Counting down the days

Well, Monday is the day.  We had orientation for the DPT program yesterday, and it went well.  Everybody has been asking me what they said and wanting details... well, I guess all I can say is they were very honest with us about the amount of work and how quick the pace would be.  I know it will be an adjustment going from 16 week semesters to 10 week quarters, so I'm going to have to stay on top of everything.  I plan on being in the library or some room somewhere studying from day 1.  It is going to be a lot of work, and I know this.

The biggest piece of advice that I heard echoed from the Professors was to make sure we take some time for ourselves.  They said, if we don't, we may burnout.  It is a ton of work so we need some time to relax and unwind a bit.  I can tell already that this whole process is going to be extremely rewarding.

I was able to talk with one of the Pediatric Clinicians on staff.  She was very excited to hear that I was interested in Peds.  Right now it seems like that is what I'm going to want to go into,  but there is a long time till graduation and I have plenty of time to figure that out.  However, she did mention that if any of us know what we want to do when we get out, residencies are a way to go to start on the track of being a specialist.  I guess I will just have to wait and see what all happens.

Getting out of the city for a couple of days while I can.  A little fresh air before I start the daily grind of class, reading, and studying...

Moved In

Well, I'm in Philly now.  I've moved into my new place Drexel's campus in Center City. It has been quite a day.  Somehow I fit all my stuff into a 10x10ish room.  Tomorrow I have my first orientation.  This one is the University orientation, so I'm not sure how long I'm going to stay.  I guess I'll just have to go and see how it goes.  I'll probably at least stay until lunch.  Tomorrow should be an interesting day.  I'm getting a visitor tomorrow evening...!

Moving to Philly

Well, its almost that time.  I'll be moving to Philly tomorrow.  I'm living on campus so there isn't much that I'll need to do down there in the apartment.  I'll basically move all my stuff in and figure out where everything goes.  Hopefully I'll be able to start exploring the city a bit on Thursday (my girlfriend is coming to visit on Friday).  I don't start school until the 24th, but I have a couple of orientations to go to in the next week, the first one being on Friday.

I've ordered all my books, which was a fairly big bill, but nothing that wasn't expected.  My schedule is fairly full, with Tuesdays looking the hardest of all of them.  Overall, I'm nervous about two things, the workload and anatomy lab.  I think I'm prepared mentally, but you never know.  One thing I know, is that I have a great support system around me.  The next 2.5 years are going to be tough, and I know there will be some changes, but I'm very confident things are going to work out.

I'm going to be updating this blog more frequently, I hope, but for now I need to finish packing and finish all the last minute preparations.