Okay.  So I'm sitting here at my computer, and I'm going through my email.  Are you with me so far?  As I'm scrolling through all of the junk that makes its way to my inbox each day about 60 out of the 200 some emails are from colleges.  I'm starting to freak out!!!  I'm going into my junior year, and I'm not sure what I'm doing with my life yet.  I have a few different things that I want to do, but I really can't narrow it down.  I need YOUR help.  What do you think I would be best at doing.  Here are your choices with definitions from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary.

 pathologist: a specialist in pathology (the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them); specifically : one who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids.

pharmacist:  a person licensed to engage in pharmacy (the art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs).

neurologist: one specializing in neurology (the scientific study of the nervous system especially in respect to its structure, functions, and abnormalities); especially : a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of disease of the nervous system.

professor:  a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education b : a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school.

lawyer: one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise as to legal rights and obligations in other matters.

Take your pick and post it in your comment.  Thanx!!!

I came to a realization today.  For the next 6-8 years of my life things are going to be, for the most part, the same as they are now.  I was talking to Coach Miller, the new hurdle coach for the high school track team, and we got to talking about our plans for the weekend.  She was talking about how she only had 16 dollars to get her through the next week.  I told her that I knew her pain.  Then, I got to thinking.  She's a college student, and she's about in the same boat as I am.  Not too much money in her pocket.  Next, we talked about keeping up with things, such as essays and homework.  I don't have a ton of time for that and neither do I.  Do you see what my point is?  For the majority of high school students life will not change a whole lot when they go to college.  You're still going to be broke, you're still not going to have time to do everything you want to, you're still going to be worrying (or trying to worry) about your grades, some of you are going to be on special scholarships which REALLY means you're going to have to focus on a specific area, and you're still going to be almost exactly where you are now.  Most of us think of college as a place of freedom, but in truth...it's not.  You are still bound by the chains that confine you.  WoW.  It's amazing how life can hit you in the face like that.  I'm not saying this is a bad thing.  I'm just saying that it's there.  Maybe people will get something out of all of it.  Something good.  Tell me what you think.  Oh, and for those of you not planning on going to college or into the military, this doesn't apply to you.  L8er!!!