Week 9

Well there's only one more week of blogging left after this week! Thanksgiving was this past Thursday and it was great. I got to go home and visit my family. I know it sounds really cliche, but it did make me think about how much I have to be thankful for. I was so grateful for being able to go home to my family and see my sister again since we had both been so busy that we hadn't been able to even talk since we saw each other over fall break. The fact that I have family that truly loves me and would do anything for me at any time. It's really sad for me to think about people who don't have a family like mine. I'm so thankful for my ability to be in school and get an education that will help me get into the career of veterinary medicine. I'm thankful for my ability to be active and do some of the things that I love most, like running and exercising. On Wednesday I received my first interview invitation to Kansas State University. I was so excited when I got the email that I immediately started crying. I'm so glad that I was able to tell my parents in person since I was home. I'm excited and now I think that I can actually do this, and get into veterinary school. It gave me the boost of confidence that I needed because I was beginning to get discouraged. Overall, I'm so thankful for my ability to go home and for a family that supports me. With this one interview invitation, I think I have the confidence to get through this semester when last week, it seemed extremely discouraging...God is good.

Week 8

I have now completed 14 hours of community service at the clinic, and I'm so glad that I did. I know that it was an assignment, but I really enjoyed it much more than I ever thought I would. I got to see what really goes on behind the scenes at a medical clinic. I also built a relationship with a lady that was temporarily working there that I will be keeping for a while. I am now working for her husband a few days a week to help him get organized with his up and coming business. I'm so glad that I got the opportunity to help him out some also. Even though I am getting paid, the lady I met told me that my coming to help has really given him a push to start because he was starting to get really discouraged with his business. They have been so sweet and I'm so glad to have met her at the clinic. The semester is coming to a close and its crazy how busy life is, but I am going to continue to work hard and love the life that I have been given. God has blessed me with so much and I'm so thankful for that. With Thanksgiving around the corner I've really been thinking about all of the things that I have to be thankful for. It's discouraging sometimes getting a not so good grade on an assignment, but I have to look past it and work on improving the next time. I'm thankful for a wonderful family that I get to see soon! Can't wait! Next week, starts the last full week of school and I'm going to make the most of it.

Week 7

This past week at the clinic I had to file patient record folders back onto shelves as well as pull certain patient files for some sort of organizing they were going to do. This was a little something different that made the time go by quickly. Also, I got to actually have a conversation with two of the ladies that work there. They asked me what I wanted to do after I graduated and I told them that I was planning on going to veterinary school. Ms. Vera told me about her 3 dogs, and that she doesn't particularly like them, which was kind of sad. I would give anything to be able to have my dog with me right now, but unfortunately I can't. I run almost every day and I see so many people running with their dogs and I wish I could still do that with my dog! Anyway, I told her that I wanted to specialize in equine and she told me her husband has horses, but she's not a fan of them either haha. Talking to her about my future was kind of scary. I'm so scared of failure and not getting into vet school. The vet school application process is so different from medical school because we don't get interviews until December or January, and medical school applicants have been going to interviews for months now. It's really making me anxious, but I am hoping to hear back from them soon. I just hope that all of the hard work that I have put into my academics and work with animals will pay off...right now is a really stressful time in any medical school applicant's life. I'm glad that I have a loving and supporting family that are constantly praying for me and giving me the encouragement I need to make it through this semester.

Week 6

This week at the clinic went pretty smoothly and wasn't super eventful, but I got a lot of stuff filed for them, so that was good. I like it when they give me a lot to do because it makes me feel like I'm doing something positive and not being a bother by asking for more things to do. Since it is the start of the new month, I had to turn in my volunteer time sheet, with all of the dates and times that I volunteered to Ashley. When I saw her, she remembered that I had told her that I was going to be applying to veterinary school. I was kind of surprised that she remembered that since I told her that and the very beginning of the semester and she has many volunteers that she is in charge of. I told her that I was just waiting to hear back about interviews and things like that. She went on to tell me that she was a biology major in college as well, which was pretty cool. She doesn't use it really in her job now, but that's what she did and where she started. The point of me saying this is that I felt special just because someone remembered what I had told them a while back. If something so minor can make me feel like that, then I should probably try and remember little things like that about other people. I may never know how much it meant to someone if I remembered a minute thing they never expected me to remember. Just a thought....