#NerdsUnite: The secret life of a veterinary technician
<editorsnote> Nerds, meet my buddy Lindsay. She and I met ... well, somewhere in the social space. I think we might have started talking through this site directly, then through facebook - maybe ... I'm not sure. But she's awesome. I talk to her on twitter almost every day, and she's really rad and TOTALLY a big huge animal lover. Like crazy huge!! In these series of posts she will be talking about her life and random adventures with sometimes more than two legged creatures. I guess there's only one more thing left to say ... HIT IT LINDSAY!!</editorsnote>
#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @TheCraftafarian
Thankfully the last week has been a little less dramatic than normal for me, so that's good. I'm getting a little run down because I'm doing a lot at one time and I don't quite have a set routine/schedule (still! I know, naughty Lindsay, I shall write that up as soon as I'm done here). Lately I've had a lot of my plate and with school starting August 20th it's only going to get more hectic if I don't have a set routine. This is what I've been up to:
Work: At my veterinary clinic I work 5-6 days a week depending on the week. That is usually between 35-40 hours a week. My commute to work is between 30-45 minutes one way. Alternating weeks I have Thursday, Saturday afternoon, Sunday off. Or Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday--but this week I have kennel duty and have to go back to work to feed, walk/let out into yard/medicate the animals as needed Saturday evening, Sunday morning and evening. This week we had a very long day where I ran anesthesia for two surgeries back to back. I was in surgery for about 6 hours from start to recovery. For some reason having so much focus on something like that can be very exhausting.
Pet Sitting: Some months I have no pet sitting but lately I've been averaging 3-14 days a month for the last 3 months. I already have a week (possibly 10 days) booked in July, a few days in September, and Christmas reserved. We don't necessarily need the money but since David is a server as well as manager some of his money depends on business so its nice to have the "extra". Its not really extra as there is always something that needs to be done to a car, pet, ourselves, the house etc. But its good to get things done anyway.
Home: We are slowly getting rid of clutter and organizing our tiny apartment. We are trying to maximize our space but getting smaller furniture and using our vertical space by hanging shelves. The plan is to get a smaller couch, more like a love seat and a smaller table for the "dining area" so we can move our giant bean bag (love sak) out into the living room. Then we will make the bedroom "everyone's" bedroom by setting up pet beds in the newly acquired space.
Interwebz: Besides maintaining my own social networks for fun and social purposes, writing on my blog/website, and writing for this site; I also maintain two businesses facebook and twitter accounts: Kindred Spirits Animal Clinic (facebook, twitter) and Giovanni's Italian Restaurant in Winter Park (facebook, twitter). For myself I have my website, and a facebook page for The Craftafarian). Oh! And a Facebook page for my pet sitting business. My boyfriend seems to be pretty impressed with all of this as he has recommended to his family that I could help them set up a website or blog and social media accounts. So I may be adding a personal trainer and trainer for real estate sales to the list. I told them: make a Facebook page and start a twitter account. Then we will go from there. I'm not sure if this is going to make me a social media marketer or whatever but it's pretty cool to see that whatever I'm doing is working.
Misc: Sometimes I make jewelry and sell it on etsy, I have a bunch of supplies my mom gave me that I really need to start making but when I'm pet sitting it makes it difficult to do much more than computer stuff as I would have to drag around all those supplies as well.
I'm a busy little bee! But I can't wait to start school I'm just taking one class due to financial reasons, veterinary medical terminology, I'm hoping most of it is easy for me since I feel like I already know a lot. Next semester I'm hoping to take out evil student loans so I can get started on earning my certification. And I'm leaning towards vet school...maybe on the west coast one day. We'll see, one day at a time :) Now off to write my schedule up and then run to kennel.