Ahhh holidays. How I have craved you. I’m back home for some well-earned R & R, although am dubiously eyeing the pile of work in the corner which has to be done in the next few weeks. Still, I’m starting to feel like a real person again. Not communicating with non-vets properly yet, good God no, that will only happen by the end of the summer. But today I actually sat down and had a cup of tea. I sat down and did nothing for more than three minutes – I even finished the cup of tea. I must be relaxing. It’s easy to get so caught up in everything that goes on at vet school that you literally never stop – even when you’re sleeping your brain goes ten to the dozen (what does that phrase actually mean?? Surely 14 to the dozen would make more sense?). I’ve noticed this recently, because I’ve stopped communicating with people properly. When I’m talking, my head is elsewhere, thinking about 14 other things that I need to do. I wish I didn’t do this, it actually interferes with your relationships with people. I don’t want to be distant all the time, or wanting people to leave because I’ve got a tonne of stuff to be getting on with. I want to enjoy the moment. Spring is nearly here, and I think the next few weeks are a good time for me to try and slow down a little – yes, the pile of work is still eyeing me beadily from the corner of the room, but I need to wake up and smell the daffodils (or whatever the phrase is), because while I’m hiding behind textbooks and emails, life in the outside world carries on, and I don’t want to be missing it.
