THE BIG DAY: My Quest to Become an RD

Well, the day is almost here. I have been anxiously awaiting April 5th for the past several months.  For those of you who do not know, this is what's going on. I want to be a dietitian. In order to be a registered dietitian (which is not the same as a nutritionist) I have to take a test.  In order to qualify to take the test, I have to complete an accredited internship.  Internships last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years and may or may not result in a masters degree. They consist of various rotations such as clinical (in a hospital), community (someplace like a WIC clinic), and food service management (usually at a school or hospital). It is like a full-time job, except instead of getting paid, interns have to pay to do the internship.  Sweet deal, huh? Last year there were 2,195 positions across the country and 4,120 applicants. So, it's really competitive (just in case you're bad with numbers). 

I applied to 3 internships.  They are the following, in order of preference: Utah State University, the University of Houston, and St. Francis-Penrose something or other (I can't remember the whole name, ha) (that one is in Colorado Springs).  Both USU and U of H would eventually result in masters degrees, which I really want to do.  There are pros and cons to each internship, but overall, after many, many, many hours of research, fasting, and prayer, these are the ones I felt good about, so I would be excited to do any of them.  I interviewed with Utah State and failed to answer correctly the most basic of dietetic questions:  Is chocolate good or bad?  Just kidding.  That wasn't the question.  It was another question that is uninteresting so I won't go into it.  The point of that story is that I don't know if I have a good chance of getting that one.  I wanted to tell them that I couldn't answer it because I studied that like 5 years ago, before I went to Germany to save the world, but I didn't feel that was a good idea. 

SO, on Monday at 5 pm, I will find out if I got placed.  I will only find out if I get accepted to one, if I get accepted to any.  I feel generally at peace about whatever is going to happen, accepted or not.  I find comfort in this scripture: " And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God..." So I excitedly, yet anxiously await Monday at 5 pm. Your prayers would be appreciated....I will be surprised if you've gotten this far since this post = boring. But if you did make it, please pray for me.   Really, this is a test to see who actually cares about me.  Anyway, HAPPY EASTER!