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I've Joined the Club

Hey everyone!  So I'm still alive.  I'm in my 4th week of grad school and I love it though it's killing me slowly.  This week we have midterms.  Today (Monday) I had my Neuro lab practical (50 identification questions and 50 fill-in-the-blank function questions).  Tomorrow I have my Anatomy lecture exam and right after that I have my Anatomy lab practical.  Finally, Wednesday I have my Neuro lecture exam (which is the exam that's freaking me out).  After class that day, me and a bunch of the other PTers are going to The Patio to have a couple drinks and drown our sorrows.

Anyway, like my title states, I've joined the club.  What club, you ask?  Well about 9 days ago, I visited Dayton, OH and while I was down there I visited the Fairborn Deja Vu Tattoo parlor and got inked.  Yep, that's right.  I got a tattoo.    It's kinda cool actually.  $75 got me a black, white, and gray Chinese symbol that means "Chess" on my foot.  I like it a lot, but I'm sticking to just one tattoo, I don't care how addicting they are.  It hurt like a bitch.

I don't think anything else is new.  Just doing the school thing.  I don't have a job, which is nice but at the same time I don't have any income either.  I may have to go back to getting a weekly allowance.  Boo!    I need a job, but for now I literally have no time.  I go to class, come home and hide in my room to study.  Every now and then I find time to lay out and catch some rays, but really I don't do much of anything during the week.  I'm looking forward to this weekend because I've decided I'm doing absolutely nothing.  I've been working my ass off, I'm taking a break for a day or two.

I've been getting back into running lately too.  I haven't been able to for a while because of the tendinitis in my foot (which made me quit soccer).  I'm hoping by this time next summer I can do a 5k or something longer with a decent time.  Really I'm working up to being able to play indoor soccer by this winter, as well.  My cousin said she's friends with a woman who has a team that plays competitively and they're always looking for players.  I'm ready again, I miss that sport.  I also may be playing in the Spring softball league with my cousin next Spring.  She plays for the '86 alumni team that has won 11 times so that should be good for me!

If anyone ever wants to do anything, just let me know.  I'm up for it when I have the time...and I have catching up to do with a lot of you.  Take care all and have a great summer!

Smiling ~  Britt 

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Back In Town

Hey everyone.  Once again, I promised to keep updating you guys on my life and now it's been well over two months since my last post.  I'm hoping now that I'm back in Columbus, I'll be able to keep tabs on you all better and I'll be able to fill you in on my life better. 

So, yes, I am back home.  On Tuesday morning, I packed up my stuff in Beavercreek (Dayton), OH and moved back in with my 'rents in good ol' Grove City.  I've yet to unpack because we are currently doing some renovations in the Chesser household.  My room (my brother's old room) needs some work done on it before I can move in to it, and frankly, I don't feel like getting settled in my old room if I'll just be moving out of it. 

On Wednesday, me and a couple of my friends from WSU, who also got into OSU's PT program, went to OSU's campus to take care of a few things.  We got our BuckIDs and parking passes along with checking out where our classes will be and buying our books and supplies.  That was a nice $360 trip to campus.  Cheaper than I expected though.  Before class begins on Monday, June 18th, we have two chapters that have to be read out of our The Human Brain book for Neuro.    I'm hoping to read each chapter twice before I start school.  I have a feeling I'm going to be completely different at OSU.  Since I actually need to know this stuff, I'll probably not have a life outside of it.  Not much at least.

Yesterady, I got to go shopping with my dad's credit card (Capital One, what's in your wallet...my dad's card, that's what).  Always fun.  I had to find a dress for graduation, which didn't happen.  I'm just not a dress or skirt type of person.  So I ended up at Express and I bought The Editor style bermuda dress shorts in a light gray color.  Then I have a nice dressy, black tank top and black high heel shoes.  It's very classy looking, but I guarantee I'll be one of the only girls, if not the only girl, not wearing a dress or skirt.  Trendsetter. 

Tomorrow, June 9th, I will be graduating from Wright State University with the rest of the Class of 2007.  The rest of the day will be spent partying it up with my friends from school and hoping that we have a good enough bond that we'll actually keep in touch.  But I'm not getting my hopes up, things change, people change, whatever.  Much celebration going on tomorrow, especially after the quarter we just finished with.    Thank God we're done...for now.

Then Sunday, me and some of my friends from work (on WSU's campus) are going to King's Island for the day.  I haven't been there in like 10 years, so it should be a blast.  I'll be sure to get on here and let you all know how that goes.  A lot's been going on and a ton has been changing, so I'll let you know how that goes and everything.

Glad to be back people and I hope to see some of you around when I'm not working my life away.

Smiling ~ Britt 

[edit:] So I stand corrected.  There were a ton of girls wearing pants at graduation...but my dress shorts were by far the cutest.  And King's Island was a lot of fun.  I will definitely go back sometime. 

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Ohio State Allied Medicine

Well, it's been a while since I've updated (yet again).  Anyway, I'll just come right out and say it, I am officially a Buckeye.  I have been accepted into the DPT program at Ohio State and I couldn't be more excited about it.  Come June, I'll be moving back in to my parent's house in Grove City and hopefully reconnecting with the locals.   About 300 people applied to the PT program and only 40 were accepted, so I guess that's something to be proud of.

Going along with that, this is my last quarter at Wright State (wrong college).    I'm taking the last exercise biology courses here and then I'm taking Biology 115, Evolution & Diversity.  Yes, it's a freshman course.  I put it off for so long because I heard the professor was a flippo.  I didn't feel like adding another B or C to my transcript before applying to OSU.  Now that I've been accepted (and I have to take it to graduate), I just no longer care.  "C's get degrees."  Graduation is June 9th and I start at OSU on June 18th.  Only a week, but I guess I'll still be in school-mode so it will be okay.  I won't be playing in the alumni softball tournament this year either because my best pal Melissa (another EXB major at WSU, she's going to UD for PT school) is getting married on July 28th (the same weekend as the tournament) and I'm a bridesmaid.  I'm happy for her! 

I'm trying to think of what else is going on right now.  Not too much, I guess.  I don't have much to worry about right now, which is weird.  I think I'm worrying more about not having anything to worry about.    Just going to get through this quarter, graduate and then I'll finally be doing what I've wanted to do for as long as I could remember.  This weekend I think I'm going to go to campus and buy some Ohio State gear. 

You all take care!  Hopefully I'll be able to catch up with all of you soon.

Smiling! ~ Britt 

"Her face is a map of the world,
is a map of the world.
You can see she's a beautiful girl,
she's a beautiful girl.
And everything around her is a silver pool of light,
the people who surround her feel the benefit of it,
it makes you calm,
she holds you captivated in her palm.

Suddenly I see
this is what I wanna be,
suddenly I see
why the hell it means so much to me."

~KT Tunstall (Suddenly I See) 

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Okay, so I know it's been a while since I've done this.  I also know the last time I wrote a blog entry I said I'd try to keep up with it better.  Yea, I didn't mean to lie.  I'll work on it again.  Seriously.

Anyway, I was just writing to let you all know...well if anyone reads this anymore...that I have officially been accepted into the Doctor of  Physical Therapy program at the University of Dayton!  Yea, it's not my #1 choice, but I won't be hearing from OSU until February and it's nice to know that at least I'll be going somewhere next year.    It's weird when your dreams and career aspirations actually start to fall into place.  Keep your fingers crossed for OSU.

The last post, as you can see, I was struggling a bit with where I wanted to end up.  It would be nice to go to UD with the 8 other WSU students that have been accepted into that program, but OSU is here in C-bus.  My roots and an awesome city (compared to Dayton).  Hopefully, if and when I move back I'll be able to reconnect with you guys, Asa especially.  I miss my best pal. 

Besides, I've recently found out that there are some girls that I used to play soccer with who want to go to OSU's PT school.  There's also a girl named Sarah from WSU and a guy named Bobby who want to go there with me, so I'll walk in with friends, I hope.  Good luck to all of them as well.

Well, now you know.  Wish me luck and like I said, I will try to keep better tabs on this website.

Smiling ~ Britt

The Flyers vs. The Buckeyes

So I'm currently torn between graduate schools.  I know OSU has always been my dream, but last night I had a good talk with my buddy Shane.  He's in the Exercise Biology program like I am and he works at a physical therapy office down the street from University of Dayton.  His boss is UD's Physical Therapy Director, Dr. Phil. 

You see, me, Melissa, Shane, Justin, Kris, Sarah, and Kendra have all grown fairly close to each other over the past year.  I'm currently on a flag football team with Justin and Shane and last night I hung out with Shane at his place with his roommate Dustin.  Last night we got to talking about where we'll be in a year.  He's all about UD and I've been all about OSU, but I haven't been hearing amazing thinks about OSU like I have with UD.  Apparently, OSU is more of a research program.  UD focuses on succeeding as a physical therapist, not prep work for research.  The downfall is that I'd be stuck in Dayton for another 3 years.  The upside is that I'd be with 5-7 of my buddies from WSU and it would be a less intimidating, comfortable environment for me to be with them.  Another downfall, UD is about $60,000 total for the duration I'd be there.  OSU is half that.  Another upside, UD has an amazing curriculum setup.  I've been impressed with what I've seen from them so far.

Anyway, the reason I've been at a crossroads with this decision is because Shane gave me another helpful bit of information.  UD has invited about 25 prospective students to a group interview on December 18th.  The 25 students that have been invited are the students that Dr. Phil wants in next year's new class.  We are his first choice.  The weird thing is, Shane, Justin, Kendra, Sarah, Bobby (another guy here at WSU with us), and I have all gotten invites to this interview session.  We're currently waiting to find out if Kris and Melissa will get theirs.  But, that means that we are in the top 25 of students that they want, which means that unless we screw up somehow in the interview, we're in.  All of us.  Together.  How friggin' cool would that be?

I just don't know what to do.  So I'm hoping that I'll get accepted into one of the two schools that I've applied to only, making my decision really easy.  If I get accepted into both I may have to lay low for a while and think really hard about where I want to be.  *sigh*  Melissa says that if this is the toughest decision I have to make, I have it pretty easy.  The only other questions which would remain if I chose UD is 1) would I live at home in C-bus and commute? 2) What about Michael J? 3) Should I just move to Dayton all together? and 4) What about Michael J?  (Yes, I know I said that twice, but it's a hard choice.  Does he come with me, does he stay in C-bus, will the wedding be post-poned even more?)  Tough. 

Well, I just had to get some of that off my mind for now.  I'm stuck here at work till 7 and I'm pissed because I wanted to watch Shane, Dustin, Roy, and Justin play for the guys' flag football team.  I can barely see the field from where I'm at.  I want so badly to be out there on the sidelines rooting them on.  UGH!

Oh yea, one more thing.  Last week I had three exams (remember?).  The physiology exam turned out to be a 82.5% (which is a high B since an A is 85%).  The essay exam for Clinical Exercise Physiology was handed back today and I got an 87%.  And my Economics exam turned out to be a 91%.  Guess I did all that freaking out and worrying for nothing.  Things always fall into place.  Maybe all I need is a sign that tells me where I should be next year.  That sign needs to come in the form of one acceptance letter and one rejection letter.

Still smiling ~ Britt