Don’t Get Too Comfortable

We don’t have too many weeks left in Morgantown and today things sort of hit us all when we were given our rotation schedules. Finally when something you wait for and work towards in this program happens it’s a lot to take in. Didactic year is very short. Short amount of time for all the material you cover, even shorter when half the program was delivered online. I feel like we just got back because we did, as a group. It’s been crunch time getting practice in with specimens and labs to make the days go by so fast. Next year we will go our separate ways and to me, its bittersweet. I got comfortable with my friends and the environment that was created here and to the incoming first year students you’ll understand this soon. This past January moving by myself to West Virginia was scary not knowing anyone then quickly you realize there’s only a few people that know what you’re going through so you get comfortable again with your small class. Year 2 comes and that gets taken away. This career pushes you and doesn’t really let you get comfortable. You don’t walk into the gross room and have the same cases, same pathology everyday. You get to always keep learning and experiencing. I thought my professors were tough on us at times this year and push us to think for ourselves but I know its just to deal with whatever comes our way on rotations. I still have some weeks left and a lot of exams, and a lot more material to cover before the end but I can see a light at the end of the tunnel.