My husband visited his old job at The Garden City Hotel as he waited for me to finish one of my classes this past fall semester. He ran into and had conversation with his old co-workers, one of which is the dining room manager and asked where I was. When he told her, her response was "she's still in school?! You gotta stop that shit!". When he told me about it, he said it in a joking manner and I mentally processed it as a comment that I could care less about. But he constantly jokes about it and I'm not sure if my discontent is with him joking or her thinking that I need to stop or that HE should stop me. During my work out today, I was listening to my motivational videos and tears welled up in my eyes as one of the speakers said "Don't count the cost". This one hit me because for next semester of my Masters program I owe $4185. If I don't pay it, I don't go and right now I'm not working and can't see a way to pay it. But faith tells me that I will finish this program because "I ain't quitting 'til I get there"!
And not that there is anything wrong with working as a dining room manager at The Garden City Hotel or any hotel, but I can't imagine that anyone desired as a child to hold that job. I will not settle for a life that is anything less than the vision I have for myself! Getting to medical school entails me having a higher GPA than my current 2.9. Mind you, I also have to score high enough on the MCAT, which I've taken twice to date (485, 488). But guess what, "Ain't nobody gon' stop me BUT ME"! I swear I will die fighting to see myself graduate from medical school, no matter how long it takes and NOBODY, not my husband, not my kids, not my family or friends nor a dining room manager at The Garden City Hotel can stop me! Yes, this has taken me some time to get to but I can say for damn sure that all of this has contributed to the mindset I know I'm going to need to get through medical school. It's going to be tough, its going to be challenging but, there's no quitting!
I say this not lightly, "I wish a motherf***er would" try and stop me!
Signed,
Tausha Allen, D.O.
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