walking in the rain
I was walking in the rain in the park today with Beau and I found it odd that one of the most beautiful things I saw were the leftover rose petals littering the grass and sidewalks we traipsed about on. It’s like, yesterday was the day for love, but today it’s all over. It’s just trash in the park.
Exactly.
old stuff | Comment (0)New Month’s Resolutions
I flaked on New Year’s Resolutions, and afterall, it is hard to predict what kind of changes I should make for my life this year so far in advance. I work much better on a delineated To-Do list system that changes constantly. Thus, I am going to make some New Month’s Resolutions, because although we are only 7 days into February, I am stressed to the max and freaking out about grades (despite my outward non-committal attitude).
Therefore, for February I resolve to:
1) Go to class and actually pay attention and take notes while I am there - this includes Embryology, which is potentially a lethal class in that it induces such an intense soporific state there is danger of falling unconscious and not recovering.
2) For physiology, I will review my notes nightly, recopying them if I have to, in order to spend sufficient time with the material and to develop a sense of my weaknesses for intense study in those areas when I have time.
3) For microbiology, I will review my notes nightly, and when reading the journal papers, I will make notes in a separate notebook for later reference.
4) For anatomy, I will keep up with my additions to my notes, including sketches and diagrams.
5) Friday nights and afternoons will be spent completing all menial tasks for the week - Lab worksheets (phys and micro), Public Health essays, personal business - however, drinking a Jack and Coke while doing so is perfectly acceptable.
6) Saturdays shall only be taken off if all tasks for the week have been previously completed.
7) Sundays shall be used for house chores - washing the car, vacuuming, cleaning, laundry and dog washing. In the evenings, it will be prudent to take a quick review of all the material for the previous weeks
8) Beau will be walked for at least 45 minutes per day, and he’ll only get fed 2 cups of kibble per day - no treats and no human food (other than cookies for ear cleaning and going potty outside) - because the vet said he was too fat.
9) I will try my damndest not to go insane.
10) I will try harder than my damndest to not go on a stress-induced rampage. Drinking of copious amounts of tea will aid in this, I suspect.
Oh frick, I am so screwed. I don’t know if can do all this, but I pretty much to at this point. I’m tired of sucking at being a veterinary student, and it freaks me out because when I went to talk to a professor about it, he pretty much told me I would be a crappy vet in the future if I didn’t learn all this stuff well right now. Despite what all the 2nd and 3rd years tell me. I don’t want to be a crappy vet, and I don’t want to hate school for the next 3.5 years.
This will also cut into my sleeping time unfortunately. Here’s hoping that I do not get sick within the next week like I imagine I will because I’ve only been getting 6-7 hours a night.
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