Monday, October 12, 2009
Confusion
College is annoying. And frustrating. And dadgum unnecessarily confusing. But, not for all the reasons you might think.
Yes, studying sucks sometimes. Yeah...being in a 50 minute lecture can sometimes feel like 3 hours, especially when your professor goes over transcription and translation a few million times. True--my idea of a fun evening is not being stuck in the Ag./Vet Med library until the librarian quietly approaches me to inform me that the library closes in 15 minutes, and I am therefore a complete nerd for being there that long (they don't say that part, but I know they are thinking it).
No, it's not really frustrating for those reasons. It's frustrating because I keep getting all these freaking opportunities thrown at me like baseballs at a batting cage. Sure, I'd love to do an internship one summer, OH WAIT....I've already promised my advisor that I would get Organic Chemistry out of the way. Would I want to work in your repro lab, especially since you are an amazing professor and probably have networking opportunities for me? Love to! Crap...I signed up to volunteer at the Young-Williams Animal Center, and that conflicts. Visit my exchange student "sister" in Germany for a few weeks during Christmas break....totally! Umm...sorry, I promised to fill in some at my vet clinic back home during the holidays.
Get the picture? Last week, an equine chiropractor visited the barn where I board my horse. It was fascinating, and he took the time to explain things to me and talk about how he decided on his career through veterinary medicine. This week, a guest lecturer in my Animal Science Biotechnology class talked about reproduction and IVF, once again.....totally fascinating. Even though I'm a "Pre-Vet" student, I like being able to explore other realms of the animal science industry as a whole. And, yeah--I'm definitely annoyed that I can't maintain tunnel vision. But, whether I go to grad school, vet school, med school, or backpack through Europe--it's exciting.
Today, as I walked across Joe Johnson Drive on the Ag. campus I saw the big, white "Make Orange Green" school bus slowly creep by. The bus is used by the Office of Admissions to give campus tours to prospective students. As I glanced at the high school students and parents on the bus, I thought back to my campus tour of UT my Junior year of high school. If I knew then that I would be dissecting cow ovaries and researching chiropractic medicine in animals in a few years, I would probably have laughed. And then freaked out. Because that is what I do. (Not always...sometimes I freak out, then laugh.)
My song choice for this blog is one of my favorite of all time---it's random, odd, and confusing. Just like my brain right now.
Let me also say as a side note, that I sat down and decided to type all this out in a manner of minutes. I sincerely apologize for the ridiculous stream-of-consciousness writing seen above. I just felt compelled to blog. And my procrastination skills are becoming more well-rounded. My blog people in the Admissions office are probably happy that I chose blogging over Facebook.
I know I am. =)
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