Full Circle

Today was a big day for me. It was my last day of class for my second year of medical school, yipee! And it was my last day of BOOK work class EVER! (Unfortunately, I have TONS more studying to do before I start hands on 3rd year. Next week marks the beginning of a test marathon) However, I can not let today go unnoticed. The little things in life are what make life worth living...so I am going to take a second to raise my fist up in a "Rocky like" punch! Finishing my last day of class, got me thinking about my first day of class and how much has happened in between. I have made a full circle.

I remember the first day of medical school like it was just yesterday. Our classroom on the 2nd floor of the medical school was packed to the brim. I took my seat in the second row...to make sure I could smell the action. Then I sat in that same seat literally for 4 hours...in lecture after lecture...being thrown into gross anatomy and devo like there was no tomorrow. I met so many people that day...it is all a blur. That afternoon, I met my tank group for Gross Anatomy and was introduced to my cadaver that we later came to know as Big Al. The full first two weeks of medical school, I walked down the halls of our school thinking to myself, "This is it. I am going to be a real doctor." Shortly after this, the freshness of medical school wore off. I lost the sparkle in my eyes and the hard work began. Not only was school was hard, but my life outside of school never really seemed to simmer down. Life simmered down in college...why didn't it simmer down here? I had boy problems, friend problems, school problems, family problems....you name it...and I had a problem in that department over the last two years. I have been tested...I have been asked to go beyond myself. I have often failed. I have felt like giving up the battle on numerous occasions. However, sometimes I surprised myself and did things I never thought were possible.

Today, I feel like I am in a good place right now...I am back to the place where I began. Full circle. I get to start over and start something new again. I love new beginnings. Maybe this will go better than the last two years? Maybe I will find more fulfillment in this new place? I am full of anticipation much like I was two years ago. I am nervous and excited for what is to come.

Here I stand... two years older and with a slightly bruised ego from med school ready to fight some more. Maybe wiser? I have two things to say:
1) Tests...move out of my way... I am on my way to start something new!

2) Bring it! Yeah...bring it!