Future in DVM... really???

About a week and a half ago I went to a club meeting. I am part of a club and it's odd hear myself say that because I never thought that I would be one of those. It's called the Future Vets Club or FVC and they have weekly meetings with discussions/trips for students who want to get into Vet College. One of the topics brought up almost immediately was the questions that you are asked for your application. The main one that stuck out for me was 'Why do you want become a veterinarian?'... "Huh, I don't know," I thought. I know I've told some people jokingly that I'm being a vet to please my parents. They wanted me to become a doctor, but to be slightly rebellious I decided to become a vet. But I know that wouldn't go over so well if that's what I was gonna say in my application. And that wasn't even true... although saying it over and over again makes it seem true. If I didn't really want to become a vet, why did I decide to start the rest of my life down this path?

Since then all I've been doing is thinking about it. You see I've spend my whole life planning on doing so many other things with my life, from being worldly famous to helping out the homeless. I've probably had more opportunities do some of these things if I tried, but now it seems almost pointless to attempt anything unrelated to animals because I have no experience in this field. As I have been sitting in my Agriculture class this whole semester, the profs that we've had taught us about different animal industries (poultry, aquaculture, dairy and now beef). I've gone to class but never thought I'd actually understand it all, as well I never thought that it could ever be related to the life I was living right now. It's funny though, how God just changes things around.

Last weekend my parents came to Guelph and took me to IKEA Burlington with my sister. On the way back, my parents and I actually had a real discussion, not like the ones we've had before where it always ends up getting into arguments. We were talking about the outbreaks of Avian Influenza in Asia and Europe. Our prof never discussed about these outbreaks during class, but from what he taught us, I was actually able to explain to my parents why and how it would have occured. As I'm sitting here right now, I'm quite shocked at myself that I could ever relate something like that from class to the real world. I'm finally seeing the picture. "One more puzzle piece has been place into my life and I've been waiting 2 years for it" I say to myself.

Animals! Why would I ever decide this type of future? It all starts off with man's best friend. I've loved dogs and their different behaviours and reactions to humans since I can remember. As a child, I wanted to live my life in a Dr. Dolittle movie, where I was Dolittle and could just vocally communicate with any animal I came in contact with. Years past though and those childlike dreams went right out the window. But, like that dry skin commercial where the woman throws the cream out the window and it comes circling back into her house and into her life, so did the dreams I once had. Now as an "adult," planning my future with knowledge now that I can really only communicate non-verbally with these creatures. I'm slowly understanding that it's something I've always wanted, but never actually thought I could get.

With all of this aside... let's see how long this one will last ;)

~Coconut~