This might be a real update... let's just see where this goes.
I don't think anyone reads this anymore. But if you still do, then thanks! So right now I'm in the computer lab of MCV (Medical College of Virginia) waiting for Sonia to finish up her anatomy lab. I have a lot of time to kill, so what better way to spend it by updating this damn thing? I still feel like that I have no aim in life. There are so many things what I want to do, but it sucks because I feel like I have to choose one right now and stick with it, even if I don't want to later on in life. Also, I feel so discouraged to choose something because I've been so flip-floppy these past years. So originally I was going to go to Optometry school, but now I think I'm going to go into Dentistry. In all honesty, a lot of it is the money. It's hard to get started as an Optometrist, and with the popular gain with laser eye surgery, it's going to be even harder to make a living in the future as one. Now don't get me wrong, it's not all about the money. Money is a nice perk, but helping people has always been my goal in life. Also, Dentistry has more options in regards to specialties and fields. So if later on I decide that I don't want to drill cavities for the rest of my life, I can look into Oral Pathology or Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
So I still work at Starbucks, which sucks. It also means that I'm still job hunting, which REALLY SUCKS, and gets really depressing at times. But I talked to my friend Linda about it, and she made me feel a little better about it by telling me her experience with it. I guess things are starting to look a little bit better now because I FINALLY got an interview for a job I applied for. The job is for a Lab Tech position at the MCV Biochemistry department. The position doesn't pay much, but I would really like to get this job because the lab does cancer research on the p53 gene of cells. If I get the job, like it, and stick with it for a year or two, then I would have a really good chance of getting into the Biochemistry Ph.D. program at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University). So yeah, this adds to my list of "Wanting to do Everything," which is making things even harder to decide. But recently I found out that they have combined-degree programs that offer BOTH a D.D.S. and Ph.D. So that would be cool to maybe do research with Oral Cancer, or even teach college or grad school (which is another thing listed on my "Wanting to do Everything" list). So many decisions to make... wish i figured this out a long time ago.
*I miss everyone back at home*