Learning to be a Dental Hygienist

I have only written in this blog once and never found anything else to write, or "blog" about.

I'm going to change the focus a little and use this Blog as a way to document my times, good or bad, as a Dental Hygienist in school. Moving to Moncton while family remains in Fredericton is the hardest thing I hope I ever have to do.

And so we begin with day one...

Well here I am, day one in Moncton. Still no Internet so I'm composing this in TextEdit to post tomorrow after the Rogers Tech hooks me up.

I’m going to try and keep this blog fairly current. I know myself though; I’ll be all gun-ho for the first few days and then the breaks in between entries will get longer and longer. I hope not though. I’d like to document the entire two years of my training and life here.

First and most importantly, I’m feeling like the worst parent in the world. I need my boy. My boy needs me. Through the wonders of modern technology and the Internet we will be able to talk on the phone and Skype. And yes, it sure seems like you are there but the reality is I feel like I left him. I want him here to share this with me but I know he is better off starting Middle School with friends in his own neighbourhood. I was there for the first day. I saw his classroom and met the teacher. I think he’s going to have a great time there. Certainly our first phone call indicates that this is true.

My first day is tomorrow. That gave me all today to register for my school and move into my new squeaky clean apartment. Well its more like 90% clean. I went the extra 10% before I put anything away. Apparently if you want all your drawers cleaned out too you have to do that yourself.

The best part is that this place is clean. There is no cat hair or vomit on the floor. There is no mess whatsoever. Everything has a place and everything is away. lt’s been a long time since I’ve been able to say that. Cleanliness does not come easy in our house. Here, I am in complete control.

But enough of that. I was able to buy a few books today so I’m going to crawl into my new bed; a queen size air mattress; and take a look. No scrubs yet. Tomorrow is just business casual. I’m sure it will be more like an orientation then an actual class. We may even be let out early. This is good news because I need the rest of the day to fight with the Student Loan idiots that pass for employees there. I got my Notice of Assessment a month ago but the College did not receive it so they could not release my money. Its almost too funny though since I got up this morning and told myself that Student Loans would probably find a way to screw up my funding. There are times when I hate being right that I could just spit. This will be my third CSL in my life and they have been a nightmare all three times. At least this time my eyes are wide open.

So for all of you who have asked me to keep them up to date on how I’m doing here, please feel free to tune into this blog regularly as I progress.

Big day tomorrow.