I'm not sure if I've mentioned this on my blog yet but I seem to go through crises of sorts when I graduate from school. I think it's because even though I'm done with school I feel like I should still be in school for some reason. Or maybe it's that I don't have a "career" lined up. I don't know but it drives me to jump into things without thinking them through.
This time it was vet school. Something I've always thought about but didn't act on because of my grades and confidence. I also was turned off after working at an animal hospital for 3 years. It wasn't until recently that I realized it wasn't because I didn't want to be a vet, it was because I didn't want to go into small animal private practice. I want to focus on zoological medicine.
Recently I drove out to NC State to attend an informational session. Good news is that with my graduate work my GPA now meets the minimum requirements. I don't meet the requirements in "Veterinary Experience" nor do I have all of the required classes under my belt. Which brings me to the point of this post. I am officially an NC State non-degree student enrolled in Comparative Nutrition (online class).
I'm excited about this class because:
1. It's not Organic Chem (this is another required course I don't have)
2. The subject matter is animal nutrition which will give me some sort of an idea if this is the path I'd like to continue down.
In researching vet school I realized I should've majored in Animal Science rather than Biology. C'est la vie.
SUBJECT CHANGE
I started going to a Unitarian Universalist church in Franklin. I LOVE IT. I've been a handful of times but I already feel more at home there than I have in any other church in a looooong time. It's such a good feeling. The service today was awesome. The speaker (the church is lay-led; meaning we don't have a full-time minister so we have speakers every Sunday) today was HILARIOUS. I cried with laughter and he even got tickled himself after describing explaining Easter to children: Jesus had a bad weekend, so....a magical rabbit left this chocolate bunny for you in the yard. Yeah, doesn't have the same effect in a blog post.
The funny thing about this going to church thing is that it's kind of like working out...you (actually, my husband and I) grumble about going, but once we get there we have such a good time and are glad we went. It doesn't hurt that we get to listen to NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! on the way there. It's also nice making friends outside of work. Ya know, that separation and church and state thing. :)
