I always ask what y'all think I should write about and a while back my best friend Jen suggested this one...
"You should write a post about your college experience and how it molded
you, and how things have changed since. when you were in college, what
did you think you'd be doing at this age? Etc. :)"
So here it goes!
When I left home to go to college I was 18 years old and all I wanted to do was be an athletic trainer. So, I enrolled at Ball State University and work really hard my freshman year so I would be able to apply to the athletic training program.
My freshman year I had a CRAZY roommate! Seriously she needed help. She was dirty, her part of the room was dirty, and she had very little respect for herself or others. But while living in that dorm I met Jen who would be my best friend through out college and still is to this day! She lived across the hall from me. We didn't talk at first but once we did it was awesome! I still this one of the funniest things from that year was when a group of us played a drinking game called "Helen Keller" and I learned a very important lesson about me and Vodka.
At the end of freshman year I applied to the athletic training program and I got in! I was so happy!
Sophomore year I lived in the dorm again but I made the choice to have a double room to myself. This was awesome because that meant I got to put the two beds together to make a king size bed! haha it's the little things right?
This year was the year I made the best grades. Mainly because the first semester I knew no one on my floor and I was the only sophomore there other than the RA. So, I then became friends with her and she introduced me to the person I started dating. He seemed so awesome and I just thought I was "so in love" hahahahaha I wish I would have opened my eyes a little sooner!
That year I was the athletic training student with the women's gymnastics team and then the football team. I spent 6 weeks with each team, going to every practice and every game! It was awesome!
My junior year my RA and I decided that her, I, and one other girl would get an apartment together. BAD IDEA!!!!!!! I firmly believe that there is no situation in which 3 girls can live in an apartment together!
That is the year I turned 21! My 21st birthday was the night I learned a lesson about minding my own business and not saying everything I think. I get beat up in the parking lot the bar because a Muncie local was drunk and said some inappropriate things. Instead of just ignoring her I choose to talk back to her. So while she beat my head off the window that boyfriend I told yall I thought I was "so in love with" stood and watched. He was a real winner for sure! About two months later those girls I lived with decided they were not happy with the living situation and one of them decided she was going to try to beat me up too but instead she ended up on the floor while I held her down and called the police. To this day I am glad I didn't hit her back, so not worth it. I soon after moved out and got a one bedroom apartment by myself! As you can see Junior year was rough on me in my personal life but let me tell you how awesome my athletic training was that year...
I was lucky enough that I was picked to be the student athletic trainer for the men's basketball team. This is when I found my mentor and friend! Troy! He is the best athletic trainer I have ever met or worked with! I learned so much and was lucky enough to get to travel with the team for their entire basketball season! This was my favorite sport while I was in the program. I learned more in those few months than I learned anywhere else!
After basketball season I was over I had serious thoughts about changing my major. I realized that athletic training was very time consuming and made it very hard to have a personal life. I ended up not changing majors only because I didn't want to be in school for more than 4 years. So I stuck it out, finished my degree, and passed the national board of certification exam to finally after 4 years become a certified athletic trainer.
Just like that college was over and I took a job in Kentucky as the athletic trainer at a private high school.
Some times I look back at my 4 years in college and wish that I had picked a less strenuous major. One where I could do things like join clubs, the dance team, and a sorority. Athletic training is a very thankless and rewarding career but it is also a very time consuming one.
I had a lot of great experiences in college and a lot of bad ones as well but I still think I didn't learn about myself, the kind of person I wanted to be, or how to be an adult until I met my husband! I am a completely different person today then I was two years ago and I wouldn't have it any other way. He has helped me to see the good in people and the good in each situation. I am thankful for him everyday!
Oh and for the last part...back then where did I think I would be today: I thought I would be an athletic trainer in a high school. Single. With no plans of a family or kids.
-Oh how that has changed. I am happily married to the greatest man I have ever met
-I am a stay at home wife
-We are working on kids ;)
My life is nothing like I planned but it is amazing and I wouldn't have it any other way!
I don't know if that is what Jen had in mind when she asked the question or if I even came close to answering it but that's what I have for y'all.
Okay, now it's off to bed for me! Good night! :)
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