It has been a rainy day, which has made me want to crawl in bed and sleep all day. I have the three dogs in bed with me right now and it’s so cozy :) Makes it hard to do my homework, though.
The other day, a client thought I was the more senior student between me and my rotation mate. It felt kind of nice, though I’m not sure what made her think that. I’d like to think that I was projecting confidence and seemed like I knew what I was doing even though I’m out of my element and the more inexperienced of the two of us. So far, clients seem to like me, which seems good. I’ve even been able to warm up a few who seem more distant and less friendly. I don’t consider myself a particularly good conversationalist and I’ve got social anxiety issues, so this has been tough for me. When I worked as a tech, I didn’t have to interact with clients as much as this. I’m glad that I at least seem to be projecting that I’m a nice person who might be a good doctor someday.
Tomorrow we’re doing horse stuff again and it’s our only appointment, so that should be nice. I really like that we have “field trips.” It helps break up the week. And we might be stopping on our way back to buy pumpkins. Dr. C needs them to make medicine of some sort, but I don’t know who for. Have I mentioned that, in addition to being a veterinary acupuncturist, she also sees human patients? It’s so cool. Plus she has a PhD in something, did post doc work in immunology and, of course, is a conventional vet as well. Her mind astounds me. I wish I had a quarter of her drive!
Then, on Friday, it’s my last day of this rotation! 2 weeks is not enough time, especially when trying to learn about such a different form of medicine! I’ve been loving it and really hope I can find the ambition to study it further later in life.
Must go read a study on the use of acupuncture to prevent relapse of recurrent middle ear infections in dogs and eat dinner. And sleeeeep.
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