So I'm starting to mellow out a little. I'm less anxious to start school, especially now that the weather is nice. I figure I should enjoy my study-free evenings... that is one HUGE benefit to working versus being in school. I've found some condos on the internet that look nice, so I'll go visit next weekend or the weekend afterward to check them out. Unfortunately, the availibility of 1 bedroom places is nil, so I'm looking at more expensive 2 and 3 bedroom places. That means roommate(s). Ugh. I love living by myself, plus any vet roomies inevitably bring along a furry companion. I have yet to meet a vet without pets, it just doesn't fit the job description. I might have to turn to the other grad schools to find a roommate that doesn't have furry pets that eat my little furry pets (sugar gliders and a bunny).
I'm also looking at furniture (if you don't know about craigslist, go there! Now!) but haven't figured out how I'd move the furniture yet, so I'm still just looking. It's amazing what you can find... once you weed through all the crap. Namely, I need a desk and a couch, and given my future debt, I think I'd rather buy everything used. I've given up on looking for textbooks now because they're 1. too expensive and 2. not always useful, so I'll wait to see exactly what I need. Not so many used books are available, because people keep them as resources. That is a drawback, but what the heck... finally, what I'll be learning in school will be directly applicable to what I'll be doing!
Something I have noticed is, I'm getting a lot of questions about vet school. Some are normal, like "what are you going to specialize in?" (I don't know yet. Probably not food animals, but who knows what will really grab my attention.) "Is there anything besides farm animals, zoo animals, cats and dogs, and exotic animals?" (Yes -- there are horse vets, lab animals, research vets, marine animals, conservationist vets, specialists - cancer, etc.) Some surprise me, like "Is vet school 4 years?" (Yes. 4 full years.) "Why are you going there for school? Isn't here closer?" (Well, there are only 26 certified vet schools, I'm lucky my state even has one.) I don't mind answering questions, but I'm a bit taken aback at how little the public knows about vets. So here's a fact for you: the average vet student graduates with $72,719 in debt. I think I'll be about average. Ouch.
Enough for today. I'm still groggy this morning from a Benadryl I took. I lived down south for 4 years, so I can't possibly be developing an allergy to tree pollen up north. (If you've ever seen the rivers of pollen down south, then you know how bad it is down there.) Maybe I'm allergic to mold. At any rate, my sinuses have cleared up, but as a result, I'm dead tired. I want to crawl back in bed. I hope I don't have this problem in the fall.