I am sorry I am a little late, my life has been by far the most hectic it
has ever been. So I decided for the first five weeks in this class I would
research in what I want to study for the next five weeks as well as for the
winter semester. Besides researching I have been reading "The Color of Water" by
James McBride, "Frida" by Barbara Mujica. I have been studying sexual health and
since my dog became incredibly ill of "Salmon" Poisoning (which is one of the
reasons why this is late) and I spent lots of time at the animal hospital it had
inspired me to read more about this poisoning as well as other animal health
related subjects. I am also studying to become a Real Estate Agent which I think
by winter semester I may be able to get certified. This consist a lot of math,
knowledge of houses and how to market them, as well as social skills. I am doing
this as a back up plan since right now I have a very vague idea of what I want
to do with my life.
    I decided to do a variety of different things this semester to figure out
what field I really want to go into and so far I have learned more about what my
passion is, something that I have always wanted to talk about and never can seem
to get tired of and that is sexual health and awareness of it. So I will be
heading over to Planned Parenthood and volunteering for the next couple of
weeks. I thought I knew everything there is to STD's or STI's (whatever you want
to call it) and about abortions, pregnancy etc, but I was wrong. Since studying
about these I realize there is so much more that many of us are clueless about
and I am excited to share what I have learned.
     But I have a problem, yes I would love to work in the field of sexual
health though there is another passion which is working with animals. So far now
I have been volunteering at the S.P.C.A and really enjoy calming down the
animals and making them feel comfortable. I have been reading a lot about the
health of animals and the common medical problems that dogs have. If anyone have
an idea how I can have two jobs that work with these two major passions of mine,
please tell me! For now I will try to figure it out myself as well as learn as
much as I can.
   I would like to work with David Rutledge. Hope this is okay! Thanks,
Sarah M

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