Hot Like Ebola!!!: May 2004

Alright, so I have jumped on the bandwagon yet again. New emails should flow to jenevieve@gmail.com.

In other news, I have been thinking recently about family and what it means to leave your family when you get married and cleave to your spouse. The college years have seen an interesting shift in the way I interact with my family. Is it possible to love them more and grow apart from them at the same time?

On one hand, I have come to appreciate the wisdom that my parents have, and the love they posses for us. My relationship with my parents, and especially my dad, has become much deeper and more balanced since I left. My sister and I have also grown closer. There aren't any more catfights, and we actually talk about serious things sometimes. Weird.

On the other hand, I have realized that L.A. is no longer home for me. I mean, I go there on vacations, and I love my friends and family, but I feel a little bit like a stranger. My family's ideologies and attitudes are so much different than those I hold, and it causes me to feel alien.

When I marry Matthew, I will cut the bond with my family and attach myself to him. While I will still speak to, see, and love my family, it mill become second to the family I am creating. I know that my relationships and traditions are always changing. It's still different, though. I can't explain it, really.

Even though it is not a surprise to me, and even though I have already been separating myself from my family, the reality of cleaving myself from them is strange to me. I do not know what Matt and my family will look like. What will Christmas mornings be? Will we go camping in the summer? How often will we visit our families? What will we do for Thanksgiving? What, if any, Jewish traditions will we keep? Are we going to have a Seder dinner, or break the fast after Yom Kippur?

It is hard to jump blindly into the future, especially when I am thinking of traditions that I have always known.

What is it about summer that makes people think serious and introspective thoughts?

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24 May 2004

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Ah, the maturity that can only come with the college experience.

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23 May 2004

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Alright, here's what's been up with me lately:

I started work on Tuesday at Deep Park Veterinary Clinic. I muck 16 stalls a day, dump, scrub, and refill water buckets, and generally clean and organize things. Also, I occasionally got to do fun stuff, like testing 50 cows for pregnancy (and as Matt so beautifully pointed out, you don't do it using the little urine strip either :)). I got to hold a horse the other day while a hematoma (huge blood blister) was being drained, and I got drenched! Seriously, I looked like that girl in Carrie. But for the most part, I clean and scrub and disinfect, then do that all again.

I am frustrated because they were supposed to give me 40 hours a week, but when I got my work schedule for June, they only had me at 9 hours a week! When I asked what was up, they told me that they had received a large and unexpected influx of volunteers, and they needed to divide up the week. So I need to find another vet job up here, or I have to go down to L.A. and find one down there. Bummer.

On Friday, Matt and I went over to Montana for Lacey's sister's wedding. Friday night, Matt and I got split up. He went with the boys and played Halo for 4 hours, and I went with the girls. Crystal opened all her lingerie, and then we watched a movie. Oh, and some male strippers came. I got a great picture of Crystal and them!

Saturday was the wedding, which matt and I thought was at 11 am, but was apparently at 5 pm. But it was a beautiful wedding, Crystal looked like a princess, Thaiv is a great guy, etc.

I have been SLOWLY getting packed and moving stuff over to the Sardinia's. I think I may be driving Dr. Mike insane.

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20 May 2004

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It's a crazy ol' life we lead...

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17 May 2004

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yeah!!

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16 May 2004

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Two years today! Ah, it seems like only yesterday that matt and I were trying to covertly snuggle on the way from Spokane to L.A. while Mary and Miranda gave us strange looks in the rearview mirror. :) Tonight, we are going to a fancy restaurant at Luna's, an upscale place downtown. I think I'm going to try to get Matt to wear his tux!

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15 May 2004

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I don't really like the new look for blogger.com... it used to be really easy to use, but now it is lampy (for all you non-AJ people, that means banxor). I AM DONE WITH FINALS!!!!! Now I am relaxing/ packing for a few days, driving down to Desmet, Idaho(northridge to santa barbara), and starting work on Tuesday! Matt and I celebrate the big 2 years tomorrow (weird, huh?), and that's about it! I may have landed an extra job this summer, working with a couple of horses and riders that want to hone their technique. That should be fun, and give me a little extra flow. Alright, back to chilling.

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14 May 2004

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By the way, I have a job!!!
Starting Tuesday, I will be working from 8 am until 4 pm, Monday through Friday (and sometimes Saturday) at the Deer Park Animal Hospital!!!! WAHOOO!!! In the large animal section!!!!!

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2 finals down, one to go... It's really sad, but I am actually so fried that I seem to have forgotten how to type. spellcheck will have a field day with this one. Genetics was okay, but animal phys (14 full pages later) was the worst essay I've ever had to write. blech. Well, this time tomorrow I will be done, DONE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Anyway, back to the grindstone. Matt will be back soon, and I will a-dinner at the Saga. Again.

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11 May 2004

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hola! It's time for everyone's favorite part of the year, finals week! It looks like doom on a stick for me this week:

Monday
No finals, but I turned in my Drosophila report. 23 riveting pages. Also, I had a quiz in Animal phys, and finished up my lab notebook.

Tuesday
No finals, so I am finishing up a lab report, a journal article, and a problem set for devmen, and also studying for genetics

Wednesday
Genetics final, finishing up the 41 essay question devmen study guide, and studying for animal phys

Thursday
Animal Physiology final(of doom), and studying for devmen final (of doom)

Friday
Developmental Biology final of doom, as well as turning in everything that's due for that class.

Pray.

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