I now have a ridiculously annoying internal alarm that blares study now or you're going to fail out! solely from being told countless times that I will fall behind if I don't study every night. What makes this even more frustrating is that I'm a champion study-the-night-before-er, aka a horrible studier.
Case point: I have studied every night since Monday and only three of those sessions have been productive (productive = I feel as if I learned something).
I am strangely unstressed by this. Frustrated, but unstressed.
Random notes: I only needed to bring lunch once, as pizza has been provided at each of the club meetings I've attended. Locker room lockers go very quickly. There is always a rush for the bathroom immediately after class. It's nice not having to carry 9 binders around. Our tablet PCs' batteries suck. And my cat likes to sleep on my head.
Finally, it has become glaringly obvious that the attention my dog needs and deserves is not compatible with the amount of studying I need to be doing. So he will be going back home as I'm sure he wants to. All I will say is that I tried--which is what I set out to do when I brought him up here--and that I know I'm making the right decision. But my home will be 95 pounds emptier come Tuesday.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Orientation
As orientation has come and gone, and the first day of classes begins in roughly 11 hours, I figured it was time to reflect on our 3-day introduction to ISU CVM. So here goes:
Reflection #1. It's generally not a good idea to go to bed after midnight when you have to wake up sometime between 6:00 and 6:30.
Reflection #2. I find it hard to believe that I'm the only INTJ in the class. Are we really that rare?
Reflection #3. Icebreakers and team-building activities can be really, really lame, but they actually do help you learn more about each other.
Reflection #4. Three days is not enough time to meet all 150 or so of your classmates. I think I've met like 50 (if that).
Reflection #5. Orientation is both exciting and absolutely exhausting. I've spent the past two days catching up on sleep.
Reflection #6. Even if your eyes are blurring with exhaustion and you would much rather be sleeping at the start of your White Coat Ceremony, you will get excited when it's your turn to be coated.
Reflection #1. It's generally not a good idea to go to bed after midnight when you have to wake up sometime between 6:00 and 6:30.
Reflection #2. I find it hard to believe that I'm the only INTJ in the class. Are we really that rare?
Reflection #3. Icebreakers and team-building activities can be really, really lame, but they actually do help you learn more about each other.
Reflection #4. Three days is not enough time to meet all 150 or so of your classmates. I think I've met like 50 (if that).
Reflection #5. Orientation is both exciting and absolutely exhausting. I've spent the past two days catching up on sleep.
Reflection #6. Even if your eyes are blurring with exhaustion and you would much rather be sleeping at the start of your White Coat Ceremony, you will get excited when it's your turn to be coated.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
An Introduction
So who is this mysterious person posting on the internet?
Well, to start, I'm a first year veterinary student (VM1) at Iowa State University who is intent on becoming a zoo/wildlife veterinarian. I live a hop, skip, and a jump from the vet school with my dog and my hyperactive kitten. I grew up in Iowa (well, for the most part) but was actually born abroad, which I'm sure had something to do with the urge to leave the country I get every few years and the desire to try my hand at international work. I also attended ISU for undergrad and graduated May 2008 with a B.S. in Zoology. That should be more than enough to identify me if you know me ;)
Well, to start, I'm a first year veterinary student (VM1) at Iowa State University who is intent on becoming a zoo/wildlife veterinarian. I live a hop, skip, and a jump from the vet school with my dog and my hyperactive kitten. I grew up in Iowa (well, for the most part) but was actually born abroad, which I'm sure had something to do with the urge to leave the country I get every few years and the desire to try my hand at international work. I also attended ISU for undergrad and graduated May 2008 with a B.S. in Zoology. That should be more than enough to identify me if you know me ;)
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