Reconvening

Ok been a while. Heading out to Oregon at the end of August!!! So freaking psyched! Am glad to be done with field jobs and just chilling at home.
Actually getting a little bored. Am reading up about Scandinavian history. Don't ask why. What else is new, what else....Oh I am super into True Blood now!!! Yes, it's holding me in a iron-clad grip and not letting go! Yes I know, it is camp but I adore it.
Yes yes yes, just trying not to melt in this summer heat and preparing for the move to the west coast! This whole year I was waiting for  this time! I mean, January and February does not feel like too long ago you know? The waiting was awful! Not knowing what I was going to do at the end of summer, where I was going to go....and now. Well, now I'll be set for the next 5-7 years! God I hope it doesn't take 7 years!
But I am so excited! To be back at school! Back on campus! Reading, getting into the field! Traveling hopefully!
Ok, I think I will read some more.

Adorable ranking: Outta the park!

I look at cute stuff all the time. Youtube, Cute Overload anyone? But this has got to be the cutest thing I have seen since...Otters holding hands?  That yellow labrador puppy whistling? That little pig in red boots?
Those all PALE in comparison to this new gem! I have found a new leader!!! Ahhhhhh.

Ok well seriously, I leave tomorrow! Exciting but oddly feel like it's not going to happen...Like something is wrong, they didn't want me and it is all a mistake. I've got Imposter syndrome and I am not even in grad school yet! Oh my willies. Going to watch the new 30 Rock to calm down.

OK another venting post...

Ok so it is March now. March, this is the month where shit is suppose to get real. So far I have one reject (Duke-ok, my fit with them was not all there and it was an impulse app...my most expensive app so there ya go). One interview...and silence from the rest.
I know Chicago is super duper elite and my scores alone, while keeping me from the immediate reject pile, are probably not going to win anyone over. Actually, my experience probably isn't as fancy as other applicants...arrrrr. Dude, I feel like I've done this before. Did I post about this before...this sure feels familiar.
Anyways, I am thinking I am on their unofficial waitlist...As for Indiana and Oregon State...waiting...I really thought I could go to Indiana's interview weekend but :(
Sadness. Ok. Think ahead. I am reading a lot blogs in Austria to glean information and get excited for my visit!
Anyways, ALSO getting amped for this summer! Having grad school on my mind is keeping me from thinking about my summer excursions - not that I am not excited about them but grad school is soooo close!
This summer is going to be kick ass. Up first, Louisiana!

Ta Da! My home on the Gulf coast! Can't wait!

Ornithologists are actually assholes

Almost March...

Am watching the Oscars and I am in love with Cate Blanchett's dress. See here:

It is phenomenal no? This is beyond cool and totally sticks out of the safer ,although very nice, fare. Anyway. February is almost over. I have one interview and one rejection. No surprise on the rejection, it was the main outlier of my group as the research interest was different. Anyways, I just realized since my visit is later in the month, I might already have heard back from my other schools by the time I interview there! One of my schools (Chicago) is really hard to get into...and I don't think my grades will make the cut. If I am offed I would not be surprised at all. I am surprised really that I have not heard anything back yet...

Blarg. I just want to know. I need to stop eating that's what I need to do. Eating out of boredom, nervousness, and sometimes, yes, hunger.

Blarggy blarg blarg

I have discovered a show on TLC called My Strange Addiction. It is becoming my addiction! So weird how some people develop some of these obsessions! There are the regular ones which are not too far fetched, i.e. tanning, shopping, even wearing fur costumes. Those are strange but I have heard about those before! It is intriguing for me that the oddest ones involve eating something. Like couch cushions, Comet, chalk, toilet paper (clean!), etc. Eating is a necessary part of life but it can be very emotional experience for a lot of people. I love food, I love good food, rare food, expensive food. But I don't binge eat, I don't eat my feelings, I don't withhold food...or any other combination of the more common eating disorders out there.
And then there is the girl who eats chalk. I think all those weird eating things probably have the same emotional roots as the common eating disorders but to fixate on one item to eat, and on something that is not even food! That is really out there!
I really felt for the lady that ate Comet cleanser. She was so nice you could really tell she was a lovely person. And after her trip to the dentist she had a sincere break through and if the caption at the end is correct she did stop eating it. And that really made me happy.
Anyways, I should walk the babies now...

February is a short month!

So I have started helping out at my sister's vet clinic to keep from going crazy and to learn some stuff.
1. Drilling teeth creates a weird smell (it's 10% dentals this month!)
2. Dogs will eat anything! (Ice packs included....)
3. Always good to have bottles of lotion at random tables as there is a lot of hand washing at this place!

I love it! It is so nice to work with animals all day! Every day ANIMALS! Not that I want to change my career or anything but I must say, it's hard to feel crappy about life when you are around them all the time. Of course it is sad. When working I spied a room that looked a lot nicer than the other examining rooms. Nice wall color, couch, painting on the wall...Why is this room so tranquil compared to the rest?? It's the room where pets are put to sleep...I was walking around and saw they were doing an ultrasound of an old cat. It had a big ginormous mass in its belly. I didn't ask more but when I saw some of the lights were out in one part of the clinic I asked what was happening and someone said an animal was being out to sleep - I look over at the nice room and the door is now closed...
So weird, I just saw that cat. I guess there was nothing they could do, and it was in pain...
Very very sad. I have Thursdays off so today I spent with the babies and took them on a nice walk. It makes me not want to ever move out and leave them behind!