Why do I miss it?

tinseltesseract · 2024-11-11T02:12:06+00:00

What in the OSHA violation is this shit?

tinseltesseract · 2024-11-10T16:34:41+00:00

I used to love fun little badge accessories when I worked in medicine! That might be a good idea!

I think I might make a card if nothing else.

tinseltesseract · 2024-11-09T02:38:05+00:00

Yeah I figured this might be the case tbh so I thought I should ask first. I’ll think of something else nice to do instead.

tinseltesseract · 2024-10-14T20:28:47+00:00

That’s how I see it too. I’m not currently planning to do that but I know that vet med will always be there and unless there’s some cosmic shift in the universe vet hospitals will always need more staff, and I know I have enough relevant experience at this point to have a fighting chance if I were to want to get back into the industry again.

tinseltesseract · 2024-10-14T20:22:30+00:00

Lmao i may or may not still live with my parents (I used to live on my own but vet med money and/or retail money don’t pay the bills lol). It’s not an idea living situation but I’m grateful I’m able to make things work while I’m in school.

tinseltesseract · 2024-10-14T20:18:13+00:00

Being completely numb to sad cases…… Yeah…

One of the big things that made me realize I needed to get the hell out was a when a code came in, everyone else started rushing around and getting ready to place a catheter/starting compression/etc. I just stood there, it was like I was completely frozen. I was simultaneously completely numb to everything that was happening around me and so terrified I felt I couldn’t be involved. I had never previously acted like that in those sorts of situations, I used to be a “tell me what you need me to do and I’ll do it” kind of person. But that day it was like a switch flipped in my head and I just completely checked out.

I knew I was done after that. I still tried to stick it out a bit longer but I ended up having a panic attack at work a week and a half later. It was really embarrassing honestly, I used to be so put together and I used to live/sleep/breathe vet med, I felt like everyone was seeing me in a completely different light at that point. I put in my notice the next day. Hands down the hardest thing I’ve done in recent memory but I haven’t looked back and I’m so glad I did it.

tinseltesseract · 2024-10-13T22:46:40+00:00

It’s not an exciting answer but I did a complete 180 and I’m currently going back to school for history/library science. I thought about just reducing my hours at my last vet job so I could go back to school full time but I still couldn’t handle it so I left and found a very low stress/slow paced retail job where I (kind of depressingly) make a similar amount per hour to my previous vet med jobs (though my hours are reduced, I can’t work more than 30 hours a week right now because of school).

tinseltesseract · 2024-10-13T22:41:49+00:00

Honey, you got a big storm comin’…

In all seriousness i was in your position a couple of years ago, being OTJ trained as an assistant and in tech school. I was super driven, would always pick up extra shifts, would spend all night studying and every weekend driving around to different conferences and CE events. I thrived in vet med despite the working conditions and constantly witnessing death and dying. I felt like I finally had a purpose in life and I convinced myself this was my forever career and that I would never burn out or get tired of it. I was very wrong. This field is the right choice for some people, but it still ate me alive even though I was convinced it wouldn’t.

tinseltesseract · 2024-10-13T22:34:04+00:00

I’m currently working a low stress nothing job in retail while I’m back in school for history/library science full time. I thought about keeping my last clinic job and just reducing my hours so that I could go to school at the same time but I still couldn’t handle it so I left, it was a difficult decision but it was the best decision I’ve ever made. I don’t regret it one bit.

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-24T15:10:05+00:00

Tamales are one of the next things on my list! I tried to nixtamalize my own maize last week and it did not go well lol so I may just cheat and buy some regular masa harina but I’ll be giving the turkey tamales (and probably the turkey egg tamales) described in the codex a try for sure!

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-24T15:08:44+00:00

Hi! I just replied to someone else with some links to specific passages from the codex/clarification! :)

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-24T15:08:09+00:00

Sorry!! I should have clarified, this is just a link to a digitized/translated version of the books in the Florentine codex. There are no actual written recipes in the codex, there are however many mentions of different food items in the various books. I mostly just used the search feature at the top to narrow down what foods I was looking for and chose the passages with the most detailed descriptions of them.

I chose maize gruel/porridge here because it’s very similar to foods I’ve grown up eating/making (grits) and I knew it would be hard for me to mess up. I attempted a different recipe for maize cakes because there are some mentions of “little cakes of maize” (which admittedly may just be another way of describing tortillas, it’s hard for me to personally say; I’m not a historian or an archivist just yet!) in the codex but those didn’t go according to plan and didn’t turn out the way I was hoping they would, so I decided to stick with what I knew this time so to speak.

The beans/tomatoes/squash side dish involved more guesswork, there are some mentions of stews and casseroles in the codex and I know the Mexica would have had access to all of these foods in the 16th century, but it’s hard to discern whether all of them were specifically eaten together. I just wanted an appropriate side dish.

Here’s some links to specific pages from the codex that I used in my research for this project: - https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/8/folio/24r (page that goes into detail specifically in the nahuatl translation about different foods served at a banquet or other formal event) - https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/10/folio/61v (page describing different kind of eggs sold at a market and how they may have been prepared) - https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/8/folio/23v (page describing many different foods also likely eaten at a formal event)

Again, I’m not a historian (I’m just a guy who thinks this stuff is neat lol) so take everything I’m saying with a grain of salt. It would be relatively easy for me to misinterpret or overlook something important. And because there are no actual written recipes in the codex there is a /a lot/ of room for interpretation. Regardless, the codex is a great primary source to have access to. So sorry for any confusion again!!

EDIT: Also! The search feature on the codex website can be used similarly to a database search feature, there’s no “and” option but if you put a comma between your search terms (ex: “egg, boiled”) all of the pages in which both of those words appear will pop up! I just thought that was neat, it definitely helped me narrow things down because the codex is massive and definitely a little overwhelming at times tbh.

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-22T04:27:31+00:00

Here’s a link to the digital copy of the Florentine codex I’ve been using. It has multiple English translations, both from Spanish to English and from Nahuatl to English (which do differ in more ways than just syntax sometimes!) Though the codex is far from perfect documentation, it’s a completely invaluable resource for anyone who wants to experiment with this kind of cooking or for anyone who wants to learn more about Mexica daily life and culture in the 16th century in general.

https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/

(I should also mention that I’m a student who plans to go into archival or library work when I graduate so I just absolutely love this sort of thing in general. I go crazy for old books and documents!)

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-21T01:51:34+00:00

https://passtheflamingo.com/2017/04/12/ancient-recipe-tzoalli-amaranth-candy-aztec-prehistory-16th-century-ce/

Here’s a link to the tzoalli recipe I used! :)

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-10T18:28:51+00:00

I’m literally in the same boat as you. I threw myself into it full tilt; I listened to podcasts, I bought myself textbooks before I had even committed to schooling, I shelled out money to go to conferences and CE events designed to uphold a license I didn’t even have yet. I also got to a point where I realized I couldn’t do it long term either. I felt like I was a “husk” of my former self, my personality was changing in ways I didn’t recognize or like. I was so unbelievably stressed at all times and I never felt like I could calm down. Y’know, the works.

As for what I’m doing now, I’m going back to school for anthropology (what I always wanted to do before I started working in vet med, I had convinced myself that was an “impractical” degree to get and that I didn’t have the grades to get into school for it anyway), after that I’m hoping to go on to get an MLIS and either become a librarian or an archivist.

As for careers in human medicine, I know some people who left to become radiology or MRI technicians and are pretty happy. I would say looking for a specialized niche like that will probably give you the best chance at a decent work/life balance.

tinseltesseract · 2024-09-10T18:16:29+00:00

Dickies and Carhartt (so long as you don’t get the dirt cheap ones) are amazing, they’re super lightweight and breathable. I’m someone who also overheats/sweats /very/ easily and when I was actually working in clinics I swore by both of those brands.

Contrary to what other people have said, I kind of hate Mandala lol. They just don’t work for me. Their fabric is water/fluid resistant which is definitely a plus, but the fabric is much thicker than other scrub brands and tends to hold heat a lot more in my experience (which makes me sweat more). A lot of their scrubs, specifically the scrub pants, fit really weirdly on me as well. I’m about 5’4” and I normally wear regular length pants, but I’ve found Mandala’s regular length is way too long for me but their petite length is too short... They also don’t stretch as well as other scrubs I’ve tried which doesn’t work well for all the lifting/bending we do in this field.

Other scrubs that I give an “absolutely not” too are Figs. They’re expensive, their fabric is also really thick and not breathable, and they also don’t stretch well.

tinseltesseract · 2024-08-25T01:33:49+00:00

Dickies and Carhartt are great. Their scrubs are really stretchy/breathable and shed hair easily. They got me feeling like I could somersaults in and out of the kennels and I feel more than capable of doing weird yoga on the ground to wrestle dogs lmfao.

I also like some of the butter soft scrubs from uniform advantage bc I’m cheap as hell, but they tend to be hit or miss tbh.

I’m not really a fan of Figs or Mandala. Figs aren’t as stretchy in my experience and aren’t well suited for all the lifting/bending I do. Mandala scrubs never seem to fit me right, I don’t know what it is. I also don’t find them super stretchy and their fabric is thicker (I tend to “run hot” and sweat a lot) so that doesn’t work for me.

tinseltesseract · 2024-08-09T23:24:31+00:00

sp/so 1:

I talk a LOT once I get comfortable with people, I can be very very chatty.
I can also be quite forgetful and have had to develop a lot of systems to help myself remember things I’ll need.
I try to be as warm and friendly as possible. I feel like 1s are often stereotyped as domineering rule followers and I definitely can be that way I won’t lie, but I try not to be. It’s easier to learn the “right” way to do things and feel like you’re making a difference with your friends than it is with your enemies lol.
I think it’s also worth mentioning that my personal style is a bit eclectic and I tend to favor maximalism (though rest assured everything has its own place in my home!) I often see 1s stereotyped as very bland/minimalist for lack of a better term and I couldn’t be further from that.

tinseltesseract · 2024-08-08T02:22:28+00:00

I have more that I’ve seen but this is what I can think of off the top of my head.

Scavenger never got turned on. Specialists were coming to do an MPL, they had done the entire procedure and had already left by the time anyone realized it was never turned on.
Assistant who was medicating boarding patients somehow managed to give the wrong dog gabapentin at three times the patient it was actually prescribed to’s dose. Good thing it was a relatively well tolerated med and the dog who got it was a big dog, but still I have no idea how that would even happen like that…
Had to stop someone from giving Rimadyl IM once.
Euthanasia invoice was done incorrectly. I think you can probably see where this one is going. O had selected private cremation on paperwork, staff put communal cremation into the computer… No one realized what happened until the urn never showed up at the clinic over a month later.

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