Did you bring your popcorn and favorite beverage to read through all the job openings?  I hope you did since there are a lot of them!  Just like everyone else, we are looking for associate due.  Our awesome newer grad (who we mentored) is going into a clinical pathology residency and we will soon be losing her. Unlike everyone else, we do believe in work-life balance and we don’t just claim to practice good veterinary medicine; we actually do.  Full-time doctors (there are three of us) and staff have a four day work week.  We close at 5 pm every day except on Thursdays when we are open until 6:30 pm. Since I was deprived of many toys as a child and never got my power wheels Barbie car, I have overcompensated in my “toy” buying at my practice.  The good news is that since m