PA option still in play

I'm shadowing a PA today.  He is very nice and super informative.  He seems to have similar input and pros/cons about the profession that I have heard before.  

I am going to go by the community college tomorrow since I am off my studio work for a week.  Hopefully I can register and get on a payment plan for classes.  I have not even considered the price for books (ugh).   This will definitely be a rental situation where applicable.  The lab books may not have that option. 

 I am going to try and do the math today to see if it's worth re-doing o-Chem.  

For PA school they average the two scores.  For DO application I think they replace one grade.    

Not a lot else going on...

Work is the same.  My doc is out of office for a week so my days are going to be long, but Tuesday I will be busy shadowing again so that will help.  

Been working out, but have to do it like 4:30 on the morning, which makes for sleepy evenings.  

That's about it.  I am just ready to start making progress.   I am coming up on my second anniversary of the journey and unfortunately I am a bit behind of my goals.  But I can still succeed in some capacity I just have to stay diligent and resist complacency.  

Driving fast and getting no where...

I cant believe its almost December.  This year has flown by.

Its been almost 2 years since I started this journey.

I sometimes feel like I have stalled especially since I did not get into that post bacc program, and I did not apply this year.

anywho...

My progress.

school.
- my local community college has open registration 11/22/14. 
Probablly going to register on  payday 11/28/14, hope there are some classes left.  I am going to have to take AP I all day Saturday or Monday & Wednesday night.

I started to toss around the idea of retaking O-chem because I got a C in the lecture and A in the lab, but for some reason they don't combine those grades like most, so I have C in one my pre-reqs.  So it could be replaced by the time I apply next year if I retake it in the fall.  Not sure about this option yet. There are fewer evening options, and no Saturday options.

The plan.
I did not take the MCAT last week,  I ended up breaking out in hives AGAIN the weekend before that lasted most of the week.  My allergist thinks I may have an allergy to ASA & NSAIDs exacerbated by stress.   The first time I had it I had been taking BC powder and this last time I had been taking Aleve.

I think my extreme aversion to that test combined with my stress to try and fit in studying on top of dealing with 3 pre-teens and dance stuff over the weekend just made for a bad recipe.

I went to a PA open house out my local school.  It was very informative and interesting.  I will shadow a PA next week at work. I am really trying to make that a viable option.   I think I could have a decent chance of getting into a program.  But its pretty competitive as well.   My local PA school had like 5000 applicants with only 75 seats to fill. 

I have to get the GRE done by December 2015, so I have a year to get on that...  I am thinking once I get back into school mode in the spring I can start the GRE study plan.

Work
about the same.  I subbed for another scribe and this Dr.  let me stay in the room for exams.  So I got my fair share of old man junk for the year..  lol   It was pretty interesting though I got to see some post op incisions and the dreaded DRE...  (digital rectal exam)

Life
blah...

Kid
doing pretty decent.
made "crew" at the convention
not working my nerves as much ( it comes in waves) lol.

thats about it...   If anyone happens to read this... I wish you a Happy Holiday Season!