Today we have reached a new level. I have known that grad school was bad for your health in a number of ways however i never would have guessed that it can also be bad for your pet's health as well. Let me explain. Yup time for another list.
Top 10 reasons grad school is hazardous to your (or your cat's) health
10. Your eyesight will diminish. I am told I am one prescription away from needing bifocals. (guess who has not been to the eye doctor in two years....).
9. Healthy Eating habits... out the window. I have regained a little bit of this. But I have still gained a lot of weight. My Doc asks me why and I just look at him and say... stupid grad school.
8. Somedays you are too busy to shower. Or just forget. Thank God for body spray and dry shampoo!
7. Time to work out, do yoga, GONE. Which does not help combat the levels of coffee and other crap you ingest at 2:00am.
6. Sleep... HA! Now I am good about sleeping because I am a mean zombie when I am sleep deprived. I would make the wost zombie from the Walking Dead look like a kitten. SO to spare the wold I get at least 5 hours a sleep a night. You're welcome.
5. Drinking the vats of coffee everyday has made my stomach hate me. Good thing I like tea and can still manage to have one cup of coffee in the morning or the zombification would also occur. Again... you're welcome.
4.Nearly every semester, once the semester is over, you will get sick. I did pretty good this last term but every other one... bed ridden for a few days.
3. Once upon a time I had a social life. Full of friends and supportive people. But then I went to grad school. No time for hanging out, no one wants to talk about your projects all day long and you forget how to socialize with non academic folk. SO soon... you are left with a FEW friends who are sent from heaven and understand that you cannot call them from Sept. - December and Feb. - May.
2. Due to the stress one feels additional relationships will also suffer. Husbands will commonly be sexually ignored, yelled at for reasons they do not understand, and cried on at a moments notice. I am the luckiest girl in the world that I husband has not left me but I wouldn't have blamed him if he wanted to. I might have left myself if I knew how.
And finally....
1. Your stress level can get soo high that it not only effects you and those who have to see you.. but if it gets high enough your poor cat may have to be put on kitty prozac to help them cope. So wish I was kidding. My sweet furry baby has been having some behavior issues and the only thing left to try is kitty prozac to help her anxiety. My stress has driven my cat looney.
So if you are reading this and still think ooh grad school will be fun. Run to your local mental hospital and check yourself in. It will be pretty close to grad school and you will not have to pay as much.
