Life, Love, and the Persuit of Hotties

I have officially compleated my New Years Resolution to read a book a month every month each month of the year. This month I read the last of the books in the Emily series by Katie Maxwell. This book takes place ten months after the book before it did, and tells about the last part of Emily's senior year in High School, her graduation, and transition to University in Vancouver, British Columbia with her boyfriend Fang! Emily also takes a cruise to Alaska with Fang, which left me wanting to go on a cruise to Alaska, only if I go I do not want it to be an adventure like Emily's, because as always Emily continually finds trouble in her adventures no matter where in the world she goes! From breaking her arm in Vancouver on her graduation trip, a trip to the emergency room at a Canadian hospital where she and Dru attempt to sneak around to avoid a spinal tap, to Emily thinking Fang's spleen will rupture, to Emily getting high on Canadian pain killers at her graduation causing a major scene (as she last minute has to give the class graduation speech), to falling overboard on her cruise and Fang getting arrested in Alask, this book is nothing short of laughs beginning to end. The book is a fast read and one of my favourites in the series. I give it 5 of 5 stars :)

RAYE

ALASKA! AND FUTURE THOUGHTS!

I have had a lot of time to think about the future. Let's start with undergrad University. I am not sure if I want to do the double major or not. Maybe I will just minor in Italian if I can get pretty darned close to fluent from it and focus on Biochemistry for a major & spend less time in sucky school. It is really language fluency I really want to show off on my dental school application anyway.I need to review French and learn Spanish, and the time I wouldn't be doing a double major I can work towards acing my DAT. As far as dental school, I may or may not specailise in orthodontics. I may just do general dentistry. I want to provide for my family someday, but I can make plenty of money in general dentistry, and the less time in school is more time to spend with them! I could also still do teeth whitening and veneers as a general dentist as well as set up an area in my office for children to do work for them. It is all a possibility.
Another crazy thought I have had is Alaska! I don't know if I will practise my career here, but I might. I will have to ask my husband about it after dental school. Chad and I have talked about it now. Alaska has a lot of major bonuses... Firstly Alaska has a major need for dentists. In the lower 48 states most dentists make around $143K a year. In parts of Alaska however, you can make from $800K to a MILLION dollars a year! Not that money is my focus, but Chad also wants to run an animal rescue preserve. In Alaska he would have plenty of land that we could buy him at a low cost (cheaper than in the lower 48) so he could run it and use some of my extra money from dentistry to help maintain it. Also the cost of living is lower in parts of Alaska. Huge homes that cost millions in the lower 48 states are less than 400K in Alaska. As the economy suffers in a variety of jobs in the lower 48, Alaska is doing well. So what if it gets cold? Growing up in Vermont I expirenced similar temperatures, so it shouldn't be awful! Still no idea where I actually want to practise, but its possible... Today I bought the uber cool new jacket by North Face I always wanted! Still looking & applying for new jobs so wish me luck :)

RAYE