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*Dust Off Journal*
Jul. 12th, 2019 06:57 am So when was the last time I updated here?
...April 2016? Huh, guess that makes some sense. 2016 presidential election made things very stressful in my parents house, where I was still living. This lead me to having a full on breakdown through the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017. Thankfully I had my therapist, who also helped me figure out my career path. Budget cuts and student population meant that the school couldn't keep justifying my position, so I was let go. So I could have gone back to get a full on teaching certificate (I was only certified for paraprofessional work) or do something else.
I decided to do something else, and back to school I went to become a veterinary technician. And two years later, here I am with an Associates in Veterinary Technician, a set date to sit for my boards to become fully certified, and a much better place mentally (it helps that going back to school required me to move to a city two hours away from my parents. Absence really helped us mend things)
I am also so proud that I went to Vet school and didn't come back with a dog or cat!
...I did come back with three mice though...
Look at my babies! This was around end of April when I first got them and the were so tiny! The far right one is Colette, the middle one is Angelina, and the far left was named Bijou at the time...
But then it turned out that I actually came home with two girls and one boy, instead of three girls. Luckily I caught it soon enough to separate without any unplanned litters. So instead of being named after the Hamtaro character, he is now Basil, after The Great Mouse Detective. Or as some of my relatives call him, the Boy!
Then there is my albino girl, Angelina. She's named after Angelina Ballerina, since she is the one who spends the most time spinning on the wheels like a ballerina! She is also the most socialized, always eager to jump into a waiting hand!
Finally there is Colette, named after the chef from Ratatouille so I can call them my ABC mice! She is the shyest and the most skittish, so I'm still working on socializing her. She has black eyes and is more of an off-white compared to her sister.
...April 2016? Huh, guess that makes some sense. 2016 presidential election made things very stressful in my parents house, where I was still living. This lead me to having a full on breakdown through the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017. Thankfully I had my therapist, who also helped me figure out my career path. Budget cuts and student population meant that the school couldn't keep justifying my position, so I was let go. So I could have gone back to get a full on teaching certificate (I was only certified for paraprofessional work) or do something else.
I decided to do something else, and back to school I went to become a veterinary technician. And two years later, here I am with an Associates in Veterinary Technician, a set date to sit for my boards to become fully certified, and a much better place mentally (it helps that going back to school required me to move to a city two hours away from my parents. Absence really helped us mend things)
I am also so proud that I went to Vet school and didn't come back with a dog or cat!
...I did come back with three mice though...
Look at my babies! This was around end of April when I first got them and the were so tiny! The far right one is Colette, the middle one is Angelina, and the far left was named Bijou at the time...
But then it turned out that I actually came home with two girls and one boy, instead of three girls. Luckily I caught it soon enough to separate without any unplanned litters. So instead of being named after the Hamtaro character, he is now Basil, after The Great Mouse Detective. Or as some of my relatives call him, the Boy!
Then there is my albino girl, Angelina. She's named after Angelina Ballerina, since she is the one who spends the most time spinning on the wheels like a ballerina! She is also the most socialized, always eager to jump into a waiting hand!
Finally there is Colette, named after the chef from Ratatouille so I can call them my ABC mice! She is the shyest and the most skittish, so I'm still working on socializing her. She has black eyes and is more of an off-white compared to her sister.
