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Tomorrow: The Beginning

Craig — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:28:45 +0000

Any time I leave the house knowing that I will be away for more than a couple of hours, I feel like I need to be prepared for every eventuality; and it is in this spirit that I now have two bags loaded with textbooks, study guides, and my laptop. At first, it seemed like a good idea to be prepared, to have all of my books ready to go in case the opportunity presents itself for a little study time, but when I lugged both bags up the basement stairs this evening, carrying more weight on my shoulders than the FAA would allow on an airplane, I suddenly realized how foolish I must look.

The problem is that I have all three of my classes–Biology, Chemistry, and Physics–scheduled on the same day. And the problem is compounded by the fact that my wife and I are now down to one vehicle, so my wife will be dropping me off at school every day, and I won’t be able to leave any of my luggage in the car to swap out between classes.

So, as soon as I finish this post, I plan on logging onto the university website to see if I can’t get at least one of these classes shifted to Tuesday/Thursday. Maybe that will lighten my load enough so that I’ll only have to take one bag with me.

Either way, I cannot put into words how excited I am to finally be on the first leg of this journey. I’ve been wanting to take this step for over five years now, and thanks to the tremendous support of an amazing wife, I’m finally doing it!

If I have the wherewithal tomorrow, I’ll let everybody know how my first day went.

Someday Doctor Video Blog – Episode 1

Craig — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:35:15 +0000

In which I discuss my recent decision to abandon my career and go to medical school.

Getting There

Craig — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:18:02 +0000

Things got rather hectic recently, so I haven’t been able to post anything. But it’s all for a good reason, because I’m finally doing it!

Several weeks ago, I sat down with my wife, and we discussed medical school in a little more detail. The next day, after returning home from the grocery store, she told me I should do it! And even more than that, she said I should make it happen as quickly as possible. So in the last several weeks, we’ve put our house up for lease, found a renter, moved to Lubbock, and applied for classes for this fall! Everything has happened so quickly, and everything seems to be falling into place.

I still have two years of undergraduate sciences to catch up on before I can actually apply for medical school, but at the ripe old age of 31, I’m finally getting started!

More to come soon!