MANY changes have recently happened in my life.
I was very unhappy at my job in Chicago. Several other factors also went into the decision to resign, so I did. It's not as easy as it sounds. After 2 weeks of my bosses being extremely mad at me and trying to fire me sooner than the 60 days notice I gave, we finally came to the agreement that I would only work until April 24th (30 days) but would have to work overnights the remaining time as they didn't want me working during the day and establishing client relationships as I was leaving. Add ~50x more drama and you have the scenario of my last month at the clinic. oi.
so then i was jobless. I did not have another job lined up. I had enough savings that I could likely not work the entire summer, so i planned to move back to madison and apply for part-time jobs, but more importantly, take some time off. Once Jeremy graduated in the fall, we'd move to where ever he got a job.
The week after I finished working at the clinic, a friend (Jeremy's roommate, Mike) collapsed while jogging, and after 3 days on life support was declared brain dead. I drove up to Madison late on a Thursday night when I got the news. Also that night, I got a call from the MN Wildlife Rehabilitation Center offering me a job as a wildlife veterinarian (my DREAM job!) to say the least, Jeremy and I were in no state-of-mind to make such a big decision so I got a week to let them know if I'd accept or not.
We spent Friday in the hospital and the weekend with Mike's family and friends. It was completely out of the blue and everyone was shocked. A very, very sad and difficult weekend, but it helped to spend it with Mike's family and friends. The only other bright spot in the weekend was that all of Mike's organs were able to be donated and save the lives of others.
***Make sure to talk to your loved ones about organ donation now--so they know your wishes-->which I'm hoping are TO donate-why wouldn't you? you're dead--you're not going to care where your kidneys or liver ends up!***
ok, done with that soap box. Seriously though--I've been racking my brain trying to figure out why people wouldn't donate their organs (assuming their organs are eligible for donation) and I can't think of one good excuse--so if you have one, try me and we can have a discussion:)
so after talking with Jeremy, I accepted the position. I'm going to be a wildlife veterinarian at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic of Minnesota!!! I'm SO excited!! Jeremy will be looking for a job in the cities (where i'll be working) so he can move up there when he graduates in the fall. yay:)
I start may 31st so i'm packing up my apt in chicago as fast as possible and moving to madison for a few weeks (before I move FARTHER away from Jeremy!) before going to st. paul.
here are some pics of my animals:)
this is Murderface
that's Brutus towards the top and Goldberg towards they bottom. They are in their playpen.
Molly is all curled-up, sleeping in my bed:)
All the boys sleeping in their hammock!
Molly is often entertained by the rats.
Brutus eating some foods...
3 comments:
Congratulations on your new position at the WRC of MN! I was a volunteer there before starting vet school, and did a veterinary internship there between my first and second years of vet school. I loved loved loved it there :)
I accidently came across your blog and was enthralled. Congradulations on your new position. Hope you don't mind if a total stranger enjoys reading about your life as a veterinarian. I have the greatest vet in the world taking care of my sweet family members and I have great respect for the choice you made in life. Good luck The WRC is very lucky you accepted.
Thanks so much:) I hope you enjoy my rantings:)
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