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4paw said:So, now that we're all a couple days into the rest of our life, how's it goin? I've just finally gotten something decent birthed for next year's essay. It's sitting, breathing its first few breaths, before the refinement brings it into adulthood and off to seek education in the states 🙂 The rest of the amcas application now has to be looked at. Thank god the grades don't need to be inputted again. But that list of activities could use a brush-up. I realized last year i didn't enter some important stuff. A tuturial leader position in the arts was the big one!
I've just visited my home in Ireland and I'm feeling grounded. The highlight of the trip was building a fire, and my family gathering around. We got to the storytelling again. The biggest thing that made me happy was everyone saying that this was better than television. And sure, they would know because electricity and television didn't come into that area of Ireland until my aunts and uncles were all in their twenties. Before that it was still gathering, creating fun amongst a group, telling stories. There's the best grounded feeling that comes out of that sort of thing. My heart's really wanting to go back to countryside, and I may just put in an application to an irish university this year - get me closer to family. I've had the best last two weeks, first on that five-day residential portion of training as a psychotherapist, which I have now finished after four years. And then a trip to family, to home, to the earth.
This list has been awesome - i am getting a sense of knowing doca and usarmydoc and sk8doc. If any of you want to trade essays or anything like that, i'm up for it - maybe we could even get an off-board email thread going. I'd like to keep in touch.
So - what are you doing with this magical year that you get to not be a med student in? What calls you in your life? I hope you're getting excited too about the possibilities. but man that amcas essay took a while 🙂 I'm happy now that something's breathing.
Fortunately, I get to be a med student. 😀
PCOM Class of 2010 🙂