Timing, white coats, and being mistaken for a dude

One of the most frustrating things I have discovered within the past month and a half is timing. A couple weeks ago I missed my boyfriend online by about ten minutes 3 times in 2 days. And then the next day when I did finally catch him online he had to switch computers and I couldn't wait for him to get back on because I had to be somewhere within ten minutes. This, inevitably, lead to me having a complete break down in front of my roommate while unpacking groceries later. Nothing like sobbing on your roommate's shoulder while holding lunchmeat. Oh the joys of deployment.

In other news I became the proud owner of a shiny white coat last week. After three long years I finally get to wear the infamous white coat. The vet school makes a big deal out of this accomplishment, but really walking across the stage and even wearing it aftewards, I didn't feel all that different. Maybe once it's actually put into action it will feel like more of a big deal. Can't really enjoy it much with 3 weeks of school and finals left though, meaning that the possibility of failing this semester is still there. It's like they give you just enough to give you a little bit of hope while you're sitting at the ceremony fully knowing it may all be taken away from you. Vet school has a way of doing that a lot.

And now my rant of the week. You can imagine my joy when I opened an email this week with the header, "Dear Mr. Nickel". This happens more than I would like; however, it's usually with random junk mail for credit cards I don't want (even more incentive not to get them) and spam. This email was in regards to an award I got selected for. Now one would think the person emailing me about such a thing would double check my gender before calling me a mister. Guess not. It took a lot of will power not to reply, "Dear Mr. So and So: I am a girl." Now that I've been insulted I don't even want to go (well that's an exaggeration, I didn't really want to go in the first place and lucky for me I have a lab that afternoon so I have an excuse not to go). But honestly, if you're notifying someone of an award they're receiving please make sure you have the right gender before you hit send. I realize my name can be a guy's or a girl's, but so can a lot of names. Okay that's my rant. Off to bed I go for tomorrow's Saturday and that means sleeping in!