As of April 23rd, 2005, I officially took my last exam of Vet School. No more classroom time, no more studying for exams, etc.!!! I am totally psyched. I have a week off, and then I start clinical rotations on May 9th. These are two-week stints at school and some externships away from school, spanning a whole year until graduation in May 2006!

I'm taking radiology, community classroom(spay/neuter at our county shelter), anesthesia, theriogenology (reproduction), necropsy, clinical pathology, dermatology, equine surgery, neurology, small animal emergency, small animal surgery, equine medicine, large animal community classroom (riding w/ a vet), bovine health , small ruminant topics, and small animal medicine. I'll get 4 vacation blocks and am doing externships in Missouri (beef cattle) , Oregon (llamas) , and West Virginia (mixed practice). I'm hoping it's going to be fun and that I'll learn a lot.

Well, I'm adding some more animals to the mix. I'm buying a Boer goat doe that the school was going to send to the sale. She is getting a mastectomy this week because she has an udder infection. I'm also going to be buying two new very cute Boer goat babies, also. They'll all live w/ a friend of mine until I graduate. The cow   is still doing fine, but he still wishes he had a cow friend.

I do have to take the national board exam in November, which costs $550! I can't afford to not pass it -  literally! The state board is exam is after graduation, and it is $150. Can't get away from having to pay money! I'm hoping I'm going to have a job lined up after I graduate. I may also apply for an internship, depending on what is available.  Heck, I'm not sure what I want to do anymore. I do know this - I'm taking a vacation before any job or internship. I want to have at least 45 days to move, take a trip, or something fun. I think I deserve it!

Nothing much new to report. I'm no longer friends w/ Ramona , which sorta sucks, because good friends are hard to come by. We got into a tiff and haven't talked since. Maybe in the future we'll reconnect, but who knows. We've both had major stress in our lives and things may not be salvageable. I wish her luck in finding what she seeks, though.

Off to bed - I have feral cats to neuter tomorrow.

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