Jen asked:
I’d like to know the first thing you can remember wanting to be when you grew up.
Veterinary Medicine was my passion when I was a kid. “The science and art of prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease and injury in animals and especially domestic animals.” If you are looking for a great vet with amazing staff for your animals then visit Pharr Road Animal Hospital
Oh how I love critters! I want to hug them and squeeze them and love them and call them George.
It wasn’t long before I turned my first double-digit that I was smacked with the reality that not only would I get to handle critters that I love and help them, but I would also have to handle critters that I don’t like so much, that I’d have to put some to sleep, and that I’d watch some die on my table. I didn’t like that very much, so I decided I wanted to be a graphic artist instead.
I suppose you could say that was what turned me into a realist.
Since then, there have been many occasions that I know I made the right decision.
1. When I had actual bats flying around inside my house back in the early 90’s.
2. When I developed allergies to my two kitties and had to leave them at the no-kill shelter.
3. When we caught one of our bats and took him to the county animal control, and watched them drown it. (rabies, you know)
4. When I developed allergies to everything else animal related that touched my skin.
5. While watching Dirty Jobs, an episode aired on horses, and it had to do with putting your arm where the sun will never, ever shine, and my tummy did rather large flips, and a few flops.
I think that about covers it!
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Ask Me Somethin’
Do you ever wonder . . . about me?
I’ve been seeing a few folks doing the ask/answer thing on their blogs. You ask me questions, I answer them. So dig down deep, and give me something to write about. You could even ask me to photograph some…
i wanted to be a vet when i was a kid too, i never had pets growing up so here i am, in my late 40’s, with my first dog, trying to figure things out.
Very good reasons to not be a vet, LOL!! :yes:
I had no idea. My father tried to tell me I wanted to be a doctor, so I repeated that for awhile. The first time I remember thinking about this was when I was about 20 and I thought I wanted to go into the Peace Corp.
What’s the best advice you would give to a young person trying to become an artist?
My daughter loves animals and I wonder if she will do the Vet thing? I grew up around animals my whole life. Sadly, my kids are not. All I can handle right now is a cat. My kids love my parents Alpaca.
There is the good and bad to every job.
Those are the things that deter me as well. I just don’t think that I could do those painful and yucky things all in one day.
[…] If there were more hours in a day, I’d love to finish what I start every morning. It seems I get going on a project only to end the day with “to be continued…” stamped on nearly everything. I’d love to wake up, start a painting, and finish it by bedtime. I’d love to fit in a blog design, a workout, my children, and a nice swim, too. There’s just not enough time to do it all. Something I wish I could do well…hmm. I’d love to be a better mom. Problem is, I don’t think there’s such a thing as mastering motherhood. Once you think you have your kid all figured out, they’re packing up and moving out. I’d also love to play piano better. I like playing, and I’d love to be able to read sheet music, but I play by ear. Colleen also wants to know, “What’s the best advice you would give to a young person trying to become an artist?” […]
I wanted to be a zookeeper and a vet–it was the euthanasia part that changed my mind too.
[…] I touched one of the babies on the way over – and he was cold. They weren’t moving, either. I asked my daughter to breathe onto them and it didn’t take long before they warmed up and started peeping. We giggled and listened to them peep and watched them open their beaks wide for food. I could tell this was going to be Cait’s thing – she took to them and wanted to care for them, and on the way home she said she wanted to do that all the time. (She’ll probably soon realize that it’s not all fun and peeping, there’s a lot of death involved, and she’ll change her mind like I did.) […]
But think of all the animals’ lives you could save! And I’m willing to put them to sleep and end their troubles if they suffered like my now-dead cat, Clare, did (she couldn’t even walk; it was so heartbreaking the way she dragged herself along the floor 🙁 arthiritis, u know…)
For me, my love of animals and to do everything in my power to save them or do stuff for their own good surprasses the disgust and/or sadness. Thank god I’m not allergic, either!
Then again, I’m only 13 :rolleyes: what do *I* know, right? besides, math and science arent my best subjects ….but i wont give up!!!! :dance:
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