Move In Weekend...

Move-In weekend has its pros and cons. For instance,

Pro: Friends finally return and we all get to hang out and have a great time.

Con: Do parents and freshman even know how to drive??? How did these people get drivers licences????

Pro: Gig 'Em Week. A time to get to know the new freshman and break them into the college life.

Con: Dealing with freshman who don't know how to regulate themselves.

Pro: Businesses go back to normal hours...none of this closed for half the week and only open 2 days a week.

Con: Why are there SO MANY PEOPLE HERE!?!?!?

Ahhh...College Station. How I love thee.

Population on August 21st: 54,000
Population on August 22nd: 100,000+

And now the 'real' people will be hiding out again until May 15th.

Finding the Passion...again...

I used to have such a drive and a will to succeed. I used to know exactly what I wanted to do with my life. In the last 3 years, all of the passion I once had has completely disappeared. I'm not sure for the exact reason, whether it was the difficulty of finishing up school or the daunting task of taking on more. It could have been the amount of time I was away from the medical aspect of animals, but submerged in the management of horses in which I ended up hating.

Knowing I screwed up in college and I would have to get a Masters before I even thought about applying to Vet school is beyond what my brain can take right now, and THAT is overly depressing.

What happened to me???

I love to teach, and the more I think about it, the more I believe that a classroom is where I would like to end up, but is this a cop-out? Am I leaning on teaching because I can't mentally take going further in school? Maybe it's due to the fear of failing more than I already have..kind of a stop while I'm ahead reaction...but am I even 'ahead' at this point...not really.

When I write out my options, it seems silly to ask which is better. Of course I should give my original passion another chance to be re-ignited and immerse myself back into a veterinary setting and remind myself why I wanted to pursue it in the first place. Or should I try to start establishing myself as a teacher somewhere and just let it go.

I never excelled at the hard sciences when I got to A&M. I failed and I failed and I failed some more, and if that wasn't enough I failed again. Have I had enough signs already? Or was I just not focused and burnt out? But, Is it really worth paying for more school to find out?

I'm really trying to stay in good spirits, pretend like everything is okay, pretend like I have my life together. I have a strong personality, but this is slowly wearing it down.

New Voices

These guys are fantastic. One of my old Students posted one of their covers on FB and I found this one of them covering Michael Buble's Everything. They also do an amazing cover of Hallelujah. School rivalries put aside, I hope these guys go on to do great things...despite being from tech..haha.

On the Brightside [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Thanks to Sydney..

My new favorite song...

Everything by Michael Buble

Blue October...Yesss....

I'm helping a friend out with the partial management of the Ziegfest Concert over Labor Day weekend. The line-up normally includes small country artists from around the area and then one or two bigger names, whether that is Texas Country names or something more widely known. This year, however, BLUE OCTOBER is performing!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited that I finally get to see them!!! And not only do I get to see them, but I get to do it for free...or, scratch that, i get PAID to see them! How freakin' sweet?!?!?