I graduate in one week. ONE WEEK! How crazy is that?!
My brain seriously cannot comprehend it. I cannot fathom the idea of being done with school. It completely boggles the mind.
My Ophthalmology externship is lovely thus far. They accidentally scheduled another student during my time there. Usually they prefer to just have one, but I am really pleased. It’s nice having another student to talk to and it makes things less awkward. She’s a new incoming 4th year so it’s her very first rotation! I’m trying to give her good tips for the year and making sure that I give as much positive advice as I can. As this year has worn me down, I feel like I have more and more negative things to say, but that’s more because I’m tired than anything else. I’m trying not to paint my comments and advice to her in a negative life. Instead, I’m trying to emphasize things like making sleep a priority and making sure she takes time for herself because studying all the time will just make you lose sight of why you want to do this, not taking criticism from clinicians personally, etc. I hope I’m being a good student mentor for her. Her energy level and enthusiasm compared to mine is hilarious, though. She takes notes on every single case we see and has been studying all her ophtho notes while I’m all out of fucks to give and spend a lot of time sitting on the floor with our patients and making bad jokes about being a seeing eye human for our blind patients. I think I have been asking good questions and I frequently have the correct answers when the doc asks about differential diagnoses, meds, etc, so I don’t think I’m doing too bad despite my burnt outness :P
And we see horses on some days! It makes me so happy! I don’t want to treat horses but I still love them. And I was sad that my major clinical year experience with horses was just going to be on necropsy with deceased ones. But I got to pet horsies last week and smell their wonderful smell. Wonderful :)
I apologize for not being particularly present on this site lately. I’m not a good noter lately, but I have been reading. I probably won’t be a better noter for the next several weeks but I hope that I’ll get back into being more consistent once life becomes consistent!
What else…
I took my MN licensing exam the 20th. It’s on statutes and such related to practicing veterinary medicine in MN. It was incredibly difficult to get through. That type of language does not make sense to my brain. It was remarkably difficult despite being open book/statute. Halfway through the 2 hour exam I just wanted to stop, lie on the floor, and maybe cry a little. However, I passed it! Huzzah! I was worried because a hand full of people hadn’t passed it the month prior. Passing is 90% and I got exactly that :P Most pleased.
Like most Minnesotans (and much of the world), I’m still in shock over Prince’s death. I am so sad I never had the opportunity to see him perform. My dad worked on several of his music videos and other events at Paisley Park and said that Prince was always good to him and his other employees, aside from his famous habit of being consistently very late. I wish I had been old enough to appreciate what my dad was doing and have had the opportunity to tag along at least once.
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