Long time, no blog! I figured it was about time for a post-graduation life update and rather than write out a long Instagram caption or Facebook post, a blog post felt more natural for this sort of thing.

In May, I graduated from college with my BA in psychology. I came home to Texas and slept for a solid week, managing to unpack somewhere in there before embarking on an Alaskan cruise with my grandmother and brother (those photos are to come very soon!). Not even a week after getting back from Alaska, I headed back to Georgia to visit before truly settling back home for the summer. Graduation was such a whirlwind that it was hard to really tell everyone goodbye properly, so that trip back was so necessary, especially before beginning a long-distance summer with my boyfriend.

Again it wasn’t even a full week before I was on to my next endeavor. After my return to Texas, I started Organic Chemistry. For ten weeks all I did was organic. If you don’t believe me, you can ask my family. They hardly saw me for those ten weeks. The weeks were intense and fast but in ten weeks, 50 class days, I finished two semesters of organic lab and lecture. After making a D in Organic I the first time I took it, I was determined to do better the second time around. And I did. The class that tested me unlike any other and was a huge psychological battle due to a number of factors, I came through with flying colors in round two. A change of professor, renewed determination, and a LOT of hard work made for a much better outcome. More than a better grade, I can honestly say I now actually understand organic as well, and dare I say it? I even kinda liked it. Mabye like is a strong word, though. Maybe it is more than I can appreciate the science that I worked so very hard to master and can appreciate the challenge it was.

So once I survived the subject which had been the bane of my existence, I spent a month studying for the MCAT which I took on September 13th. I am not expecting anything spectacular from my score, but it was necessary to have one to finish out my applications.

Oh yeah, did I mention that in the midst of all of that I also have been working on medical school applications, which are so much more of a process than I ever knew or could have imagined. Maybe I should have done my research better considering this is all I have wanted since I was a young child, but certainly no one warned me of the process that is applying to medical school.

So I have been muddling my way through all of that and do not expect much to come of it this year due to my ill-preparedness. I am at peace with that, though. While I would be thrilled to get an acceptance this go-around and to only take one instead of two gap years, I know that it will all happen in God’s timing, and I might as well surrender now and quit wasting my energy trying to do life on my schedule instead of His.

Now that organic and the MCAT are done, I am finishing up med school application things and job hunting. Seeing as neither of those things are particuarly exciting or photographable, here are some pictures from the end of the semester, digital photography, and from graduation. Alaska will get a post of its own.

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