The fact that I start my internship tomorrow? Surreal.
The day I prepared for, for four years straight? It's here. I'm not really sure how I pinpointed dietetics exactly. I know tons of people have their hearts set on it from elementary and go into it headstrong once they get into college. I just seemed to fall into it. I've always loved food, I've had preoccupations with food in the past, and I love science - so, why not?
Big-name counselors and professors tell you all the time that you have to get involved and active while in college to get where you want to go. It seems like in other programs that may, or may not, be the entire case. For dietetics, it's the whole entire case and all the cases behind it. When I look back to the thousands of hours I spent in meetings, doing research, and projects which may have seemed pointless at the time - they now seem like saviors. I'm not sure if I would have made it here without all of them. I probably lost out on crucial bar time; but was it worth it? Hell yes. While I may have regretted staying in and missing out on being in some pictures, I can confidently say it was worth it.
Now, I'm not saying that I had the book-worm-type college experience - it was definitely 1,000,000 times more fun than I had ever expected it to be. But, in all reality now that I'm out and starting this internship tomorrow? I don't even know how I can explain or begin to thank those who helped me get here.
Anywho, enough of that. My schedule for the next 40 weeks will be as follows...
5:00am - wake up and work out
6:00am - shower and get ready
6:45am - leave to meet carpool buddy
7:00am - make the trek to the hospital because we all know that not being really early makes me anxious
7:30am - arrive to the commuter lot and take the bus to the hospital
8:00am - clinical rotations, classroom sessions, project presentations, etc., etc.
5:00pm - leave for the day
5:45pm - arrive to home to grandma's!!
After that? Without college organization meetings, sorority recruitment, socials, and everything else college related...what will I do!?
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