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[wabbitmom12]

Thank you for asking!

I almost posted yesterday...and decided not to, cause I was on your blog and didn't want to hijack! LOL

It went pretty well. I missed 2, but the test had just 10 questions, so I guess 80%...doesn't sound too impressive, but one of the misses was due to not converting the answer from grams to milligrams. So, I had the RIGHT answer, just in the wrong form. I can live with that!

No class til June 2...big sigh of relief. Plenty of homework, but a bit of time to breathe...thank you, Lord!

 

[TinysMom]

Hey - 80% is still good - and sometimes those questions you miss are so important because when you learn the answers - they sorta find a way into your mind so that you won't forget them again...like "yep...I remember that one now..".

How long does your course last? Any idea where you want to work once you're done?

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

Hey - 80% is still good - and sometimes those questions you miss are so important because when you learn the answers - they sorta find a way into your mind so that you won't forget them again...like "yep...I remember that one now..".

How long does your course last?  Any idea where you want to work once you're done?

You are absolutely right about how making a mistake helps you remember something in the long run. I will probably be absolutely fanatical about making sure I do the conversions from here on out!

The course is a total of 8 weeks. 4 down, 4 to go! We sill be finishing up the 24th of June, or thereabouts.

I always thought I wanted to work in a community pharmacy (ie, Walgreens, CVS). However, I am learning a lot about doing admixtures for IV solutions right now, and it's really interesting to me. Hospitals and other medical facilities (Nursing homes, etc.) employ technicians to do this type of work, under the supervision of their staff pharmacists. I'm kind of kicking that type of work situation around in my mind. It would be really interesting, with mostly regular working hours, good pay and benefits, a higher skill level in the profession, and so forth...but I don't think there would be a lot of interaction with the public. While that's not ALL bad
, I'm not sure if it's what I really want. Working all day in a (literally) sterile lab could get boring. I guess I will be weighing the pros and cons over the next few weeks.

In some ways, if I could break into the hospital-type pharmacy environment, but then decided it wasn't for me, it would be easy to transition to the retail setting....but doing it vice versa might NOT be as easy. I'm probably going to have to bounce this around for awhile.

 

[TinysMom]

From my limited experience working in one hospital (and talking to some folks there) - hospitals may not pay as well as retail but the benefits and holidays and stuff are usually pretty decent

I would think if you could get into a hospital...you'd have a pretty definite job for a while - not sure how volatile the retail field is - but I'm guessing with what you're learning - you definitely will have an easier time finding a job than many others would.

 

[kherrmann3]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

It went pretty well. I missed 2, but the test had just 10 questions, so I guess 80%...doesn't sound too impressive, but one of the misses was due to not converting the answer from grams to milligrams. So, I had the RIGHT answer, just in the wrong form. I can live with that!

Don't you hate little mistakes like that? You get your test back and are like "d'oh!" Congrats on passing! (I wouldn't be unhappy with an 80%).

:thumbup

 

[wabbitmom12]

kherrmann3 wrote:

wabbitmom12 wrote:

It went pretty well. I missed 2, but the test had just 10 questions, so I guess 80%...doesn't sound too impressive, but one of the misses was due to not converting the answer from grams to milligrams. So, I had the RIGHT answer, just in the wrong form. I can live with that!

Don't you hate little mistakes like that? You get your test back and are like "d'oh!" Congrats on passing! (I wouldn't be unhappy with an 80%).

:thumbup

Thanks! Ya, I took one look at the question and knew exactly what I had done wrong . I think being so nervous about the test to start with made me miss something I otherwise would not have. So, ultra-perfectionism aside (one of my many downfalls , I've been trying to take it easy on myself. As I get older...it gets easier to say, "oh, well".

I've already learned so much the past 3-4 weeks that I'm surprised some of it isn't spilling back out of my ears while I'm sleeping!

 

[TinysMom]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

kherrmann3 wrote:

wabbitmom12 wrote:

It went pretty well. I missed 2, but the test had just 10 questions, so I guess 80%...doesn't sound too impressive, but one of the misses was due to not converting the answer from grams to milligrams. So, I had the RIGHT answer, just in the wrong form. I can live with that!

Don't you hate little mistakes like that? You get your test back and are like "d'oh!" Congrats on passing! (I wouldn't be unhappy with an 80%).

:thumbup

Thanks! Ya, I took one look at the question and knew exactly what I had done wrong . I think being so nervous about the test to start with made me miss something I otherwise would not have. So, ultra-perfectionism aside (one of my many downfalls , I've been trying to take it easy on myself. As I get older...it gets easier to say, "oh, well".

I've already learned so much the past 3-4 weeks that I'm surprised some of it isn't spilling back out of my ears while I'm sleeping!

Have you checked under the pillows? Might want to peek there...

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I caught the kit who first discovered how to get out of the nesting box eating a very long rabbit food pellet this evening. By the time I got the camera he/she was done.

So this will be very photo heavy of the baby's and of Miss Daisy who had her first encounter with a baby today. Daisy bumped noses with a baby who had its nose out through the NIC panel. They both sniffed each other and Daisy hopped off to see what she could get into that she shouldn't.

So her are some update photo's and video from today.

It didn't come out on the video but I was trying to show one kit grooming the other.

I also discovered today that when I have the camera on red eye reduction it startles Daisy and she jumps. Need to turn that off before I take anymore pictures of her.

 

[hln917]

Cuteness overload!!! The babies are no longer babies. It's cute how they all snuggle in the little corner.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Theretastes are changing too. In addition to momma milk, they are eating hay or at least trying to. Sweetie has gone from 2 cups a day to 3 cups a day of rabbit food.

 

[hln917]

Hi Dave, Just wanted to say Thank you for your Service to our country!

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Thank you and your welcome.

 

[Nummy]

What adorable babies!!! :biggrin::inlove:

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I had a scare Sunday night. We were trimming bunny nails and I had gotten Nibbles to do hers. She lept out of my arms and fell between to sets of cages about a 4 foot fall between them. Luckily her only injury was a broken nail.

 

[kirbyultra]

Oh my goodness, is that a baby?! It's huge!

 

[Wabbitdad12]

The picture of the bunny eating the hay is 3 weeks old. In fact the litter turned 3 weeks old today!

I had to put in another food dish in with Sweetie and the baby's. One baby was sitting in Sweeties food dish eating and the other two were eating underneath that one.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Last night before I went to bed I checked on the baby's. I started to pet one and another kept shoving its head in the way to get all the pets.

 

[TinysMom]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Last night before I went to bed I checked on the baby's. I started to pet one and another kept shoving its head in the way to get all the pets.

I remember those days...so typical at that age for flemish babies. (So typical at most ages until they hit puberty?)

I want to know one thing - how can Karen ever manage to study with all that cuteness around? Do you have to lock the bunny room and make her stay out till her studying is done?

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Last night before I went to bed I checked on the baby's.  I started to pet one and another kept shoving its head in the way to get all the pets.

I remember those days...so typical at that age for flemish babies.  (So typical at most ages until they hit puberty?)

I want to know one thing - how can Karen ever manage to study with all that cuteness around?  Do you have to lock the bunny room and make her stay out till her studying is done?

Believe me IT IS NOT EASY!! The other day I said, "I have not held a baby for 3 DAYS!" So I had to take a break and hold each of them for about 20 minutes apiece. (Good thing Sweetie didn't have a litter of 10!)

 

[MILU]

Wow, you really do have a lot of rabbits, and some are so big! They're cute! I hope they're all ok and don't jump on trash cans anymore. LOL
Btw, I laughed so much with your "I had to get rid of the kids, the rabbits were allergic!" - pretty good one!