The title of this post is both literal and figurative, because as the new semester starts, it's time to get back into pre-clinic (the literal part) and it's time to get my brain back in school mode (the figurative part). Last semester was pretty crazy, but it's awesome to be done with NBDE part 1 and also have another hard semester under my belt. This semester is different than 2nd year spring semesters in the past because we have a redesigned pharmacology class that's being taught early (now instead of 3rd year fall or spring) and not much was taken away to make room for it! That basically translates into a harder than usual 2nd year spring semester, which in turn means that hopefully from here on out things will be smooth sailing. Implantology is our last pre-clinical class and we have that in the fall so that will be nice to be done and ready to treat patients full time until I graduate! I can't believe how far I've come because it seems like I started dental school (and this blog) just yesterday.
As for the Air Force, things are going great. I got my ADT orders, and I was actually emailed in advance asking what date range I wanted to do! That was very nice because it let me dictate when the best time for me was. The only stipulation is that I can't be out of the country during those 45 days, so I picked a time when I'm in school anyway so it won't be a factor. I finally bought some books that I'm actually going to be using, but I haven't found time to scan the receipt and send my reimbursement package into the Air Force yet. I'm still averaging about 2-3 weeks from the time I submit to the time I get the money in my account which I'm very pleased about. They're very efficient at that (and everything honestly). I have no plans to attend COT this summer, again, because we have 8 weeks of summer school and no time works for me to attend any of the 4 week COT sessions because I never have that much time off.
On another note, I got engaged last Saturday the 21st! We'll probably get married this summer so that will be a big fun life changer. She is graduating nursing school this year and it's crazy to think that one day I'll graduate dental school and never have to go to school ever again (unless I specialize, but we'll see about that)!
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