In 48 hours I will be heading off to bed for the last time before veterinary school officially starts for me. Early Thursday morning I'll be awake and driving to the veterinary campus for my first day of orientation shortly followed the next week by the first day of classes.
Yikes.
As I sit in my quiet new apartment in my new home state of North Carolina only days away from starting my new journey at the NC State veterinary school, I have to admit to a certain level of nervousness. Excitement, anticipation, eagerness - those are all there too, of course - but the trepidation of finally starting on this whole "vet school thing" is overwhelming. Even though I know I'm ready and able to complete the monstrous task before me, I still get those occasional flashes of hesitant thought..."Did they pick the right person? Can I REALLY do this? Can a person survive on pizza and four hours of sleep a night?"
Regardless of the answers, there's not much I can do about it. I'm here. I've moved, started the process of changing my residency, and ordered my books. I've signed away my life in school loans. I've written and highlighted the dates of my exams and quizzes in my planner. I've started training myself to wake up earlier and earlier each day. I've cooked and stockpiled meals in the freezer for hectic study days. I've started this blog, for goodness sake! I'm as ready as I'll ever be and there's no going back now.
In a little over two days, I'll be driving to the campus for the first time as a VM-1 veterinary student.
Scared? Yup. Excited? Absolutely.
I'm excited you have a blog! Especially since it looks like yours will be much better than mine (better writing ability than me :P)
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