Monday I had a terrible morning.
I was tired and sore and work is tolerable except for the people that work there. One co-worker decided scheduling a doctor's appointment on a Monday morning with a full kennel when she is off on Thursdays and not telling anyone is appropriate work behavior. The other - when I told him the amount of disgust he'd let build up during his weekend shift was intolerable told me that complaining would get me nowhere... then soaked my beloved gadgety cell phone in Novalsan, either on purpose or just because he really is that careless...
Needless to say I was peeved at lunch. Bill and I snugged on the couch watching the minutes pass by way too quickly. I get 1 hour for lunch, I'd left at 12:50 and it was already 1:50 and I was still at home. I drag my feet and tell myself that I have time to check my email before heading back to land of nincompoops. Katie had called me that morning and left a less than perky message about calling her back - less than perky = something is bothering her.
As I suspected I had an email from her and I click on it right as it registers that I also had an email from the director of student services and MSU-CVM...
Instant adrenaline rush...
I just kept saying "bill, bill, bill, bill..." and he came thinking I'd broken something or been boggled by my computer imploding. I point to the screen - we beam.
Very happy.
It is slowly sinking in that in the fall I will start the road to becoming a veterinarian. I'm nervous, of course, but sooo excited. It is a really odd feeling when you have really wanted something for a really long time and it actually happens. A weight is lifted but it still doesn't feel like the wait has lifted. Dr. T had his quite mundane reaction he has to all big news that we throw at him. Anything more probably would have thrown me off.
Phone-soaking co-worker was very cordial and nice.
Show-when-it's-convenient-for-me coworker said "oh! you got in! when are you leaving?!?!"
Nice.
At least now there is a very bright light at the end of this tunnel.
My next big goal is to get Bill a job that either has health insurance or pays him enough he can afford an extra $150/mo it will add. I talked to Terry and he said he knew someone and that he was optimistic that Bill could get a good job - now I am too!
There is just soooo much to do!
Books, Laptop, Loans, Apartment, SCHOOL.
I'm going to have my own cubicle.
I had a nice dinner with Bill at Boscos.
So that was Monday....
Tuesday I managed to work over 11 hours and had a very nice dinner with Heather, Mike, and Bill. I paid because everyone ordered the cheapest thing except Bill and his $13 steak dinner... didn't seem balanced - but apparently I was annoying about it so I suck. For some reason I'm very paranoid about taking things from people... makes me feel funky.
Wednesday: and then i will shut up because I will have no choice, having run out of days...
Today I inadvertently woke up at 5am and was AWAKE but extremely tired and sore. One of the kitties had gotten sick all over the entrance hall and the den. After a pleasant morning scrub and dragging Bill out of bed, kicking and screaming like a toddler, I was off to work. Work, thankfully, was uneventful.
We did have this guy that had abandoned a HBC (hit by car) puppy with us back in late January/ early February (dog was in extremely poor shape, he abandoned, we put it out of its misery) - he calls today - April 19th and asks "so how is my dog?" These people have not had communications with us since the initial fiasco, we have turned their account over to collections and written it off and he calls up - how's it doing? sheesh. (We really weren't even heartless at all - it would have taken thousands and a skilled orthopedic surgeon to put it back together right and we suspect that the wounds were actually old injuries because the dog was not in shock was alert and showing no signs of pain - a really terrible thing with broken femurs, tibias, and a shattered pelvis).
But anyway.
Mom calls at the exact moment I am clocking out and says she got a package from MSU so I get to go harass her at the library.
This oh mother of mine presents me with a fabulous prize!
My stethoscope!!!! Hahahaha! I’m so thrilled by it. I finally can legitimately have really cool stuff like that without being some weirdo!! I’m so excited about being a professional. The peers, the clients, the animals, the knowledge… it is going to be so much fun. I’m really scared about not doing well in school, but I want it so much – I think I just may be bull-headed enough to pull this off.
When we got home we used the stethoscope on the cats – they were so disgusted. The device was instantly recognized as something associated with that loathsome vet office they so despise. They made these awful faces and we hadn’t done a single thing but press a small round object to their chest – didn’t even disturb the position they were in. It was really funny. Calvin – he’s kinda dramatic anyway – made his ears go flat, squinted, and started kicking me with his bunny feet, but he kicks soft because he’s a good boy that doesn’t scratch or bite, so it was even more entertaining.
I wanted to look at laptops but Bill pointed out that there would be no point in purchasing one now because when August rolls around laptops will be on sale because of school and god knows what technology will be newly included – most likely Microsoft’s new version of Windows – Microsoft Vista. So that would be annoying to spend so much and then kick myself for it.
One thing I do need to do is start building my library, these books are so cool! I've gotten a few on my own and I use them like mad just working as a tech, I feel better looking it up at home, learning as much as I can and then coming back and when I discuss it with a vet I can ask better questions than "do what now?"…
I really feel like I should start parasitology and histology now… just in case I am really behind.
Well I’m sure that statistics will show that the likelihood of anyone actually making it through this post and my past three days is close to zip – it is officially bedtime. =)
