Well, it's the first day of 2017, may as well do an inventory of 2016, otherwise it'd be a blank in my future self's memory XD
(yes I use LJ as a memory augmentation device)

( TBH I wouldn't've remembered half of this either without my planner )

I don't update LJ much anymore thanks to this residency, but I figured our NEHS 10-year reunion is worth updating for :P TL;DR: Despite all the trouble that I had in getting there in the first place, I had a complete blast and it was all worth the while. 10/10, would reunion again ( Read more... )

( residency stuff, tl;dr things are better )

I feel like about half the reason why I'm not fussed about my rabies exposure event (poked myself with a knife while taking the head off a neurological cow that turned out to be rabies-positive) is because all veterinarians are well-versed in the risks and procedures and pathogenesis of rabies (and we're all vaccinated too), but the other half is ( Read more... )

( my god I didn't realize how badly I needed these last two weeks )

Taking a week vacation to go to AAVLD ("orphan resident" hanging out with residents from other schools) and meet up with Boston friends, Tufts people, and behindpyramids definitely helped me regain my sense of perspective. (Lets see how long it lasts, though, the little tendrils of anxiety are already creeping back in...) Am pretending I'm still on the way back ( Read more... )

One of the perks of staying in a rather nice hotel alone (Hilton, Albert magicked up one of his habitual coupons/deals) - took a nice long hot bath for the first time in, oh, certainly years, probably up to a decade even ( Read more... )

The other residents seem to think I'm really smart, but actually I just know a different set of information than they do, and I don't know nearly as much as they think I do ( Read more... )

( Birthday, for once )

As people at the post-Hunt team dinner commented, "you know it was a good Hunt when we're only complaining about the lack of *plot*." XD Fun theme, great interactivity, and tons and tons of really well-written puzzles. Though Albert and I spent about as much time *not*-Hunting as we did actually puzzling, because this was our chance to see our ( Read more... )