Beef Ravioli

...is what I had for dinner tonight. Both Abbie and I agree that there have to be better tasting dinner ideas.

But now that you're relaxed, let me introduce myself. My name is John Atkins, and I'm taking up this blog to help chronicle my way into and through med school. As of this posting, I'm twenty-seven and work full-time selling diamonds.

My previous trip down the stairs of higher education led me to Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Like everyone else there, I majored in something that isn't useful for 99% of humanity. As part of the enrollment process as Austin Community College, I had my transcript from SAGU sent to ACC and myself. Apparently I wasn't as great a student as I remembered. I carried a solid 4.0 during my first semester, but that fell to an embarrassing level by the time my cynical second semester had wrapped up.

At the time, I had considered myself too old for school, having frittered away the three years after college with liturgical-minded pursuits. At this point, ROI<0.

Anyway, we currently find ourselves married and not thrilled with my current career path. But since we also find ourselves in the real world, I'm left to work full time to retain health benefits while cranking through my undergrad as quickly as possible, producing the highest grades that my feeble mind can muster.

I have my first assessment exam on Friday. While I've studied like a man with something to prove, I learned today that my grade must exceed 79 in order to test into Trig.

Now, to avoid a very lengthy post, I'll give you a brief synopsis of where we should find ourselves in seven years.

I plan to major in Spanish. The Spanish degree program has room to declare a minor. I'm still not sure what to go with, but there's still time to decide that. With an increasing amount of America depending on health professionals to understand and speak a second language, an advanced aptitude in Spanish will play a vital role in my future practice as a medical practitioner.

Statistically, the vast majority of prospective doctors change their desired specialty several times. To track the change in my educational and medical experience, there are three specialties that interest me: Oncology, Anesthesiology and Surgery.

Anyway, thanks for reading. I'm off to study again. It's been almost ten years since I last came to blows with trig, and SOH isn't going to CAH unless TOA gets my help!