On the one hand, I am very excited for Orientation and vet school to start. On the other hand, I feel like I need more time to organize the papers and furniture in my current apartment so that I can then pack everything nice and neat for the move in early-August. Once I get to Urbana, I will only have 1.5-week to unpack, clean the new apartment, meet my new classmates at the bar crawl, iVLE and Orientation. I still do not feel comfortable with the PC Tablet, so I will probably bring the PC, paper and pen to class the first day. I am used to seeing nice, typed text on-screen and get very annoyed when the program does not convert my handwriting to the right words so that I have to go over the document to correct the typos. Grrr... On the other hand, I am trying to streamline things so I do not want part of my notes for class on the PC and the rest on paper. Something else I will have to figure out within the first week of class.
One of the things I promised myself when I got into the vet school is that I will try to let a lot of nitty-gritty things go so I don't stress over them. But then, planning well so that I do not get behind and staying organized is also important-- so I will stress over the details for the first couple of weeks. Don't worry, I am actually very calm, quiet and laid back in-person. I know that I will be a lot more content and settled once I get past our first round of exams in vet school...when are they?
🙂 After that milestone, I can plan other stuff liking re-connecting with friends and weekend trip(s) to Chicago-- looking forward to that too. Right now, as I am saying goodbyes to my current life, I am also telling my friends not to worry if they do not hear from me till the end of September.
