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[MommaFox]

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So I was driving home on my lunch break yesterday and saw a seagull get hit by a car. He was sort of flopping around so I stopped and picked him up so he didn't have to die in the hot sun on the road. He was lateral, head limp. I put him on the passenger floorboards and turned around back to work to euthanize him and put him out of his misery. I wasn't sure he would even make it. He had no blood or gore trauma, but was gasping for breath and unresponsive. He was making sad dying seagull noises. I turned onto the road the shelter is on and he suddenly stood up, vomited 3 fish, a whole shrimp, and intact waffle fry on my floor mat. He then stumbled around the floor and wedged himself between the passenger door and the seat. I get to work and slowly open passenger door. He scurries into the backseat floorboards. At this point I was drawing an audience. I was trying to catch the bird without getting bit. He was feisty. After chasing him all around the car for a few minutes I finally just chased him out of the car. This was a terrible idea because now I was chasing him around the parking lot. After finally cornering him, I grabbed him. Wings felt fine. I did the "bird toss" to see if he could fly...sure enough he flies away, lands on the fence then takes off, never to be seen again.


I just....hahah. the reason I couldn't catch him is because I was laughing so hard. After all that, the stupid seagull was fine.

His mission here on earth stealing food from tourists was not over.

 

[felinelvr44]

So I was driving home on my lunch break yesterday and saw a seagull get hit by a car. He was sort of flopping around so I stopped and picked him up so he didn't have to die in the hot sun on the road. He was lateral, head limp. I put him on the passenger floorboards and turned around back to work to euthanize him and put him out of his misery. I wasn't sure he would even make it. He had no blood or gore trauma, but was gasping for breath and unresponsive. He was making sad dying seagull noises. I turned onto the road the shelter is on and he suddenly stood up, vomited 3 fish, a whole shrimp, and intact waffle fry on my floor mat. He then stumbled around the floor and wedged himself between the passenger door and the seat. I get to work and slowly open passenger door. He scurries into the backseat floorboards. At this point I was drawing an audience. I was trying to catch the bird without getting bit. He was feisty. After chasing him all around the car for a few minutes I finally just chased him out of the car. This was a terrible idea because now I was chasing him around the parking lot. After finally cornering him, I grabbed him. Wings felt fine. I did the "bird toss" to see if he could fly...sure enough he flies away, lands on the fence then takes off, never to be seen again.


I just....hahah. the reason I couldn't catch him is because I was laughing so hard. After all that, the stupid seagull was fine.

His mission here on earth stealing food from tourists was not over.

this is hilarious

My rave: on Friday I got a letter from my undergrad. I didn't actually graduate - lots of credits but not the "right ones" to get a degree in anything. Oh well. So for all they know I just haven't registered for classes yet in the fall. But this letter says that I won an award for excellence in the study of history (my major) and that they're giving me a bunch of money! It's not a scholarship either - just a straight up prize and a check with my name on it. It took me by complete surprise too, I didn't apply for this or anything. It will go towards our "buying a car" fund 😀

 

[wolfspeaker]

Decided I am moving back to the cities, sometime in the next 6 months. (Hi, LIS and a bunch of others )

Was parusing, just casually looking at job prospects and come across a sweet one at the University!

Wish me luck! I could really use it, as I'm guessing a TON of people will be applying.

 

[tangowhiskey]

this is hilarious

My rave: on Friday I got a letter from my undergrad. I didn't actually graduate - lots of credits but not the "right ones" to get a degree in anything. Oh well. So for all they know I just haven't registered for classes yet in the fall. But this letter says that I won an award for excellence in the study of history (my major) and that they're giving me a bunch of money! It's not a scholarship either - just a straight up prize and a check with my name on it. It took me by complete surprise too, I didn't apply for this or anything. It will go towards our "buying a car" fund 😀

Awesome! Free money is always a good thing. 🙂 I didn't complete a degree either, but all I get from my undergrad is letters asking me to buy class rings, and letters "to the parents". (I'm 29, married, and my parents live on the other side of the country. They don't have any control over my college education.) Yours sounds much more fun. Hope you get to enjoy that new car soon!

 

[tangowhiskey]

So I was driving home on my lunch break yesterday and saw a seagull get hit by a car. He was sort of flopping around so I stopped and picked him up so he didn't have to die in the hot sun on the road. He was lateral, head limp. I put him on the passenger floorboards and turned around back to work to euthanize him and put him out of his misery. I wasn't sure he would even make it. He had no blood or gore trauma, but was gasping for breath and unresponsive. He was making sad dying seagull noises. I turned onto the road the shelter is on and he suddenly stood up, vomited 3 fish, a whole shrimp, and intact waffle fry on my floor mat. He then stumbled around the floor and wedged himself between the passenger door and the seat. I get to work and slowly open passenger door. He scurries into the backseat floorboards. At this point I was drawing an audience. I was trying to catch the bird without getting bit. He was feisty. After chasing him all around the car for a few minutes I finally just chased him out of the car. This was a terrible idea because now I was chasing him around the parking lot. After finally cornering him, I grabbed him. Wings felt fine. I did the "bird toss" to see if he could fly...sure enough he flies away, lands on the fence then takes off, never to be seen again.


I just....hahah. the reason I couldn't catch him is because I was laughing so hard. After all that, the stupid seagull was fine.

His mission here on earth stealing food from tourists was not over.

I can't even imagine how funny it would be to see you chasing the bird around...and how bad those fish and shrimp must have smelled in your car! At least it was on the floor mat, and not the seat! 🙂

 

[KCgophervet]

Decided I am moving back to the cities, sometime in the next 6 months. (Hi, LIS and a bunch of others )

Was parusing, just casually looking at job prospects and come across a sweet one at the University!

Wish me luck! I could really use it, as I'm guessing a TON of people will be applying.

That's exciting! I'm leaving my job at the U to start school this fall. Parking is a huge pain - if you can swing it I'd suggest living as close as possible to campus if you end up working there - I bike all summer just to save on parking.

Good luck!

 

[wolfspeaker]

That's exciting! I'm leaving my job at the U to start school this fall. Parking is a huge pain - if you can swing it I'd suggest living as close as possible to campus if you end up working there - I bike all summer just to save on parking.

Good luck!

Thanks!

It would be working at the VMC cleaning, basically.
Exam rooms, bunch of deep cleaning stuff in the hospital.
It's sort of a crapshoot whether I get an interview or not. Don't have experience with cleaning hospitals. But, I've had cleaning jobs before and worked on Biosecure and Research farms. So, hopefully, that puts me in. 👍

 

[ChittyBang]

Dirty chai. This is my new favorite drink. That is all.

 

[HorsesRLife]

Went to my parents on saturday to celebrate father's day and go to the lake but it ended up raining. Decided to go shopping and my mom and dad took me by best buy and surprised me with a Samsung note for vet school. So freaking excited! I love it already!

 

[MommaFox]

I GOT THE JOB!!@!!!!!!=,6$_%8%@(%!!!!!!!!

This weekend of waiting was terrible but all worth it now.

😀

 

[equineconstant]

I GOT THE JOB!!@!!!!!!=,6$_%8%@(%!!!!!!!!

This weekend of waiting was terrible but all worth it now.

😀

Yaaaay! Congrats! 😀😀

 

[Kpowell14]

I GOT THE JOB!!@!!!!!!=,6$_%8%@(%!!!!!!!!

This weekend of waiting was terrible but all worth it now.

😀

Congrats MF !!!

 

[cuitlamiztli]

Congrats, MommaFox!

My rave(ish): Officially started my internship today... I'm about 35% okay with this and 65% terrified.

 

[wildcatj]

I was talking to the vet I work with at the zoo today and it came up how much debt she was in when she graduated. She left school 5 years ago with 200k in debt and is getting by just fine. She has no problem with normal expenses (it's just herself and her cat though) and still has the money to go on vacation and do other fun things. I'm expecting to have about that much debt when I graduate so it's nice to see someone who isn't making a lot of money out of school and is still getting by just fine. Made me feel a lot more positive about my future.

 

[485501]

I GOT THE JOB!!@!!!!!!=,6$_%8%@(%!!!!!!!!

This weekend of waiting was terrible but all worth it now.

😀

Congratumacations!

 

[MarxistPreVet]

OMG, yes!! Where have you been!??! It has been announced for months! I personally cannot wait as DA II was TERRIBLE. AND THERE IS MORRIGAN BACK in Inquisition !!!!!

I will always love Alistair, but seeing Morrigan in the preview was a thrill.

I don't know WTF happened in the 2nd, Rainheart. SO much potential wasted.

Looks like Sandal's prophecy is going to come true, literally, in the 3rd.

 

[Rainheart]

I will always love Alistair, but seeing Morrigan in the preview was a thrill.

I don't know WTF happened in the 2nd, Rainheart. SO much potential wasted.

Looks like Sandal's prophecy is going to come true, literally, in the 3rd.

I always played as a male, so Morrigan was my love <3 Anxiously waiting for the release of the third one!! Who knows what will happen 😉 But I agree, WTF did happen with DAII. So many things could have been done with it.

 

[Frozenshades]

Is DA II worth playing? I really enjoyed the first one, but heard so much complaints about how awful the second one was that I never got it. Suppose it could be worth catching up on if the third one is done right.

 

[Frozenshades]

While we're on the subject of video games...I'm really stoked for KH3

It's been seven years since II, finally something, even if it was just a trailer.

 

[MarxistPreVet]

Is DA II worth playing? I really enjoyed the first one, but heard so much complaints about how awful the second one was that I never got it. Suppose it could be worth catching up on if the third one is done right.

I'd replay it for the Fenris romance storyline, but I'm a sap like that. My main problem with the game is that I love exploration, and the entire game world consisted of like 3 maps that just repeat over and over.

It definitely had its highlights and there are some major events that, if they haven't been spoiled for you already, are worth experiencing.

 

[Frozenshades]

I'd replay it for the Fenris romance storyline, but I'm a sap like that. My main problem with the game is that I love exploration, and the entire game world consisted of like 3 maps that just repeat over and over.

It definitely had its highlights and there are some major events that, if they haven't been spoiled for you already, are worth experiencing.

That was one of the major complaints I heard about II, that they really changed the style into a much more closed world game.

I'll probably just wait on Inquisition to be released and if it's good, snag it and a cheap used copy of DA II.

 

[MarxistPreVet]

Probably the best plan of action. It was such a poor followup to the first game, I really can't rave about anything it had to offer, unfortunately.

 

[cowgirla]

My first day "off" in a long time (Quotes because I still had to go in for stupid rounds bright and early this morning) and it was awesome. Got some shopping done (new shoes so hopefully my feet wont be crying by the end of a long shift! and some tops that I really didn't need but oh well), made a trip down to OKC for the shopping which also involved a stop at Dunkin Donuts and then Whole Foods for some seafood, played outside with the dogs, played with ponies, and grilled yummy steaks and drank wine with a very good friend that I don't get to see nearly enough of

Tomorrow I have to be at the VTH by 7am after a week of overnights. This oughta be a fun adjustment.

 

[orca2011]

Dirty chai. This is my new favorite drink. That is all.

They're pretty freakin delicious. I prefer them iced though. Once my mom order one, and her barista responded with "how dirty do you want it?" I would have died laughing if it had been me.

 

[kakurubird]

Dirty chai. This is my new favorite drink. That is all.

had to google this because my first thought that the dirty is from olive juice just didn't make a whole lot of sense.
the actually answer sounds good though!

 

[MommaFox]

http://imaginate.redbull.com/videos/riding_film


I live Danny Macaskill! Deff worth the watch.

 

[felinelvr44]

I was about to post in the rant thread about some douchecanoe I used to work for... he rotated out of my work-group 2 weeks and it was a GOOD day. Now his new assistant keeps bugging me (not her fault) to help her with stuff for him because he keeps telling her that I know how to do all this stuff. Guess what! I don't! I forgot as soon as he left because no one else that works here is such a high-maintenance, self-absorbed dick that asks me to do crazy, not-really-supposed-to-do-that, that's-definitely-not-how-things-work-around-here kind of stuff.

But it's okay... I took a deep breath. I told her I don't remember how to do it. And I'm not worrying about it anymore!

I have 28 more work days here 😀

It's my anniversary today. And we're going to my absolute favorite restaurant tonight 😍

 

[Foxhunter]

I won an ipad mini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Abnerrs]

I won an ipad mini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw that

 

[Frozenshades]

I won an ipad mini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice!!

How'd you win it?

 

[Foxhunter]

Nice!!

How'd you win it?

I was at a conference all last week. I literally stopped at every booth and filled out every survey that would qualify you to win literally everything. Today I got a phone call saying I won an iPad mini. Score.

I have a generation 1 iPad that I was going to sell to my best friend for like $130. I think I'm just gonna give it to her now in exchange for beer and dinner one night.

 

[Emiloo4]

douchecanoe

 

[Rainheart]

I GOT COMIC CON TICKETS TODAY!!! I am SO pumped!!!! I cannot wait to go with one of my best friends <3.

After not getting them a few months ago, I was pretty bummed, but SO glad I was fortunate enough to get them this go around!

 

[KCgophervet]

I think I finally found an apartment! Decent price, decent location, now just hoping that we get it!!

 

[cs5910]

Heat <3 heat <3 heat <3

 

[wolfspeaker]

I am stuffed from Five Guys! 😀

 

[twelvetigers]

*****.

 

[wolfspeaker]

*****.

Om nom nom 😀
(and time for bed. Long day of meetings tomorrow 🙁 , but tomorrow, I eat Chipotle!)

 

[felinelvr44]

I've been closely monitoring my remaining vacation days so that I take exactly as many as I'm allowed to, before leaving my job. I just realized that I still had two more to take so I just scheduled them in and now it means that I don't have a full week of work left until I give my 2-weeks notice

 

[Kpowell14]

Dachshund dystocia last night... Momma had 11 total puppies!! Craaaaziness!! We lost one, but the rest were doing well when I left!!
Lost of other cool cases but my eyes are halfway closed typing this.,, time for bed!!!!

 

[BlackDog17]

Awesome Krav Maga class this morning, impromptu party with some old friends tonight, spending time with the bf tomorrow, riding motorcycles all weekend, and then testing for my next Krav belt next week. Damn good week! 😀

 

[that redhead]

Congrats, MommaFox!

My rave(ish): Officially started my internship today... I'm about 35% okay with this and 65% terrified.

I just geeked at your new "veterinarian" and "SA intern" things - so exciting! Hope it goes well!

 

[kakurubird]

Gorgeous weather yesterday, today, tomorrow and the horse I've been riding's owner is out of town this week. He's been a good boy so far and we're going to try some poles/low fences tomorrow!

 

[felinelvr44]

Enjoying the trappings of corporate (big) law before I leave this world forever... tonight my firm is having a summer cocktail party at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum! All the exhibits will be open to us (+ tons of yummy food and free booze), and we get to go on the spaceship!! 😀

 

[swingnsave]

On a good note, I have lost 15 lbs of fat and gained about 7lbs of muscle in the past 2ish months. Thanks crossfit!!

 

[puppyloomp]

I got an internship at a farm that rescues farm animals and bunnies! I'm so excited.

 

[ESD_2029]

the weather is gorgeous and i'm about to have a summer weekend of fantastic experiences!!!! 🙂

 

[Kpowell14]

Happy to announce that SO and I have an official wedding date set... August 16th 😀 😀 😍 and yes that's less than 2 months away hahaha. I am in crazy wedding planning mode.

I found the most perfect amazing fairy tale venue and we got a major deal on it since we are only having our 2 best friends there.. One of my vet school roomies is going to take pictures for us and do my hair ... SO is working on the officiant... I'm going dress shopping again this weekend. My ring will be arriving tomorrow, his will be here in about a week. Everything is falling into place and I couldn't be happier 😍 😀 😀

 

[ESD_2029]

Happy to announce that SO and I have an official wedding date set... August 16th 😀 😀 😍 and yes that's less than 2 months away hahaha. I am in crazy wedding planning mode.

I found the most perfect amazing fairy tale venue and we got a major deal on it since we are only having our 2 best friends there.. One of my vet school roomies is going to take pictures for us and do my hair ... SO is working on the officiant... I'm going dress shopping again this weekend. My ring will be arriving tomorrow, his will be here in about a week. Everything is falling into place and I couldn't be happier 😍 😀 😀

Congratulations!!

 

[Emiloo4]

Happy to announce that SO and I have an official wedding date set... August 16th 😀 😀 😍 and yes that's less than 2 months away hahaha. I am in crazy wedding planning mode.

I found the most perfect amazing fairy tale venue and we got a major deal on it since we are only having our 2 best friends there.. One of my vet school roomies is going to take pictures for us and do my hair ... SO is working on the officiant... I'm going dress shopping again this weekend. My ring will be arriving tomorrow, his will be here in about a week. Everything is falling into place and I couldn't be happier 😍 😀 😀

Yay yay and yay!!!!