Worst. Semester. Ever.
That pretty much sums up how I feel about the last few months of my life, which culminated in the worst week of my life.
But it’s summer, now, and things are back to quasi-normal. I’ll catch you up on the horribleness in a bit.
For now, we return to our regularly scheduled programming.
Jun 20, 2011 | 0 | MiscellanySeriously? Why am I having these dreams? I haven’t even started yet!
Last night’s dream featured a multiple choice test, along with people interrupting me every ten seconds to make comments under their breath or to ask a question. Consequently, I couldn’t ever fully read through a question, and had to keep starting each question over. I had about twenty questions left in the last five minutes…grr!
Unfortunately, this scenario isn’t too far from reality. I discovered something very interesting about myself at the beginning of last school year, when I was taking my first Mammalian Physiology exam. There were so many people in the room, and my grasp on the material was fairly tenuous, and I was really nervous… Every. Little. Thing. Distracted me. A person moving their leg, a pencil hitting the table, the clock–any of these would fully remove my attention from the test, and then I would have to start reading through the question all over again.
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Not vet school–that isn’t for another two weeks. Nope, I’m talking about the vet school nightmares, those of the naked-in-class-forgot-to-study variety.
Last night I had my first, and hopefully last, of these lovely dreams.
Mine went something like this:
My anatomy lab partner and I went into the lab late one night to work on our dog dissection. For some reason, our dog had been cryogenically frozen while still alive, so when we took her out to dissect her, she started to wake up as she thawed!
Thinking quickly, my lab partner decided to cut her jugular vein, which proceeded to flop around, cartoon-style, like a garden hose on full blast when no one’s holding it. We were both covered in blood. Lovely. But we had a lot to do, so we ignored the blood and worked late into the night.
Lo and behold, our first anatomy exam was the next day. Because I’d been in the lab so late, I didn’t manage to look at the study guide until right before the test. The study guide included an entire year’s worth of material, and I recognized about three words on it. Great.
When I went in to take the test, there were various stations set up, each of which had a note card with a question on it. Instead of writing my answers on my answer sheet, I managed to write all my answers on the cards, for everyone else to see. Really, this dream was not going well.
Fortunately, I was spared further humiliation because I woke up at that point.
Egads. Let’s hope there are no more of these…
Aug 04, 2010 | 2 | MiscellanyA mere three weeks stand between me and my first day of vet school. I imagine, perhaps incorrectly, that the majority of my classmates are in “I’m so excited for vet school!” mode. That is, thinking about classes, buying new shoes, and generally having vet school on the brain. I should be too, but I’m not.
Instead, I am in freak out mode. I’m not freaking out about starting vet school, though–I’m freaking out about how much crap I have to do between now and then. Vet school is the furthest thing from my mind.
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Just discovered this blog, written by six new grad vets somewhere Down Under.
Just managed to burn through an hour reading old posts.
I laughed, cried, and thought deep thoughts.
Good stuff.
Jul 03, 2010 | 2 | Miscellany
I recently got into a slight verbal kerfluffle with a future classmate. Apparently he didn’t like my badmouthing Hill’s, makers of Science Diet.
I have very very very mixed feelings about Hill’s. On the one hand, they pour a lot of money into things that genuinely benefit vet students…not to mention the goodies they offer, like the sportin’ Hill’s backpacks and the student lunches and the pens. I love pens.
On the other hand, I don’t like the unholy alliance they seem to have with the nation’s vet schools–teaching nutrition classes, providing free nutrition textbooks authored by Hill’s scientists, etc.
Take this excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article** (note that Hill’s is owned by Colgate-Palmolive): Read the rest of this entry »
May 18, 2010 | 3 | MiscellanyCenter Pet Pharmacy is giving away free C.E.T. Dental Chews. Visit their Facebook page for more details:
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Jan 30, 2010 | 0 | Miscellany
I suppose it’s a little ambitious to start a blog titled “Vet School Blog” long before one is even accepted to vet school. And it would have been really embarrassing had I never been admitted!
The good news, though, is…HOLY COW! THEY LET ME IN!
I’ll be starting at Colorado State in Fall 2010, and then you really will be reading a “vet school blog.”
One of these days 
, I’ll write a few posts about the application process this go-round.
Until then, however, I invite you to visit the project I am doing in honor of being admitted. I am profoundly grateful for the chance to go to vet school, and this is my way of showing my gratitude:
Jan 01, 2010 | 3 | Getting In, Miscellany
I remember (unlike 99.999% of my classmates) when Sally Field won her Oscar for Places in the Heart and delivered the title line of this post. Not that this post has anything to do with Sally Field.
Nope, it’s about the two different animal encounters I had today in which I felt as though this whole vet school thing was a good choice for me. During which I found myself thinking, “You like me!”
The first occurred while the handsome boyfriend and I were out hiking and came across some Forest Service volunteers with a couple of pack llamas. We got to pet the llamas, and one of the llamas kept leaning his head in toward me to nuzzle. His handler said, “Wow! He really likes you!” That always makes me feel good, when animals like me. Read the rest of this entry »
May 31, 2009 | 0 | Animal Tales, MiscellanyI had this lovely little dream last night in which CSU’s vet school called me up and told me that a spot had opened up for me in next year’s incoming class. Ah, if only.
If that were the case, then I wouldn’t have to spend the next 36 hours studying biochemistry. Just the next 18.
If only. . .
Mar 31, 2009 | 0 | Getting In, Miscellany