i would love to do either commission or treating. I know commission sometimes needs a few years of practicing before they take you. All the tracks in Michigan shutdown, and there’s a couple in Ohio. I’m planning to apply to the RMTC externship and a few hospitals in KY. But if you know of any more definitely let me know!
Ok I know she did the RMTC, went to Santa Anita and said it was great. Definitely try and go to the Opportunities in Equine Practice Symposium (OEPS) this fall, it’s exclusively for 3rd year students. Its lectures are kinda targeted at people on the fence about equine/mixed but it’s great networking for internships. It’s also in Lexington and you’ll get to tour some cool stuff, the year I went there were tours at Rood & Riddle and Hagyards, wetlabs, and then some of the breeding farms. I’m kinda meh on Hagyard and R&R (u do u tho bb) for externships I’d look at Lexington Equine (exclusively ambo I think, has lots of track med), Kentucky Equine Hospital (rotating? 🚨 surgeon has an ego 🚨), and Blue grass surgery (has ambo per website, idk anything about this place lol, but I have a sticker?).
I’m dumb I meant non competes lol I’ll edit it
See, I feel like I lived the small town gossip in a way that I never enjoyed. My spouse had the opposite experience. Their parents moved to Vermont when they were a baby, and they only ever experienced support and community. My family has been in Vermont since 1842. My great-grandfather helped build the town. I went to school with cousins, and other family groups as big as ours. Once my cousin was like "hey that kid's cute" and I had to be like "nope, we are related. Not cousins, but we are related to him." Two of my pediatric nurses were my friends' moms, one of my surgeons was my high school classmate's dad, it was like I couldn't escape. And people TALK. When my adult brother died, the whole school knew before I told anyone and all had an opinion on it. When I came out as gay, the town knew and talked to my aunts. Everyone knew my mom everywhere I went. My biology teacher taught my mom in his first year as a teacher, a couple farmers I worked with knew my mom from high school and recognized me as her daughter without ever meeting me before. You couldn't do anything in town without everyone else knowing in a way that felt intrusive and judgmental. Of course we had a strong community, but we also had that silent judgement that kept everyone over 40 and their children "in line".
Late to this one, but this is touchy. If you don't want to get the rabies series, that's your prerogative and also entirely on you. I am the polar opposite of anti-vax, but if you don't want a treatment that may save your life (and not getting said treatment/vaccine doesn't affect others), you do you. I respect the ability to have choice, but also know that some people are too dumb to fully understand the consequences of said choices. The rabies series in particular is not something I would get on my soapbox about, Tdap yes because it is relevant for herd immunity. Maybe because I am just so burnt out by society lately but if you want to be dumb and put yourself at risk, do it. But I also think we should provide sterile needles to drug users for free to reduce infectious disease/infections, and a lot of people thing drug addicts are in that position because they made stupid choices (not entirely untrue, but a lot of people are a victim of circumstances too). It's not black/white for me, lol.
It gets really difficult when you've been as transparent as possible, and then the person is still like 'Oh yeah, not gonna happen.' At the same time, there is no right/wrong here - if he doesn't want to move, he shouldn't have to; if you want to move, you should be able to. Might be time for a big conversation about both of your priorities and what each of you are willing to give up.
this = not your circus, not your monkey
i know, i just dont like leaving things half assed.
It’s not a reflection of you and your capabilities, it’s a reflection of your boss.
My daughter went to undergrad at wtam and her car wore the hail storms badge too. Have you had the experience of a haboob yet?
Ask for help!! An intern, a classmate, faculty if they’re not intimidating. Ask someone to help you with this section.
We had a pretty crazy wind/dust storm in March (80+ mph gusts), but we haven’t had a true haboob since I’ve been here. My classmates who did undergrad at WT tell me they’re quite the experience though.
I understand where you are coming from but for some of these changes there are concerns that borrowers will have to default and never be able to retire. It doesn't just apply to vet students but to all borrowers, so income and circumstances will vary widely. There will always be stress and uncertainty in life, but this stress and uncertainty is being placed upon us by people who have no interest in our well-being. We are pawns in an unfair system that is difficult, or impossible for some, to escape.
Oh, I’m very aware, which is why I stick around on SDN year after year for well over a decade now, making students somewhat mad by telling them to go to the cheapest school and to really consider the ramifications of 300+ in student loans. But people don’t want to be told it isn’t worth it. I hope for current students and people in repayment’s sake they make major changes. And then we’ll be able to find something else to worry about instead, like overstaturation from new schools and increasing class sizes, VPAs, recessions, etc.
I did my research and my due diligence. I went to the cheapest school and my IS. I am taking out the smallest amount of loans I can. It's not my fault I'm facing the consequences of a predatory system that dangles purpose and service as bait while gutting every safety net we were told would exist. It's not about worry, it's about injustice. We should be striving for a better system for everyone. I'm passionate about this because I care and I want to see change happen. I want people to have equal opportunities to pursue professional school.
Ohhhhhh noooooooooooooo. I HATE HOAs and the people who use them to terrorize their neighbors.
Me reminding my husband that under no circumstances is he to let anyone in our new neighborhood know that I am a vet.
Besides that, we’ve been in the new house for 2-3 weeks and just met one of our next door neighbors yesterday. He made sure to tell us that our grass is too dry compared to his (I think he spends a lot of time on his lawn…), we are putting are garbage out too early (the afternoon before pickup), and his wife is worried about our dog because he looks like a pit. Man went as far as getting our registration docs from the HOA to look up his breed, which we have listed as mixed.
Oooooh boy. I wanted to avoid an HOA so badly but this is where we ended up. It is what it is. Watering a lawn is expensive and we’ve literally inherited the lawn from the previous family, AND HAVE LIVED HERE FOR TWO WEEKS. Give us a damn minute. Our house is full of empty boxes we need to get rid of so yeah we’re going to put those out early so we can get them out of the house. And my dog is ALWAYS leashed (until we scrape together and get a fence), doesn’t bark, and literally does nothing wrong ever. This HOA also has no breed restrictions so even if we had listed him as a pit (which he is…74% of him is a mix of pit, staffy, and Rottweiler) it wouldn’t matter. We have had no issues with people commenting on him since I graduated vet school actually and now it’s a thing again? He’s literally 60lb, not even that beefy. Ugh.
Oh, to be old and think the world revolves around you, your lawn, and your preconceived notions.
LOL the best part is that we actually were going to turn on our sprinklers this weekend, but now we’re waiting out of spite
This is actually a fantastic idea
People like this piss me off so much…. Like they’re looking for things to be upset about. I was walking my dog (on leash of course, perfectly leash trained) and some dude yells “WATCH OUT EVERYONE ITS A PIT BULL!!!” I just gave him side eye as did everyone else in the vicinity as he exaggeratedly moves away and off the side walk while I pass by. My dog is a staffy and he’s not interested in you. No comments of course about off leash chihuahua literally harassing wildlife though of course.
You have my permission to flip the bird next time!
But those pit bulls are just so dangerous, didn’t you know? They have heads so large that if they choose to kiss you, your whole face gets wet. Viciously lovable creatures! Best be prepared!
One kinda cheap and very easy thing for your lawn is a nitrogen heavy fertilizer. My dad uses this stuff called "Tick Off Your Neighbor" fertilizer. It's other name is 28-0-0 or "Twenty Eight double O" by Nutra-Gro. A bag that covers 10,000 square feet is like $30. The best time to use it is in the spring, but it would still be good now. I swear we have the greenest grass in the whole neighborhood. My Dad is not the type to be obsessive on the yard, and I know for a fact that our neighbors who are obsessive over their yard are outrageously jealous over the way ours looks and they work their ass off to try and get their grass to look like ours.... just saying. I know it's super easy to use, because I've had to fertilize the yard before.
Me reminding my husband that under no circumstances is he to let anyone in our new neighborhood know that I am a vet.
Besides that, we’ve been in the new house for 2-3 weeks and just met one of our next door neighbors yesterday. He made sure to tell us that our grass is too dry compared to his (I think he spends a lot of time on his lawn…), we are putting are garbage out too early (the afternoon before pickup), and his wife is worried about our dog because he looks like a pit. Man went as far as getting our registration docs from the HOA to look up his breed, which we have listed as mixed.
Oooooh boy. I wanted to avoid an HOA so badly but this is where we ended up. It is what it is. Watering a lawn is expensive and we’ve literally inherited the lawn from the previous family, AND HAVE LIVED HERE FOR TWO WEEKS. Give us a damn minute. Our house is full of empty boxes we need to get rid of so yeah we’re going to put those out early so we can get them out of the house. And my dog is ALWAYS leashed (until we scrape together and get a fence), doesn’t bark, and literally does nothing wrong ever. This HOA also has no breed restrictions so even if we had listed him as a pit (which he is…74% of him is a mix of pit, staffy, and Rottweiler) it wouldn’t matter. We have had no issues with people commenting on him since I graduated vet school actually and now it’s a thing again? He’s literally 60lb, not even that beefy. Ugh.
Oh, to be old and think the world revolves around you, your lawn, and your preconceived notions.
Yeah it's annoying and immature. They could have just not taken the acceptance/not applied if said state is that unappealing to them. How could you not take advantage of being so close to Chicago?! Also Champaign has Golden Harbor which is, thus far, the best Chinese food I've had in my life.
). But there's so much more like you said! Similar to California not being just LA/Hollywood, Florida not just being theme parks and Miami Beach, Texas not just being livestock, Nevada not just being Las Vegas, and so on.
