Nostalgia
The last few weeks have been a blur. I took my very last test as a student (hopefully!), I "checked out" of school, and Friday I graduate...that's right, graduate with my Doctorate of Chiropractic degree!
This entire last quarter of school has been very emotional for me, I still haven't been able to process all of what is happening. Honestly it is emotionally overwhelming. Imaging spending 3 and a quarter years in 8-9 hours of classes per day, only to come home and study for another 3+ hours, weekends being taken up with open labs or seminars to supplement and enhance your education and over 500 tests. The stress was sometimes unbearable, and all this time being spent with the same 40 students in your class. As you can imagine it wasn't all daises and roses all the time. Then there was that select group of people you bonded with, those people there for the late night frozen yogurt runs to break up the study sessions, the people who put up with you even despite your madness from the stress of boards, the people who were there to help you de-stress after a long two weeks of midterms, the people who let me beat up on their bodies so that I could be a better chiropractor! Those are the people I know that even though we will be going separate ways, they will always be there for me when I need them!
So, here I am, going from 80mph to 10, and it is quite a shock to the system. I still am in disbelief, I am graduating! I will be a doctor at 27! It's pretty amazing! Last week as a student, last week in California, last week not having to be a grown up!! So what's next?? Time to change lives, one spine at a time :-)
This entire last quarter of school has been very emotional for me, I still haven't been able to process all of what is happening. Honestly it is emotionally overwhelming. Imaging spending 3 and a quarter years in 8-9 hours of classes per day, only to come home and study for another 3+ hours, weekends being taken up with open labs or seminars to supplement and enhance your education and over 500 tests. The stress was sometimes unbearable, and all this time being spent with the same 40 students in your class. As you can imagine it wasn't all daises and roses all the time. Then there was that select group of people you bonded with, those people there for the late night frozen yogurt runs to break up the study sessions, the people who put up with you even despite your madness from the stress of boards, the people who were there to help you de-stress after a long two weeks of midterms, the people who let me beat up on their bodies so that I could be a better chiropractor! Those are the people I know that even though we will be going separate ways, they will always be there for me when I need them!
So, here I am, going from 80mph to 10, and it is quite a shock to the system. I still am in disbelief, I am graduating! I will be a doctor at 27! It's pretty amazing! Last week as a student, last week in California, last week not having to be a grown up!! So what's next?? Time to change lives, one spine at a time :-)
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