I have never bought a lottery ticket in my life. I have gotten (but never purchased myself) scratch-off cards, which are a hoot, especially the crossword-style ones. Someone just came around to collect $1 for people to buy into what promises to be a disgusting payout in some lottery game. I pitched in. Why not? Solidarity. Plus, as I told the woman ( Read more... )

I think someone accidentally dosed Shepard with sex spores.

( Absolutely no specific spoilers, but just in case. )

So I ordered three things--two things, really, one of which I ordered two of--from one of our vendors, all of which could fit comfortably inside a small index card box. One item had to be frozen, so it arrived on dry ice separately from the other item (of which there was a quantity of two). The non-frozen items arrived in a box with slots that can ( Read more... )

I stayed late at work on Friday to do some studying and I was here for much of the weekend as well to the same end. I've now been at my job for more than a week straight. I'm having issues figuring out times and such. I think I have test today. That's about as far as I've gotten with scheduling. I also have a presentation to give on Friday for ( Read more... )

( Just some stuff I've been doing. )

I, being a good doobie, give my boss a heads-up/chance-to-tell-me-no e-mail about some shadowing of the veterinary staff here next week. I get the following response:

Given the hectic holiday season that is upon us, I feel that you need to work full-time during the lab's regular business hours to ensure that we make good progress in the next month. ( Read more... )

I actually debated not writing anything about the interview for the RVC because I thought that it was too early to count chickens. But I was excited and swept up in a bunch of things. It's still premature, and it's too soon to crow about anything.

...as I found out when I got an e-mail from the University of Georgia telling me they've outright ( Read more... )

God, my face is still in flames an hour later. I'm so embarrassed. I walked over to the vet group's conference room to see a presentation about housing for fish. I kind of just barged in despite the ladies at the desk trying to get my attention to get me to stop. The vet who invited me shooed me out, but I'd already interrupted a room full of ( Read more... )

( In Time, slight spoilers, nothing you wouldn't know from ads. )

I get a free flu shot at work, which is good and expected because I am employed by an entity that includes a hospital. Even though I do not interact with patients--indeed, the best thing about the department relocating is that we're in a building almost devoid of patients--it's good that I'm not a walking disease vector as much as possible. The ( Read more... )