The adventures of a future wildlife veterinarian.
I am not your pet's veterinarian. I am not even a licensed veterinarian yet. If you pet is sick, ill, or injured, I should not be your first call. And yet, I receive Facebook messages, phone calls, text messages, and even the odd Instagram PM on a pretty regular basis. The senders run the gamut... Continue Reading →
So I got a tattoo. My first, actually. Shock. Horror. Mom, I can see you rolling your eyes all the way from St. Kitts. If you've known me in some span of time since I was 16 years-old, you'd likely know that I've always "had plans" to get one. For years I've had tattoo ideas come... Continue Reading →
Six (school) days into the semester, and we are expecting Hurricane Isaac to begin to make his way across our path Wednesday night . According to NOAA's 5:00PM report, Isaac is still a Category 1 storm, and expected to remain as such as he moves over the Lesser Antilles. However, Hurricane Maria's miraculous transformation from a... Continue Reading →
This semester is going to be a tough one. There's no beating around the bush about that. No point in dusting it in a sugar coating or using flowery language. Fourth Semester is going to be tough. My courses this semester are: Clinical Pathology Pathology 2 Pharmacology Epidemiology Aquatic Medicine (!!!) In addition to those... Continue Reading →
I have three abject fears. Number One: [Falling from] Heights Number Two: High Speeds (Crashing my car at--; Falling off a horse at--; being ejected from a rollercoaster at--; Being in a plane that goes down at--) Number Three: [What lurks within] Pitch-Darkness I'd like to be clear that these fears are not phobias. They make me... Continue Reading →
I don't know about other students (of any kind, not just of the veterinary variety), but I don't really make "New Year's Resolutions". I make New Semester's Resolutions. Working with goal timelines of 3-4 months is just so much less intimidating than the whole 12 at once. Not to say that New Semester's Resolutions aren't... Continue Reading →
If my last post was any indication, I've been feeling a bit down and a bit distracted lately. As I mentioned, there have been some pretty strong bouts of homesickness. A great portion of this is due to my coming to the decision that I will not be bringing down the love of my life,... Continue Reading →
Work hard, play hard, drink lots of water, and take probiotics. I'm sure it surprises no one who knows me as a person that I have not written anything for more than a month. I had a bunch of cool ideas about what I wanted this blog to be (I will be restarting "Wild Weekend", that... Continue Reading →
It feels like just yesterday but also three years since I arrived on the small island of St. Kitts. Time seems to rush over days that seem to have stretched out. I love it. It is new and exciting and sometimes absolutely terrifying. There'a a line from The Hobbit (which I have been reading, as I... Continue Reading →
The Future Is Wild 