Long Time No Post . . . . .

And I sincerely apologize for that. These past few months have been extremely distracting for me. I have been trying to move to Chicago for years and finally made the move a few weeks ago. Needless to say, I have been up to my neck in trying to find a new job and new place to live while severing ties with my previous job and apartment and everything that goes along with relocating - bills, transportation, saying goodbye to friends and family, etc.

But I'm back! And I've been procrastinating on my schoolwork, but since I'm neatly tucked into my life here now, I will commence. I would like this blog to be fully functioning and will do my best to keep up with any and all information that other Penn Foster hopefuls would like to know, as well as any other bits of insight concerning animals.

So . . . where did I leave off? Ah, yes. I have completed Orientation to Veterinary Technology and Introduction to Veterinary Technology, and I see where my impatience is going to get me in trouble. You see, I have a lot of practical experience - veterinary clinic, humane society, PetSmart, and work on my farm growing up - and I've read every animal book I can get my hands on. So reading the course materials, which are supposedly written for any average Joe without much animal experience at all, is a tad frustrating. But this is something I absolutely want to accomplish, so I must temper my desire to fly through the coursework I'm familiar with and be diligent and look over everything I'm doing. As it is, my grade average has dropped to 94% because I am being hasty and not reading every single thing they provide me with. Really, how silly! There are 3 sections to Intro to Vet Technology, and I scored an 85% on one of them. Completely unacceptable. I don't imagine I'll be valedictorian of the class or anything like that, but I'd certainly like to keep my grade level up in the 90 percentile if I can. Especially since this is the easy stuff and it will only get more difficult.

I am currently hemming and hawing over my next assignment, which is Computer Literacy. Ugh. Not that I computer illiterate - I AM writing a blog and use computers in my daily life - but I want to use every one of my brain cells for something animal related, and if I'm learning about coding and syntex and systems, I feel it's a waste of my space! Not to mention I simply cannot get into and comprehend things I don't care about. Oh well. There are only 2 courses I'm dreading, this Computer Literacy and Medical Mathematics. Aside from Survey of Mathematics in the second semester, everything else is animal centered.

I neglected to send Penn Foster a copy of my high school transcripts until 2 weeks ago - that made me a bit nervous because I had thought I read somewhere about them needing that information within the first 90 days, and this was definitely pushing 90 days! But I've sent it and I've had no word from the school, and I can still log in and participate, so I suppose they haven't dropped me, then. : ) I've also befriended Penn Foster on Facebook. Not much going on there, but perhaps I'm just not searching properly.

My next post will hopefully be after I complete my Computer Literacy, and I promise it will not be 3 months down the road!