one step down.... so many more to go...

Wow, I really am bad about keeping up with this.

Well, I have finished and turned in all of the components that were due to HealthPAC and all of my recommendation letters were turned sumbitted on time! I felt like I was pestering the people a bit, but I had to make sure everything was completed.

I am still working on editing my personal statement though. I talked with Mrs. Hartwell about it and she had a lot of great suggestions. I plan on trying to finish that Wednesday and sending it to her again.

I have begun the application process with AMCAS and ACOMAS, but have been busy the last several days, and because I have not completed my personal statement I did not make my goal of submitting on June 1 (the first possible day). However, my new goal is June 21 (though I hope to sumbit sooner) and it will be met.

I am also in the process of planning several trips to visit schools. I am going to WVSOM Open House on June 20 and will go to Wake Forest that following Monday if I can get it arranged. Also, I am planning a trip to UNECOM, PCOM, Georgetown, and George Washington sometime in July (though, Georgetown and George Washington might make it with the WVSOM trip). Finally, I am going to Iowa with Rebecca and Joel to visit University of Iowa. I don't have a date for that yet, but I should know by the end of the week I hope.

The next thing is to find an Osteopathic Doctor so that I can have a letter of recommendation from him or her (a necessity if I want to become a DO). And I also have to decide if I definitely want to do the early decision program at VCOM. If I do not want to do this, then I have to refine my list of schools to which I plan to apply.

This is all very exciting, but extremely nerve-racking at the same time. I really am beginning to feel like I have no idea what I am doing and there is no way I am going to figure it out on my own.

Lord, please help me to make the right decisions so that I can follow in the path you have planned for me. I need your strength and support.



As for my EMT class, I am almost finished with that. I am beginning to become more confident as I have time again to study properly and work on patient assessment. Hopefully, I will be able to do a ride-along soon. I am excited about the possibilities this will give me, too.