The Chicken-scratch Declaration of ME

From the notebook mentioned earlier in my blog that my friend bought me. I decided to start out with an easy page: I am.
I apologize for my chicken scratch writing and clear lack of planning and organizational skills.

3 minutes of my dogs

Looking to waste 3 minutes of your day? You've come to the right place.
My dogs are hilarious, also, I am easily entertained.
Silly pups.

Uncreative drugs

I woke up today and I was 21 years old. :) How exciting, lol. I had an exam today so the most exciting parts of my day was free lunch thanks to my friends and some presents, including a silly little notebook that I shall doodle in and upload pages of, and gift cards cause I can always use those.
Yesterday night my dad and I set up my easel which was my gift from my parents, I'm excited!

delicious strawberry cake, made from scratch thanks to my dad! He might suck at decorating but it tasted nummy.

Hehe, I had to use Fei for a size comparison. :)

I have not consumed alcohol today. I am a lame-o. But as one of my bio-friends said (and I'm paraphrasing), "ethanol is such a boring drug. 2 carbons and an alcohol group? Get more creative people." Of course, its true. Compared to the beautiful ring structure of LSD, heroin, and cocaine which at least has a chair conformation in it, ethanol is boring. But enough of that chemistry nonsense, don't do drugs kids.

Commentary on "High Debt and Falling Demand Trap New Vets"

A fellow blogger (Claws Paws and Scales) just posted this article, titled High Debt and Falling Demand Trap New Vets.

“I have said it over and over to myself and friends, ‘This is as close to predatory lending as anything I’ve ever seen,’ ” Dr. Wilson continues. “The only reason it’s not a high-profile crime in 2013 is because income-based repayment and pay as you earn have postponed the reality and pain for 20 to 30 years.”

What Dr. Wilson learned long ago is that it is hard to talk anyone out of vet school. Many students, like Dr. Schafer, set their hearts on the job at an early age. If you are doing what you have always wanted, and you find it fulfilling, the numbers don’t seem relevant. At least initially.

“It comes down to this,” Dr. Schafer says. “Is there anything else I’d be happy doing? No. Is there any way around paying off the loans? No. So, what the heck? A lot of it is just trying to put it out of your mind and maybe it’ll disappear.”

Aaaah, so why was Bewildermunster able to change her mind about going to vet school? Well. I have many loves, and veterinary medicine was not the only thing. I love nature, animals (not just domestic ones!), art, traveling, science, and my family. And yes, I love Doom. If I were to go to vet school, not only would I be trapping myself into lifelong debt, but I would be trapping Doom and any children I choose to have as well. Personally, I can't do it.  It frightened me. And I have to think down to the 'bear necessities' and realize what I want in my life. I would NEVER do anything just for a title. I wouldn't ever endanger my family just to be called 'doctor'. I want to be happy, I want to have a home, and some animals, and maybe a kid. I want to travel, I want to work with my hands, and preferably I'd like to do something science related. Can I do all these things without going to vet school? Yes, and I feel like I'm more likely to do them.
I wouldn't criticize anyone else who is or has chosen to go to vet school, but I do feel like the profession needs to be better informed. I'm glad I did my research. Cause the statistics on the BLS website aren't necessarily true, and the idea that there is a shortage of veterinarians is a lie. What we are in a shortage of is clients seeking veterinary services. But you can't force a client to pay.
I am more at peace with my decision now. In another time, another economy, sure, I may have become "Dr. Bewildermunster, DVM", but not today. And that's okay. I just want happiness, and a life full of love and beautiful experiences.

Bite the head off first, my love.

I don't know why, but I woke up today, still tired, I ate breakfast and lunch and then knocked out for a couple hours! I woke up, still tired AGAIN, wandered into the kitchen, and SURPRISE! I saw a package waiting for me. :) My dear friend Blogadog had sent me a package! Cheered me right up, and after half a cup of super bitter nasty coffee, I was awake enough to take pics! <3

The cutest doggie chew sticks I ever did see! The dogs loved them! Titus chewed his nice and slow, and Feivel chewed his relatively slow for once, haha.

Sea weed! Should be interesting!

These things are amazing.

 

 

ATC! Yaaay!

I'm gonna smell like the wildest ginger sensual plum EVER. :D

OMG I love these so much. Doggie christmas jammies! I don't care what month it is, hahah.

And of course CHOCOLATE. We feed into each others chocolate addictions, don't we, blogadog? ;) Don't worry, I was humane and ate him head first.

In addition to this I got my dad to give me one of my presents early as I already knew what it was! My old kindle (a kindle keyboard) died, I was quite sad about it. I had loved that thing for ~3 years! I even called amazons tech support but no luck. Soooooo my dad was nice and bought me a new one, and I love it! Its the kindle paperwhite, and its got a built in light which is really nice. I can't listen to audiobooks on this one but I guess I can do that on my phone.
Now I must stop this napping nonsense and get back to studying! I have an exam tomorrow that I would hate to muck up.

Why I'm a Bum & Other Pics of Doggies

I wish I had more interesting things to blog about, but my life is pretty lame right now. I need to learn some stress management, maybe do some yoga, take a walk in the woods... oh wait, its a desert out there. -_-'
Anyway, enough about my saltiness.
This was a good week, I got an A on my first biochem 2 exam, which made me quite happy. I also got an A on my history/geography test, and an A on my other history paper. So atleast I can justify my bumminess and non-workyness with my grades. :) I've also completed one application for a summer research scholarship, just waiting on my professors approval to submit it!
I've got an animal physiology exam on monday, which is also my birthday. Yay for turning 21! My friends will probably make me drink, but I don't like alcohol much so I'm mostly looking forward to the SUSHI!
I'm always in some kind of mini-freak-out-mode, and this week, its the whole "when do I wanna graduate/when do I wanna apply to grad schools" thing, and it honestly all depends on if I can complete all the classes I need by next spring or not. I need to meet with science advising and honors advising, and until then I don't know if I'm gonna go ahead and take my GRE exams. I hate being uncertain...
If I'm stressing you out by being stressed out, here are some cute pics of my doggies to calm all of us down ;)

Looooong weekend!

Well, its nearing the end of my lovely 4 day weekend. Well, actually, 5 day weekend as I didn't go to class last Thursday cause I was feeling icky. I'm proud of myself, I was able to write a 1,000 word essay, type up some animal phys notes, study for my biochem test (its tomorrow!) and prepare most of my application for a summer research scholarship. Cooperating with my research professor seems to be going well, she helped me quite a bit on my proposal.
While procrastinating from the productiveness I mentioned earlier, I started searching for masters programs! There's a lot out there, which is exciting. I've also pondered some artwork I'd like to make, but at this rate who knows when I'll get time to paint next.
I'm more optimistic now, though I had a long discussion with Doom last night about what's gonna be happening within the next year or two. Somehow, we have to save up money for applications, moving costs, apartment costs, a new car (Doom's car has been used and abused)... aaah my brain's going to explode just thinking about it!
I gotta remind myself to take everything one step at a time.