Bankaccountopenia
One of our professors was discussing thrombocytopenia (low platelets) this week, and said it was a little bit like bankaccountopenia, which, as vet students, we would all be familiar with.
Oh, so sad, but true. This is one of the especially difficult parts about being a non-traditional student. I used to make decent money, and now… now I don’t even itemize deductions on my income taxes because my outflow is so much higher than my inflow, and I don’t want the IRS to flag my returns.
It’s been really difficult to break the habit of spending like I have a decent income. Even though I sometimes think to myself, “I just spent twenty dollars and now the world will end!”, I also often think things like, “Well, I’m going to be a couple hundred thou in debt anyway, so what’s another hundred?” Bad, bad, bad.
I’ve been trying to work more this year, partially because I want to have more disposable income and partially because I want to improve my school-life balance, but it’s really, really hard to get the motivation. It would probably help if the job I had was actually relevant to vet school in some way, but it’s not. I tend to just resent that it’s keeping me from studying, never mind that it’s allowing me to eat.
And so, here I am wishing someone could come up with a cure for vet school-induced bankaccountopenia.
I’ve got it! I just need a bank account transfusion from a healthy donor account!
Any takers?
Oct 07, 2011 | 0 | School Daze
