Lots to talk about but very little time to write it down in (seems to be the general theme every time I sit down to right one of these things)…
Firstly and obviously most importantly…work type stuff.
The past week or so has involved ems at a practice in Bridgewater which is were I’ll be seeing practice for the entirety of my ems rotation, a rotation where you purely do ems and get a much needed very ideal break away from the surgery building.
Work experience is great though I won’t mention the practice name, the staff are very friendly, the practice is modern and there’s a diplomat in small animal medicine present plus a referral surgeon often visits. So all in all an interesting place to see practice, plus they don’t mind what crazy hour I rock up or decide to leave which is a practice some places I’ve been to frequently dislike (fair enough really, but if there’s nothing interesting coming in or going on I never see why students have to hang around). As far as letting me get involved with stuff they’re pretty good, I put in most catheters, have scrubbed in on a cruciate repair plus limb amputations and they’re excellent a talking through cases with me…
However the most worrying thing is that I feel like I’m being treated as more of a slightly remedial vet than the generally pretty useless student that I actually am, which is much appreciated and by the end of this ems, and a whole mass of revision, starting work in smalls has become a much less daunting prospect, in fact I’d go as far as to say I’m looking forward to it!
The other work related item at the mo is my current aspiration inspired by the Borgeat to go for an intern position, obviously I won’t get one but it’s worth a try then I can have a year in practice and try again. Current application I’m trying to sort out is for Liverpool, need to write my CV and find me some referees.
Right now fun type stuff… The weekend just gone sort of started Thurs night with a trip out with the Greek and Jim to celebrate the forth years finishing their exams. Not much worth telling but a quality night none the less. The big event of the week was over the weekend and involved my rotation group plus JP going to a bunkhouse in the Brecon Beacons for a weekend where we basically got drunk and went for a walk. The key points of the weekend include:…
- Playing Sardines, the bitch, ring of fire, risk, mysteries of old peking.
- Pole dancing involving group dances and much spinning.
- Drinking popcorn.
- Truth or dare and spin the bottle (major old school) some excellent dares were achieved including nakedness, pruning, eating risk men, Russian roulette (though Dave’s a cheat!) and some unspeakable truths.
The motto of the event was: “What happens in the barn stays in the barn and the loser gets *****”. I’ve taken the ring of fire rules with me home as a keepsake.
Last night also needs a mention before conclusion… me and Sarah went to watch get cape at the anson rooms following an awesome subway and some comedy scrabble in a very nice bar. The guy was awesome and the album is now getting large quantities of airtime while travelling the 40mins to and from ems each day.
Upcoming stuff includes some levator jams, a trip home and a night out.
Organising at the mo includes vetaid2, levators album and intern applications.
Right now I’m going to do some exercise and clean the girls toilet (not at same time), Mat decided the house is to have an out of season spring clean…great.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Back for what really constitutes the final term of Pete’s vetschooling, as this will be the last term of normal work/play etc. However the problem with this mentally is that I’m likely to let my hair down (so to speak) for an entire term with the beast of revision being adequately suppressed to be released upon the third term, though really I should get cracking for finals some time this term (maybe I’ll start about half way through, then I could gradually increase the workload instead of doing the standard month of 12hr days)…
Honestly didn’t mean to come straight back in with a revision rant, but then it’s fairly obvious what’s top concern in my head at the mo.
Ok things to talk about… Xmas/NewYrs, first week back (wrk and social), upcoming organising and good times to come…
Xmas was fantastic this year due the complete lack of exams; this was the first xmas in 6-7 years that I haven’t had any exams! And thus I obviously made the most of this fact. Skiing before xmas for a week with 26 of us from the year/vet friends/and my little bro at the Les Deux Alps was an incredible time. The accommodation/skiing/company were all quality and favoured memories include:
- The falls.
- The sauna/pool mad drunken dashes
- Bottenanna bang your shoes on the ceiling song.
- Dave’s constant sewing in order to make Loic the stuffed Robin.
- Mine and Rich’s attic room.
- The stolen barbed wire, dirty laundry, present and red ski pole.
- Last night bbq and nxt door chalet break in including custard out the tea pot on the sauna stove.
Xmas was standardly very family orientated and my presents included ski stuff, electric razor and a wallet.
New yr was spent at DD’s with a mass of vets and the night ranked very highly if not highest on my newyr rating list. Things to take note of include:
- The cat toy pics.
- Dog bowl/tea cossy on heads (the sacred relics).
- Spirits in syringes.
- Sleeping outside
- Makareena with Dave’s parent’s friends.
Apologies if writing is a bit listed in this blog but if I tried to elaborate on these nights the length of this blog could be ridiculous.
And so after a few great fun nights in Derby and a two week stretch of large animal work with Scarsdale I’ve returned to Langfordton to once again try to seamlessly fit back into this bizarre lifestyle of work/play/s/alcohol/guitars all balanced in the most appropriate measures?..
Going back to large animal ems I scarily enjoyed my past couple wks, mainly doing farm work, and for a very very short period of time I was actually thinking of considering farm work as farmers are awesome, the few ops done are great fun and I love driving around chatting and listening to music. However, on your own doing the job and the lack of op diversity has dissuaded me, so the aspirations are back to small animals and their surgery. I’ve even got round to looking into some potential intern positions, but that can be saved for future entries.
The past week work wise has revolved around anaesthesia for the final week of the 3wk rotation. It was a bit odd coming back to a rotation after a 4wk break and it’s scary how much you completely forget as the knowledge level was equivalent to when I first started, infact the anaesthesia rotation seems to have two starts which is especially problematic considering the first couple days of most rotations are by far the worst before you get settled in. However the week somehow went fine and I anaesthetised a horse, couple of cats for neutering and a dog for a femoral fracture repair.
The rotation ended Friday with the anaesthetic assessment where everyone gets given a case/question and then has 30mins to read up on the topic and present a 15min talk. The general year consensus on this morning is one of stressful nightmarish hell which was once again completely untrue as all from my group delivered a quality presentation and the team marking were relaxed and appreciating the jokes added to talks i.e. Steve’s obese dog with aspirational pneumonia (in jokes so crap not worth explaining). So for most people the rotation ended Fri though for me it continues over the weekend as I’m call, though luckily have so far escaped call in (got tonight to go yet though!).
Final note on the past rotation is that I got chatting with one of the anaesthetic clinicians in the pub who let it slip that the entire group has passed that I’ve got a merit and there’s even a few distinctions dotted about.
Enough work blurb, social stuff over the past week has been quite exciting… I returned to uni Sat night and thought before I went home I’d go to the old inn with my car full of gear and meet the mates for pint. However the subdued plan got changed upon arrival after finding John on a drunken mission with the logic that if he got blind drunk Sat night he’d sleep all day Sun ready for ICU nights Sun night. And so thanks to Baron Spencer the night turned to drinking games, hitting the old inn gong, having an egg/lettuce/beer fight at Dave’s then onto John’s for lounge trashing and tickling (the weird, slightly perverseness of that last sentence has meant it’s escaped editing)… I think things are really starting to get out of hand as these sort of antics are quickly becoming the norm for a night out, maybe at some point we should consider growing up (though definitely not yet).
Other socialising this week included some nights of 24 and Billy Connolly, couple of pub nights, a dinner for KJB’s birthday and a huge night Friday at Langford bar to celebrate many people’s January birthdays. Points worth mentioning of the night include:
- much pre bar beer and Japanese Anime with Steve and Paul.
- Naked dancing (photos on facebook horrendous).
- Finishing the night with the William Tel Overture at incredible volumes watching a drunken mob run crazy round the bar acting like possessed jockeys. I think I may have discovered a new finale song for bar nights.
General organising at the mo includes VetAid2, our CD and the rotation barn trip. VetAid2 so far has Levator and Blue juice signed up plus we’ve sorted a date, and so the next items to be scheduled are; get a PA/hire the conference room/get Stranglers on board and get the band practising. The CD mentioned is what is hopefully going to result in Levator producing an album before the end of the year as a bit of a souvenir before levator is forced apart (it’s going to be emotional).
The barn trip is going ahead this weekend and looks like it’s going to include 8/9 of my rotation group plus some friends going for a weekend to get drunk in a barn in the Brecon Beacons, what more can anybody ask for in life.
That is definitely enough Pete ranting for now, I’m off to make some dinner then round to John’s for 24 followed by the pub. Tomorrow I start my ems rotation (3 wks of small animal practice 30mins drive South from here).
TTFN
Honestly didn’t mean to come straight back in with a revision rant, but then it’s fairly obvious what’s top concern in my head at the mo.
Ok things to talk about… Xmas/NewYrs, first week back (wrk and social), upcoming organising and good times to come…
Xmas was fantastic this year due the complete lack of exams; this was the first xmas in 6-7 years that I haven’t had any exams! And thus I obviously made the most of this fact. Skiing before xmas for a week with 26 of us from the year/vet friends/and my little bro at the Les Deux Alps was an incredible time. The accommodation/skiing/company were all quality and favoured memories include:
- The falls.
- The sauna/pool mad drunken dashes
- Bottenanna bang your shoes on the ceiling song.
- Dave’s constant sewing in order to make Loic the stuffed Robin.
- Mine and Rich’s attic room.
- The stolen barbed wire, dirty laundry, present and red ski pole.
- Last night bbq and nxt door chalet break in including custard out the tea pot on the sauna stove.
Xmas was standardly very family orientated and my presents included ski stuff, electric razor and a wallet.
New yr was spent at DD’s with a mass of vets and the night ranked very highly if not highest on my newyr rating list. Things to take note of include:
- The cat toy pics.
- Dog bowl/tea cossy on heads (the sacred relics).
- Spirits in syringes.
- Sleeping outside
- Makareena with Dave’s parent’s friends.
Apologies if writing is a bit listed in this blog but if I tried to elaborate on these nights the length of this blog could be ridiculous.
And so after a few great fun nights in Derby and a two week stretch of large animal work with Scarsdale I’ve returned to Langfordton to once again try to seamlessly fit back into this bizarre lifestyle of work/play/s/alcohol/guitars all balanced in the most appropriate measures?..
Going back to large animal ems I scarily enjoyed my past couple wks, mainly doing farm work, and for a very very short period of time I was actually thinking of considering farm work as farmers are awesome, the few ops done are great fun and I love driving around chatting and listening to music. However, on your own doing the job and the lack of op diversity has dissuaded me, so the aspirations are back to small animals and their surgery. I’ve even got round to looking into some potential intern positions, but that can be saved for future entries.
The past week work wise has revolved around anaesthesia for the final week of the 3wk rotation. It was a bit odd coming back to a rotation after a 4wk break and it’s scary how much you completely forget as the knowledge level was equivalent to when I first started, infact the anaesthesia rotation seems to have two starts which is especially problematic considering the first couple days of most rotations are by far the worst before you get settled in. However the week somehow went fine and I anaesthetised a horse, couple of cats for neutering and a dog for a femoral fracture repair.
The rotation ended Friday with the anaesthetic assessment where everyone gets given a case/question and then has 30mins to read up on the topic and present a 15min talk. The general year consensus on this morning is one of stressful nightmarish hell which was once again completely untrue as all from my group delivered a quality presentation and the team marking were relaxed and appreciating the jokes added to talks i.e. Steve’s obese dog with aspirational pneumonia (in jokes so crap not worth explaining). So for most people the rotation ended Fri though for me it continues over the weekend as I’m call, though luckily have so far escaped call in (got tonight to go yet though!).
Final note on the past rotation is that I got chatting with one of the anaesthetic clinicians in the pub who let it slip that the entire group has passed that I’ve got a merit and there’s even a few distinctions dotted about.
Enough work blurb, social stuff over the past week has been quite exciting… I returned to uni Sat night and thought before I went home I’d go to the old inn with my car full of gear and meet the mates for pint. However the subdued plan got changed upon arrival after finding John on a drunken mission with the logic that if he got blind drunk Sat night he’d sleep all day Sun ready for ICU nights Sun night. And so thanks to Baron Spencer the night turned to drinking games, hitting the old inn gong, having an egg/lettuce/beer fight at Dave’s then onto John’s for lounge trashing and tickling (the weird, slightly perverseness of that last sentence has meant it’s escaped editing)… I think things are really starting to get out of hand as these sort of antics are quickly becoming the norm for a night out, maybe at some point we should consider growing up (though definitely not yet).
Other socialising this week included some nights of 24 and Billy Connolly, couple of pub nights, a dinner for KJB’s birthday and a huge night Friday at Langford bar to celebrate many people’s January birthdays. Points worth mentioning of the night include:
- much pre bar beer and Japanese Anime with Steve and Paul.
- Naked dancing (photos on facebook horrendous).
- Finishing the night with the William Tel Overture at incredible volumes watching a drunken mob run crazy round the bar acting like possessed jockeys. I think I may have discovered a new finale song for bar nights.
General organising at the mo includes VetAid2, our CD and the rotation barn trip. VetAid2 so far has Levator and Blue juice signed up plus we’ve sorted a date, and so the next items to be scheduled are; get a PA/hire the conference room/get Stranglers on board and get the band practising. The CD mentioned is what is hopefully going to result in Levator producing an album before the end of the year as a bit of a souvenir before levator is forced apart (it’s going to be emotional).
The barn trip is going ahead this weekend and looks like it’s going to include 8/9 of my rotation group plus some friends going for a weekend to get drunk in a barn in the Brecon Beacons, what more can anybody ask for in life.
That is definitely enough Pete ranting for now, I’m off to make some dinner then round to John’s for 24 followed by the pub. Tomorrow I start my ems rotation (3 wks of small animal practice 30mins drive South from here).
TTFN
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