My feelings of being freaked out is mainly because of the unknown. Of course, like most people, I am a little nervous about things I know very little about and I am just anticipating the worst. I know that I will do fine and I shouldn't be worried at all. I look around at the other people that are in my classes and they seem normal just like me. I mean, we are all huge nerds (obviously) but we are all in this together and that makes me a little at ease. Give it some time and, after 2 weeks of classes, I'll be studying for my exam on molecular genetics and I'll be freaked out again. But hey, like I said, I'm not alone in this.
This is where I learn things about science.
The other reason that I am freaked out is because I will be a doctor in 4 years. That means that most graduating doctors are only slightly more mature than me. Our health lies in people like me only 4 years older. We should all be freaked out about that news, not just me. I hope you guys have that kind of trust in me because I sure don't. Hey, the human race has made it this far with that situation so I guess it isn't so bad....
This picture turned out to be only half goober/nerd alert, so I'm happy with it.
I've been looking forward to this time in my life for a very long time. I am thrilled to hear about the cool things I will be doing and new material I will be learning. It is nice to see years of hard work and sacrifice turn into something I would consider a dream of mine. It feels good to be here and I feel that I belong. The only thing now is that I can't screw it up. Both because that would be a lot of time and effort wasted and because Caitlin would literally kill me. She has put up with a lot in my journey here and she will continue to do so while I'm here. In all reality, she is a huge reason I'm here so I shouldn't put her time, effort and sacrifices at stake either. I'm confident in our (mostly her) abilities to not botch this opportunity because if you don't know it already...we are a pretty great team.
