her. I wish I could go back and not mention it.
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🙁 That is my nightmare
 
PrincessButterCup said:
Work itself was a lot better today. I talked to my boss last night and we had a long, much needed conversation. The work atmosphere was completely different today than it has been.

But . . . we had a HBC dog with a spiral fracture in his femur. Prepped for surgery several hours later than we wanted to get started, because that's how things go. It was my first time scrubbing in, and co-worker's first time monitoring. Surgery went well. His respiratory rate had been on the low side, so we turned the gas lower, and lower, and when he was finally off co-worker couldn't find his heart anymore. I listened and it was very faint. Then it was just gone. My boss did everything she could but he didn't make it.

It's just so weird, it doesn't even feel like a rant. Everything was normal until it wasn't, and then he was just gone. I feel like I should be more sad, or angry, or something, but I'm not.

I had concerns about the surgery yesterday when my boss scheduled it. The doctor who's on vacation is the one who does all of our surgeries (boss does some lump removals, laceration repairs, etc.). My boss has had issues with her eyes and I know it's been years since she last did a surgery like this. I feel so bad about this now, but I said something to my boss about being uncomfortable w/out other doctor here. I have no qualifications to make any sort of judgement call or anything like that, and I hate myself for saying anything to her. I wish I could go back and not mention it.
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The Vet's Guide to Life post today was about similar situations, sudden unexpected deaths.
Sometimes these things just happen, you know? We had a patient come in that seemed fine, we had her in the front treatment area for an hour or two while the doctor was seeing rooms. She was there for some coughing, wasn't in active respiratory distress at all. It was one of those days early on where we had one doctor and one VA there at a time, my shift had ended right after the dog was dropped off and another VA took over. Next day I find out they came back from a room and the dog wasn't breathing, gums were blue. They did CPR and everything but couldn't get her back.
Yeah, it doesn't help the situation that you said anything about being uncomfortable, but you can't take it back now. You can apologize if you like, acknowledge that it was out of line, or just let it go.
 
WildZoo said:
The Vet's Guide to Life post today was about similar situations, sudden unexpected deaths.
Sometimes these things just happen, you know? We had a patient come in that seemed fine, we had her in the front treatment area for an hour or two while the doctor was seeing rooms. She was there for some coughing, wasn't in active respiratory distress at all. It was one of those days early on where we had one doctor and one VA there at a time, my shift had ended right after the dog was dropped off and another VA took over. Next day I find out they came back from a room and the dog wasn't breathing, gums were blue. They did CPR and everything but couldn't get her back.
Yeah, it doesn't help the situation that you said anything about being uncomfortable, but you can't take it back now. You can apologize if you like, acknowledge that it was out of line, or just let it go.
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Thanks. I'll try to apologize tomorrow. It was one of those things were it didn't feel right not to say anything, but it really didn't feel right immediately after I talked to her. I tried to apologize today but it just wasn't the time, especially after what happened. I feel so crappy about it all.
 
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The offender and his favorite cuddle buddy
 
Abnerrs said:
I have a VERY serious rant right now.


I need a bigger house when I get out of vet school solely because when one of my cats takes a **** he stinks so badly. It stinks up the whole damned house and I'm running around covering my nose and spraying air freshener. And he's a gross boy and doesn't cover his stinky giant boy pile of poop.
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:laugh:

My cat also stinks up everything but he has the decency to hide his shame. However he hates cleaning his stinky cat butt, he'd rather stick it near my head while I sleep. :yeahright:

Also, every time he finishes using the litter box he'll sit in the litter, stick his arms out of the box as far as they'll go, and rub as much kitty litter as possible all over the carpet. Silly beast.
 
Old lady cat christened the new apartment with her vomit. On the carpet. Which is shag-like and a lot more gross to clean than the carpet at home. She then went to try to eat some more after just throwing up because she ate too much too fast. And THEN she ran headlong into the sliding glass door because she wasn't paying attention while playing with a toy.

Other rant. I hate, hate, hate that I'm having to ask my fiance for help to hold me over until my loan money and VA benefits come in. I hate it. I feel like a stupid failure of a person who doesn't know how to handle money at all, even though I tried really hard to budget for everything. I didn't realize until it was actually happening how much of a big deal it would be (to me) to have to ask him for money.
 
WildZoo said:
Old lady cat christened the new apartment with her vomit. On the carpet. Which is shag-like and a lot more gross to clean than the carpet at home. She then went to try to eat some more after just throwing up because she ate too much too fast. And THEN she ran headlong into the sliding glass door because she wasn't paying attention while playing with a toy.

Other rant. I hate, hate, hate that I'm having to ask my fiance for help to hold me over until my loan money and VA benefits come in. I hate it. I feel like a stupid failure of a person who doesn't know how to handle money at all, even though I tried really hard to budget for everything. I didn't realize until it was actually happening how much of a big deal it would be (to me) to have to ask him for money.
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Hughughughug
 
WildZoo said:
Old lady cat christened the new apartment with her vomit. On the carpet. Which is shag-like and a lot more gross to clean than the carpet at home. She then went to try to eat some more after just throwing up because she ate too much too fast. And THEN she ran headlong into the sliding glass door because she wasn't paying attention while playing with a toy.

Other rant. I hate, hate, hate that I'm having to ask my fiance for help to hold me over until my loan money and VA benefits come in. I hate it. I feel like a stupid failure of a person who doesn't know how to handle money at all, even though I tried really hard to budget for everything. I didn't realize until it was actually happening how much of a big deal it would be (to me) to have to ask him for money.
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Moving and starting over takes a huge toll. And you guys are partners, it is part of the support that is said in vows. He should always ask you for anything he needs as well. It isn't a one sided thing, so you should not feel too bad. I understand it isn't ideal by any means, but it is for sure one of the best things about having someone always there for you. 🙂
 
That horrible moment when you realize you no longer have time to continue procrastinating on putting your poster together...so you get on SDN and continue procrastinating.😉
 
Not really sure what's going one, but the we keep somehow tripping the circuit to my bedroom, another bedroom and like half of the kitchen. Everything that's plugged in right now are all things that have been plugged in since we've moved in, so we're just thoroughly confused/annoyed since it's like 95 degrees today and AC is definitely needed.
 
cowgirla said:
Dear client:
Your dog is panting, pacing and trembling after eating chocolate. I don't care if Dr. Google says he didn't eat enough to cause a problem, GO TO THE EMERGENCY CLINIC.
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Ugh that sucks. Dogs can definitely be clinical for chocolate tox despite not getting the "full dose". Hope the dog is ok....
 
Went to another show this weekend. My mare did okay, considering we've got DJD, potential saddle fit issues and she was in full heat and spent most of her time eyeballing my friend's gelding. My rant is that we were doing awesome in our Trail class.... right up until I blanked on the pattern and screwed up. The general consensus is that we would have won.
 
My amazon package was listed as delivered but it isn't here. :yeahright:

I'm hoping it was a scanning mistake on USPS's part (maybe they listed the package as delivered instead of at a shipping facility or something), but I'm irritated and don't want to wait another day or two to figure out if my package was truly stolen or not. I've had other packages delivered here without incident recently, and the package was ostensibly delivered at 11:20 AM today (I was home - no door knock of course) and I don't feel like that's really a peak "let's drive around and steal packages" hour.

Still, boo. 🙁
 
vetmedhead said:
My amazon package was listed as delivered but it isn't here. :yeahright:

I'm hoping it was a scanning mistake on USPS's part (maybe they listed the package as delivered instead of at a shipping facility or something), but I'm irritated and don't want to wait another day or two to figure out if my package was truly stolen or not. I've had other packages delivered here without incident recently, and the package was ostensibly delivered at 11:20 AM today (I was home - no door knock of course) and I don't feel like that's really a peak "let's drive around and steal packages" hour.

Still, boo. 🙁
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Wait. But it's Sunday.
 
PrincessButterCup said:
Wait. But it's Sunday.
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Trilt said:
Amazon, bitches.
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What Trilt said. 😀

But I did end up being able to check with USPS themselves and the package was listed as "undeliverable as addressed" and they just didn't tell me. I think they accidentally put it on a truck headed for the wrong ZIP code because the address I listed for myself was correct on their forms. Makes sense as there's an East and a West of the street I live on and they are in different ZIPs in town. Their update for "undeliverable as addressed" also came from the same ZIP as the other street with the same name, hence why I think it just got unintentionally put on the wrong truck. Hopefully I'll get my package tomorrow.

I'm just antsy, I have a cool board game and a cool new measuring cup coming in that package!
 
So many mixed feelings here...

I've spent the last few months living on a dairy farm with 700 cows for research.

Tonight is my last night here. Ready to go home to my animals, not work 100 hours a week, and submit my vet school application, but I'm gonna miss my cows!
 
vetmedhead said:
What Trilt said. 😀

But I did end up being able to check with USPS themselves and the package was listed as "undeliverable as addressed" and they just didn't tell me. I think they accidentally put it on a truck headed for the wrong ZIP code because the address I listed for myself was correct on their forms. Makes sense as there's an East and a West of the street I live on and they are in different ZIPs in town. Their update for "undeliverable as addressed" also came from the same ZIP as the other street with the same name, hence why I think it just got unintentionally put on the wrong truck. Hopefully I'll get my package tomorrow.

I'm just antsy, I have a cool board game and a cool new measuring cup coming in that package!
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What game? 🙂
 
vetmedhead said:
What Trilt said. 😀

But I did end up being able to check with USPS themselves and the package was listed as "undeliverable as addressed" and they just didn't tell me. I think they accidentally put it on a truck headed for the wrong ZIP code because the address I listed for myself was correct on their forms. Makes sense as there's an East and a West of the street I live on and they are in different ZIPs in town. Their update for "undeliverable as addressed" also came from the same ZIP as the other street with the same name, hence why I think it just got unintentionally put on the wrong truck. Hopefully I'll get my package tomorrow.

I'm just antsy, I have a cool board game and a cool new measuring cup coming in that package!
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I had this happen recently. Address was correct on all the forms but it ended up going to a city with the same name as my hometown in a different state.
 
LetItSnow said:
Yep. Spent the day in my nice, air-conditioned ER with hot coffee that felt and tasted good since it was so comfortably air conditioned......

*duck*
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Ya know something?
I'd rather be a pile of goo than working SA ER, any day. 😛.

(My poor local ER. I think they cringe when I refer clients to them because it's always a ****show of wacky or high maintenance things)
 
cowgirla said:
Ya know something?
I'd rather be a pile of goo than working SA ER, any day. 😛.

(My poor local ER. I think they cringe when I refer clients to them because it's always a ****show of wacky or high maintenance things)
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If they're like me, they cringe any time the phone rings.

Or the door chimes. Our door chime is a relatively common commercial door chime.... I was standing in a fast food restaurant a few months back and their door chime went off and it was identical and I swear I had heart palpitations and got sweaty and anxious. PTSD anyone?
 
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