I'm not going back for nothing though, there is a real reason for me peacing out. I have an interview at a small animal clinic next week, so I just spent my last full weekend here in PA. It actually works out pretty well so that I can bring half of my stuff this weekend and the other half next weekend when I head home for good! There is no way that all of my crap will fit in my Taurus.
Although it's been a while since many of you have heard from me, not too much has been happening. I won't get into details but I've been going through a kind of identity crisis, which I found is actually pretty common for twenty-somethings like myself. It was difficult for me to realize that I don't love this job, and that has nothing to do with the hospital and everything to do with me...which sounds like a bad breakup excuse. But it's the honest truth, and I can't do my job well if I don't enjoy it. I've always dreamed of working in the horse industry, so it was tough to discover that there is a part of it that just doesn't click with me.
So I've been thinking, wondering and contemplating a lot, probably too much, about what I could do with my life. It has ranged from photographer (which always in the back of my mind) to physical therapist to stable owner and even to full-time waitress if I get desperate. But I've decided to stick with the veterinary field and use the degree I have before I switch my life around for something else, and I'm happy with that!
Enough about my problems and on to some fun stuff. I have two roommates right now who are both interns at Brown, and who both are really cool. Lauren is in vet school and Leigh is in tech school. Lauren's been working like, 24/7 which is no fun, but she loves it...more power to her! Leigh and I went on an adventure to Laurel Highlands State Park, which I haven't been to since I nearly killed myself biking last fall.
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| Leigh on a cool bridge. We threw down some of those snapping noisemaker things which was SO FUN. I also rolled a few unsnapped ones out so that an unknowing hiker would step on them, hahaha SURPRISE. |
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| On the way to the dam! |
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| Still going... |
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| We crossed the river a couple times. |
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| We made it! |
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| Unbelievably cool! |
And we laid out at the beach...
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| This happened. |
It was my birthday (23rd) when I was home and I had so. Much. FUN! (and so much alcohol...)
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| Went to Main St. Pub because the insane number of mosquitoes killed my fun idea of a bonfire. WTF Michigan?! I'm not excited for that part. |
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| I also went downtown with my girls. I will never learn to not wear heels...they hurt. |
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| AND this weird drunk guy would not keep his nasty leg off of the chairs. |
I also went to Kyler and Sara's wedding, two good friends I went to high school with, and it was a blast! Congratulations to you both :)
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| Our little group: Eric was my date, Steve & Jade. |
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| One of the sober dances! Then I stopped taking pictures. |
This will be one of my last, if not my very last post for a long while. It's been fun writing but it's also kind of a chore, so if I'm ever in the mood I might keep this up. Thanks to everyone who cares enough to read these! I see the number of people who visit the page, but never know who the people are...another life mystery I guess. I'm very glad to have moved away and experienced life a little, I learned a lot at work and about myself. I am even more happy, though, to be coming back...let's hang out :)
I'll see you all very soon!!!
