I suppose salutations are in order.

Greetings and welcome to my blog.  My name is Dr. J and I am a veterinarian.  However, I'm sure the content of these entries will extend beyond veterinary medicine alone.  Being a recent graduate, a newlywed, and a stranger in a new state and city should provide plenty of words to spare.  And with that, let's get started.

As mentioned, my husband (the Captain) and I just moved to a new state in a new city.  It's been really interesting (read: absolute pain in the...) to have to change my last name and my address at the same time.  There is one good thing about moving someplace I've never even visited: new restaurants.  Going out to eat is one of my favorite past-times.  My favorite find so far has been a frozen yogurt shop called "Freeziac" that sells by the ounce.  Bonus points if you read the name to the tune of "Maniac" from Flashdance.  Anyway, you go through this impeccably-clean self-service line and choose your yogurt and then add whatever toppings look good.  My first creation was yellow cake batter yogurt with cookie dough pieces, brownies, and fresh strawberries.  It wasn't until the Captain and I sat down that we realized we had skipped the whole second counter with just about every kind of candy you could ever imagine.  The next time we go, I have a date with some gummi bears.

I start work on Monday.  This is my first veterinary job since graduating in May and I am feeling a combination of unbelievable excitement and supreme terror.  I've wanted to be a veterinarian since I was 3 years old.  I never even considered another profession.  When I started veterinary school, it became obvious to me that I was born to be a veterinarian.  I'm sure someone much smarter than me thinks its a bad idea to define oneself by a profession, but I can feel this in my bones.  That means that I know I'll be fine as long as I remember to be myself.  It's not always going to be great, and I know I'm going to make mistakes and make people angry, but then I think about how I've been waiting for this moment my whole life and now it's finally here.  I guess this means I should get a white lab coat tomorrow.

For now, it's time to enjoy the rest of this beautiful day while I wait for the Captain to get home.