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T-minus 4 … 3 … 2 …

August 14th, 2009

Goodbye Thursday, hello Friday morning … and hello three more days until medical school starts. And while I typically/flippantly answer one of three ways* when people ask me if I’m nervous, or excited, it is actually something I’ve given some thought to. To which I’ve given some thought, dangling prepositions aside. The Impending Life Change.

I peeked at the class list for the upcoming term, and SUNY Downstate will be keeping us busy. Starting from genes to cells, moving up to organ systems, delving into A&P, the usual suspects. I have a feeling my brain will be a bit sore from the stuffing it’s about to receive, but I am looking forward to it. During my post-bacc at Hunter, I was working full-time for the former employer, taking classes and labs at night, volunteering at PSVAC and taking the occasional EMS shift at Lutheran. These days I’ll be able to focus, erm, 100% on school. And another few percentage points for nights and weekends at Lutheran, but hey, I can study on the bus, right?!?

So scared, no, nervous, no, I’m pretty invincible. It’s nice to be invincible again, beats being invisible. Concerned about taking out the equivalent of my entire mortgage again in loans, and frustrated about hoop-jumping for paperwork related to getting in the doors of Higher Learning, but everything’s manageable. Excited, too, about taking the next big step on my new career/life path. Heck, it’s even got me blogging again. I also find comfort in various furry and unfurred noodles who seem to believe in me and abilities mine.

Expect more updates soon. This coming week is orientation, and on 24 August … the floodgates of knowledge open to me!

* Friends, family, strangers on the bus, when they find out they ask me: “Medical school? Are you scared? Are you excited? Are you ready?” My top three responses, then, are:

  • “Eep.”
  • “Nah.”
  • Actually, it’s only the two. I’ll have to think of a third. I’ve pretty much just been focusing on enjoying my Last Summer of Freedom and Working to Save Money, and haven’t focused too much on teh quipzes.
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