Another one bites the dust: small animal medicine is done! I didn't get called in on emergency last night so I just had to come in this morning and feed the pigeons (they're being cared for by our tiny wildlife group while they regrow their flight feathers) and now I'm finished with all of my obligations for the rotation. It wasn't nearly so bad as I was expecting - at least in part due to the decrease in cases coming through compared to the summer rotations but also because all of the technicians, interns, residents and clinicians were amazing to work with.


In other exciting news, Match applications opened on Wednesday. I've got all of my letter writers lined up, have a few last minute tweaks to make to my essay and a couple other odds little things to do before the special lab animal deadline November 9th. Fortunately, I should have enough free time through December and early January to attend any interviews I might be lucky enough to land. I'm going to apply to 10 programs (you pay for applications in brackets, so it's a set fee for 1-10, 11-20, etc) although there are four or five that I'm most interested in right now. It feels kind of like applying to vet school, except now that my grades are better I feel more confident in my application than when I applied to vet schools. So it's pretty exciting.

I have a lot of chores to get done today but I know I'll have next weekend to get stuff done too, as my next rotation is only a week long. I also have a paper to finish and a powerpoint to start for my clinical conference (which I'm terrified for...) as well as NAVLE prep to continue. Time is really rolling now :)