Improvident--that is the lab's "Word of the Day" according to Cynthia who got it from Google. It means thoughtless or negligent. So here comes my vent. I'm having a bad week so far, so just bare with me for a moment. I am supposed to teach a class tomorrow morning at 8AM. FUN! (or not). I hate teaching. There is nothing I despise more than standing up in front of 72 vet students with a God complex and a professor who is a billion times smarter than I am and acting like I actually know what I'm talking about. My major professor informs me last Tuesday through another grad student (not directly through a conversation she's had with me) that I will be teaching the lecture I taught last fall next Wednesday. OK. No problem. Next week, Monday at 4pm (less than 2 days before I teach) she informs me that I will also be teaching another organism that I don't have a lecture for. I also need handouts for the students. Sure, I can handle it (I'm a pushover.). I work on it for most of the night last night. This morning around 10am. Phone call: you don't need to do the other organism lecture. Note: This is the day before I teach and I haven't worked on my handout because I was working on the other lecture. UGH! And she also wants a copy of the manuscript I haven't finished so she can proofread it while she's out of town. She will be getting the introduction. I feel like my whole experience as a grad student has been like this. My major professor has no time for me. I am always the last one to get a meeting if I get one at all. If I ever go crazy and decide I want a Ph.D I will be sure to do my homework first before I spend years of my life working for someone who forgets I exist. Ok. Thanks for listening. I feel much better now. *stepping off soapbox*