Catch up

Hey all,
Just wanted everyone fill everyone in and update everyone on what I've been up to and where I'm going. Today I'm 28 days away from getting off the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean and continuing my final year in veterinary school @ the University of Florida, in Gainseville. Now this may sound like the most exciting thing ever but holy crapola, I'm ready for my life to slow down a bit! Its been a long road and life in the making.....
So in March 2006 I got accepted to Ross University School of Veterinary medicine. I couldn't believe I had got accepted to school right off the bat and had no intention on looking back. September 2006, I moved down to St. Kitts with this amazing image of what life would be on a caribbean island AND going to school to fulfill my dream of becoming a Veterinarian. Ready to leave my life behind in Maine and start a new one in a completely foreign place w/out knowing a single soul.
Welllllllll, island living isn't the most glorious thing. Yeah, beaches are nice but thats all this place has going for it. Well ok, some of the resturaunts and the owners are nice and some of the local people are great but the majority of the local population is something else. Living in a place were caucasians are a minority and dealing w/ a unedjucated population is a little trying @ some times. Especially being female....going to veterinary school because you love animals. Between many sexist and racial hashings, the way they treat animals, and their view on life, to say the least it has been a trying few years down here. BUT nonetheless it has tought me a lot about myself and what I've taken advantage of in the land of planty......
Fastforward to this past year. I've met a lot of people and have lost some friends along the way but I've learned how much TRUE friends and family mean to me. Living as far away as I do I've realized how much I need to keep people close. Whether its a postcard, phonecall or facebook I appreciated everything that people have done and you all know how much I love each and everyone one of you.
Its still hard for me to deal w/ certain situations that have occured over the past few years and I wish some people would realize that I had to move away to achieve my life goals and it was the only chance I woulda had. I wish people would have been patient with me and I was with them when the times got rough. But we all live and learn and move on.... ohhhh moving on.
So here I am today...Treasuring the family I've made down here and hating to leave them all and move to a totally new place again. Still far away from my home and farther away from someone I now hold dear to my heart..... Who knows what will happen in this year. LOVE? Heartbreak? New Friendships? Lost friendships? Alls I know is that I'll be reunited with my one and only Dodger dog and we'll be on the road again. I'm almost done achieving my dream! One more year to go and a few more tests and I'll be a Veterinarian! I come back home December 20th and start my drive down the Florida January 3rd with Nikki, Dodger, and my cat Oliver. It will be fun! We'll see how good I get w/ this blogging thing!