Last night I had the 1st day of school jitters, something I don't think I've had since...? high school maybe? I woke up several times through out the night, and even had a dream that I woke up late and missed all my classes. I WAS PISSED! I cried and screamed because I missed all my classes and my life was OVER and then I woke up and was so happy because IT WAS ALL A DREAM! I DO have class today! And then I laughed at myself for being such a nerd and went back to sleep.
Getting ready for the first day of school just felt so different than any of my other years of college. Actual excitement and enthusiasm. Who would have thunk it? I packed my EIGHT huge books into my overstuffed rolly backpack (backpack awareness people!) grabbed my cup of coffee, let my mom take a "1st day of school" picture of me in front of the swings where Rylee always has her picture taken because, hey, why not? and was off.
NERD.The first thing I noticed when I walked into class were the words "Welcome OTA class of 2011!" written in different colored chalk, and it was something about the way the teacher used different colors for each word that made me feel like I was really in the right place. Like this will really be the perfect profession for me. Sounds lame, but it's true.
Most of the day we just went over the program, we did the general "what's your name and tell me something about yourself" and we also explained why we decided to go into Occupational Therapy. Everyone in the class seems really passionate about helping people, about making a difference, and overall, everyone just seems really....happy.
Then during our break the second year students threw a surprise lunch, and walked around talking about the program and giving us "tips" on the first year. Apparently the next semester is going to be brutal, with five classes and three labs for a total of eight classes in one semester. Their "tip"? STUDY. HARD. LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. It's intimidating, but not discouraging and I say BRING IT.
We had another short class after lunch and then that was it, we were done with our first day in the program.
I feel even more excited now then I did yesterday, I'm eager to learn, and even more eager to pass the national exam and start practicing professionally.
It's just...good. Very, very good. :)
6 comments:
Awwww....look how cute you are on your first day of school!!!!
ha! yay! This pictures is actually the one with the swings cropped out, I was tempted to take one sitting on the swing...but it was wet with dew :/
nice rollllllyyy backpack! SO 5th GRADE!
ha 5th grade? I don't think they had invented rolly backpacks when I was in 5th grade, regular backpacks on one shoulder was all the rage, haha
that picture is AWESOME. Lunch with the year two peeps is pretty shweet! How was day 3?
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