The Beginning

We go to school for 13 years in the hopes of getting into college.  After accomplishing that, we attend college for 4-8, sometimes more, years, in the hopes of graduating with a degree.  Then we proceed to working (or sleeping in some cases) our way to the top.  But what's the meaning of it all?  I've decided to start this blog in the attempt of answering that question.  Let me begin by explaining my current situation.  I'm a freshman at NC State University majoring in Animal Science.  This Wednesday, I will turn 19 years old.  Not really a major stepping stone, I know, but being a college student I've celebrated for less.  It's Sunday today, the end of a weekend, and tomorrow I will get up at 8am, go eat breakfast, then head to classes...the same thing I do every Monday...and Tuesday...and Wednesday...and yea, well you get the picture.  But today I realized how absolutely redundantly frustratingly boring that is!  There is no spontaneity to it, no excitement, no element of the unknown.  And all so I can possibly get into vet school.  Now let me just inform you of the odds that this will actually happen.  Along with the treacherous curriculum I must have completed with a 3.0 GPA to get into vet school, I also have to have 100 hrs of "animal experience" and 400 hrs of "veterinary experience".  IF I can complete those requirements, I have a 1 in around 100 chance of actually getting in...this coming from around 700 applicants.  But no pressure or anything, right?  Yea, not exactly.  So you can understand my worry that this whole process will be for nothing.  I'm writing this blog (and bear with me if it's not exactly up to par as this is a first for me) to document my journey in discovering the answer to the "so what" question that is life.  I've got a few guesses, the standard love, happiness, success; but I'm hoping to dig deeper and find a more fulfilling answer.  Not sure how it will turn out, or even if I'll ever know, but here's to the future and the answer's it hopefully holds.