"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become."

Email came today announcing that NAVLE scores will be posted early next week.... all I can say is, "AHHHHHH!" Just a week until I know if I need to start studying again or if I can have a celebration cocktail! :) Unfortunately, all I'll know at first (online) is Pass or Fail until I receive the official score report via snail mail. Guess that's all that really matters anyway!

Second upcoming big date - February 7, 2011. On this date I will find out whether I'm heading off on an exciting new adventure for a small animal rotating internship for 1 year OR if i'm getting my CV ready to mail to various clinics to find a real job.

Change is coming.... change is good. It's scary too.

With all the recent stress and worry that I've been dealing with about school and life and just generally being overwhelmed, I thought I'd remind myself of this quote every morning:

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."

And another for Matt, just in case he gets worried about not exactly knowing what his life has in store for him:

"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."

I'll leave this blog post with a reminder for Matt and I both.... about the amazing love we share: "The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough."