March 23, 2007

• Boy, oh, boy. I have not been this exhausted in such a long time, and this is just the tip of the iceberg before hitting vet school in approximately two-three years (or, you know, whenever I get my butt around to finishing this bachelor’s degree). I actually really love (x one million) being super busy. It’s a weird craving, always having somewhere to go – not necessarily people to see, but stuff to do. I guess that’s why I cannot WAIT until I’m in vet school. I know it’s going to be hard and crazy, but I know it’s going to be super fun. I feel like I do so many things now, in my undergrad, yet there are like 10,000 more things I want to add to my plate.

  Anyways, I did my first foal watch last night. I say ‘last night’ with as much flexibility as possible, because it was actually 3 am – 7 am this morning. It was amazing. Sure, the poor colt was hooked up to three catheters and an oxygen tube, but it felt so medicine-y and wonderful. The vet student did everything that dealt with the medicine, but it is just getting that hands-on experience that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I shared my shift with another girl who was super awesome, and we spent the four hours talking like we were already good friends.

  I think the best part of the night, and this may seem a small and insignificant to a lot of people, but I got to put the colt’s oxygen tube back in his nose! He sneezed it out, and I got to put in back in. It felt so awesome, it really did. I know it’s a small thing, something people may do every day of their lives – but I have never done anything like that. I have never even been around medical equipment like that with the TPN machine and catheters and stuff. I felt a little bit of important just for those four hours. It really has solidified wanting to work in the vet profession even more. I really need to find a place to volunteer at to learn more, especially a small animal clinic which is where I would like to take my practice once I am done with all my schooling.

  It’s raining like crazy here. It has been doing this all day on and off – but right now, it is thunderstorming and I am hoping that my power does not go off. Tomorrow is the last day of classes of the week. I have tests next week, and I need to study like crazy so thankfully I open on both Saturday and Sunday so I can get cracking on everything I need to learn! Work is going amazing though; every day I work I am completely booked (unlike when I worked at Petco – we were so slow that I was NEVER booked) and hopefully I’ll soon gain some request dogs.

  I think that is all I have to report — the foal watch was the most important. I’m tired. I’m going to read a chapter of my book for history and hit the sack.

  Night y’all.

  • 12:07 am
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