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En ikke så bra dag på jobb

06/04/2011 Én kommentar

Det er mange følelser hos eierne til pasientene våre. Glede, sorg, overraskelser, håp, tillit, sinne, fortvilelse og uendelig med kjærlighet. Noen behandler dyrene sine som om de skulle vært deres små babyer, andre som bruksgjenstander. Jeg har en utrolig spennende jobb, krevende og lærerik.

Det er ikke ofte jeg gråter på jobb, men det gjorde jeg i dag. Jeg gråt for et stakkars dyr som ikke fikk en verdig død sammen med de som en gang hadde vært glad i det. Mer enn det kan jeg nok ikke si, men herregud, så forferdelig. Det er så altfor lett å skaffe seg et dyr. En liten bønn fra meg: Vær så snill å tenk deg om en ekstra gang før du skaffer deg et dyr! Selv om det var gratis da du fikk det betyr det ikke at det ikke koster hvis det blir sykt. Eller at det ikke trenger omsorg. Det er faktisk et liv.

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All the things I should have done

19/12/2009

I had so many plans when I got materinty leave. I was going to read up on animal nutrition, behaviour and anaesthesia. I was going to sew that Santa suit for Aurora that I didn’t find the fabric for last year (and still haven’t found the white fluff for the collar), I was going to finally be able to read The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, I had time to watch It’s Me or the Dog and I had time to just relax.

So what have I done? I’ve read a little bit nutrition (I’m doing a course and need to send in my answers soon!), I’ve seen half of the episodes of IMOTD, and NOTHING else. Seriously. I’ve either slept on the couch/bed in the middle of the day, done a little baking (after all it is Christmas soon) and watched episodes of House. Oh, and played FarmVille on Facebook. God, that’s addictive! It’s going to be a hard transition when the baby finally decides to come…

And speaking of the baby: No signs of labour yet. She likes it in there, it seems. We are scheduled for an ultrasound and a prenatal checkup on Tuesday. Can’t wait to se our baby girl again! Although it’s only on a screen ;)

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I love my job

04/11/2009

I really do. Have I told you before? Did it make you jealous? I don’t care. I love it. I love the location (although the building is old and in need of a makeover), I love the people I work with, I love what I do and I love our patients (not too fond of diarrhea, vomit and bad breath).

Seriously, what could make my job better? Well, we are underpaid big time, but at least I love my job.

Did I mention that I love my job? Oh. Okay, I’ll shut up now.

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Nothingness is brought to you by the letter: A!

23/12/2008

I was tagged by Renate. Yes, it was almost a month ago, but I’m a great at procrastinating.

The rules: You comment here and I’ll give you a letter. Then you write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter. When people comment on your post, you give them a letter, and so it goes on forever and ever and ever… Well, probably not longer than this post as nobody comments anymore.

  1. Aurora. Of course! I love her with all my heart, and I know everybody says that their pet is special, but she really is. She can go from super happy and then really mope if she gets put-off. She is a klutz and while running really fast usually fall head first flat on the ground. She plays like a cat. And she can hold your arms around my arm.
  2. Advent. Like one of the posts below was supposed to say without the rambling: I love Advent. The smells and anticipatings.
  3. Austen, Jane. I love the books about lost love and happy endings.
  4. Aretha Franklin. Girl power songs! And an amazing voice.
  5. Annie, the movie. It was my favourite as kids, and we watched it so much the tape was all fuzzy. We then played Annie and I had to be Molly cause I was tiny and had dark hair.
  6. Amazon. Such an amazing site with tons of cheap books!
  7. Animals. Love ‘em! I think about it often, and it’s true: I have the dream job. I don’t see how anything can be better than working with animals like I do. And when it comes to veterinary nursing I have the best work place. Really.
  8. Aqua. My absolute favourite drink is water. Don’t know how I could live without it.
  9. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. It’s such a feel-good song. Timeless.
  10. Animal ethology. This is the subject I really, really wanna study more. It’s super interesting and fun to learn how the animals think and why they act the way they do.
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Veterinary nursing is LOVE.

25/04/2006

My days are pretty much the same — and at the same time not. There are always new things to learn at work and yesterday I felt a bit bummed out cause I felt incompetent, but today was way better as I got praise :D I’m brave enough to take the phone now, too :)
I love working with animals. It’s such a rewarding job. Even though the animals might hate you, you know you’re doing it for their well-being.

Oh, and once again I have to go to a meeting tomorrow and meet with everyone about the entire veterinary nurse study. It wasn’t my job, but my classmate that was supposed to do it couldn’t, and so she asked me if I could go. And I said yes. Le sigh.

Anyway, I’m off to school. The first years have a revue and I hope it’s going to be fun ;) At least I get to meet up with the rest of the girls that’s still here in Oslo.

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Small things

01/03/2006

Something’s happened, cause I feel happy again. I mean, I never was miserable, but I’ve felt a little down lately.

Visited Sunniva and her cats for the first time today. They were SO cute! Emma was a little bit afraid of me and hid under the bench for an hour until she realized that I wasn’t scary and she got really friendly :)
Anyway, the weather has been horrible today. I was hoping spring would come a little early, but I guess that was a long shot. It’s been snowing all day and public transportation is always a bitch on days like these. Well, I was going to the bus when I saw a guy standing still, probably waiting for somebody, while everybody else was running around like little ants, hurrying away from the snow. It made me stop for a little while and smile. And I kept smilling all the way to Sunniva. I wish I had my camera with me.

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Moo!

27/01/2006


Forgot to post pictures in the last post. Søren and I went to visit Martin two days ago, cause I’ve been whining about it for months. While we were there, we said hello to the tiniest calf ever! They don’t know if he’s a dwarf or not, but when he was born he weighed 1/4 of what calfs are supposed to. His back was crooked and had some other anomalies, but he was so cute! He was running around us playing the whole time we were there.


Then we visited Martin, and man, he had grown! You could still see it was him; the same eyes and the same spots, but he was huge! And he tried to eat my hair all the time. Cute little baby Martin is in his teens :) His momma was the same though: All she thinks about is eating.

I miss all the practical work, even though we were there for about 10 minutes and smelled like cow the whole day.

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Rabbits, Harry Potter and the barn party.

01/11/2005

Happy birthday, mom! :love:

Today we sedated rabbits and took some blood tests. It was weird going from cows to tiny rabbits, but we got used to it. It was also a bit nerve wrecking cause the animals are expensive for the scientists, so we had to be extra careful.

I really wanted to be at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but Søren is in Denmark for the weekend, so I’ll have to wait :( I really envy you, Renate :oh:


Oh, and let me know if you wanna come to the barn party with me. I’m allowed to have two guest :) It costs 330NOK, but you get beer, aquavit (dunno what’s it in English) and porridge for free :P Some crappy stand up comedian is coming and we’ve got a big band. Okay, it doesn’t sound like it, but it’s gonna be a lot of fun :D Hint, hint, Line and Hanne-Lill ;)

And here’s Martin! :D

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About calves and baby steps.

27/10/2005

So, tomorrow is our last day with the cows. I’m gonna miss it. Yes, I’m surprised by that myself, but I’ve come to love the calves.. Especially Martin. He’s so cute :D I’m gonna take my camera with me tomorrow and see if I can take some pictures of him. The only negative thing about this clinic is the damn smell. You get used to it, but you take it with you home :( I’ve just taken a shower, but I still smell. It could be my clothes though.

I dragged myself to the gym today. I haven’t worked out for two weeks now. Why didn’t I exercise when I was younger? :oh:
When I was home in Harstad, my parents said that I was glowing. Now this is something you’d say if you’re pregnant, which I’m so far from that it’s not even funny, but they meant that they’ve never seen me as happy as I am now. Strange, huh? Well, not really. I’m finally doing things that I’ve always said that I wanted to do. Baby steps though, but still ;)

Oh, and note to self: Call the blood bank to quarantine myself cause a calf friggin’ bit me :mad:

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Old MacDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-o!

24/10/2005

The day wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I’m actually suprised that I didn’t retch once. The first thing that happened was that we met the guy who’s our boss for the week and he told us where the lunchroom, the toilet and our clothes was, and that we had to get two sheep down to pathology. It was almost a little too much for me in the morning. I find it hard to see animals put to death like that. It’s better when it’s done with anesthetics. Less brutal, I guess.

The good thing is that we’re alone at this clinic, meaning that there aren’t any veterinary students around to fight for the fun tasks. Only today we got to give shots to sheep, calves and pigs. Oh man, how the pigs screamed. I mean, I’ve heard pigs squeal and that’s loud, but that’s nothing compared to what they do if you hold them up by the ears. I seriously thought I was going deaf.

I also got to milk a cow. Only a little bit though, cause we had a machine to do the work. And I fed a calf with a bottle :D

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