Update...

I'm not quite sure where to start...

First, I was completely rejected from all my vet schools. As a result, I am stuck here in Athens working a less than 18,000 a year job. But I am with my devilishly handsome boyfriend who by the way I am moving in with at the end of the month. It will be 3 years in August... what's another year.
I've started a new application for vet school and am planning to apply for UF, Auburn, Georgia, Wisconsin, VA Tech/Maryland, and Colorado State. I'm going to need to take out a small loan to pay off just the application process :/

I have graduated from UGA Magna cum Laude with a 3.8 GPA in Biological Sciences and minor in Cellular Biology. You know what you can do with this degree? Abso-fucking-lutely nothing!!! Well, there are options, but most of them entail preferences for either a Master's or Ph.D.

David will get graduating with his Ph.D. in May 2009. I'm extremely nervous about this because who knows where his job will take him and I don't know if wants to follow me to vet school. Time will tell. I guess I should make the most of the year rather than pushing him away.

Roommate got married! How fantastic!!!

As for my new year resolution that I just looked back upon - what shit. Lifestyle change nothing. Saving money - HA! Not when you have to buy new furnishings and keep your head afloat. Maybe after vet school. If I get in this year.

Plans are to retake both the standard GRE and biology GRE and kick complete ass on them. I already have small and large animal experience and the large animal experience is with Dairy Cows (aka Food animal) which is a plus. I've neutered my own cat and I will be spaying my sister's dog. I will be declawing Bob's front paws soon (since I just got a brand new couch and he's torn apart my loveseat). It's all about politics... which I hate... and I don't know anyone or have any connections. BOO!! We'll see what happens this year. I need to get jumping on this GRE studying - I bought the books two months ago and haven't touched them yet. No, that's incorrect. I've touched them only to move them from one side of the desk to the other. That's about right.

New Year

Ahh... the new year... same old shit.

Same resolutions as always, but this year I'm going to be reserved and put everything succintly... lifestyle change. This entails many things.

First, eat healthier. I will not elaborate.
Second, exercise more... I paid 65 bucks for a rec pass for the drop-in aerobics class and damn it I'm going to get my money's worth!!!!
Third, set aside part of each paycheck so I can treat myself to something fucking awesome when I graduate.

That's about all I have for now. I don't have a set amount of weight to loose or a set number of anything. Just a general change.

So, a new year also means a new semester. I'm taking a lot of "lower" level classes cuz well....I need some of them for the vet schools I'm applying for (more on that later).
Stat2000- ugh. First math class since calc in high school.
ADSC2010 plus lab - need as a pre-req for...
ADSC3300- nutrition (for vet school)
3 "seminars": equine seminar- haven't been yet...will know more tomorrow
business/professionalism seminar in the crop and soil science department - should be interesting
topics of international agriculture - awesome!!! no formal class time, completely self-directed, all I have to do is write a research paper. sweet!!!!

So overall it will be a decently busy semester, but pretty easy. I can feel the senioritis sinking in and the not wanting to do anything!!!!

Anyway, vet school. Ugh. I'm so anxious!! I don't know where I'm going to be next semester!!! Colorado? Wisconsin? or Georgia? I DON'T KNOW!!!! It's all so complicated! Concerns: room mates, david, family....
Again, complicated. I'll make a decision when I'm forced to. Final.

New start...

I know it's been a while and so my "regular" readers probably won't see this in a while, but I'm going to try to post more often. The past year or two have been hectic to say the least. Not much has changed though.

Parents have moved into their newly built home near Montgomery.
I've reapplied to vet school at Colorado State, UW-Madison, and Georgia.
I have one semester left at Georgia (more on this later).
David and I are still together after 2 1/2 years!!!! (wow. personal best. I'm still very much in love with him.)
Working at a lovely vet in Athens (drama minimal since queen doctor and jester left... their names have been changed to protect the "innocent")

So on the topic of school -
As I said I've reapplied to vet school. I'll find out from Colorado State end of January/February and the other two in March. It's just hassel not knowing where I'm going to be next year. Financially speaking Georgia would be my best bet, but I just don't want to stay in Georgia!! I want to get out! But David is here, but he won't be here after my first year in vet school!!??? I just don't know what to do!! I can't exactly anyone else because it's really personal (but I guess since I'm posting this... I am techinally asking. What SHOULD I do!!??) We always said that our relationship shouldn't sway our decisions in life. Well.... now I want it to! So sue me.
Anyway, its difficult not knowing what's going to happen to me in about 4 months when I have to make a decision. I think I've said Colorado State is my choice cuz I get to go skiing and get a great education, but Wisconsin is a drinking town with a football problem... and also damn fine education. Georgia.... a football town with a drinking problem and in-state tuition and a really low cost of living (thank goodness for the poor south... I need shoes if I'm going to living in a cold area!).

Anyone have any feed back?

As for my undergraduate degree. I'm essentially done! I'm just finishing up my minor. w00t!
I'm also taking some classes that are required for the other two vet schools (statistics and animal nutrition). Taking 3 seminars next semester! haha! Also an intro to animal and dairy science (required for my nutrition class).
But yeah. I'm scrapping this semester by with an A in cell bio lab, B+ in endocrinology, A- in bacterial pathogenesis, A in entomology seminar and in medicinal herbs and spices. Keeping my GPA around 3.77. At this rate I'll graduate magna cum laude (*sniffle* wish it were summa... *sniffle* but that' reserved for MRS degrees like psych and business and fashion...). There IS a reason why you very rarely see a science major graduating with a 4.0 It's called organic chemistry..... and the plus/minus system.

As stated a while back I'm working at a vet hospital in Athens. In the 8 months I've been working there I've essentially become one of the "lead" techs (because all the other ones moved on to vet school). I really like the doctor I work for. He's really great with the pets and knows his stuff! I do wish we got bonuses more often (... well... at all), but it's a small practice that has more time to focus on the patients and I get more time to learn everything.

I have a kitten. His name is Bob for bob cat. Corny yes. He's gotten so big!!!! And I got to neuter him myself! Watch out boys! Better sleep with one eye open!

I think that's probably good for right now.

Here we are again...

It's been a while, but I survived Spring Semester.

I wish I could say that I would be spending my fall semester at the vet school, but sadly... I can't. I'm currently 9th on the waiting list (I was 11th...).

So. I've started a new application and I will be applying to UGA, UF (I know, I know.. but they have a great vet school...), and UW. I'm also starting to fill out grad school apps for UGA master's program for biochem.



Another note: I've moved out of the Reserve and into my bf's place cuz my new stupid apartment won't let us move in early... stupid...
So now David's apartment is fuly of my boxes of shit... my shit.
and I had to move it ALL BY MYSELF!!!! I was so pissed... especially after about 8 loads. I think it was 12 loads total.

Em and I cleaned the apartment today.... it took over 4 hours. Just the two of us... out of the four total room mates... three of which were in athens at the time.

School year closing

Alas, it is the end of another school year. Here's some of the things that have happened:

I quit my job at the Teaching Hospital so I could get a job that I actually like at another vet hospital... where they actually let me do more that just hold the damn pets.

Finals are next week.. ugh. Here is how I stand with my grades now

Companion Animal Care: A (solid)
Avian Reproductive Physiology: B+/A- (must get 90 or better on final..yuck)
Elements of Physiology: A- (must get 90 or better)
Microbiology Lab: A-/A (must get 90 or better)
Microbiology: A- (must get 90 or better)
Neurobiology: B+ (who the hell knows...)

So, I actually have to do well on my finals... ggrrr.

Plans for the summer:

Work work work work work... and school.

I wanted to get some research experience but I haven't heard back from anyone about anything.


OH!! I'm 11th on the waiting list for vet school at UGA!! W00t! So I will be on the look out for my acceptance letter.. which probably won't happen until two weeks before classes start. Does that suck or what?

Anyway, I need to go pick up my car from the mechanics - again. This is the third time my car has crapped out on me in one way or another. My next car is going to be a Honda.

Stupid car.

Good... but not good enough!

I am currently on the alternate list for vet school. I hear that I can get an acceptance letter at any time during the summer.

One girl I talked to said she got her acceptance letter two weeks before classes started. How nerve racking!!!


On a good note, I'm applying for a job at a local vet a friend works at. Apparentally they are short-handed and she put in a good word for me. I turn in my resume and application tomorrow morning. I'm not getting my hopes up... like everything else. But I want to quit my orderly job so bad!!!!

Classes are okay. They could be better.

vulnerable

17 hours...


That's a lot to be taking in one semester. It's a little challenging, but I always like a challenge. Here are my classes:

ADSC (Animal Companion Care)
POUL (Avian Reproductive Physiology)
VPHY (Elements of Physiology)
MIBO lab (microbiology lab)
MIBO lecture (microbiology)
CBIO (neurobiology)

Most would think that I'm crazy, and I probably am, but as it stands now, if I drop my minor I can graduate by December. Isn't that insane!!!??? Graduate early?? This is, of course, if I don't get into vet school this year. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that I don't receive any kind of letter from the vet school until end of March/beginning of April. That is when they send out all of the acceptance/wait listed letters. I'm praying for a huge evelope.

Everyone says that I have a good chance of getting in. Why is everyone else so confident that I'll get in, yet I am the one that feels like a failure already?

What am I going to do if I don't get in? Obiviously I'll finish up my undergrad, but what about if I don't get in the following year? What am I going to do? Grad school of some sort I imagine. Biochemistry.... maybe? Go for my PhD??

I feel so vulnerable... I hate that feeling.