I’m sure it’s happened to everyone this year. You get on Facebook, scroll your timeline to pass the free time (you know, that time you should be studying)…. and your whole timeline is flooded with wedding pictures, engagement announcements, baby announcements, not to mention the endless flood of pictures of the children people already have. […]
One week down, four years to go
First day of school! First day of school! That’s what I was shouting inside my head as I drove myself to class for the first time here at the AVC. Nervousness, excitement, fear, and all the feelings in between plagued me as I entered the doorway on Monday, but five days later I’m a well-acclimated […]
The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get
Throughout the entirety of my first year, I questioned everyone and everything. Which classes are the hardest? What’s the best way to take notes? Where’s the best place to get coffee? How should I approach studying for Biochemistry? Do I really need that delicious panini for lunch from the store down the road? …again? (Just […]
Reasons why I’m here
Veterinary school. It’s the object that has been sitting on a pedestal in my mind for years and years. I’ve put in the hours in clinics, studying, not sleeping, and now that goal that at times seemed not reachable isn’t a dream anymore. It’s real. There were so many times where I doubted myself and […]
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.” -Yogi Berra
In the days leading up to my first blog post, I agonized over the topic of an essay or a story to be told. I really thought hard about how I should open this endeavor. Fortunately (or some approximation of fortunately) the universe provided me with a story to tell. As introduction, I am a […]
And so it begins….
Here I am at the beginning of the second day of my 2nd year at TUSVM. Sitting down to type the first peek into my life as a vet student. Amazing! I hope you all enjoy being on this journey as much as I feel lucky to be living it. If you had asked me […]
To sleep or not to sleep??
This is the question you’ll constantly ask yourself, because sometimes you just don’t feel like you’ve had enough. You’re up early, you have class all day, you study (and study, and study). If you’re a first year you live in the lab… and guess what? Through all this, life doesn’t stop. So what can you […]
