Yearly Archives: 2011
Fair Warning
| November 17, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m giving you fair warning. This post rapidly disintegrates into a whiny bitchy moaning post. First the good news. Good news 1: I aced the test on Tuesday. Yeah! Another test this afternoon. (update – did well, but I’m not sure I did as well as the first one.) Good news 2: I finally feel […] more
You know you are a vet….
| November 15, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
…when the first thing you do when your animal is sick or injured is to take a picture of it for a future lecture, blog, or project. This goes along with the other fact of vet school: Now that you are a vet, your animal will get all sorts of exotic diseases. Best to sell […] more
Change is in the air
| November 14, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Hello my devoted readers. And yes, by “devoted” I mean YOU. Since it’s not like I’ve posted anything of interest since starting school, I’m assuming all I have LEFT is you, the devoted reader, who is probably subscribed to this in Google reader, since heaven knows all those who come here directly have given up […] more
’tis the season
| November 7, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
For snuggling under comforters And down coats And rain And bottles of vitamin D And colds. The ones that, like alien invaders, get into your head and make it all fuzzy. Remember that I told you that there was nothing like establishing a new routine and new goals to bring all sorts of misfortunes? Like […] more
From the underpaid feeder’s mouth
| November 2, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Per my sister (and incredibly underpaid horse feeder/monitorer/feeder and apples/fixer of flymasks) – Our new neighbor moved his horses in yesterday and Farley ran around like a crazy horse whinnnying and swishing her tail and making sure that everybody knows that despite all evidence to the contrary she is indeed an arab. Mom: “Are those […] more
Pony Day Success!
| October 28, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Yesterday was pony day!!!! And the day before that! It feels GREAT to be back in the saddle. Of course….there’s a problem. There’s ALWAYS a problem that comes up ANYTIME you finally get around summoning up the motivation and time to do something you want to do. Planning on running a marathon? Plan on getting […] more
The truth, without guilt
| October 24, 2011 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Honesty is the policy right? This is me being totally honest. I haven’t done any riding I haven’t done any mounting exercises I haven’t done any pony cuddling I paid my sister to pick up manure for me last week. I pay someone else to feed. I paid someone else to come up with a […] more
