lychee, strawberry, apple, sugar snap pea, lemon, carrot juice
i think this is so beautiful
Baker Beach
rock dog
Golden Gate in TJs bathroom
Dog vs Rodent
RockyMountainHigh Colorado
Going Back
The last 6 months have truly been the most difficult of my life.
I found out that I was dismissed from vet school in December, over Christmas break, because I received low grades in two classes. After that I had to move in with my grandparents and my mother in PA and try to figure out what to do with my life…
I was fortunate enough to receive the opportunity for a second chance to stay enrolled at CSU. I had to go in front of an academic standards committee and plea for a chance to take anatomy and histology over again with the next entering class (2016). The committee has allowed me to proceed with my veterinary education, and for that I am SO grateful.
The decision to go back to Colorado did not come quickly or easily however after my reacceptance. I was… I AM terrified to go back and have the chance to fail again. I’ve never failed at anything in my life, and this rejection hit me hard. At the same time, I’ve never been challenged like this before in my life either. If I am going to make something of myself I know that I have to overcome my fear and face the challenge that vet school at CSU presents.
In the interim between Christmas break and the start of the new fall semester I have wandered from my mother’s in Pennsylvania, to an uncle’s in Arizona, to a friend’s place in California. I’ve worked at the front desk of a gym; for an eccentric millionaire as a “do everything” assistant; and as a macaroon sales girl in a snobby Hayes Valley San Francisco boutique. This wandering from place to place and from job to job has served to remind me that my one and only goal in life has always been to become a vet. I may have needed the freedom to wander and see if I could find fulfillment doing other things, but like a true love that has been set free, I am returning to vet school knowing that I truly belong there.
