We just finished our first week of PT school and it is so different than my experience last year. I cried my last day in Maryland last year, there was so much uncertainty ahead and I was fearful of what was to come. Comparatively, this year I was ok leaving home because I knew exactly what to expect and what needed to be done. God has already blessed me with so much as I miraculously made it through the first year, my first clinical rotation and I felt somewhat prepared to go back to school. I knew I had 9 more months of in class studies followed by 9 months of clinicals and I was ready to be one step closer to that goal of becoming a PT.
Moving back to NH was a fairly smooth process, it took my roommates and I a while to lock down a place but I'm happy it did take so long because our house is amazing (i'll post pictures next time). Luckily Nick helped me move in which helped a lot and he got a short vacation before he started school which was him basically eating everything in sight. My school actually moved to a new facility in a new city (weird I know) but they did it to provide a better learning environment. The program last year was in Concord, NH and was on the top floor of an office building and honestly there was not much to look at. This year we moved to Manchester, NH and we are on the 3rd floor of the old mill buildings and the new school space is awesome. It feels like a REAL school and overall just a better atmosphere except theres no water fountain... The lab spaces are way bigger and we can fit our entire class of 38 into the lab rooms. The incoming class has 50 students because the school can now accommodate that many students.
It was interesting talking to the first years at the welcoming party because I was just in their shoes a short year ago. Many of them felt the same way I did last year and had many questions about what to expect about the program. It really is amazing to me that I am here today as a second year because that first year of school went by in the blink of an eye and I couldn't even begin to express how difficult it was for me. There were certain times I wanted to give up and go home but my classmates kept pushing me along and I'm extremely thankful for that.
I've been looking for a new church in Manchester and have tried a couple so far and both have been good. I'm excited and eager to find a new home church here and hope that I can be more involved than I have in the past. I'm hopeful that whichever church I end up selecting I'll be able to connect with the not only the services but also the people.
The first week of second year is so different than the first year as we really havn't gone to in depth into any new material yet. One of our teachers also isn't in right now because he had surgery a few weeks ago so the work load will pick up soon enough. I'm excited to get this term started because that means I am inching towards that finish line. I will be 50% done with PT school after this term!
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