follow up to vet schools

I actually have been accepted to KSU at this point. I'm on hold with Penn (probably due to a decreased number of in-state spots). WI should be sending out notifications by the end of Feb. Woot!

More

• I don't get novocaine to have my cavities filled (one time chewing on your tongue is plenty)
• I broke my left ankle trying to stop a 1000 lb round bale from tipping over
• I can lick my nose
• I took piano lessons K-7, but still can't sight read to play a song (with both hands at least)
• I once ran barefoot through the snow followed in close pursuit by my knife wielding brother due to an unfortunate incident in which I threw his koosh ball into a snow bank
• The first time I fell off a horse was due to my mother allowing my (now an expert {even bareback} rider) sister to have control of the horse we were riding together (she wanted to go fast... I wasn't expecting the take off), Come to think of it, every time I have fallen off a horse is my sister's fault. She has her horse trained to keep running and never stop, and she has also pulled me off, what a Brat!
• I like to whistle (I can do both inward and outward, so as to almost be continuous), and I do so all over campus (Thanks for the lessons Bobby Rose, and thanks for teaching be to blow a bubble with gum too)
• My first facebook profile was Roy Gbiv (still active if you'd like to befriend him/her), this was due to my skepticism of whether it was truly safe to put any info on the internet (as you'll notice, I have my profile as guarded as they will allow, but I still wonder)

Facts

So, when I interviewed at Penn, one of the current students asked what was unusual about me. I had a hard time thinking on the spot and came up with very little. We eventually said that living on a farm was cool, but since we were all interviewing as perspective large animal students I didn't think this was too noteworthy. Regardless, I have since thought of interesting things, and in fact facebooked the guy who asked with one. Now I would like to share some of them with you.

• I have never owned a cell phone (I use google voice for long-distance calls on my room phone-cause I'm VERY cheap)
• I have never kissed a boy (well, my dad and brother don't count), and yes I was once asked!
• In total honesty, I have never dated a boy (and if that doesn't give you some doubts about the boy who asked to kiss me, let me tell you I'm forever glad I didn't)
• I own a freezer (there might be a blog post about this somewhere in the past), but it sits at home with my parents' food in it because Penn State won't let me use it
• I've gone for months without shaving my armpits or legs, and it didn't bother me (maybe that has something to do with the no boyfriend status)
• I live on a campus known for its parties, but I've never been to one (or even had a sip of alcohol within 100 miles of campus)
• I have no idea what I'll be doing this summer, or next fall, or next year for that matter, but I have TOTAL confidence that GOD does, and I am willing to wait for His guidance
• I have never tried any illegal drugs, though I've been offered (actually, the first time I was ever offered was this summer, this may or may not be surprising since I might appear to be a goody-2-shoes)
• I own a pygmy goat named Thomas who is as fat as possible and has absolutely no value (I've been told that you can starve goats on just water and they slim down just fine with no problem, but I'm not home often enough, or maybe I don't care enough, to give this a try)
• I'm a TV addict and have tried to quit several times (in the latest attempt God has taken some control by destroying my television's power supply unit so I would have to get all my shows online) I'm holding out except for the Olympics at the moment
• I'm a PSU ice cream addict as well (one half gallon has never lasted more than 24 hours in my dorm room)
• More to come (I should get back to doing real work for now)

Interesting Thoughts (Maybe this is what I should have told them when asked why I wanted to be a vet)

So, originally my mother was living in MN with her family and my father was living in PA with his. Then came along my uncle Pat. He was from PA and did a residency at the University of MN where my aunt Janelle was working. They got married, moved around, and settled in PA. Then, when they started popping out kids, my mother moved down to help them out. I think she even worked for my uncle for a while. So, now both my mom and dad are in PA, and they are even living within 12 miles of each other. Doc and Janelle actually live 5 minutes from our farm, but my mom was living in Titusville I think. Anyway, somehow my mother started working at Buells Corners Store, and happened to be there when my grandpa came in and mentioned that he needed a dog with milk to nurse his fox pups. (I guess he raised them and sold them, it was legal back then I think, not that he would have cared) Anyway, my mother just happened to have a bitch that had just lost her pups, so she started bringing her over a couple times a day to feed the pups. That of course lead to my parents meeting, dating, and marrying, only to eventually have me 8 years later. So, the moral of the story is...I would not be here if it were not for veterinary medicine and a bitch. CRAZY!